# The best horror anime

Classic, trauma-inducing horror anime, chosen from the Rankingoo vote, ciatr and Niconico's N Anime.

- 21 votes · 12 items
- Nov 7, 2022 · 高橋 誠
- https://even.best/en/l/4185/the-best-horror-anime

## Top 10

1. **Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Tragedy in Hinamizawa and the summer of 1983, again and again.
2. **Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A schoolboy whose right hand is taken over by the parasite Migi.
3. **Shiki (2010)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mysterious deaths spreading through a mountain village.
4. **Junji Ito Collection (2018)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Anime adaptations of Junji Ito's horror shorts.
5. **School-Live! (2015)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A zombie world behind a cute school life.
6. **Umineko: When They Cry (2009)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Serial murders in a mansion on a remote island.
7. **Another (2012)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A class with a dead student hidden among them.
8. **Hell Girl (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The midnight Hell Correspondence website.
9. **Tokyo Ghoul (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kaneki, a student turned ghoul.
10. **Ghost Stories (2000)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The ghosts sealed in an old school building.
11. **Future Diary (2011)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A survival game over diaries that predict the future.
12. **GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The sixth series of Kitaro, go-between for yokai and humans.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.