What is Horror anime?

The horror cinematic genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear, terror, or horror. Often their plots involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, sometimes of supernatural origin, on the mundane world and the consequences thereof.

New Released Trending Random

Newest Horror Anime You might like

Jigoku Sensei Nube

(Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025))

Description:

A new anime project for Jigoku Sensei Nube. The story follows Meisuke Nueno, aka "Nube," a psychic teacher with a demon hand, as he battles evil spirits and monsters to protect his students in this saga that employs elements of Japanese mythology and folklore to tell a fan-pleasing action story. Known for its occult and horror elements on school ghost stories and urban legends, Nube captivated readers across generations with his heroic efforts to save his students from supernatural threats.

Type

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

View Anime Like Jigoku Sensei Nube →

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

(The Summer Hikaru Died)

Description:

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with? (Source: Yen Press)

Type

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

View Anime Like Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu →

Nyaight of the Living Cat

(Night of the Living Cat)

Description:

In the near future, a unique disease has swept across the planet: a virus that transforms humans into cats! And the horde is expanding, since if these adorable kitties snuggle with a human, the human is transformed into yet another cat. A small group of cat-loving survivors is trying to escape the madness, but how can you defend yourself against a threat you just want to cuddle and pet?! This wild new take on a post-apocalyptic survival tale will make you roll over and purr with delight! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Type

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

View Anime Like Nyaight of the Living Cat →

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising

Description:

The 10th anniversary online event for the Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica anime revealed on Sunday that the franchise is getting a new anime film titled Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten. The film will be an official sequel to the Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Hangyaku no Monogatari film that opened in October 2013. The tagline on the new film's visual reads, "Now, let's continue the story." (Source: Anime News Network, edited)

Type

movie

Episodes

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

View Anime Like Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising →

Ane Naru Mono

(The Elder Sister-like One)

Description:

When an orphan encounters the eldritch demon Shub-Niggurath, the "Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young" offers him one wish. His request: "Become my big sister."(Source: Yen Press)

Type

OVA

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

View Anime Like Ane Naru Mono →

Mononoke: Hinezumi

(Mononoke: Fire Rat)

Description:

Sequel to Mononoke: Karakasa and second movie in the Mononoke movie trilogy.

Type

movie

Episodes

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-03-14

View Anime Like Mononoke: Hinezumi →

Agent Blue

Description:

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

1 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-11-09

View Anime Like Agent Blue →

Uzumaki

6.35

Description:

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return... (Source: Viz Media)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-09-29

View Anime Like Uzumaki →

Kankin Kuiki Level X

(Lockdown Zone: Lv. X)

Description:

Ryoka is awakened by flurry of text messages from her mother! Panicked and rushed, Mom is clearly concerned for Ryoka's safety, but she is not too keen on letting her daughter know why. Her reasoning being that nothing could really properly describe what is happening! The world might be ending! And there might be a massive new life-form on the roof of their apartment building! (Source: Denpa)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

14 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-09-07

View Anime Like Kankin Kuiki Level X →

Midnight Vampire

Description:

Short story of a hungry vampire.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

8 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-08-17

View Anime Like Midnight Vampire →

Mononoke: Karakasa

(Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain)

Description:

Asa and Kame strike up an immediate friendship when they arrive at the same time for their first day of duty at the Ooku, the splendid pleasure palace housing the harem of Lord Tenshi. The two young women are there to join the many hundreds of other maidservants—men are barred from entering, with immediate beheading the price of trespassing. It soon becomes clear that sinister schemes and cynical rivalries lie behind the luxurious lifestyle and ritualized routines of the Ooku. Meanwhile, a mysterious wandering potion-peddler known only as the Medicine Seller subtly insinuates himself into the Ooku, just as an uncanny, otherworldly menace begins to reveal itself. (Source: Fantasia Festival, edited)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

89 Min

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Aired

2024-07-26

View Anime Like Mononoke: Karakasa →

Alien: MONDAY

Description:

Taking on a stylized, heavily cell-shaded 80s' anime aesthetic, Alien: MONDAY sees technician Aislin (Sara Secora) of the mining hauler Thanatos and the vessel's AI Conrad (Phillip Sacramento) take on a deadly Xenomorph stowaway.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

19 Min

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-07-22

View Anime Like Alien: MONDAY →

Yami Shibai 13

Description:

Thirteenth season of Yami Shibai.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

4 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-07-14

View Anime Like Yami Shibai 13 →

The Grimm Variations

(The Grimm Variations)

7.29

Description:

Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the brothers were telling Charlotte a fairy tale like usual, they saw that she had a somewhat melancholy look on her face. She asked them, "Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?" The pages of Grimm's Fairy Tales, written by Jacob and Wilhelm, are now presented from the unique perspective of Charlotte, who sees the stories quite differently from her brothers. (Source: Netflix, edited)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

40 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2024-04-17

View Anime Like The Grimm Variations →

Yami Shibai 12

(Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12)

Description:

The twelfth season of Yami Shibai.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-01-14

View Anime Like Yami Shibai 12 →

Akuma-kun

6.84

Description:

Akuma Kun, a boy raised by a demon, works with his half-human partner Mephisto III as paranormal investigators to solve various murders and mysteries. (Source: Netflix, edited)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2023-11-09

View Anime Like Akuma-kun →

Castlevania: Nocturne

7.74

Description:

As revolution sweeps France, Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire ruler. (Source: Netflix)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

25 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-09-28

View Anime Like Castlevania: Nocturne →

Yami Shibai 11

(Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11)

6.74

Description:

The eleventh season of Yami Shibai.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-10

View Anime Like Yami Shibai 11 →

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto

(Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)

7.95

Description:

With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life… “Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?” Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to… Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!! (Source: Crunchyroll)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-09

View Anime Like Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto →

Dark Gathering

7.64

Description:

The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself to society as a private tutor, he meets a genius girl named Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi is instantly able to tell that Keitarou has skill as a spirit medium, and she invites him to go with her to a haunted location. The two then start their journey capturing evil spirits. (Source: ANN)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-09

View Anime Like Dark Gathering →

You might Like

Top Anime Like Spy x Family

Top Anime Like Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

Top Anime Like My Dress-Up Darling

Top Anime Like Ya Boy Kongmin!

Top Anime Like Akebi's Sailor Uniform

Top Anime Like Sabikui Bisco

Top Anime Like Tokyo Revengers

Top Anime Like To Your Eternity

Top 15 Adult Games like Summertime Saga

Top 11 Villainess Manga/Manhwa to Read

35 Absolute Best Anime Girls With White Hair [2021 List]

Top 15 BL/Yaoi manga to read [2021 List]

Top Anime like ODD TAXI

Top Anime like Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There

About Recommend Anime

Recommend Anime is an anime recommending website, Designed and developed to help people find anime to watch. You can generate random list of anime to watch or browse different anime to find suggestions.

Navigation

Scroll to top ↑