2011
24 eps
TV Saitama / Crunchyroll
Sci Fi Thriller Drama
A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nigh…
If you loved Erased's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2021
50 eps
MBS / Crunchyroll
Action Drama Thriller
Takemichi Hanagaki, a washed-up 26-year-old, learns his middle-school girlfriend was killed by a gang called the Tokyo Manji Gang. He time-leaps back to middle …
If you loved Erased's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Tokyo Revengers delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2022
10 eps
Disney+
Sci Fi Thriller Mystery
A government worker discovers a mysterious woman from the future is connected to a dangerous fugitive and the fate of humanity.…
If you loved Erased's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Grid delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2006
37 eps
NTV / Crunchyroll
Thriller Mystery Psychological
A genius high school student finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. He decides to use it to cleanse the world of criminals, becoming a …
If you loved Erased's investigators crawling inside the mind of a monster, Death Note delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2021
6 eps
Apple TV+
Sci Fi Mystery Thriller
Ko Sewon is a neuroscientist who developed the technology to sync his brain with the recently deceased — absorbing their memories and emotions to solve mysterie…
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.