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.

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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

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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

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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

2024-12-31

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Mononoke: Karakasa

Description:

Announced at the Mononoke 15th Anniversary Festival, a mononoke film project.

Type

movie

Episodes

Rating

Violence

Status

unreleased

Aired

2024-07-26

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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

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Akuma-kun

6.93

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

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Castlevania: Nocturne

7.77

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

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Yami Shibai 11

(Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11)

Description:

The eleventh season of Yami Shibai.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-10

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

(Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)

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

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Dark Gathering

7.6

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

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Biohazard: Death Island

(Resident Evil: Death Island)

7.23

Description:

D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them. (Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

90 Min

Rating

Violence, Profanity

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-07

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......

Description:

Music video directed by obmolot for the song ...... by x0o0x_.

Type

music

Episodes

Ep.Length

2 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-06-11

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Amrita no Kyouen

(The Feast of Amrita)

Description:

The story will center on a high school girl named Tamahi, who encounters strange creatures while navigating a gigantic apartment building. (Source: Anime News Network)

Type

movie

Episodes

Rating

violence & profanity

Status

finished

Aired

2023-05-26

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Bio Sekai Meisaku Gekijou

(Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater)

Description:

Short animations based on the plot of Biohazard/Resident Evil 4 in the style of Nippon Animation’s classic World Masterpiece Theater series posted to the official YouTube to promote the 2023 game release.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

1 Min

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-03-19

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Make My Day

(Make My Day)

6.58

Description:

On a cold planet of ice and snow, mysterious creatures suddenly have appeared from the dark underground and have begun to attack the inhabitants. Can humanity survive the terror lurking beyond the horizon? (Source: Netflix)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-02-02

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Kyo Gan

(Sewing Love)

Description:

"The expression of emotional desire called love. Everyone is an individual whose spirit and soul cannot be bound. The emotion between people leads to good and bad results, happiness or misery. In the river of natural life, it is the stream injected halfway and the water vapor evaporated halfway. Two very strong individuals, whether they are right or not, whether they need to be morally criticized, whether they need to be examined by us, in the end, death, rebirth, corruption are all part of the river." (Source: Film Freeway)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

9 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-02-01

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Itou Junji: Maniac

(Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre)

6.91

Description:

From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from: - Tomie - Souichi - The Hanging Balloons - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance - Unendurable Labyrinth - The Long Hair in the Attic - Bullied - Where the Sandman Lives - Ice Cream Truck - Tomb Town - Library Vision - Headless Statue

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-19

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holoweEN

(holoweEN)

Description:

Series of manga style shorts featuring Hololive EN members.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

5 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-29

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exception

(exception)

6.84

Description:

In the distant future, human beings have been forced to leave earth and migrate to another galaxy. An advanced team of spacecraft arrives at a planet that is to be terraformed. Each member of the team is output by a biological 3D printer. (Source: Netflix)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

29 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-13

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Chainsaw Man

(Chainsaw Man)

8.44

Description:

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-11

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