Literary Inspired TV Shows (
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Predominantly found in web series, TV shows with this trope are based on a pre-existing work. Like every single bloody Sherlock Holmes series ever made by network TV.

Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen

Peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who’s behind it. Meanwhile, a darkness is approaching Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town

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Airdates: 2022 - current

Blind Gudinne

A successful lawyer is out walking her dog when she discovers a dead body. A junkie, but soon the police have more than one murder to solve.

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Airdates: 1997

Bloom Into You

A confession of love has unexpected results.

Blue Drop

Mari Wakatake transfers to a girl’s dormitory school called Kaihō Academy. Mari’s background hides a traumatic past: five years before her arrival at Kaihō, all the inhabitants of the island where she lived died in one night.

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Airdates: 2007

Boarding School Juliet

At Dahlia Academy, a prestigious boarding school attended by students of two rivalling countries, love happens.

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Airdates: 2018

Bocchi the Rock!

Hitori “Bocchi-chan” Goto is a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar; she meets Nijika Ijichi and joins “Kessoku Band.”

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Airdates: 2022

Bodacious Space Pirates

A girl is kidnapped to captain a pirate ship. In space.

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Airdates: 2012

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

The adventures of Naruto’s son, who is nearly as mischievous as he was.

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Airdates: 2017 - 2023

Bosch

An irreverent homicide detective follows his gut and bends the rules in LA.

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Airdates: 2014 - 2021

Brave New World

TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s book set in dystopian future.

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Airdates: 2020

Bravest Warriors

Four teenage heroes-for-hire warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions.

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Airdates: 2012 - 2018

Bright Summer Night

An exciting new take on the classic play – set at a Wellington house party over one night in the middle of summer.

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Airdates: 2016