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.

Bungo Stray Dogs

The members of the “Armed Detective Agency” try to protect Yokohama.

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Airdates: 2016 - 2019

Call Me by No-Name

A student at Eichi University, meets a beautiful girl who was abandoned at the garbage dump. She decides that she wants to be her friend, but she is rejected. She replies with another suggestion: be my girlfriend until you guess my name.

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Airdates: 2025

Call Me Katie

In a world consumed by the patriarchy, Katie Minola has made it her mission to aggressively educate every ignorant boy she can find.

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Airdates: 2015

Canaan

Three women cross paths at an anti-terrorism summit in Shanghai.

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Airdates: 2009

Carcereiros

A correctional officer must endure the challenges of incarceration for both himself and prisoners.

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Airdates: 2017

Cardcaptor Sakura

Magical cards cause mystical problems for a pre-teen.

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Airdates: 1998 - 2000

Carmilla

Small town girl Laura Hollis moved out to go to Silas University. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is happening.

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Airdates: 2014 - 2016

Case Histories

Former soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie becomes a private investigator.

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Airdates: 2011 - 2013

Castlevania

A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepes himself

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Airdates: 2017 - 2021

Chicken Girls

Rhyme and her friends – known by their ‘ship name, “The Chicken Girls” – have been dancing together forever. But this year, everything’s changing.

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Airdates: 2017 - 2023

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

When a teenaged witch turns sixteen, it’s hell on earth

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Airdates: 2018 - 2020

Chio’s School Road

Chio makes her way to school but encounters abnormal situations resulting in her creating unique solutions.