What is Dark Fantasy anime?
Focus set on darker themes in a fantasy setting, sometimes leaning towards horror elements. Bleak and pessimistic tones often dominate. Dark supernatural beings like vampires may play a significant role.
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Mermaid's Scar
(Mermaid's Scar)
6.66
Description:
Legend has it that when you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you would live forever. Yuta and Mana are living proof of this... Together, they journey to various places trying to find meaning for their existence, or perhaps even a "cure" for their situation. One day, Yuta and Mana meet Masato, a little boy who seems terrified of his mother Misa. It seems to Yuta and Mana that mother and son have a very unusual relationship. What happens when Yuta and Mana decide to discover the dark secret Masato and Misa are hiding? And what about those monster-like creatures that have been appearing? (Source: AniDB) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
45 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
1993-09-24
Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen
(Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker)
6.05
Description:
In a time of darkness and barbarism, the Chantry has arisen - a religious order seeking to bring stability to a world corrupted by sinister magic. Led by the Divine, the Chantry's Templar warriors ruthlessly restrain the Mages and their magical cabals. But when the Templars fail, the most elite order of the Chantry takes charge - the Seekers! (Source: AniDB) Type
movie
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
91 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
2012-02-11
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
(The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf)
7.76
Description:
Escaping from poverty to become a Witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past. (Source Netflix) Type
ONA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
80 Min
Status
finished
Aired
2021-08-23
Maou Dante
(Demon Lord Dante)
6.14
Description:
While sleeping one night, Ryo Utsugi had a nightmare of monsters attacking him. One day he learns a mysterious power to let him hear voices and have visions of girls getting killed, but one night he hears the same voice. (Source: ANN) Type
TV
Episodes
13
Ep.Length
24 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
2002-08-31
Karakuri no Kimi
(Puppet Princess)
6.71
Description:
Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate these to battle the strongest of warriors, however manipulating the puppets leaves her own self vulnerable to direct attacks, so she seeks a ninja warrior named Manajiri to aid and protect her in her quest. (Source: ANN) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
41 Min
Rating
Mild Nudity
Status
finished
Aired
2000-03-24
Legend of Lemnear: Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Valkisas
(Legend of Lemnear)
5.84
Description:
The young and beautiful Lemnear's home village is destroyed and her brother is taken away. Lemnear swears to kill the evil wizard Gardin who is responsible for the disaster. With her allies Lemnear goes on a journey to take her revenge. She doesn't know, though, that there is someone above Gardin... (Source: ANN) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
45 Min
Rating
Mild Nudity
Status
finished
Aired
1989-07-25
Shoka
6.05
Description:
The story is set during the turbulent years of the shogunate, as dark forces try to undermine the shogun's power in Edo-era Tokyo. Shirou Sumiya is the leader of the "Way of the Paper Drawing" clan which captures the chaos of the struggles with rapid brush strokes. Sumiya is summoned to Edo, and his disciples, who have extraordinary powers in their secret drawing techniques, become part of the ensuring battles with giant drawn creatures. (Source: ANN) Type
special
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
24 Min
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Aired
2010-03-27
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
8
Ep.Length
25 Min
Status
finished
Aired
2023-09-28
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture
6.47
Description:
In a futuristic Tokyo, several policewomen fight a monster. One of them, Katsumi Liqueur, remembers where she saw it before... Katsumi Liqueur, an American-born woman of Japanese descent, travels to Tokyo to visit her mother, Fuyuka, who is sick in the hospital. She takes a shortcut through an alley after her taxi gets stuck in traffic, only to encounter a monster and two policewomen fighting it. Later, she meets their chief, Rally Cheyenne, who, it seems, has been expecting her, though Katsumi has never met her before. The policewomen want Katsumi to help them fight the monster, but Katsumi, who does not want to believe in magic, resists. (Source: ANN) Type
movie
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
54 Min
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Aired
1991-08-17
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku
(Bride of Deimos)
6.26
Description:
Two siblings were happy on Mt. Olympus, until they fell in love. Deimo's sister Venus got imprisoned in the Swamp of Death. To save Venus's life, he must find a human reincarnation so that they can continue their love. (Source: ANN) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
32 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
1988-08-31
Yami no Teio: Kyuuketsuki Dracula
(Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned)
4.27
Description:
In contemporary Boston, Dracula gatecrashes a Satanic ritual and makes off with the intended sacrifice, Delores. Overcome with love for her, he's unable to drink her blood and instead settles down with her and fathers a child, Janus. But Dracula's enemies are massing against him—a team of vampire hunters, including the wheelchair-bound Hans Harker, crossbow wielding and new recruit Frank Drake, a descendant of Dracula, are closing in. And Dracula has been stripped of his vampire powers by Satan and he desperately needs another vampire to restore his powers so that he can both see off his pursuers and avenge the death of Janus at the hands of vengeful Satanists. Type
special
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
94 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
1980-08-19
Silent Möbius 2
6.42
Description:
This sequel to the Silent Mobius The Movie 1 continues the timeline of the flashback section of the first movie (Katsumis initial contact with AMP), using some more ideas and persons from the Manga, and being slightly less incompatible to the Silent Mobius series from 1998. Type
movie
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
59 Min
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Aired
1992-07-18
Iron Virgin Jun
(Iron Virgin Jun)
5.32
Description:
In the Asuka family, nothing is more important than family tradition. For their lovely young daughter Jun, it means she must get married on her 18th birthday. Although poor little virgin Jun is not above kickin' butt, she just can't stand the thought of marrying someone she doesn't love. Her mother sends out a gang of bloodthirsty goons to drag her to the altar, but Jun would rather beat a hundred suitors into one big bloody mess than get married on her mother's terms, and she's about to prove it. (Source: AniDB) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
46 Min
Rating
17+ (violence & profanity)
Status
finished
Aired
1992-07-21
Koutetsu Jeeg
7.08
Description:
Hiroshi Shiba is an outstanding car racer whose father is assassinated upon the discovery of the Bronze Bell from an ancient civilization. This Bronze Bell is coveted by Queen Himika who comes from that ancient era; the Yamatai Kingdom, and whose ambitions are to seize the Bell and dominate earth. Hiroshi is left with a few items from his father which would enable him to morph into a full sized mecha warrior, the Steel Jeeg. With these abilities and the help of his father's brain implanted in a computer and his assistance Miwa "Micchi" Uzuki, they set out to neutralize Himika's plans of world dominion. Type
TV
Episodes
46
Ep.Length
22 Min
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Aired
1975-10-05
Blood of Zeus Season 2
(Blood of Zeus Season 2)
7.48
Description:
The second season of Blood of Zeus Type
ONA
Episodes
8
Ep.Length
28 Min
Status
finished
Aired
2024-05-09
Tian Mei De Yao Hen
(Sweet Bite Marks)
6.99
Description:
This tells the romantic love story of an independent and introverted human girl from hating to falling in love with a vampire prince in an era where vampires ruled. Type
ONA
Episodes
12
Ep.Length
10 Min
Rating
13 teens or older
Status
finished
Aired
2022-09-01
Karasu Tengu Kabuto: Ougon no Me no Kemono
6.24
Description:
Kabuto is a tengu who has to save a princess from fortress which is full of monster-mecha hybrids in an alternate reality of feudal Japan. (Source: ANN) Type
OVA
Episodes
1
Ep.Length
45 Min
Rating
Mild Nudity
Status
finished
Aired
1992-07-24
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2
0
Description:
The second season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Type
ONA
Status
upcoming
Aired
2025-01-31
Primal
0
Description:
A caveman at the dawn of evolution and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction are bonded by tragedy. This unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival in a violent, primordial world. (Source: Max) Type
TV
Episodes
10
Ep.Length
21 Min
Rating
Violence
Status
finished
Aired
2019-10-08
Primal Season 2
0
Description:
The second season of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal. Emmy Award-winning Primal returns for a new season that leads Spear and Fang on bigger, more brutal adventures than ever before. Type
TV
Episodes
10
Ep.Length
21 Min
Rating
Violence
Status
finished
Aired
2022-07-22