I remember this old one, but I can't pin point it's name. It's about a detective academy of sorts where young students come in to learn about being a detective. The head of the organization is a top class detective who was the first detective ever given a license to own a gun. (Who is also bound to a wheelchair if I remember right.)
The main characters were somewhat cliched. The hero is the young prodigy, then there's the tall guy who has the brawn and the brain. There was also a girl character who wasn't all that interesting. You'd get the feeling that she was added for the sake of having a female character. There was also a fourth guy if I remember it right. The fourth guy is a frail but genius character.
I don't remember many cases they solved but two comes to mind.
One is the death of a cook/chef. The killer made the mistake of making salad with non fresh vegetables. I don't know how they managed to find out the killer via the freshness of a plate of salad but they did >< (I remembered about this anime while I was preparing some cucumber salad for myself and the carrots were getting kinda old and crusty.)
The other is a more complicated case I never even knew what was going on. Apparently it is about a biochemical weapon used in an area. The heroes went in to see what it was all about. I don't remember much but a secret room in a shack and the hero and brawn guy sitting atop a tree and K-I-S-S-I-N-G the hero figures it out by aligning a picture with the sunrise. I don't remember watching what the great revelation was but dammit I want to right now.
So if anyone knows what this is please tell me.
I think this thread can be used whenever anyone has trouble remembering an old anime they used to watch and want to re-watch it again but can't remember its name.