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20. Ga-Rei-Zero
Kagura and Yomi are two girls who share an unbreakable bond. While they once fought side by side with the supernatural forces that threaten the planet, fate had something else up. However, to understand the present, one must first experience the past. The time before Kagura’s involvement with the Supernatural Disaster Prevention Agency. Young Kagura meets Yomi for the first time when she is invited to her house. Over time, the two fight malicious spirits and get closer to each other. Soon more terrifying enemies begin to emerge. It is one of the top horror anime.
19. Ajin: Demi-Human
The first Ajin appeared 17 years ago and quickly became the most important discovery of mankind. Though they appear to be human, Ajin is a rare, immortal creature whom the people fear. It is known that there are only 46 in the world, and most try to hide their existence. Kei Nagai is a boy. He dreams of becoming a doctor one day to cure his sister. But after dying and resurrecting in a car accident, he learns the terrible fact that he is also Ajin. Now, Kei is escaping from the humans and monsters of Ajin, who want to hurt him. It is one of the top horror anime.
18. When They Cry: Rei
Several months have passed since the terrible incident of Hinamizawa ended. Gradually, life returned to normal, and Rika and her friends tried their best to forget them and heal the old wounds. Everything seemed to be going well, until one day a tragedy happened when Rika was accidentally involved in a bloody traffic accident, destroying her calmness. Upon waking up, she was pushed back to the nightmare of the summer of 1983. She decided to repair Hinamizawa’s twisted killing cycle again. However, Rika soon realized that such a task was much more difficult than she initially thought. This Hinamizawa is completely different from other people in the past, and now it’s not just her own life that is in danger… It is one of the top horror anime.
17. RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne
Rin is a private investigator who has the advantage of almost immortality. Thanks to the spores of the Yggdrasill Tree, both she and her assistant Mimi live many years longer than the average person. This doesn’t mean that being immortal doesn’t have its problems. Since the “angels” want to devour them, the Apos send waves of professional killers to kill them. The constant hangover after long nights of drinking, and being immortal still has its downsides. With Apos’ growing attempts to remove them from the painting, can Rin and Mimi find out what he means so they can return to their morning vodka shots? It is one of the top horror anime.
16. Hell Girl: Three Vessels
Since Hell Girl’s alleged disappearance, her three assistants, Ichimoku Ren, Wanyuudou, and Hone-Onna, have returned to humanity to live a normal life. The trio’s life is suddenly shattered when Kikuri returns with a message from Enma Ai: she has taken control of the body of a young student, Yuzuki Mikage, to continue the operation on Jigoku Tsushin’s side. With the launch of the hotline to Hell, the promise of revenge will again be too great for some people to resist, digging a grave for both themselves and their tormentor. Will Enma Ai ever be fired from her thankless assignment after reuniting with her past? Renewed Hell Girl, and new traumas to be dealt with? It is one of the top horror anime.
15. Hellsing
There is a war going on in England today. The average citizen does not notice this, but vampires are rampant among the population, and Hellsing must stop the threat of bloodsuckers by even using its weapons against them. Alucard, himself a vampire, is the best agent the organization has to offer, answering only to Integra Hellsing herself. No one knows much about this mysterious figure who fights against the occult. But things start to change after the ‘recruits’ a new agent into the establishment. It is one of the top horror anime.
14. Another
26 years ago, something terrible happened in the third year of middle school. A popular, talented student named Misaki died suddenly, and the consequences of the incident have made every third year of her year fearful since then. It was 1998, and Koichi Sakahara had just entered a notorious class and was curious about the secrets his peers had concealed from him. He is drawn to one enigmatic girl named Mei Misaki, a calm schoolgirl who wears an eye patch and warns him to bond with her. She continues to search for her against the pleas of her classmates. And then people start dying violently. It is one of the top horror anime.
13. Shiki
Surrounded by trees to make tombstones, Sotoba is a village believed to be surrounded by death – a fact that soon literally becomes reality. One summer, a small country town begins to plague a series of mysterious and premature deaths. With a higher-than-usual death rate at this time of year, and every cause of passing remains unknown, Toshio, the local doctor, and Seishin, the temple’s vice-chief monk, grow suspicious. They take it upon themselves to investigate. However, with the increase in the death toll, more and more people want to know what is behind this sudden epidemic. Could this have something to do with the Kirishiki family that recently moved to the village? It is one of the top horror anime.
12. Hell Girl: Two Mirrors
Enma Ai appears to be an ordinary girl but is Jigoku Shoujo: Hell Girl. If you live in Japan and you hate someone deeply, she will get revenge for you at a price. Visit her website at midnight and her services are yours, but in return, you’ll spend eternity in hell after death. After the events with reporter Shibata, Ai and her assistants Ichimoku Ren, Hone Onna, and Wanyuudo resume their duties of transporting more souls to Hell. Only this time they are joined by a mysterious girl named Kikuri, whose intentions and nature are completely unknown. It is one of the top horror anime.
11. Attack on Titan: Ilse’s Notebook
Humans have captured Titan for 15 years, and for Hange Zoe, nothing is more important than obtaining a living specimen. The original purpose of the Survey Corps was to discover the identity of the Titans. Hange urges Erwin to let them do the job, and Levi and the rest of the members hunt down the abnormal to be arrested. But things don’t go exactly as planned. When the group discovers the corpse of a Survey Corps member that Titan has hidden inside a tree, along with a diary that sheds new light on their mysterious enemy. It is one of the top horror anime.
10. Ghost Hunt
Mai Taniyama is a first-year high school student who lives a carefree life, telling ghost stories with her friends. One day, he met Shibuya Kazuya, the head of Shibuya Psychological Research (SPR). Together they helped him investigate the supernatural phenomenon in a haunted school building. His assistant Lin was injured in the incident to keep Maja safe from danger, so what more can Mai do than take a job as Shibuya’s assistant? Together with a team of other ghost hunters, they uncover the mystery of a strange looming affair. It is one of the top horror anime.
9. Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
Yuichiro met Mikaela again in the Battle of Shinjuku, but Mikaela was turned into a vampire. To save the “family” and protect the other members, Yuichiro had to gain knowledge and power. He looked for ways to bring the vampire back to humans while training hard on the Cursed Gift. Meanwhile, Kureto calls Guren and tells him the shocking truth: in a month, the main vampire unit will start attacking Tokyo. To gain an advantage over the vampires, Kureto orders Guren to go to Nagoya. The noble extermination mission is about to open fire. It is one of the top horror anime.
8. When They Cry: Higurashi
Maebara Keiichi, a regular high school student, moved to a new school in Hinamizawa, a small rural village. At first, everything seems calm and Keiichi befriends a nice group of schoolgirls with whom she spends many idle summer afternoons. Suddenly, violence enters the blissful tranquility of the village, and Keiichi becomes embroiled in an endless cycle of fear and death. Hinamizawa’s incoherent but inevitable horror is told and repeated, becoming an endless and inevitable crazy nightmare. Will it end even if the secret of Hinamizawa is solved? It is one of the top horror anime.
7. Mononoke
In feudal Japan, the evil spirits known as mononokas plague homes and villages, leaving a trail of fear behind them. One mystery person has the power to kill the Mononoke where he stands. He is known only as a drug dealer and defeats Mononoke using the power of his sword of exorcisms. However, to draw the sword, he must first understand the form, reality, and reason of mononokas. Armed with his cunning and keen intellect, the drug dealer wanders from place to place, hitting the Mononoke behind him. It is one of the top horror anime.
5. Castlevania Season 3
With Dracula’s fall, both heroes and villains must forge new paths in the bloody aftermath. Trevor and Sypha continue their adventure in search of and destroy the forces of evil, leading them to a village where a mysterious explorer named Saint Germain investigates a cult worshiping Dracula. In remote corners of the world, the forge masters Isaac and Hector have taken their steps on very different paths. One in the quest to destroy those who betrayed Dracula. The other in the long, arduous path of slavery at the hands of Carmilla and her vampire brothers. At the same time, Alucard stayed in his father’s ruined castle, falling into a mental stasis, until he met a pair of vampire hunters from a distant country. Will their arrival saves him from the loneliness that engulfs him, or will it make him sink deeper into the darkness?
4. When They Cry: Kai
It is 1983, in Hinamizawa Village, a series of deaths occurred on the night of the rafting festival and in the following days. The only hope for the village and its inhabitants is the priestess Furude Rika, who, with the help of her invisible partner Hanyuu, can go back in time and change the events that led to the disaster. Unfortunately, regardless of the changes made, each journey eventually ends with the death of Rika and many of her friends. But when Rika’s friends begin to remember things that happened to them in previous worlds and take steps to avoid the same consequences, Rika realizes that their chances of survival have never been greater. Can he challenge and overcome fate itself?
3. Hellsing Ultimate
Alucard is a vampire who works for Hellsing – the organization responsible for hunting and destroying other vampires. In these dark times, anyone bitten by a vampire turns into a ghoul – except for Seras Victoria, Alucard’s newly formed and appointed apprentice. Now Seras must serve his master, Alucard, and work for the Wingates Hellsing Integra. Vampire villainous activities are being reported all over England, all derived from an organization called “Millennium.” Will Hellsing under the command of Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing be able to prevent a full-scale war?
2. Parasyte -the maxim-
Secretly, alien parasites drift down towards the Earth. Their command: to take control of the human body and develop in secret. When the parasite tried to take over Shinji, an ordinary high school student, it held him in its arms to save his mind. The strange power of the amorphous muscles makes it difficult for the curious parasite to a truce with Shinji: this will keep him alive and strong so that he can continue to live and help protect him from other parasites that may still displease Shinji. is actively working. Will Shinji have the courage to face the parasites and protect humanity? And would it make any difference if he did?
1. Attack on Titan
Over a century ago, mankind was devoured by gigantic creatures of unknown intelligence and origins known as Titans – creatures that eat humans alive blindly and for no apparent reason. The remaining population only survived the last hundred years by building a multi-walled city capable of holding back the Titans by training military recruits to patrol the perimeter and gather information about their mysterious enemy. Eren and Mikasa led a relatively quiet life outside the city walls, but when the mighty Titan appears, breaking the outer barrier and causing a wave of terror, their lives are brutally changed forever …
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