List of horror anime

This is a list of horror anime television series, films, and OVAs. While not all inclusive, this list contains numerous works that are representative of the genre. For accuracy of the list, the most common English usage is followed by Japanese name and romaji version. The column for year represents the first premiere of the work, in the case of series the year of the first release.

English name	Japanese name	Type	Year	Studio	Regions
Ajin: Demi-Human	亜人 - Ajin	Series/Manga/Movie	2016	Polygon Pictures
Akame ga Kill!	アカメが斬る! - Akame ga Kiru!	Series	2014		JA/EN
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman	AMON デビルマン黙示録 - AMON debiruman mokushiroku	OVA	2000
Another	アナザー - Anazā	Series	2012		JA/EN
Attack on Titan	進撃の巨人 - Shingeki no Kyojin	Series	2013		JA/EN
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales	Ayakashi	Series	2006		JA
Blue Literature Series	青い文学シリーズ - Aoi Bungaku Series	Series	2009		JA
Dark Myth	Ankoku Shinwa	OVA	1990
Berserk	ベルセルク - Beruseruku	Series	1997		JA
Betterman	ベターマン	Series	1999		JA/EN
Blue Exorcist	青の祓魔師（エクソシスト）- Ao no Ekusoshisuto	Series	2011		JA/EN
Bio Hunter	バイオ・ハンター	OVA	1995		JA
Blood-C		Series	2011		JA/EN
Blood: The Last Vampire		Movie	2000	Production I.G	JA/EN
Blue Gender	ブルージェンダー - Burū Jendā	Series			JA/EN
Blue Gender: The Warrior		Movie			JA/EN
Bokurano: Ours	ぼくらの - Bokura no	Series	2007
Boogiepop Phantom	ブギーポップは笑わない Boogiepop Phantom	Series	2000		JA/EN
Bride of Deimos	悪魔の花嫁 - Deimosu no Hanayome	OVA	1988		JA
Brynhildr in the Darkness[1]		Series
Curse of Kazuo Umezu	Umezu Kazuo no Noroi	OVA			JA/EN
Corpse Party: Missing Footage		OVA	2012
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls	Bougyakusareta Tamashii no Jukyou	OVA	2013
Dark Cat		OVA			JA/EN
Deadman Wonderland	デッドマンワンダーランド - Deddoman Wandārando	Series	2011		JA/EN
Demon City Shinjuku	魔界都市 (新宿) - Makai Toshi: Shinjuku	Movie			JA/EN
Demon Lord Dante		Series			JA/EN
Demon Prince Enma		OVA			JA/EN
Devil May Cry		Series	2007		JA/EN
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei		OVA			JA/EN
Doomed Megalopolis	帝都物語 - Teitō Monogatari	OVA	1991		JA/EN
Elfen Lied	エルフェンリート - Erufen Rīto	Series	2004		JA
Gantz	ガンツ - Gantsu	Series	2004		JA
Highschool of the Dead	学園黙示録 - Gakuen Mokushiroku Haisukūru obu za Deddo	Series			JA/EN
Galerians: Rion		Movie			JA/EN
Ga-Rei		Series			JA
Genocyber		OVA			JA/EN
Ghost Hound		Series			JA/EN
Ghost Hunt		Series			JA/EN
Hakaba Kitaro		Series			JA
Hell Girl	Jigoku Shoujo	Series	2005		JA/EN
Hellsing		Series	2001		JA/EN
Hellsing Ultimate		OVA	2006		JA/EN
Hell Target		Movie	1987		JA
Higurashi When They Cry	ひぐらしのなく頃に - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	Series	2006		JA
Interlude		OVA	2004		JA/EN
Jigokudou Reikai Tsuushin		OVA	1996		JA
Judge		OVA			JA/EN
Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek		OVA	2004		JA/EN
Kimera		OVA	1996		JA
King of Thorn		Movie	2010		JA/EN
Kurozuka		Series	2008		JA
Laughing Target		OVA	1987		JA/EN
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette	コゼットの肖像 (Kozetto no Shōzō)	OVA	2004		JA
Lily C.A.T.		OVA	1987		JA
Malice@Doll		OVA	2001		JA
Mermaid Forest		OVA	1991		JA
Mermaid's Scar		OVA	1993		JA
Mononoke		Series	2007		JA/EN
Monster of Frankenstein		TV Movie	1981		JA
Mōryō no Hako		Series	2008		JA
Night Head Genesis		Series	2006		JA/EN
Ogre Slayer	鬼切丸 - Onikirimaru	OVA	1994		JA
Ookami Kakushi		Series	2010		JA
Parasyte: The Maxim	寄生獣 セイの格率 - Kiseijū Sei No Kakuritsu	Series	2014		JA
Pet Shop of Horrors		OVA	1999		JA/EN
Pupa		Series	2014		JA
Puppet Princess		OVA	2000		JA/EN
Requiem from the Darkness		Series	2003		JA/EN
Roots Search		OVA	1986		JA
Shadow Star Narutaru	なるたる (骸なる星2003 珠たる子) - Narutaru (Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko)	Series	2003		JA
Shiki		TV	2010		JA/EN
Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku		Movie			JA/EN
SoulTaker		TV			JA/EN
Terra Formars		Series			JA
Thriller Restaurant		TV			JA
Tokko		Series			JA
Tokyo Ghoul		Series	2014		JA/EN
Tokyo Majin	東京魔人學園剣風帖 龖 - Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō	Series			JA
Tokyo Majin: 2nd Act		Series			JA
Twilight of the Dark Master		Movie	1998		JA/EN
Umineko: When They Cry	うみねこのなく頃に - Umineko no Naku Koro Ni	Series	2009		JA
Violence Jack		OVA	1986		JA/EN
Wasurenagumo		TV Special	2011		JA
When They Cry - Higurashi	ひぐらしのなく頃に - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	Series	2004		JA/EN
When They Cry: Kai	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai	Series	2006		JA/EN
Wicked City		Movie	1987		JA/EN
Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san		OVA			JA
Zombie-Loan		Series			JA

References

1. Richard Eisenbeis (8 April 2014). "Your Complete Spring 2014 Anime Guide". Kotaku. Retrieved 20 August 2014.