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Top 10 Terrifying Horror Anime To Watch – Not For Faint-Hearted

Top 10 Terrifying Horror Anime

Let’s take a look at some of the best horror anime ever made! These are definitely must watch anime, and I already suggest you to watch these if you haven’t already!

1. When They Cry (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)

It is June 1983 and the place is a quiet rural village known as Hinamizawa. The protagonist Maebara Keiichi decides to leave his hometown for Hinamizawa after having witnessed several unfortunate events in his hometown. He discovers that his good friends at school may not be all that good after all. As different events start unfolding in different situations, the story takes a horrifically gory turn.

 

2. Another

One of the most terrifying horror anime in the history. Featuring ONLY 12 episodes full of creepy and mysterious murders, this one has the word scary written all over it in the blood. Yomijama North Middle School’s Class 3-3 made a bad name for itself after a student died there in the year 1972, followed by everyone pretending as if nothing had happened. Because of a curse, all its teachers, students, and their family members are at the risk of dying horrible deaths in a plot similar to the movie Final Destination.

 

3. Corpse Party – Tortured Souls

One night, group of Kisaragi Academy students decide to tell scary ghost stories. When they do, a sudden earthquake rocks the place and these students are transported into a dimension where the Heavenly Host School still exists. What’s creepy is that the school is haunted by the scary ghosts of students who were murdered and used to study there.

 

4. Elfen Lied

A classic horror anime, Elfen Lied has enough cruelty and bloodshed to appeal to all horror movie lovers. Elfen Lied features mutants with horns, referred to as ‘Dicloniu’s, who have strong telekinetic powers among many other abilities. They are all locked up and isolated from society inside a research center, run by the government. Their strongest member escapes from the facility, killing all the guards in the process

 

5. Ghost stories

This anime is also known as Ghosts at School, this series tells the story of Miyanoshita Satsuki who moves with her family to her deceased mother’s hometown, after her death. On the first day of her school, Satsuki’s little brother, her neighbor and a couple of other friends from the school decide to hop into an abandoned school building next to their school complex, only to discover that it is haunted.

 

6. Parasyte

It’s a remake of an old manga that ran from 1988 to 1995, its visuals are all contemporary. Despite being overloaded with cannibalism and blood, Parasyte is a horror anime that also explores questions about life. And is really an amazing to watch.

 

7. Tokyo Ghoul

This horror anime is a perfect mix of terror, mystery and tragedy! The protagonist of the series Kaneki Ken meets a cute bookworm girl going by the name Rize, who’s actually a ghoul. Ghouls look exactly like humans and can easily blend into the society. Ghouls can only eat humans. What is more, they have special powers to hunt their victims.

 

8. Yami Shibai

This is one of the most interesting anime you don’t wanna miss! Animated in a style made to look like traditional paper puppets, Every single episode of Yami Shibai tells the story of a different Japanese urban legend or creepy myth.

 

9. Ghost Hunt

16 year old Mai is dragged into helping an organization named Shibuya Psychic Research after she accidentally breaks some of their equipment. There are priests, exorcists, and spirit mediums in this show, including a Catholic priest from Australia. YEAH!!

 

10. Hellsing

Hellsing is a short anime series that is really so popular and hit with it’s depiction of classic fantasy creatures, vampires and action. The protagonist Alucard’s main task is to search and destroy any threat from the supernatural and undead forces that are after the life of England’s QUEEN and the country itself. Wait did I just read England’s queen? lol

 

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