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The best horror anime

The top 3 according to 21 votes from people: Higurashi: When They Cry (2006) · Parasyte: The Maxim (2014) · Shiki (2010). (Updated Nov 7, 2022.)

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

高橋 誠 · · 12 items · 21 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)

    Tragedy in Hinamizawa and the summer of 1983, again and again.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)

    A schoolboy whose right hand is taken over by the parasite Migi.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Shiki (2010)

    Mysterious deaths spreading through a mountain village.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Junji Ito Collection (2018)

    Anime adaptations of Junji Ito's horror shorts.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    School-Live! (2015)

    A zombie world behind a cute school life.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Umineko: When They Cry (2009)

    Serial murders in a mansion on a remote island.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Another (2012)

    A class with a dead student hidden among them.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  8. 8

    Hell Girl (2005)

    The midnight Hell Correspondence website.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Tokyo Ghoul (2014)

    Kaneki, a student turned ghoul.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Ghost Stories (2000)

    The ghosts sealed in an old school building.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

Candidates

They don't make it into the top 10… yet. Vote for them to move them up.

  1. 11

    Future Diary (2011)

    A survival game over diaries that predict the future.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  2. 12

    GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)

    The sixth series of Kitaro, go-between for yokai and humans.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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