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List of the 100 best horror anime

Horror anime create an atmosphere of restlessness, they encourage viewers to learn more about their universe and present some scares… In this article, we will see a complete list, and also recommend the best horror anime.

Through music and mysterious sounds, visceral or disturbing images, or surprising moments, Horror works make you worry about what is to come. Ready to watch these terrifying works?

List of the best horror anime - hellsing

The best horror anime

There are trash horror anime, traditional ones, and those similar to American movies. Generally silly, without a storyline, full of fanservice, that only try to create fear and scares with the obvious. We could list them here, but I want to showcase true horror.

Decent horror anime are much more elaborate, but they end up being categorized as action, fighting, and adventure. If you have seen one of the anime below in another genre, try to think of it as a horror anime.

Many of the anime on this list also fit perfectly with our other article about gore animes that consist of violence and a lot of blood and absurd eye-burning scenes.

Attack on Titan -Attack on Titan

Giants with smiling faces eat humans trapped inside a wall. The protagonist has his mother swallowed by a titan, gets angry and s the army in order to accomplish something instead of just waiting to be eaten by a giant.

In this super popular story, you will see lots of blood and charismatic characters dying in grotesque ways. A lot of fighting and a lot of suspense in each episode, twists and increasingly agonizing secrets.

The anime has more than 4 seasons with many episodes perfect for marathoning. If you haven't had the opportunity to watch this work of art, be sure to put it at the top of the list, or even buy your manga collection that we'll show you in the other subtitle.

List of the best horror anime - shingeki no kyojin
Eren looking scared…

The Promised Neverland - The Promised Neverland

Emma, ​​Norman, Ray and many other “siblings” live in an orphanage isolated from the outside world. They live an enchanted life, surrounded by friends and watched over by Mother, their caretaker, until finally leaving home for a foster family at the age of twelve.

The only rule is that they must never venture outside the gate that isolates them from the rest of society, as dangers await them. But one day, the children learn the true horror and fate of adopted children, and try to escape from that place.

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"Promised Neverland"

Parasity - Kiseijuu

One of my favorite anime, it has a lot of action, suspense and terror. Human-eating parasites invade and take over human brains and live in hiding committing grotesque and macabre murders.

A young student in love ends up receiving a parasite, which unsuccessfully obtains his brain, gets stuck in his arm and becomes something of an ally of humanity. In the meantime we see a story that discusses who the real monsters are.

List with the best horror anime - kiseijuu parasita
Kiseijuu - Shinichi

Tokyo Ghoul

The anime Tokyo Ghoul tells the story of beings that feed on human flesh, cannibals who cannot resist their desires to consume meat. These beings called Ghoul also possess superhuman abilities.

As half human and half ghoul, a young man is torn between the 2 worlds, being hunted by humans and sometimes by the ghouls themselves. An epic anime, with an epic soundtrack and lots of action.

Unfortunately the anime did well in the first season but lost in the next ones. There were a lot of studio changes, script, direct, art and other things that unfortunately spoiled the anime a lot, but it's worth it.

List of the best horror anime - tokyo ghoul
Tokyo Ghoul characters

Another

26 years ago, in a third-year high school classroom, there was a student named Misaki. She died suddenly, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation.

Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Sakakibara Kouichi transfers into the class and becomes suspicious of the atmosphere of fear in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful and distant girl named Mei Misaki who wears an eye patch and is always alone making drawings.

During the anime thousands of sinister things happen, macabre deaths with umbrellas stuck in necks, people being crushed, decapitated and other terribly frightening things.

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Another

Higurashi: When They Cry Kai

The story takes place in 1983 in a rural village called Hinamizawa (based on Shirakawa, Gifu). The main character of the series, Maebara Keiichi, moves to a village and becomes friends with several classmates.

The anime is based on a game, which consists of an investigation of murders that take place at a local festival. Usually one of the friends becomes paranoid and starts murdering others and their own friends.

List of the best horror anime - higurashi no naku koro ni
Higurashi When They Cry Kai

Ajin - Demi-Human

The anime features immortal beings with abilities to control another sand being hunted and hated by other humans. These beings called ajin are kidnapped and subjected to laboratory tests, torture and many other sinister things.

A young boy found out he is an Ajin after being hit by a car. Soon he begins to be hunted by the authorities, another Ajin appears in order to help him, but their goals are a little different.

List of the 100 best horror anime

The best horror manga

Now let's leave a list of horror mangas that you can acquire on Amazon itself. that the first volumes tend to be really more expensive due to low stock; if you go to Amazon, you will find other volumes for 12 reais.

List of Horror Anime

Below we will leave a list of anime names that have the horror genre, in order of popularity. Probably the focus of anime is not always horror, but it features a wide range of suspense and scares, in addition to being categorized in the genre.

Nome do Anime de Terror What
Attack on Titan 2018
The Promised Neverland 2019
Parasyte -the maxim- 2014
When They Cry: Kai 2007
Dorohedoro 2020
Mononoke 2007
Tokyo Ghoul 2014
When They Cry: Higurashi 2006
Owari no Seraph 2015
Ghost Hunt 2006
Knights of Sidonia 2015
Shiki 2010
Hell Girl: Two Mirrors 2006
Another 2012
Seraph of the End 2015
Knights of Sidonia 2014
Hellsing 2001
School-Live! 2015
Aoi Bungaku Series 2009
Hell Girl: Three Vessels 2008
Tokyo Ghoul √A 2015
Ajin: Demi-Human 2016
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 2016
Highschool of the Dead 2010
Ga-Rei-Zero 2008
Tokyo Majin: 2nd Act 2007
Hell Girl 2005
Ghost Hound 2007
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2018
Umineko: When They Cry 2009
Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror 2006
Tokyo Majin 2007
Devil May Cry 2007
Kemonozume 2006
Devils' Line 2018
Mouryou no Hako 2008
Kaibutsu-kun (1980) 1980
Angels of Death 2018
Requiem from the Darkness 2003
Happy Sugar Life 2018
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 2013
Boogiepop and Others 2019
Blue Gender 1999
Terra Formars 2014
Mermaid Forest TV 2003
Kurozuka 2008
Zombie-Loan 2007
Kaibutsu-kun 1968
Red Garden 2006
Descendants of Darkness 2000
Vampire Princess Miyu TV 1997
The Haunted House: The Secret of the Ghost Ball 2016
Boogiepop Phantom 2000
Hakaba Kitaro 2008
Terra Formars: Revenge 2016
Tokko 2006
Gregory Horror Show 1999
Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight 2017
Kaidan Restaurant 2009
Night Head Genesis 2006
Blood-C 2011
Ayakashi 2007
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 5th Season 2017
Kagewani: Shou 2016
Okamikakushi: Masque of the Wolf 2010
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 6th Season 2018
Day Break Illusion: il sole penetra le illusioni 2013
Bem 2019
Devilman 1972
Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!! 1994
Junji Ito "Collection" 2018
Shadow Star Narutaru 2003
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 7th Season 2019
SoulTaker 2001
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 3rd Season 2016
Youkai Ningen Bem 1968
Sci-fi Harry 2000
Demon Lord Dante 2002
Kagewani 2015
Dororon Enma-kun 1973
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 4th Season 2017
Youkai Ningen Bem (2006) 2006
King's Game 2017
Kurayami Santa 2015
Nessa no Haou Gandalla 1998
Ao Oni The Blue Monster 2016
Kowabon 2015
Ehon Yose 2006
The World Yamizukan 2017
Pupa 2014
Talentless Nana
Jujutsu Kaisen 2020
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror 2020

List of Horror Anime Movies

The list below has the Japanese horror animations in movie format:

Nome do filme de anime What
The Garden of Sinners Movie 2:...And Nothing Heart. ( 2007
Perfect Blue 1998
Attack on Titan Movie 3: The Roar of Awakening 2018
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Movie: The Battle of Unato 2019
Ajin Movie 3: Shougeki 2016
Ajin Movie 1: Shoudou 2015
Ajin Movie 2: Shoutotsu 2016
Attack on Titan Movie 2: The Wings of Freedom 2015
Youkai Watch Movie 4: Shadowside - Oni-ou no Fukkatsu 2017
Attack on Titan Movie 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow 2014
Resident Evil: Damnation 2012
Resident Evil: Vendetta 2017
Wasurenagumo 2012
King of Thorn 2009
Blood-C: The Last Dark 2012
Knights of Sidonia Movie 2015
Resident Evil: Degeneration 2008
Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai 1981
Toilet no Hanako-san 1996
Blood: The Last Vampire 2000
Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek 2004
Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken 1982
Wicked City 1987
Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten (1991) 1991
Blue Gender: The Warrior 2002
ARAGNE: Sign of Vermillion 2018
Tokyo Revelation 1995
Seoul Station 2016
Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Nara Onryou Emaki 1989
Walking Meat 2019
Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten (1958) 1958
Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten (1993) 1993
Beluga 2011
The Island of Giant Insects Movie 2020
Sougiya to Inu 2010
Usagi ga Kowai 2002
Ao Oni The Animation Movie 2017
Consultation Room 2005
Yukidoke 2004
BEM Movie: Become Human 2020
Attack on Titan Movie 4: Chronicle 2020
Amrita no Kyouen 2021
Violence Voyager 2018
The Crimson Whale 2014

List of Horror OVAs and Specials

The list below includes non-Japanese origin horror anime, specials and OVAs, as well as web creations. Some might be weird, others might have adult content. Research before watching a certain series.

Hellsing Ultimate 2006
Castlevania 2017
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai: Zange-shitsu 2020
Shiki Specials 2011
Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook 2013
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai: Mutsukabezaka 2018
Devilman: Crybaby 2018
Ling Long: Incarnation 2019
When They Cry: Rei 2009
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai: Fugou Mura 2017
Tokyo Ghoul: Jack 2015
You're Being Summoned, Azazel OVA 2010
Tokyo Ghoul: Pinto 2015
RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne 2008
Ajin OVA 2016
Pet Shop of Horrors 1999
Angels of Death (Web) 2018
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku Outbreak 2013
Demon Prince Enma 2006
Terra Formars: Earth Arc 2018
Terra Formars OVA 2014
Devils' Line: Anytime Anywhere 2018
Zombie-Loan Specials 2008
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls 2013
Devilman: The Birth 1987
Devilman: The Demon Bird 1990
Mermaid Forest 1991
Jigokudou Reikai Tsuushin 1996
7 Seeds 2019
Wo Jiao Bai Xiaofei 2015
Mermaid's Scar 1993
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette 2004
Eko Eko Azarak 2007
Puppet Princess 2000
Gakkou no Kaidan (2005) 2005
Children 2011
Junji Ito "Collection": Tomie 2018
Ogre Slayer 1994
Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman 2000
Resident Evil 4: Incubate 2006
Demon City Shinjuku 1988
Chocolat no Mahou 2011
Kyomu Senshi Miroku 1989
Umezu Kazuo no Noroi 1990
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma 1989
Blood-C: Special Edition 2012
H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror and Other Stories 2007
Spirit Warrior 1988
Lily C.A.T. 1987
Laughing Target 1987
Shi Xiong 2014
Bio Hunter 1995
Higanjima X 2016
Kangoku Jikken 2018
Spirit Warrior 2 1994
Corpse Party: Missing Footage 2012
Bride of Deimos 1988
Doomed Megalopolis 1991
Twilight of the Dark Master 1997
Toshi Densetsu Monogatari Hikiko 2008
Hashi no Mukou 2012
Horror News (1991) 1991
Inuki Kanako Zekkyou Collection: Gakkou ga Kowai! 1999
matryoshka: Niedola 2012
Gyo 2012
Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage 1989
Chainsaw Bunny 2018
Galerians: Rion 2002
Maryuu Senki 1987
Si Ling Bianma: Zhi Shijie Caozong Zhe 2013
Judge 1991
Shuten Doji 1989
mathru: Bacterial Contamination 2012
Violence Jack 3: Hell's Wind 1990
Mugen Shinshi: Bouken Katsugeki Hen 1987
Violence Jack 2: Evil Town 1988
Denki Groove: Mononoke Dance 2008
Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei 1987
Devilman: Crybaby - Digest Eizou 2018
Chainsaw Maid 2007
Horror News 2014
Resident Evil 4D Executor 2000
Violence Jack 1: Harlem Bomber 1986
Zekkyou Gakkyuu: Tensei 2016
Malice@Doll 2001
Calamity of a Zombie Girl 2018
Kimera 1996
Zonmi-chan 2016
Qui Shui Yi Yun 2015
Karada Sagashi 2017
Calamity of a Zombie Girl PV 2012
Heisei Matsue Kaidan: Ayashi 2017
The Island of Giant Insects 2019
The Dark Myth 1990
Hell Target 1987
Bloody Date 2006
Zonmi-chan: Halloween Special Movie! 2015
Heisei Matsue Kaidan 2015
Hino Hideshi Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan 2000
Maid of the Dead 2013
Nasu Highland Park Horror Attraction "Sema Kuruoshii Ie" 2019
NO LITTERING 2012
Bloody Night 2006
C.L.A.Y. 2012
Dark Cat 1991
Dead World 2016
Dead Girl 2011
Roots Search 1986
Within The Bloody Woods 2006
Love Bites 2016
Kokuhaku 2015
Ling Long: Incarnation Part 2 2020
Hoongi: Sumbakkokjil 2012
TaKU.K: Moushuu no Guernica 2020
Noroi no One Piece 1990
Rootless Heart 2011
Spirits from the Night 2012
Mermaid Song 2017
Saturday the 14th 2017
Jeipon, Futatabi! Kore ga Reiwa Style no Satsujinki 2019
Even More Ghost Stories 1996
Youkai Ningen Bem: Part II 1992