From sinister ghosts to vicious slaughter, horror anime recommendations cover everything that is, well, horrifying. If it’s even remotely scary, you will find in these anime series.
Death City is home to a famous technical academy and ran by Lord Death himself. At this academy, meisters train with their human weapons in order to evolve them into Death Scythes to be wielded by the Grim Reaper, Lord Death. Only by consuming 99 evils souls and the soul of one witch will a […]
They stalk the night, waiting, watching, wondering when one human will stray from the pack into a dark alleyway. When it happens, they strike! Fast as lighting, draining the blood from their victims. They are vampires. Unlike zombies, anime is a genre that is rife with vampires. Unfortunately, for every dark creatures of the night
In this world, there are monsters that lurk in the darkness. Ones waiting to devour everything you are and hold dear. To stem the tide of this darkness is the Hellsing Organization. Commanded by Integra Hellsing, the organization’s powerful military force dedicate their lives to fighting monsters. However, their most powerful weapon is the vampire,
While the pervasive zombie fever of the mid-2000’s has died down somewhat, this Haitian-inspired ghoul of folklore has become spread far and wide. From moves to comics to music, there is plenty of zombie culture for fans to enjoy. However, zombie media is not quite so widespread in anime. While western movies may be populated
As the sun sets, a mysterious man comes to town. The children all gather round to hear his sinister tales based on Japanese urban legends. Along with his demented narration, he uses a kamishibai, a traditional paper-scrolling device, to add in visuals. While the simple “paper dolls” animation takes some getting used to, right from
‘Tis the season for blood and guts done way over the top. Although, a true gorehound could suggest that the season is any season. However, while Game of Thrones is off shocking the normies, anime fans have a high tolerance for shock. We’ve seen blood. We’ve seen entrails. We’ve seen centipedes put in ears so
Keiichi Maebara just moved from Tokyo with his family to the small town of Hinamizawa in the summer 1983. As the town is so small, school children of all ages are lumped into one class. There he becomes fast friends with four girls where he spends his days after school idly playing games. However, as
It happened suddenly. The dead rose and threw Japan into chaos. In the high school of Takashi Kimuro, the situation forced him to kill his bitten best friend and protect the man’s girlfriend, Rei. As they narrowly escape the school with a few others, they find the real survival just beginning. The zombie genre may
After a small portion of humanity suddenly developed psychokinetic powers, the world underwent a rapid transformation. After 1,000 years of turbulent history where regular humans struggled against those with powers, we focus in on Kamisu 66, a small town where 12-year-old Saki Watanabe finally awakened her powers. This awakening means she is finally able to
After sending cockroaches and algae to terraform Mars as a second home for the now-overcrowded Earth, their efforts are coming back to bite them years in the future. Not only is an alien disease ravaging humanity on Earth, but the cockroaches evolved in murderous giants with a vendetta against humanity on Mars. Determining the disease
