Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
English title: Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
Japanese title: 乱歩奇譚 Game of Laplace
Type: TV
Source: Original
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 3, 2015 to Sep 18, 2015
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:55 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Lerche
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Fujipacific Music, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Kansai Telecasting, Kobunsha
Licensors: Funimation
Genres: Mystery, Suspense
Themes: Detective, Gore, Psychological

After what appears to be just another ordinary day, middle school student Yoshio Kobayashi wakes up in his classroom to make a terrifying discovery: his teacher has been mutilated, and Yoshio happens to be holding the weapon used to commit the crime.

Despite the initial shock of finding himself in this predicament, the curious and detached Yoshio can't help but be secretly thrilled about this attempt to frame him. His put-upon friend Souji Hashiba is turned into a willing accomplice, and together, they are determined to prove Yoshio's innocence. Additionally, Kogorou Akechi, a genius high school detective, has come to the scene of the crime in order to investigate the case and when Kogorou meets the young man found guilty, an intense mutual interest sparks between the two of them. Kobayashi wishes to enter Akechi's world of crime solving as his assistant, and Akechi is determined to see if the enthusiastic boy is up to the challenge.

Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace  is a surreal mystery and horror anime that contains brutal and bizarre crimes, loosely based on stories written by Ranpo Edogawa, who is famous for his influence on Japanese fiction.

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Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (lit. Strange Tales of Rampo: Game of Laplace) is inspired by the works of author Edogawa Rampo (a pseudonym for Tarou Hirai) and commemorates the 50th anniversary of his death in 1965. He was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, the first recurring detective character in Japanese fiction and is clearly inspired by Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. (Source: Wikipedia)