Fans of the horror genre who have watched all the films - it's time to pay attention to Japanese anime! There are also plenty of excellent works here, after which it will be difficult to fall asleep. The list of the best anime in the horror genre is direct confirmation of this. Do you think animation effects are not scary at all? How wrong you are. Yes, the Japanese have their own nightmares, but they also know how to scare Europeans properly. At the same time, in anime you can depict any terrible and frightening situation, which would take a lot of time, scenery, and not the fact that to recreate it in a regular film. acting will be able to compare with the characters and charisma of the drawn heroes from the list of the best anime of the horror genre.
Doll (TV series) (2014)
The story follows a brother and sister, Utsutsu and Yuma Hasegawa, whose mother has died and whose father is not particularly interested in them. One day they meet a strange woman who warns teenagers against close contact with some red butterflies. The couple does not take her words to heart, but in vain: a meeting with these same butterflies turns into infection for them with an unknown virus that turns people into giant cannibal monsters. Yume soon transforms, but for some reason her older brother does not...
Doll (TV series) / Pupa (2014)
Genre: anime, cartoon
Premiere (world): January 9, 2014
Country: Japan
Starring: Ibuki Kido, Kuoko Narumi, Shimazaki Nobunaga, Koji Yusa
Ganz (TV series) (2004)
We live in an indifferent world. We are surrounded by dozens of people, acquaintances, colleagues, comrades, but we are alone. We dream of loving and being loved, but we are too selfish to care about anyone but ourselves. As children, we dreamed of becoming astronauts, great actors, writers, ballerinas. Become scientists and invent something fantastic that will change this world. Where are these dreams? They gather dust in the far corners of our memory along with unnecessary childhood fun. We have become adults, serious, reasonable.
Gantz (TV series) / Gantz (2004)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, thriller, melodrama, crime, detective
Premiere (world): April 12, 2004
Country: Japan
Starring: Alyssa Anderson, Christine M. Auten, Chris Ayres, Jessica Boone, Victor Carsrud, Emily Carter-Essex, Melinda DeKay, Shannon Emerick, James Faulkner, Russell Freeman
Monster (TV series 2004 – 2005) (2004)
One day changed the life of Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a brilliant Japanese surgeon who arrived in Germany to work at the Eisler Memorial Hospital. On this day he realized that human lives are of equal value, and that human life is worth more than the benefit that can be obtained from saving her. On this day, he saved a boy who had been shot in the head during the murder of his parents. After some time, three more murders occurred, and Dr. Tenma became the head of the surgical department.
Monster (TV series 2004 – 2005) / Monster (2004)
Genre: anime, cartoon, thriller, drama, detective
Premiere (world): April 6, 2004
Country: Japan
Starring: Takehiro Murozono, Masayuki Tanaka, Kevin Brief, Yasuyoshi Hara, Isobe Tsutomu, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Mami Koyama, Mamiko Noto, Nozomu Sasaki, Junko Takeuchi
Deceased (TV series) (2010)
The village of Sotoba, lost in the Japanese mountain wilderness, does not surrender to the advancing civilization at the end of the 20th century. Yes, the old people are leaving, and some young people, like tenth-grader Megumi Shimizu, dream of escaping to the metropolis right after school. But there are others - for example, 32-year-old Toshio Ozaki returned to his homeland and headed a rural clinic, and the Natsuno family generally moved from the city closer to nature. Life in the outback is quiet and serene, but the appearance of mysterious inhabitants has shaken up the area.
Departed (TV series) / Shiki (2010)
Genre:
Premiere (world): July 8, 2010
Country: Japan
Starring: Kayla Carlisle, Brian Massey, Teru Okawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Nozomi Sasaki, Wataru Takagi, Aoi Yuki
When Cicadas Cry (TV series) (2006)
Having moved with his parents from the city to the picturesque village of Hinamizawa and making friends at a small local school with charming classmates, he did not even suspect how deceptive his idea of this serene land and its inhabitants was. But, as Keiichi later found out, behind the facade of the village idyll lies a dark history of brutal murders and disappearances without a trace, and under the cover of blissful silence some terrible forces are at work.
When the Cicadas Cry (TV series) / Higurashi no naku koro ni (2006)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, thriller, detective
Premiere (world): April 5, 2006
Country: Japan
Starring: Soichiro Hoshi, Mei Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Yukari Tamura, Mika Kanai, Tafurin, Toshihiko Seki, Miki Ito, Takuo Kawamura, Fumiko Orikasa
Ghost Hunt (TV series 2006 – 2007) (2006)
Taniyama Mai and her classmates love to tell scary stories about ghosts, fortunately they don’t have to look for stories and themes: in front of their school there is an old wooden building, which everyone is planning (and still can’t!) to demolish. This building is so notorious that the director decided to turn to exorcists for help. Moreover, to make sure it worked, he called in specialists of all stripes: a Catholic priest, a Shinto priestess, a Buddhist monk, and a medium.
Ghost Hunt (TV series 2006 – 2007) / Ghost Hunt (2006)
Genre:
Country: Japan
Starring: Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Lee, Stacy Oristano, Christine Sutton, Omi Minami, Melanie Mason, Kimberly Whalen, Jamie Marchi, Ken Narita, Kaori Nazuka
Hell Girl (TV series 2005 – 2006) (2005)
It all started when Mayumi lost one hundred thousand yen that the whole class had collected for charity. For a high school student, this is a very decent amount. Fearing everyone's wrath, the girl secretly borrowed money from the class queen Ayu Kuroda, becoming a toy in the hands of this evil beauty and her friends. Under the threat of exposing her deception, the unfortunate Mayumi had to obey all of Ayu's humiliating orders and demands, plunging deeper and deeper into the quagmire of lies.
Hell Girl (TV series 2005 – 2006) / Jigoku shôjo (2005)
Genre:
Premiere (world): October 4, 2005
Country: Japan
Starring: Mamiko Noto, Masaya Matsukaze, Takako Honda, Takayuki Sugo, Shigeru Muroi, Ai Hayasaka, Eriko Matsushima, Kimberly Whalen, Kana Ueda, Hatano Wataru
Elvensong (TV series) (2004)
In the course of evolution, a new species of intelligent beings is born on Earth - “Diclonius”, which have superhuman abilities. Scientists are trying to find out what causes these abilities, so they use Diclonius as guinea pigs, performing the most terrible experiments on them. One of the Diclonius girls, Lucy, who suffers from a split personality, manages to escape. Lucy hates people and kills without remorse everyone who gets in her way.
Elven Song (TV series) / Erufen r&icirс;to (2004)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, science fiction, thriller, drama, melodrama
Premiere (world): July 25, 2004
Country: Japan
Starring: Sanae Kobayashi, Chihiro Suzuki, Mamiko Noto, Adam Conlon, Nancy Novotny, Kira Vincent-Davi, Emiko Hagiwara, Yuki Matsuoka, Hitomi Nabatame, Osamu Hosoi
Twilight Mind: Birth (TV series) (2006)
They say that a person does not use 70% of the brain. If a person has superpowers, it is believed that they remain dormant in that same 70%. This unused 70% is known as the Twilight Mind. Two brothers Kirihara Naoto and Kirihara Naoya have supernatural powers. Because of their powers, they were abandoned by their parents and raised in a laboratory, isolated from society. When they escape from the laboratory and enter ordinary society, it is time for change.
Twilight Mind: Birth (TV series) / Night Head Genesis (2006)
Genre: anime, cartoon, thriller, drama
Premiere (world): June 17, 2006
Country: Japan
Starring: Akira Ishida, Morikawa Toshiyuki, Akeno Watanabe
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, drama, adventure
Premiere (world): October 9, 2014
Country: Japan
Starring: Shimazaki Nobunaga, Aya Hirano, Kana Hanazawa, Masaki Aizawa
Forest of Mermaids (TV series) (2003)
There are many legends about how to gain eternal life. One of them tells about the flesh of a mermaid, capable of granting immortality to those who taste it. Five hundred years ago, that's exactly what Utah did. Now he is forced to wander the earth in search of a mermaid, in the hope that she can take this “gift”. The path of quest leads Yuta to an unusual village, where only women live, who are like two peas in a pod. They greet the uninvited guest very unfriendly and... kill him.
Forest of Mermaids (TV series) / Takahashi Rumiko gekijô: Ningyo no mori (2003)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, drama
Country: Japan
Starring: Naomi Nagasawa, Tolisin Jaffe, Yuri Amano, Kinryu Arimoto, Hunter McKenzie Austin, Johnny Yong Bosch, Dim Bristow, John Snyder, Louise Chamis, Sally Dana
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Hellsing: War against the Undead (TV series 2001 – 2002) (2001)
Since the time of the legendary vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing, the secret organization of the Royal Protestant Knights, which inherited the name of its founder - “Hellsing”, has been successfully fighting vampires, werewolves and other evil spirits on the shores of Foggy Albion. Now the organization is headed by the cold-blooded Integra, the great-granddaughter of Van Helsing. She's the one who has to lead real war with the creation of the mysterious enemies of humanity.
Hellsing: War against the Undead (TV series 2001 – 2002) / Herushingu (2001)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, fantasy, action, thriller
Premiere (world): October 10, 2001
Country: Japan
Starring: Joji Nakata, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Fumiko Orikasa, Takehito Koyasu, Craig Robert Young, Nachi Nozawa, Isaac S. Singleton Jr., Takumi Yamazaki, Akiko Hiramatsu, Akure Wall
Tokyo Ghoul (TV series 2014 – ...) (2014)
The action takes place in futuristic Tokyo. The main character Kaneki is an ordinary university student. One day something bad happens to him and he ends up in the hospital. But the troubles don’t end there: he is transplanted with the wrong organs that were needed. It turns out that these are the organs of ghouls - creatures that eat human flesh. After the ill-fated operation, Kaneki becomes one of the monsters, tries to become “one of his own,” but for people he is now an outcast, doomed to destruction. But is it really that bad?
Tokyo Ghoul (TV series 2014 – ...) / Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
Genre: anime, cartoon, adventure, drama, horror
Premiere (world): July 3, 2014
Country: Japan
Starring: Natsuki Hanae, Michelle Rojas, Sora Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano, Sumire Mrokhoshi, Shintaro Asanuma, Aaron Roberts, Sakurai Takahiro, Rie Kugimiya
D: Vampire Hunter (video) (1985)
In the distant future, powerful vampires rule the Earth and have enslaved humanity. These bloodthirsty monsters - immortal descendants of ancient aristocratic families - keep people in fear, enjoying the helplessness of mortals and hot blood in their veins. Having become a victim of the “kiss of immortality” of the terrible Count Lee, the brave girl Doris turns to the traveling vampire hunter D for help. She asks the hunter to take revenge on the Count and save his hometown.
D: Vampire Hunter (video) / Kyûketsuki hantâ D (1985)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, science fiction, fantasy, action
Premiere (world): December 21, 1985
Country: Japan
Starring: Kaneto Shiozawa, Michael McConnohie, Tomizawa Michie, Barbara Goodson, Seizo Kato, Jeff Winkless, Satoko Kifuji, Edie Mirman, Sogabe Kazuyuki, Kerrigan Mahan
Dead Party: Tortured Souls (miniseries) (2013)
Tenzin Elementary School was closed many years ago after a series of mysterious disappearances and brutal murders. On the site of this school, Kisaragi Academy was built, where Satoshi Mochida and his friends study. Staying at the school after the festival, the company decided to perform one ritual - tearing the paper doll. Rumor has it that those who do this will “stay together forever.” But after they tore the doll...
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror
Premiere (world): July 24, 2013
Country: Japan
Starring: Kitamura Eri, Yuichi Nakamura, Sato Rina, Hiro Shimono
Portrait of Little Cosette (TV series) (2004)
A talented artist, Eiri Kurahashi, while studying at college, works part-time by selling antiques in his uncle’s store, who travels around Europe and supplies various kinds of antiquities from there. While examining his next acquisition - an 18th-century French antique sideboard with glassware - Airy comes across an unusual colored glass. When he touches it, he sees a vision of a beautiful blond girl in an ancient dress, the spirit of the young Cosette who tragically died 250 years ago.
Portrait of Little Cosette (TV series) / Cossette no shôzô (2004)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, fantasy
Premiere (world): April 11, 2004
Country: Japan
Starring: Johnny Yong Bosch, Dorothy Elias-Fan, Ikumi Fujiwara, Rei Igarashi, Marina Inoue, Wendi Lee, Michelle Ruff, Mitsuki Saiga, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kumiko Yokote
Edge of the Void: The Garden of Sinners (film one) (2007)
Shiki Ryogi is a strange girl from an ancient and influential family. She wears a kimono in any weather, does not like to communicate with strangers, and for entertainment prefers walking through the darkest corners of Tokyo at night. Only two people more or less understand her - the cynical sorceress Toko Aozaki and the modest operational genius Mikiya Kokuto. This cheerful trio, under the strict guidance of Toko, works at the Temple of the Void agency.
Border of the Void: Garden of Sinners (film one) / Gekijô ban Kara no kyôkai: Dai isshô - Fukan fûkei (2007)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, thriller
Premiere (world): December 1, 2007
Country: Japan
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Kenichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura, Rie Tanaka, Yeri Nakao, Shuzo Nakamura
Other (TV series) (2012)
26 years ago, Misaki, an excellent student and athlete, was in the third grade of high school, and everyone around her simply doted on her. Therefore, when the girl suddenly died, her classmates agreed to pretend that she was still with them, and they continued their studies until graduation. In the spring of 1998, a new student, Koichi Sakakibara, gets into that same class. He soon begins to notice the atmosphere of fear in the classroom. In particular, the quiet beauty Misaki Mei contributes to its escalation.
Other (TV series) / Anazâ (2012)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, drama, detective
Premiere (world): January 10, 2012
Country: Japan
Starring: Atsushi Abe, Natsumi Takamori, Tomoaki Maeno, Madoka Yonezawa, Naoko Sakakibara, Kazutomi Yamamoto, Iori Nomizu, Misato Fukuen, Takuro Kitagawa, Hirata Hiroaki
Bloody Guy (TV series) (2013)
Brief summary of the animated series "Bloody Guy". Hell is a place where evil spirits live, more like a metropolis consisting of continuous ghettos. Each district has its own gang and its own boss. Vlad Charlie Staz is a ruthless and terrible vegetarian vampire who rules in one of these districts. Sleeping in a coffin, hunting for pretty girls and drinking their blood is not for him, because he is a depressed otaku who is interested in manga, games, anime and female curves.
Bloody Lad (TV series) / Blood Lad (2013)
Genre: anime, cartoon, adventure, comedy
Premiere (world): July 7, 2013
Country: Japan
Starring: Zach Aguilar
Kurozuka (TV series) (2008)
Brief summary of the animated series. Escaping from his brother, who has just ascended the throne, Yoshitsune, along with his servant, comes across a house in the middle of a deserted mountain. Strangely, in this godforsaken place lives a lonely woman who seems to have a very dark and sinister past. This meeting becomes the starting point of a 1000-year story in which Yoshitsune loses his memory and begins a search for answers - why he became immortal and who was the woman he met in the ominous house...
Kurozuka (TV series) / Kurozuka (2008)
Genre: anime, horror, fantasy, adventure
Premiere (world): October 7, 2008
Country: Japan
Starring: Mamoru Miyano, Park Romi, Joji Nakata, Hoko Kuwashima, Keiji Fujiwara, Miki Shinichiro, Irino Miyu, Kazuhiko Inoe, Choru Okawa, Banjo Ginga
Princess of the Undead: Red Chronicle (TV series) (2008)
15-year-old Ori Kagami grew up in a temple orphanage and is accustomed to seeing the strange: after all, Zen Buddhism, which his “older brothers” profess, tirelessly repeats - the world is not what it seems. But one day he saw something that radically shook his idea of the world. The guardian spirit in the form of a cat called Ori to go to the temple at night, where the guy witnessed a secret ritual of the resurrection of a young schoolgirl, while the monks called the young abbot the Guardian.
Princess of the Undead: Red Chronicle (TV series) / Shikabane hime aka (2008)
Genre: anime, cartoon, adventure
Premiere (world): October 2, 2008
Country: Japan
Starring: Aoi Yuki, Lucy Christian, Aaron Dismuke, J. Michael Tatum, Greg Ayres, Anastasia Munoz, Mika Solusod, Sean Teague, Anthony Bowling, Colleen Clinkenbeard
Blood+ (TV series 2005 – 2006) (2005)
For many centuries, in the shadows of history, the little-known brutal war. Immortal werewolf monsters that feed on human blood are opposed by the Red Shield organization, designed to expose dangerous creatures and destroy them. These days, this age-old struggle is taking an even more serious turn, in the center of which is a seemingly ordinary schoolgirl from Okinawa. The beauty and athlete Saya Otonashi lives quietly and peacefully with her father and brothers.
Blood+ (TV series 2005 – 2006) / Blood+ (2005)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, action, drama, adventure
Premiere (world): October 8, 2005
Country: Japan
Starring: Olivia Hack, Liz Sroka, Daisuke Ono, Kiriko Aoyama, Akari Higuchi, Kenichi Ogata, David Rasner, Jean Domon, Jun Fukuyama, Fumio Matsuoka
Mononoke (TV series) (2007)
A mysterious Pharmacist wanders around Japan, busy not so much with selling drugs as with fighting the evil spirits “mononoke”. They are not born in the human world, but exist in it thanks to human vices and weaknesses. In order to neutralize mononoke, the Apothecary needs to know their Form, Essence and Desire, therefore, before fulfilling his duties as an exorcist, he first has to act as a detective and confessor...
Mononoke (TV series) / Mononoke (2007)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, thriller, drama
Premiere (world): July 12, 2007
Country: Japan
Starring: Sakurai Takahiro, Rie Tanaka, Toshiko Fujita, Kozo Shioya, Eiji Takemoto, Yusuke Numata, Aiko Hibi, Yukana Nogami, Sho Hayami, Namikawa Daisuke
Supernatural (TV series) (2011)
The original series follows the adventures of the Winchester brothers, Sam and Dean, as they drive around the United States in a black 1967 Chevrolet and investigate a variety of paranormal phenomena, famously fighting sinister demonic entities. The anime project will not only recreate the best episodes of the original series, but will also include moments that were not included in the American version. We will see new episodes telling about the Winchesters' childhood...
Supernatural (TV series) / Supernatural: The Animation (2011)
Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, fantasy, drama, detective
Premiere (world): July 26, 2011
Country: USA, Japan
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Andrew Farrar, Hiroki Tochi, Yuya Uchida, Harry Standjofski, Takashi Taniguchi, Jensen Ackles, Angela Galuppo, Alain Golem, Takaya Hashi
The army of scary movie fans is growing year after year. Horror anime have become especially popular these days. The list of the most terrible paintings presented in this article will be useful to all those who like to tickle their nerves. So, what non-children's fairy tales will certainly appeal to connoisseurs of the genre?
Anime horror: list of the scariest films
What paintings are capable of causing real fear in viewers? What can you recommend to those who like horror anime? The list of the scariest cartoons is given below.
- "Fish".
- "Doll."
- "Gantz."
- "Monster".
- "Deceased"
- "Other."
- "When the Cicadas Cry."
- "Ghost Hunting"
- "Hell Girl"
- "Elf Song"
All the anime that are on this list, of course, deserve a more detailed description.
Top three
“Fish”, “Doll” and “Hans” are known to all fans of the horror anime genre. A list of the scariest cartoons wouldn't be complete without mentioning them. “Fish” is an anime that tells the story of three friends, university graduates. The girls decide to celebrate the beginning of adulthood by going on a trip. They arrive in Okinawa and find shelter in a beach house owned by someone they know. The vacation, which promised to be pleasant, begins with the fact that the friends are attacked by a creepy-looking fish that can move on land.
“Doll” is a film worthy of the attention of viewers who are attracted to anime horrors. A list of the most terrible paintings can hardly do without it. This is a story about a boy who was orphaned at an early age and forced to take the place of parents for his younger sister. Children have nowhere to wait for help, so they learn to survive on their own. This continues until the girl meets a bright and beautiful butterfly, after which she begins to turn into a monster. In her new form, she attacks people, kills and eats them. However, the brother is convinced that he can save his sister from the curse.
"Gantz" is an anime series that talks about life after death. People who pass away find themselves in a strange place. There they are forced to fight for survival, otherwise they will face final death.
"Monster"
“Monster” is another film that can be recommended to those who are interested in the worst anime horrors. A young and promising surgeon from Japan finds work in Germany. One day, his patient turns out to be a boy with a gunshot wound, whom the doctor saves from death. It turns out that the child suffered at the hands of an unknown criminal who killed his parents. Soon a number of similar crimes occur in the city, and the surviving boy secretly leaves the hospital walls.
There is a lull that lasts about ten years. Then mysterious murders begin to occur in the city again, and the number of victims grows.
"Departed"
The top most terrible anime horrors include the film “Departed”. It tells about the terrible events taking place in a small village located in the mountains. Residents do not know who to blame for the mass deaths. They begin to suspect that this is the work of newcomers who recently moved into a large house on the hill.
Not everyone shares this point of view. A local doctor undertakes an independent investigation. Of course, there are heroes who are ready to look for real criminals together with the doctor.
"Other"
The story begins with a new student appearing in the class of an ordinary Japanese school. The boy is surprised by the atmosphere of fear reigning in the audience. He finds out that many years ago one of the school students died under mysterious circumstances. However, her classmates, who loved the beautiful and smart girl, refused to accept her death. They continued to pretend that the deceased was alive and among them.
The main character of this non-children's fairy tale is actually Death. She knows no pity, embodies darkness and loneliness.
"When the Cicadas Cry"
What other fascinating horror anime are there? The list of the scariest films and TV series would not be complete without the fairy tale “When Cicadas Cry.” It owes its popularity to its complex plot, full of riddles.
The main character and his family move to a small village, which gives the impression of being bright and joyful. The boy easily finds a common language with his classmates and makes friends. However, he stops enjoying the move when the villagers begin to disappear one by one.
Hell Girl is an anime that is also on the list of the best. Main character- an excellent student whose life is changed by a site accidentally discovered on the Internet. She learns that with his help she can get rid of any offender. You just need to enter the name of the enemy in a special form, and his soul will immediately go to hell. A diligent student has an enemy who poisons her life. She is the arrogant and ruthless class queen who bullies her. However, it will not be possible to settle accounts with the offender if the girl does not pay for it with her own soul.
“Ghost Hunt” tells the story of a mysterious building that is rumored to be haunted. Of course, children, including Mai and her friends, have a special interest in this building. The girls, having heard enough ghost stories, decide to conduct their own investigation.
"Elfen Lied" is a creepy anime series that tells the story of a world inhabited by genetically modified creatures. One day, one of these inventions of mankind gets out of control. A creature named Lucy commits one bloody crime after another.
What else to see?
If we continue the list of the most terrible full-length anime horrors, we should definitely include the film “Blood. The Last Vampire." The film opens with the US Army preparing to invade Vietnam. However, war is far from the main threat to the existence of humanity. Soon people will face a much more important battle, in which their enemies will be creatures of the night - vampires.
“Death Note” is a famous anime that can be watched both as a full-length cartoon and as a series. The story begins with the fact that an ambitious and smart young man finds an unusual notebook with which he can kill people. The boy, the son of a policeman, decides to change the world for the better and eradicate crime. However, the situation soon gets out of his control.
KinoPoisk: 6.52 1 437
IMDb: 6.7 10 873
Description: America on the threshold of the Vietnam War. Tensions are rising at Japan's Yokota Air Force Base. But there is a greater danger within the walls of the guarded complex: Vampires! A team of top-secret agents sends a mysterious young girl to destroy them.
Director: Morita Shuhei
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.44 7 005
IMDb: 8 24 266
WorldArt: 6.5 539
Description: Having gone through terrible pain, humiliation and a breakdown in life values, Ken Kaneki was reborn. Instead of a clumsy hybrid of a man and a ghoul, something new arose, much stronger and more perfect. Having released and tamed his inner beast, Ken set out on the path of power, but where will it lead? For now, the young fighter is sure of one thing - only absolute strength will allow him to live the way he wants and protect those few who remain dear. The rest are just enemies, prey, and nothing more.
Having accepted the law of the jungle, the grim, gray-haired guy no longer shies away from conflict, but places himself firmly among predators. Such a drastic change interested the secret organization of ghouls, striving for world domination of their race. The increased activity of cannibals forced the authorities to take action - and, as usual, innocent people must suffer, including the peaceful ghouls from the Meeting Place cafe, who once saved Kaneki and took him under protection. Who will it be with? main character in difficult times - with old or new friends? Or, as they say, every man for himself?
Director: Matsubayashi Tadahito
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 6.19 135
IMDb: 5.6 111
WorldArt: 6.6 20
Description: For tiny girl Aya, every day is filled with nightmares. She is regularly humiliated at school, which is why she has no friends. The older brother does not protect her, but only makes fun of her and may even beat her. Her parents simply do not pay attention to her, because, like everyone else around her, they do not consider her to be a person. For the heroine, the only salvation is the Internet, which is why she sits at her laptop all day long, just to avoid encountering a negligent relative who is sure that he can independently raise her. At a certain point, she begins to think about suicide, but fate decides otherwise. It seemed at a moment when the situation was absolutely hopeless, the heroine found a strange site. Scrolling through, she begins to immerse herself in this exciting world, and suddenly receives a message from the creator of the Internet resource. The letter offers her a magic wand if she fulfills the conditions set before her. Realizing that this is the only opportunity to change her life, she agrees. Thus, a world of unsolved mysteries and insidious plans opens up before her. But can she survive in this tough and uncompromising world?
Director: Sasaki Tokiyoshi
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 5.8 104
IMDb: 4.9 142
WorldArt: 4.6 198
Description: Surely many have come across such a game as Blue Whale. She has been around for a long time, and was born quite a long time ago. But few managed to dare to play it, because it is the most real game with death. On the other hand, you can’t start on your own; everything happens by chance, after a mysterious message. This is exactly the kind of game that will be discussed in the reporting anime. The audience first meets a young guy named Nobuaki Kanazawa, who happens to be new to the class. He was forced to change his place of study for the reason that his relationships with classmates at his previous school categorically did not go well. Initially, Nobuaki is in no hurry to start meeting new people, but he soon realizes that being alone all the time is not the best best option, so he still decides to start contact with others. But the acquaintance was not really destined to take place, since on the same day all classmates, like Kanazawa himself, received an incomprehensible message in which everyone received a personal task. This is where it becomes clear that from now on the guys are drawn into the Blue Whale game, which is controlled by an unknown King. If you disobey and do not do what is required, you can say goodbye to life. What will the heroes have to do and how will it end?
Director: Tagashira Shinobu
Series length: 25 min.
WorldArt: 7 77
Description: Viewers of this anime experience real horrors. Here are the best and scariest horror films ready to scare for days on end. The author of these stories and images is the master of his craft, Ito Junji, who has been drawing unusual manga for a long time. And only twenty years later, his stories will be able to receive the most real colorful images and finally come to life. It's strange that many years ago, everyone really liked the images of the main characters, some amazed the world, but no one wanted to do animation at that time. An example of his creativity is the slug girl. In this story, a young girl faced a little problem, as she previously thought. The fact is that one day she noticed that her tongue was swollen, making it difficult to pronounce some words. However, the girl did not pay enough attention and simply left everything as it was, hoping for the best. Only every day, her tongue became larger and larger, which interfered with her diction, and in general, conversation with her. Until she realized that it was not a tongue, but a real slug that had settled in her mouth. Or a story about a fashion model whose appearance evoked a real feeling of fear in everyone, and at night she came to them in their dreams, creating terrifying nightmares.
Director: Yuasa Masaaki
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.4 1 081
IMDb: 7.6 5 795
WorldArt: 7.6 300
Description: Akiro was an ordinary schoolboy. I went to school, had fun with my classmates, and courted pretty young ladies. But when he met Ryo, everything changed. A new friend is a real hurricane. He never sits still, is mobile, active, talkative. Their relationship was like fire and water. One is furious, fast and purposeful, and the second is quiet and silent. The friend turned out to be obsessed with strange ideas, some of which were complete nonsense. But one day he said. That soon the creatures of darkness will come to the world. They will take over the planet and usurp government controls. They will grind those they don't like into powder, and the rest will be subjected to cruel tyranny. And only those who allow themselves to be infused with the essence of a demon can resist them. Oddly enough, the young man believed his comrade. He allowed him to carry out the necessary manipulations. As a result of a mysterious ritual, the guy turned into a cross between a man and a devil. He is capable of murder, can move with incredible speed, and has supernatural strength. But the soul of that romantic who once wandered the streets and looked at shop windows remained in him. But now he also has responsibilities: to stand on the edge of two realities and protect those who cannot fight back against the monsters.
Director: Mamoru Kanbe, Sumio Watanabe and Akira Iwanaga
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.91 20 195
IMDb: 8.1 25 459
WorldArt: 8.7 9 407
Description: Kota, after a long absence, returned to the ocean city where he lives cousin and childhood friend Yuka. Kota is going to attend a local college. And Yuka, with early years who is not indifferent to him, naturally goes there. Her family provided the guy with housing in the building of a former small hotel, on the condition that he would look after her and clean the rooms. When the couple was walking along the beach in the evening, a naked girl with fiery hair and small horns came out of the water to meet them, who could not utter a single word except the touching “Nu!” She looked so helpless and innocent that Kouta took the stranger, whom he and Yuka nicknamed Nyu, to his home. The guys didn’t even suspect that they had given shelter to a deadly female Diclonius, Lucy, who, based on the mutilated corpses of two dozen guards, had escaped from the experimental laboratory and was wanted by the police and special forces with orders to shoot to kill.
Diclonius are human-like mutants considered God's chosen ones and capable of destroying all human race. In addition to small horns reminiscent of elf ears, they have “vectors” - fast, like light, invisible arms several meters long. These vectors are capable of inflicting terrible damage and intercepting bullets in flight, and also have other functions. It is not difficult to understand why such individuals were kept under the strictest protection. But Lucy's escape was doubly dangerous because she, unlike other Diclonius, had the ability to bear children.
While escaping from a laboratory located on a steep ocean shore, Lucy received a sniper bullet in the head, but it did not stop her from going into the water. This, as well as some other reasons, led to an exacerbation of the mental illness inherent in many Dicloniuses - split personality. As a result, the smart, but extremely evil Lucy was suddenly replaced by the touching charming Nu with the mind of a young child, not to say weak-minded. It was this metamorphosis that confused the guys who sheltered the sweet stranger, finding themselves in a whirlpool of incredible events. After all, the meek Nu can turn into the deadly demon Lucy at any moment...
Director: Itagaki Shin
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.58 5 648
IMDb: 7.2 4 071
WorldArt: 7.7 2 005
Description: The focus is on a young and strong man named Dante. However ordinary life for him it was far behind. There are secrets and unusual moments in his journey, because he is not an ordinary person, but half a demon. In his veins flows the blood of a dangerous creature who is constantly looking for new adventures. He sees life like any other person. He likes to relax and get positive emotions from eating food. In order to earn a living, Dante opens his own agency, which does absolutely any work. For him, ordinary work seems boring, because he is a towerless demon hunter who is difficult to keep in one place. There is no fear or horror in his life, because he himself represents horror for demons and other evil spirits that live on the streets of the city. He has enough of his own strength to fight various ghosts and incarnations of evil. He comes out of every brawl alive and unharmed. The hunter always has his trusty sword and pistol at the ready, which helps him out in dangerous situations. However, in the life of a half-human, half-demon, there are many situations that can be life-threatening. What will be the fate of a real hunter who cannot imagine life without adventure?
Director: Ryoochimo Sawa, Hiroaki Ando and Hiroyuki Seshita
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.18 830
IMDb: 7.7 3 790
WorldArt: 7.9 798
Description: Everyone dreams of immortality and is ready to sacrifice everything to prolong their life. In this anime series, some people have the chance to live forever. And now these immortals have become the target of the whole world, since everyone wants to get the secrets of immortality. In every corner of the globe, they want to get their secret, and every person on earth is ready to do anything for this. And wherever they hide, they will be found everywhere, but time is on their side. Among these immortal people, there is a young guy whose life has just begun, and now he is forced to hide from the whole world. Kay, a young guy who had his whole life ahead of him, but having received immortality, he will have to forget about his past life, and he is forced to go on the run. Hunt for him, like a strange animal, to catch him, and conduct experiments on him. The secret of immortality is very important, every person would give everything to know this secret, and therefore these people, who learned this secret, became the number one goal for all the inhabitants of the earth. For Kay, there is only one, but the biggest plus, in his new life, time itself is on his side, which people do not have. For him now, the main thing is to hide for so long that others forget about him and stop hunting for him and others like him.
Director: Michael Hack, Akiko Honda and Naomichi Yamato
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.59 2 350
IMDb: 7.7 3 825
WorldArt: 8.1 1 358
Description: For many centuries, in the shadows of history, a little-known brutal war does not stop for a moment. Immortal werewolf monsters that feed on human blood are opposed by the Red Shield organization, designed to expose dangerous creatures and destroy them. These days, this age-old struggle is taking an even more serious turn, in the center of which is a seemingly ordinary schoolgirl from Okinawa. The beauty and athlete Saya Otonashi lives quietly and peacefully with her father and brothers not far from a large American military base. The problem is that her earliest memories are only a year ago, everything else seems to be erased. True, from time to time frightening images of another life emerge in the girl’s memory - faces distorted in horror and splashing streams of blood. You can't hide from fate - a terrible incident interrupts the serene idyll of school everyday life. After a stranger in black places a sword in Sai's hands, commanding her to "Fight!", she is destined to face her past and discover her true self.
Director: Itano Ichiro
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.27 2 790
IMDb: 7.3 6 128
WorldArt: 8.1 2 527
Description: Kay is an ordinary tenth grader who lives in Tokyo, like his peers, his life is boring and monotonous, every day is the same, the hero attends school and prepares for final exams. The young man spends all his free time from studying thinking about beautiful girls. But one fine day came in his life dramatic changes, when Kay was returning home on the subway after studying, he saw his childhood friend at the station, but decided not to show much interest in him. The guys might not have met if not for the accident that occurred at the station, where an intoxicated man of no fixed abode fell onto the rails. Everyone who was at the station at that moment offered to stand still and made no attempt to save the tramp. Only an acquaintance of the schoolboy decided to show his courage and save the poor man, but in this very dangerous matter he takes Kay as his assistant. The schoolchildren rushed together to save the tramp, but they were unable to save themselves, they ended up under the wheels of the train. From that moment on, the guys’ lives are like delirium, because they ended up in some room where there are many different people, and in the center there is a black Sphere.
Director: Kenichi Shimizu, Yuki Inaba and Kenichi Kawamura
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 8.08 6 203
IMDb: 8.4 13 633
WorldArt: 8.7 2 609
Director: Takahashi Naohito
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 8.47 8 766
IMDb: 8.6 21 239
WorldArt: 8.9 4 133
Description: The bloody war between the Midland and Tudor empires has continued for more than a century. In the east there is another large Kushan empire, where the people live almost like the Jews. Along with these empires, other kingdoms, states, republics, etc. also coexist. There is magic in this world, but it is used only in the east, where King Ganishke rules. In the West, magic is prohibited and a real hunt opens up for everyone who uses it, and the Holy Inquisition deals with it. After all, they take religion very seriously here and it is controlled by the Holy See. All this is similar to our world and here, too, there is the title of pope, and the capital of this coalition is the Vatican. Although there is a small number of witches living here, they are constantly hiding. The economic and industrial state of the world is at medieval levels. Wars here are fought with the help of knights dressed in heavy armor; the siege of the fortress is carried out by bombards. However, archers here only use crossbows. Because of what is happening in the world, it is not surprising that power is seized by a new king who carried out a coup. His army begins to cause chaos and destruction, but it all ends when a warrior approaches the walls of the city. From a distance it was clear that he was a professional, because his equipment and scars spoke about it. And he has only two tasks on his mind. The first is revenge best friend, and the second is helping your loved one.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto, Toshihiro Hirano and Masato Sato
Series length: 25 min.
KinoPoisk: 7.19 182
IMDb: 8.4 9 172
WorldArt: 8.7 295
Description: Any man knows - either take care of the girl or deal with the world's problems! As soon as 17-year-old Shinichi Kudo, while walking with his childhood friend Ran Mori, was distracted by the actions of suspicious persons, evil bandits grabbed him and forced him to take a strange pill that turned the guy into a 7-year-old boy. Miraculously surviving, Kudo rushed to his friend for help, but even the brilliant Professor Agasa could not do anything. And when the excited Ran burst into the professor’s house and asked an unfamiliar child who he was, the poor fellow could only glance at the bookshelves and squeeze out: “Edogawa... Conan.” Going against the ominous Black Syndicate is no joke, but the heroes did not even think of retreating . Kudo's parents left the country, and baby Conan settled with the Mori family along with his beloved Ran and her father Kogoro, a former policeman. Thanks to his own extraordinary mind, Kogoro’s connections and technical support professor, the boy detective, together with his friends, was actively involved in investigating crimes and cleansing Japan of crime. Well, the main question of the series is simple - will young Edogawa be able to overcome the enemy’s plans before the beloved Ran realizes with whom she lives under the same roof?
Halloween, the one day of the year when you can officially bring fear and horror to life, is approaching. You need to prepare for it with feeling, sense and arrangement. Firstly, . Second, decorate your room/cave/science lab.
Thirdly, arrange a horror marathon from those who invented the concept of "", the Japanese.
High-grade mysticism. Utsutsu and Yume had difficult childhood: They didn’t have a Playstation; their parents didn’t like them. One day, when they were walking from school, a strange-looking woman approached them and told them to beware of red butterflies. But Yume’s younger sister could not save herself and met with mysterious creatures, after which turned into a monster. A very, very, very hungry monster that feeds on human flesh.
Mayumi was given for safekeeping a large sum charitable money - and someone successfully stole it. In a panic, the girl turned to her classmate Ayu with a request to borrow money. But Ayu evil and treacherous, so actually unhappy became her slave. One day Mayumi found out about a website that sends to Hell the soul of anyone whose name is written on his page at exactly midnight. Naturally, no one began to think about the consequences. To quote the great grandmothers, " it's all your computer's fault".
To the point of madness atmospheric anime, which professionally gives you goosebumps. IN high school third grade girl dies- an excellent student, athlete, Komsomol member, whom everyone loved and adored. Despite the fact that doctors, teachers and parents confirmed the fact of death, classmates completely refused to believe in death and continued to pretend that the girl was still next to them. There are no monsters, severed limbs or other paraphernalia here, but all this is fully compensated for strange and frightening circumstances.
It all starts out like another part of Scary Movie. Kaori and her friends just started graduated from university. To celebrate the transition into adulthood, where you can finally walk around without a hat and not have to report to your parents about what you ate, went on vacation. In the beach house where they moved in, on the girls attacked by a strange walking fish. Thus began a series of events that are difficult to surpass in hellishness. 
Deeply philosophical anime thriller with a nice dose of drama. The young pop singer decided to move into the TV series industry, but her fans were not happy with this decision. Strange calls, envelopes with explosives, etc. scary trash subtly hint to the singer that world where she lives - complete lies and provocation, and she is not at all who she sees herself. At some point, the audience feels like they are go crazy with the heroine, so the fear in this anime is serious. 
The guy moves from the city to a quiet village, where almost immediately he begins to make friends with charming classmates. In the horror tradition, There's horror hiding behind the girls' cute faces, fear, brutal murders and disappearances without a trace. They rule the local ball wild forces of evil. Plot anime difficult, is suitable only for those who like to use their brains and know how to read between the lines. Very tense, a lot of blood and destruction.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Tenzin's school was closed after a series of mysterious and cruel incidents. They didn’t think of building anything better than the Academy in its place. A group of local students is holding ritual, after which, according to legend, they " will stay together forever"But something went wrong: earthquake, classroom floor collapses, and each of them finds himself alone in a dark dilapidated school. Welcome: this is the same Tenzin School where the souls of the dead still roam. Uncompromising brutality and liters of gore. 
Horror is one of the most popular and favorite genres for many film fans. But while gaming horror films have been popular for decades, there are not very many animated works on similar topics. The vast majority of scary cartoons are produced in Japan. Local animation, called anime, is aimed mainly at teenage and adult audiences. At the same time, the creations of the Country's animators rising sun known all over the world.
Among the main distinctive features Japanese animated horror films - black and very specific humor, absurd situations and illogical madness. These films are quite cruel and very bloody. Often such unpleasant things happen in them that viewing such products is not recommended for children and impressionable adults.
Our list of the scariest horror anime from Japan has 15 entries. We didn't rank them by quality, fear level or other criteria, but simply followed the alphabet. The hit parade includes both full-length projects and the most creepy and interesting TV series. Each of these creations will appeal to connoisseurs of the genre and will certainly scare the pants off them. Have fun and enjoy watching!
After Life: Anime with Living and Dead Characters
"Hell Girl" (2005-2006)
A diligent student, Mayumi, learned that there is a mysterious site on the Internet. Allegedly, at exactly midnight you need to write down the name of your offender there, and then his soul will go straight to hell. The girl just has an offender who is poisoning her life - the evil queen of the class Ayu. But in order to punish the cruel beauty, you will have to pay with your own soul.
"Gantz" (2004)
Existence after death is a common theme in the cinematic genre of horror. The anime series “Gantz” makes you think about what awaits on the other side of life. The action in the two-season project takes place in an unusual place where the dead end up. They have to hunt down and kill aliens, and all those who fail the mission will face final death.
"Other" (2012)
One day, a new student came to a regular class in one of the high schools. After just a few days of studying in a new place, he begins to feel the atmosphere of fear reigning in the classroom. 26 years ago, in this class there was a smart, beautiful and athletic girl who suddenly died a few months before graduation. Her adoring classmates pretended that she was still alive...
– Death spares no one. It is dark, in it you can only see darkness, complete loneliness... But this is not much different from life.
Scary letter "K": Anime about monsters of all stripes
"When the Cicadas Cry" (2006)
One of the most popular and scary anime with a complex plot full of secrets and riddles. Keiichi and his parents moved from the city to a cute and seemingly blissful village. The boy quickly makes friends with his classmates, but the easy and interesting life in the new place is spoiled by the dark history of terrible murders and traceless disappearances, hiding behind the idyllic facade of a serene region.
"When the Seagulls Cry" (2009)
Cicadas, seagulls... Perhaps one day even hamsters will cry in Japanese anime. “The Seagulls” tells the story of a remote island, where relatives of the head of a rich and influential clan come to an annual meeting. An unexpected typhoon cuts off the island from the outside world, and a terrible witch appears on its shores. Soon members big family they begin to die one after another.
"Ghost Ship" (1969)
Now this animated film does not seem as scary as it did decades ago when it was first released. But during its existence, the cartoon scared more than one generation of viewers. It's about a mysterious ship. After meeting him, other ships disappear without a trace, and miraculously surviving people tell terrible stories about ghosts. Only one brave boy is trying to uncover the secret of the mythical ship.
"Blood: The Last Vampire" (2000)
The United States is on the verge of entering Vietnam. Tension is growing at one of the Japanese Air Force bases. However, within the walls of the guarded complex there is almost a greater danger than an imminent war - vampires! 
"Doll" (2014)
Yutsutsu became an orphan at a young age. It was on his shoulders that he took care of his little sister Yume. The children have no other relatives left, and they are accustomed to relying only on themselves. One day, Yume saw an unusually beautiful and bright butterfly. From that day on, the girl began to turn into a monster that eats people. Only the older brother is trying to save the unfortunate woman and return her to her former appearance.
Getting Scarier and Stranger: Scarier and Strange Anime
"Monster" (2004-2005)
An outstanding Japanese surgeon got a job in Germany. Once he saved a boy from death who had received a gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred during the murder of the child’s parents, and then several more similar crimes occurred in the city. Soon, the boy, who miraculously survived thanks to the brilliant doctor, escaped from the hospital. And 10 years later, murders began to happen again...
“If only the rain could wash everything away.” Fear. Anger. Sadness. In life, the opposite happens. Things are only getting worse.
"Ghost Hunt" (2006-2007)
Next to the school where Mai and her friends study, there is an old wooden building that has been planned to be demolished for several years. The building is notorious, but it is the perfect setting for the scary ghost stories that local children love. But one day the director finally decided to get rid of the gloomy building, and called exorcists of all stripes for support.
"Fish" (2012)
The 70-minute anime follows three friends who have just graduated from university. They decided to celebrate receiving their diplomas and the beginning of adulthood and went to Okinawa to stay at a beach house owned by relatives of one of the girls' fiancés. While relaxing, one of the tourists was attacked by a strange walking fish. And what promised to be a very pleasant vacation turned into a series of terrible events.
"Twilight Maiden and Amnesia" (2012)
The action of this atmospheric and slightly scary series takes place at Seike Academy, whose students have created a club for the study of paranormal phenomena. It includes a 13-year-old psychic who can communicate with the other world, a girl from an ancient family with spiritual power, and a modest secretary. Well, the president of the club is the most ordinary school ghost.
Anime about killers - children and adults
"Death Note" (2006-2007)
The famous anime, based on the cult manga of the same name and adapted not only in the format of an animated series, but also in the form of a full-length cartoon, feature film and television series. And soon the manga will receive a Hollywood adaptation. The plot of the story is probably familiar to every fan of Japanese animation. A smart and ambitious teenager found a notebook of one of the gods of death. If you write down the name of any person on its pages, he will die. With the help of an unusual discovery, a boy - the son of a policeman - decides to eradicate crime. But things don't go as he planned.
– I will create an ideal society. I will create a world in which only responsible and good people.
“And in this ideal world you will be the only villain.” 
"Departed" (2010)
Terrible events, worthy of the best horror films, began to occur in a small village, lost somewhere in the mountain wilderness. According to residents, the inhabitants of a recently built large house on a hill were involved in the mass deaths, a series of which shook this previously peaceful region in the hot August days. A local doctor and other brave souls are trying to find the true culprits of the crimes.
"Elfen Song" (2004)
The creepy anime series tells about a world where they have learned to create genetically modified creatures living under the control of a government agency. One of these inventions is called Lucy. She looks like an ordinary teenager - albeit with horns on her head. One day, a girl escapes from a special detention center, causing a real bloody massacre and losing her memory...
– Without knowing evil, you cannot fully appreciate good. And a person who accepts only hatred from life, a person who is angry at the whole world, will perhaps cherish the warmth of love like the apple of his eye.
Extra Six: Some more scary and gruesome anime
Of course, even fifteen points are not enough to mention all the terrible japanese cartoons. Therefore, as an addition, we decided to briefly talk about several more works of Japanese animators in the horror genre.
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| "D: Vampire Hunter" (1985) | The full-length animated film is based on the famous novel. In addition to high-quality drawing, viewers will find a fascinating and scary plot |
| "Berserk" (1997-1998) | Dark and cruel fantasy with horror elements. The series will be appreciated primarily by lovers of Gothic and medieval settings. |
| "Boogiepop Never Laughs" (2000) | The mystical detective collected the most famous and terrible monsters of urban folklore and legends. The mini-series features a non-linear plot and a complex, intricate composition, and the action brings together characters from different time layers |
| "Dead Party: Tortured Souls" (2013) | A creepy and violent mini-series based on the popular video game. Among the main disadvantages are the loose handling of the original and gaping holes in the plot |
| "Ghost Hunt" (2007-2008) | This mystical animated series with elements of a psychological thriller is distinguished by high-quality drawing and an interesting, tense plot. |
| "Devilman" (1972-1973) | Retro anime, despite the years of its release, is no less frightening than modern horror films. Bloody massacres and mountains of corpses are included |
The drawn horror stories - from masterly thrillers to chilling horror - are made at the highest technical and artistic level. And some of them touch on serious life topics, have philosophical overtones and are filled with deep meaning. This is why Japanese animation is so popular among young people looking for their place in the world. Today, anime fans can be found in almost every country in the world. And many viewers prefer anime horror films, which tickle the nerves and keep one in suspense no less than live-action horror films.