In the animated realm, Halloween is a great time to enjoy a spooky slice of horror with a healthy dose of humor, horror and fantasy all wrapped up in a nice neat candy-colored bow. The horror genre can easily evoke fear, but horror anime can show a different kind of horror, a horror that is more cerebral and less visceral. It can also show a horror that is a little more human in the way it portrays the human mind in a disturbed state.
You know what’s better than watching horror or anime films? Watching it with friends, especially if you’ve never seen said films before. This Halloween, here are 25 anime films you can watch with friends, and enjoy along with a (not scary) Halloween theme.
Halloween is coming. The time of year when everyone with a brain wants to be wearing a costume. The time of year when everyone with a brain is trying to think of the scariest costumes they can think of. The time of year when people with a brain start to think about the anime they watch during the year. Why not combine all three of those things? It’s pretty simple. If you want to be scared, you watch anime. If you want to be smart, you watch anime that is gonna make you smart. And if you want to be both, you watch anime that is gonna scare you and make you smart at the same time.
People typically prepare something frightening to watch around Halloween since it is such an essential aspect of culture and has really impacted the horror genre. To assist you in making your decision, we’ve compiled a list of the top 25 anime series, films, and/or episodes to watch throughout the Halloween season and on Halloween itself.
The list will be arranged in a random sequence, providing you some basic information about the anime and why it is suitable to watch around Halloween.
The 25 Best Halloween Anime
1. The Lies of Elfen
The show ran from July 25, 2004 through October 17, 2004. 13 episodes (plus an OVA) Rin Okamoto designed it. Dark Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction are among the genres covered.
The tale takes place in Kamakura, Japan, and centers on the Diclonius, mutant creatures that look like humans but have two odd horns on their heads and are equipped with very powerful invisible limbs known as “vectors.”
Diclonius infants are murdered at birth or imprisoned in research labs, where they are tortured and exposed to very harsh tests since they are thought to be harmful to the human species.
However, one of them, Lucy, manages to flee to the sea, massacring everyone who stands in her way. She is discovered on the beach by two boys in a condition of total amnesia and split personality, as a result of a shooter’s head shot while fleeing.
2. Princess Mononoke
The show ran from July 12 through September 27, 2007. 12 episodes Kenji Nakamura designed it. Ghost tale, mystery, and psychological horror are some of the genres explored in this film.
Mononoke centers on the apothecary from Ayakashi’s third narrative arc: a wandering pharmacist who is so sparing with words that his identity is unknown. His medical cabinet and a box holding a spiritual sword with a monkey’s head on the hilt accompany him on his journey.
3. Ghouls of Tokyo
The show ran from July 4, 2014, until December 25, 2018. 48 episodes (plus two OVA episodes) Sui Ishida designed it. Dark Fantasy, Horror, and Supernatural Thriller are some of the genres explored in this film.
Tokyo Ghoul tells the tale of a student called Ken Kaneki who falls in love with a young lady named Rize Kamishiro. She bites his shoulder in a dark alley after meeting him and reveals that she is a ghoul, shocking Ken.
Rizeis is ready to devour Ken when six big metal poles fall on her from a building construction site. In the process, Roze dies, while Ken is taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. He is discharged from the hospital once he has recovered. He discovers that he is no longer human on the day of his release. Shivers run down his spine as he looks in the mirror and notices that he now has one “red eye.”
Rize’s organs were transplanted into him at the hospital, he realizes. He is a so-called “half-ghoul” since he now possesses Rize’s organs, which is a highly uncommon occurrence.
4. Soul Devourer
The show ran from April 7, 2008, through March 30, 2009. Episodes: 51 Atsushi Kubo designed it. Action, Dark Comedy, and Dark Fantasy are some of the genres covered in this film.
Shinigami-sama develops a weapon to combat the wicked Kishin, who has the ability to “plunge the world into the pit of madness.” Weapons and Overlords are both trained together at the Academy.
The first are the weapons that will save the planet from dying; the second are the people who will wield the weapon. The Death Scythe can only be acquired when the weapon consumes 99 evil souls preparing to become Kishin and 1 witch soul, thus all overlords are actively vying to create it.
The tale takes place during the manga and anime’s major events, when Maka and Soul had not yet established themselves in the Academy and beyond.
5. The Academy of the Occult
Episodes: 13 Original Run: July 6, 2010 – September 27, 2010 Tomohiko It was the one that came up with the idea. Fantasy, supernatural, and comedic genres
Maya Kumashiro is the daughter of the recently dead head of the Waldstein school, a private institution devoted to the study of the occult.
It’s the year 1999, and agent Fumiaki Uchida, a mysterious young man, has been on a mission to destroy the Key of Nostradamus, an unknown element that, in a few months, will trigger a crisis that will allow an extra-dimensional invasion, plunging humanity into a war that threatens to end humanity in the future.
Uchida and Maya form a team to accomplish this, attempting to prevent the invaders from taking over the Earth in the future. However, there are so many paranormal events that occur inside and around the school that determining which of these is the Key of Nostradamus is a more difficult task than you’d anticipated.
Ghost Hunting
The show ran from October 3, 2006, until March 27, 2007. Episodes: 25 Fuyumi Ono designed it. Mystery, Horror, and Supernatural
The story of Shibuya Kazuya, the president of Shibuya Psychic Research (SPR), and Mai Taniyama, a high school student, is told in Ghost Hunt. Mai and her pals were telling ghost tales in class when they were stopped twice: first by a mystery “student,” and then by a classmate who warned them that their stories attracted ghosts.
She was strolling in the morning the following day when she came across a building that was linked to one of the ghost tales, and she was interested enough to explore.
7. NOTICE OF DEATH
The show ran from October 3, 2006, until June 26, 2007. Episodes: 37 Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata designed it. Mystery, Supernatural Thriller, and Psychological Thriller are some of the genres explored in this film.
Light Yagami is a model student who is dissatisfied with his lifestyle and weary of living in a world plagued by crime and corruption. His world is turned upside down when he discovers a strange black notebook named “Death Note” on the ground, with the following instruction: “The person whose name is inscribed in this notebook shall die.”
Light, who was initially skeptical of his sincerity, changes his mind after successfully testing the notebook on two criminals and meeting the true owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk; he then decides to use his newfound power to kill all criminals, eradicate evil, and become the “God of the New World.”
He is challenged in his wicked acts by the mysterious L and then by his former apprentices.
Parasyte is the eighth element in the periodic table.
The show ran from October 9, 2014, until March 26, 2015. There are 24 episodes in all. Hitoshi Iwaaki designed it. Body horror, horror thriller, and science fiction are among the genres covered.
Tennis ball-sized spheres carrying snake-like animals began to fall in unknown quantities all across the globe one night. They’ve been designed to replace human brains. One of them assaults a young guy named Shinichi while he is sleeping, attempting to enter via his ear but failing.
As the parasite attempts to enter via his nose, he is startled and tries to protect himself, but his right hand is pierced. After that, the high school kid wraps his headphones around his arm, keeping the parasite from reaching his brain.
The latter, unable to separate from his arm, eventually fuses with his right hand. Meanwhile, additional parasites that have taken over their host’s brain begin to feed on people, forcing the monster and Shinichi to live together.
9. Vampire + Rosario
January 3, 2008 – March 27, 2008 / October 2, 2008 – December 24, 2008 (Original Run) 13/13 Episodes Akihisa Ikeda designed it. Harem, romantic comedy, and supernatural genres
Tsukune Aono is an ordinary young man who failed all of his high school admission tests. His father comes upon an advertising for Yokai High School, the Monster High School, by accident. He encounters Moka Akashiya, an angelic-looking young girl with a split personality and very strong vampire abilities, there (S-class monsters).
When the rosary around his neck is taken off, his abilities are revealed. Both will face many creatures because to Moka’s abilities. Tsukune and Moka would later encounter Kurumu Kurono, a succubus, and Yukari Sendo, a talented young witch.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni ni ni ni ni ni ni n
From July 2, 2009 until December 24, 2009, the show was on the road. Episodes: 26 07th Expansion was the one who came up with the idea. Genres: Mystery
The primary storyline of the game takes place in 1986 over the course of two days, from October 4th to 5th, on a tiny, isolated island in the Izu Islands known as Rokkenjima. Kinzo, the leader of the wealthy Ushiromiya family, resides here.
Eight family members assemble for an annual gathering to decide how to split the estate as his death approaches.
Three more family members and five servants accompany them. A storm approaches, keeping them from leaving the island, as the weirdest occurrences happen at the same moment, one after the other, and one after the other dies.
11. One more
The show ran from January 10, 2012 through March 27, 2012. 12 episodes (plus an OVA) Yukiko Ayatsuji designed it. Horror, mystery, and supernatural are some of the genres explored in this film. Thriller
Misaki Yomiyama, a popular and charismatic student from North Yomiyama School’s Class 3-3, died unexpectedly in the midst of the school year in 1972. His classmates and instructor, devastated by the loss, pretended Misaki was still alive and even secured a place for him at the graduation ceremony.
Even more odd was the fact that Misaki was in the graduation picture.
Because his father has gone to work on research in India, ninth-year student Kichi Sakakibara travels from Tokyo to Yomiyama, the birthplace of his late mother, in the spring of 1998. He was transferred to North Yomiyama School, where he was placed in class 3-3.
Devilman Crybaby (#12)
Date of First Publication: January 5, 2018 There are ten episodes total. Masaaki Yuasa and Ichiro Kouchi designed it. Action and dark fantasy are two genres that may be found in this film.
Ryo Asuka, Akira Fudo’s closest friend, informs him that the ancient race of Demons that took control of human bodies in order to possess them has returned to Earth to reclaim them. Ryo proposes that Akira join him to witness Demons take control of people, believing that the only way to destroy the Demons is to establish their presence to humans.
Akira merges with Amon, the Lord of Demons, to become the Devilman, a human with Demon-like abilities who retains his own heart.
13. Battlefront of the Blood Blockade
April 4th, 2015 – October 4th, 2015 / October 7th, 2017 – December 23rd, 2017 12 + OVA / 12 +OVA Episodes Yasuhiro Nightow designed it. Action, science fiction, and urban fantasy are among the genres covered.
In New York City three years ago, a gap between Earth and the universe beyond emerged. New York was destroyed and rebuilt during that dreadful night, keeping New Yorkers and extra-dimensional animals in a bubble.
The city has been renamed Hellsalem’s Lot, and it is now a paranormal melting pot where magic and lunacy coexist with the mundane, and where every kind of human vermin gathers to harness the supernatural. Someone is threatening to breach the Bull and unleash the horrors of New Jerusalem, but Libra’s secret super agents are battling to avert the unimaginable.
Hell Girl (#14)
From October 4, 2005, until September 29, 2017, the show was on the air. Episodes: 90 Hiroshi Watanabe designed it. Dark Fantasy and Supernatural Thriller are two genres that may be found in this film.
When someone holds a grudge against someone, Jigoku Shjo (Hell Girl) comes and sends the person who is the source of the hate to Hell. However, before carrying out the vengeance, the user must sign a deal with her, and the price is always that the person who accepts the contract must also go to Hell when he dies.
The series is essentially a collection of standalone tales, each of which depicts a different person’s suffering at the hands of one or many subjects, the contract with Enma Ai, and the retribution meted out by her to the aggressor.
Highschool of the Dead (Highschool of the Dead) (Highschool of the Dead)
Episodes: 12 (+ OVA) Original Run: July 5, 2010 – September 20, 2010 Daisuke Sat, Shji Sat, Daisuke Sat, Daisuke Sat, Daisuke Sat, Daisuke Sat, Daisuke Sat, Action, Horror, and Supernatural Thriller are some of the genres explored in this film.
Everything went about its business as usual on a typical morning. The main character, Komuro Takashi, witnesses a bizarre occurrence at the school gates from the roof: a suspicious guy is creating chaos.
When one of the instructors tries to eject him, he is bitten by the suspicious guy, and he gets up amidst screams of sorrow from the other teachers, but he is now a zombie.
He then starts to devour the other instructors present. When Takashi notices this, he rushes back inside the school and reunites with his closest friend Miyamoto Rei and her lover Igou Hisashi.
Teachers and students from other zombie high schools have already taken over the campus.
Berserk 16
Original run: October 7, 1997 to March 31, 1998 / July 1, 2016 to June 23, 2017 25/24 (episodes) Kentaro Miura designed it. Dark Fantasy, Epic, Sword and Sorcery are some of the genres covered.
The tale of Guts and Griffith, the commander of the Falcon Troop, a band of mercenaries working for the kingdom of Midland, is told in Berserk. The presence of Guts, the warrior with the disproportionate sword, will soon prove vital to the ambitions of the young Griffith, swashbuckler and brilliant strategist, resulting in an ambivalent relationship, but one that is nevertheless effective.
The anime tells the story of the Falcon Troop’s rise and fall, as well as the complicated relationship between Guts and Griffith, which includes a conflict of interest (Griffith uses Guts’ force), mutual respect (both see each other as soldiers), and deep affection (each inexplicably needs the other’s presence).
Devils’ Line, No. 17
The show ran from April 7th through June 23rd, 2018. 12 episodes plus an OVA Ryo Hanada was the one who came up with the idea. Dark fantasy is one of the genres.
When Tsukasa Taira and her fellow student Shota Akimura walk home one evening, they are pursued by a demon. In the city, there have been many killings of women for whom a demon is suspected. The visitor, however, turns out to be investigator Yki Anzai, a half-demon who uses his abilities to pursue demons.
He detains Shota since he is a demon and is accused of a string of killings. Tsukasa, who has been rescued, returns Anzai to his family. He assaults her there, but due to his medicine, he is able to hold back. Because, like the other demons who wish to live quietly among humans, Anzai must keep his hunger for blood under control.
18. In fact, I am…
From July 6, 2015 until September 28, 2015, the show was on the road. 13 episodes Eiji Masuda designed it. Romantic comedy is one of the genres.
Asahi Kuromine, a clumsy high school student, shocks Yoko Shiragami, one of his classmates, by releasing a huge set of wings. He soon discovers that Yko is a vampire, and that her father has threatened to shut down her business if her true identity is revealed.
Youko struggles to maintain her secret since she is often distracted, especially because Mikan, Asahi’s childhood buddy, insists on learning more about her. Asahi would eventually learn that other girls at her school have dark secrets of their own, making her job as a confidante even more challenging.
Dororon Enma-kun is 19 years old.
Originally aired from October 4, 1973 to March 28, 1974 / April 8, 2011 to June 24, 2011 25/12 (episodes) Go Nagai designed it. Horror, humor, and supernatural are some of the genres explored in this film.
Some demons on Earth refuse to obey the laws set forth by hell and instead plot to overthrow the ruler of the underworld. He then assigns the task to his nephew Enma. Enma joins forces with Yukiko, the Snow Princess’s daughter, and the Kappa Kapaeru.
They team up with an elementary school kid and Mangalan Tsutomu to track down the renegade demons. Chappoji, Enma’s magical hat, assists them do this, although he often offers harmful counsel.
When They Cry, Higurashi
Originally aired on April 4, 2006, and continues to this day. 74 total episodes (plus 11 OVA episodes) 07th Expansion was the one who came up with the idea. Murder Mystery, Psychological Horror, and Supernatural Horror are some of the genres explored in this film.
On June 58 of the Shwa period, the tale takes place in the fictitious hamlet of Hinamizawa (1983). Keiichi Maebara, one of the story’s major protagonists, has just been moved to the local school.
He eventually forms bonds with his new classmates, including headmaster Mion Sonozaki, her twin sister Shion, his classmate Rena Ryg, and junior high school pupils Rika Furude and Satoko Hj.
Keiichi perceives Hinamizawa to be a quiet and pleasant area, but soon before Watanagashi, he discovers that the hamlet has been plagued by murders and disappearances for the last four years on the day of the festival. The series of murders went unsolved, and the locals began to refer to it as the “curse of Oyashiro-sama.”
BLOOD+ / BLOOD-C 21.
The show ran from October 8, 2005, until September 30, 2011. 62 episodes (plus one feature) Production I.G. was in charge of the design. Action, Horror, and Dark Fantasy are some of the genres covered in this film.
The series takes place in 2005, 30 years after the events of the feature film Blood: The Last Vampire (which you can also see). The storyline incorporates threads similar to contemporary intrigues in which different groups, such as the US Army, are engaged in order to manage and manipulate vampires for their own goals.
Saya Otonashi lives with her adoptive father, George Miyaguscu, and two brothers, Kai and Rik, in a city on Okinawa. Saya has no recollection of her background until a year ago, when she moved in with a new foster family.
She need blood transfusions on occasion for medical reasons.
22. Shiki
The show ran from July 8, 2010 until December 30, 2010. 22 + 2 Episodes Fuyumi Ono designed it. Mystery, Psychological Thriller, and Horror are some of the genres explored in this film.
The tale is set in the isolated mountain hamlet of Sotoba, where traditional customs such as the burying of the dead are still practiced. The Kirishiki family moved into the western-style castle that overlooks the town from atop a hill toward the conclusion of a hot summer.
At the same time, a series of sudden deaths begins to decimate the population; Toshio Ozaki, chief physician and owner of the only clinic, suspects a mysterious epidemic at first, but with the help of his childhood friend Seishin Muroi, now a local temple bonze and author of successful novels, will instead uncover a terrifying truth.
It all began with the entrance of the Kirishiki family, who brought the dead back to life as vampires compelled to feed on the blood of others.
Interviews with Monster Girls (number 23)
The show will run from January 7, 2021, through March 25, 2021. 12 episodes Plus ONA Petos created it, and it’s in the comedy and spooky genres.
The tale is set during a period when demi-humans, often known as “demis,” were gradually welcomed into human society. Tetsuo Takahashi is a biology professor with a passion for running backs. He gathers his high school’s three running backs in an attempt to grab their attention, win their trust, and comprehend this phenomena.
Deadman Wonderland (number 24)
The show ran from April 17th through July 3rd, 2011. 12 episodes (plus an OVA) Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou designed it. Dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and thriller genres
A massive earthquake struck mainland Japan, destroying much of Tokyo and submerging three-quarters of the city in the sea. The tale picks up 10 years later with Ganta Igarashi, a seemingly average student at Nagano Prefecture College.
Ganta, although being a survivor of the earthquake, has no recollection of the catastrophe and has had a normal life. All of this changes when a weird guy dressed in purple armor and coated in blood appears outside the classroom windows. Ganta’s whole class is slaughtered by the Man in Red, who instead of murdering him, embeds a piece of red crystal in his chest.
Ganta is deemed the only suspect a few days after the slaughter, and after a quick trial, he is condemned to life in prison at Deadman Wonderland, an amusement park-themed jail.
25. Ultimate Hellsing
The show ran from October 10, 2001, until January 16, 2002. 13 episodes (plus ten OVA episodes) Kta Hirano designed it. Action, Dark Fantasy, and Horror are some of the genres covered in this film.
Abraham Van Helsing is the leader of the Royal Knights of Protestant Order, a London aristocratic family. He has fought against monsters that most regular people are ignorant of, such as vampires, ghouls, and any non-human entity that is often referred to as a “monster,” for centuries.
The Order has long been a paramilitary group serving Her Majesty and works in complete secrecy. Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, a direct descendant of the first Lord Hellsing, is in charge of the organization. She is compelled to assume leadership of the Order while still a teenager.
Her father Arthur, who is ill and near death, tells his daughter that if she feels threatened, she should walk down to the mansion’s basement, where there is something that can protect her.
While many anime series exist that will make great choices for a Halloween-themed marathon, some titles offer more than what you might expect. Some of the best anime series of all time, like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (GITSU) and Death Note (Death Note), offer the perfect blend of horror and mystery, as well as an intriguing storyline. Others, like The Tatami Galaxy (Gekijouban Gintama) and Ajin (Ajin: Demi-Human), pack thematic elements like supernatural abilities and immortal beings into a story that will have you hooked before you know it.. Read more about most popular anime of all time and let us know what you think.
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