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  1. A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.

    The sides of Junji Ito Collection

    • Short horror stories from Junji Ito's manga
    • Obsessions that twist bodies
    • Schools and towns gone wrong

    Good for you if

    • you like Junji Ito's slow creeping dread.
    • you like horror that makes no sense and still gets under your skin.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a horror story to explain itself.

    About: obsession · madness · the body

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  2. Wicked City 1987

    Anime

    A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.

    The sides of Wicked City

    • A human agent and a demon agent
    • A treaty between Earth and a demon world
    • A diplomat to protect in a night city

    Good for you if

    • you like horror where anyone might turn into a monster.
    • you like a Tokyo hiding a demon world.
    • you like dark, stylish 1980s Japanese animation.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see graphic sex, some of it forced.
    • you can't watch bodies twisted and torn apart.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: trust · desire · the monstrous

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  3. Shiki 2010

    Anime

    Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.

    The sides of Shiki

    • An isolated village of about 1300 people
    • Villagers dying one after another
    • A doctor who starts to suspect the truth

    Good for you if

    • you like horror that creeps in house by house.
    • you can take a story where nobody comes out clean.
    • you like a patient build before the horror breaks out.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore and massacres.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: death · fear of the other · what makes a monster

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  4. After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

    The sides of Higurashi: When They Cry

    • A boy who moves to a quiet village
    • A yearly festival and a string of deaths
    • The same summer told again and again

    Good for you if

    • you like a cute village slowly turning into a nightmare.
    • you like piecing together a village curse across arcs that restart.
    • you like friends who turn into suspects overnight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore, torture and beatings with a bat.
    • you can't take paranoia, abuse and madness on screen.

    About: paranoia · trust · fate

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  5. Kaori, Erika and Aki are celebrating their graduation when an infestation of walking fish forces them to re-evaluate their circumstances.

    The sides of Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack

    • Fish walking on mechanical legs
    • Three friends on a graduation trip
    • A stench spreading over Tokyo

    Good for you if

    • you like Junji Ito's horror of fish walking on metal legs.
    • you like a premise as absurd as it is disgusting.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand body horror and rotting creatures.
    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles.

    About: disgust · panic · friendship

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  6. Perfect Blue 1998

    Anime

    Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

    The sides of Perfect Blue

    • A pop singer who becomes an actress
    • A fan website that knows her daily life
    • Murders around her film set

    Good for you if

    • you like a stalker thriller where you can't trust what you see.
    • you like a story where dream, filming and reality blur.
    • you like being scared by your own reflection.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see a staged rape scene and a nude photo shoot.
    • you can't stand stabbings shown up close.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: fame · identity · obsession

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  7. A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming themselves to feed on unsuspecting prey. High school student Shinichi Izumi falls victim to one of these parasites, but the creature fails to take over his brain and ends up in his right hand.

    The sides of Parasyte -the maxim-

    • An alien living in a high school student's right hand
    • Parasites that reshape a human head into blades
    • A boy who stops feeling like himself

    Good for you if

    • you like never knowing who in the room is still human.
    • you like an alien that argues with its host from inside his hand.
    • you can take a story where the people you like do not make it.

    Bad for you if

    • a head splitting open into blades ruins it for you.
    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.

    About: identity · what makes us human · grief

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  8. Tokyo Ghoul 2014

    Anime

    Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.

    The sides of Tokyo Ghoul

    • A student turned half-ghoul after a date
    • A coffee shop run by ghouls
    • Investigators hunting ghouls in Tokyo

    Good for you if

    • you can take a story where things keep getting worse for its hero.
    • you like horror hiding behind a quiet Tokyo café.
    • you like a hero who must hide what he has become.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch torture and people being eaten.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: identity · hunger · monsters

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  9. With demons reawakened and humanity in turmoil, a sensitive demon-boy is led into a brutal, degenerate war against evil by his mysterious friend, Ryo.

    The sides of Devilman Crybaby

    • A sensitive boy fused with a demon
    • A childhood friend with a secret
    • Humanity turning on itself

    Good for you if

    • you can take a dark story where humanity turns on itself.
    • you like a war against demons that keeps getting worse.
    • you like Masaaki Yuasa's wild, stretched animation.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore and bodies torn apart.
    • you'd rather not see sex scenes, even drawn ones.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: friendship · cruelty · the end of the world

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  10. High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to survive this bizarre world, find her beloved brother, and escape becomes her top priority, but she is beset by danger not just from the mysterious Masks, which possess both inhuman strength and cruelty, but other survivors turned cruel or desparate by the insanity of the high-rise world.

    The sides of High-Rise Invasion

    • A schoolgirl trapped among skyscrapers
    • Masked killers hunting on the rooftops
    • A search for her brother

    Good for you if

    • you like a chase across rooftops where any bridge can be a trap.
    • you like a girl fighting to stay alive in a world with no rules.
    • you like a strange world of towers with no ground in sight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand axes and gore.
    • you'd rather avoid fan service and sexualised shots.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: survival · trust · siblings

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  11. Satou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new life, and would do anything for love, even if it means threatening, confining, or killing someone.

    The sides of Happy Sugar Life

    • A high school girl in love with a little girl she takes in
    • A child kept hidden in an apartment
    • Threats and murders to protect their life together

    Good for you if

    • you like following Satou as she hides Shio and the lies pile up.
    • you can follow a heroine who would kill to keep her sugary love.
    • you like a pastel, cute look over something deeply wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand murder shown behind a sweet, cute style.
    • you find abuse and confinement on screen too much.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: obsession · love · abuse

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  12. A popular manga creator becomes enmeshed in paranormal events while conducting research: Stand User Kishibe Rohan visits Italy, goes bankrupt, and more.

    The sides of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

    • A manga artist who can read people like books
    • Strange cases met while researching his work
    • A spin-off of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    Good for you if

    • you like short, eerie tales with their own odd rules.
    • you like a curious artist poking at the supernatural.
    • you love the stylish poses and colors of JoJo.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.

    About: curiosity · art · the supernatural

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  13. Chainsaw Man 2022

    Anime

    Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

    The sides of Chainsaw Man

    • A boy in debt to the yakuza
    • A dog devil that becomes his heart
    • A government devil-hunting squad

    Good for you if

    • you like crude, absurd jokes from a hero whose big dream is toast with jam and a girlfriend.
    • you want chainsaws tearing through devils.
    • you can take a world that keeps using its hero.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand blood and gore in every fight.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: poverty · desire · being used

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  14. Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.

    The sides of The Summer Hikaru Died

    • A childhood friend replaced by something else
    • A rural village with old secrets
    • A summer of dread in the countryside

    Good for you if

    • you like quiet horror, where a friend's smile is the scariest thing.
    • you like a rural village whose old secrets surface over one summer.
    • you like a story about how far you would go to keep a friend close.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a horror story that moves fast.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · identity · belonging

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  15. Midori 1992

    Anime

    After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.

    The sides of Midori

    • An orphaned girl taken in by a freak show
    • A magician who promises to rescue her
    • Grotesque 1920s carnival imagery

    Good for you if

    • you seek out the most transgressive corners of underground animation.
    • you can take a story with no comfort at all.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the abuse of a child shown on screen.
    • you'd rather not see sexual violence on screen.
    • you can't stand gore and cruelty to animals.

    About: abuse · cruelty · illusion

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  16. Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the Choujin (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko, must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.

    The sides of Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

    • A high school student hiding a demon god
    • Demons and beast-men hunting him
    • An apocalypse foretold every three thousand years

    Good for you if

    • you want demon horror that holds nothing back.
    • you like a world split between humans, demons and half beasts, with its own old legend.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand graphic sex on screen.
    • you can't stand gore and torture.
    • you can't watch scenes of sexual violence.

    About: the apocalypse · demons · adolescence

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  17. Paranoia Agent 2004

    Anime

    Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.

    The sides of Paranoia Agent

    • A boy with a golden bat attacking people
    • Two detectives chasing a rumor
    • A mascot dog all of Tokyo loves

    Good for you if

    • you like Satoshi Kon blurring dream and reality.
    • you like a mystery that jumps from one victim's life to the next.
    • you like a bleak satire with strange, funny detours.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch suicide and despair on screen.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: escapism · guilt · mass hysteria

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  18. Tomoe Enjou is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Shiki Ryougi. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days later, there are still no broadcasts about the murder as if it didn't happen... and when the victims are found, they're alive and unharmed.

    The sides of The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral

    • A runaway teenager who says he killed someone
    • Shiki Ryougi and her knife
    • An apartment building where the dead seem to live on

    Good for you if

    • you like a story told out of order that you have to piece together.
    • you like a supernatural mystery that bends reality.
    • you like dark, carefully drawn images of a city at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand graphic, bloody violence.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: identity · death · family

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  19. Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.

    The sides of Serial Experiments Lain

    • A shy schoolgirl who logs on to the Wired
    • A classmate's suicide and the emails she sends afterwards
    • A world where the network and real life blur

    Good for you if

    • you like a quiet, eerie anime where the internet starts to feel haunted.
    • you like piecing together who Lain really is across thirteen strange episodes.
    • you're happy to finish with questions and your own theory.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • a teenage suicide at the very start is too much for you.

    About: identity · the internet · loneliness · reality

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  20. Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.

    The sides of Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-

    • Homura fighting alone after Madoka's sacrifice
    • A city that feels slightly wrong
    • Magical girls against nightmares

    Good for you if

    • you like a surreal world of witches and nightmares that looks like collage.
    • you like Yuki Kajiura's choirs over every fight.
    • you like a final act that takes the story somewhere you won't expect.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't follow a plot that only makes sense after the series.

    About: friendship · sacrifice · obsession

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