Anime like Gegege no Kitarou (2018)

Digimon Ghost Game

Also known as Digimon Ghost Game.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Sightings of mysterious creatures known as "Hologram Ghosts" have been a popular topic on social networks for the past few years. According to the rumors, several people have fallen victim to these specters. Those fortunate to survive their encounters with the paranormal beings claim that they resembled glitched holograms.

Hazakura Academy middle school student Hiro Amanokawa believes these sightings are merely an urban legend. However, as the incidents start to increase in frequency, he is reminded of the day his father suddenly vanished, with strange digital watches serving as the only relics of his disappearance. Much like the other sightings, what happened to Hiro's father cannot be explained by conventional logic.

One day, when a fellow student in the academy is attacked by a Hologram Ghost, Hiro and his friend Kiyoshirou Higashimitarai decide to look into the matter. Little does Hiro know that this investigation will be their first step toward discovering a dangerous world previously unknown to mankind.



Tags: Kids , Artificial Intelligence , Body Horror , Episodic , Youkai , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Ghost , Dinosaurs , Virtual World , Kaiju , Suicide , Zombie , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Vampire , Slavery , Yandere , Dullahan , Proxy Battle , Marriage , Isekai

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Studio: OLM , Pony Canyon , NetEase Games , BS Asahi , Kansai TV , Sotsu , CHOCOLATE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitarou Gentouga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitarou eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitarou into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.



Tags: Ghost , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Necromancy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gods , Exorcism , Creature Taming , Body Horror , Gore , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Body Swapping , Denpa , Yandere , Heterosexual , Shounen , Episodic , Afterlife , Cannibalism , Oiran , Hikikomori , Incest , College , Cars , Curses

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , NAS , NIS America Inc. , TV Tokyo Music , Sony Music Entertainment , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Found Family , Rural , Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Estranged Family , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shapeshifting , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tsundere , Coming of Age

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-bound Hanako-kun.

Studio: Lerche , TBS , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?"

At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!



Tags: Ghost , Youkai , School , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Twins , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Shounen , Achronological Order , Ensemble Cast , Femboy , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Boys' Love , School Club , Love Triangle , Mermaid , Exorcism

Youkai Watch: Shadow Side

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Keisuke is a fifth grader who does not believe in ghosts, UFOs, or even youkai. Lately, he has noticed that Natsume has been coming home late, and one day decides to tail her. When he discovers that Natsume goes to a youkai detective agency, Natsume is forced to involve Keisuke in her activities.



Tags: Youkai , Kids

Akuma-kun (ONA)

Also known as Akuma Kun.

Studio: Toei Animation , Encourage Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder mysteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third.

The show, despite being an alternate story, is set to be the adventure of Shingo's "son", therefore, it could be considered as a sequel to the 1989 original



Tags: Detective , Monster Boy , Youkai , Episodic , Demons , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Anti-Hero , Family Life , Adoption , Angels , Urban , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Guns , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Gore

Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho

Also known as Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Animax , Lantis , Bandai Namco Arts , Sony Pictures Entertainment , SKY Perfect , JY Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty.


Tags: Shounen , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Demons , Primarily Male Cast ,

Gakkou no Kaidan

Also known as Ghost Stories.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Aniplex , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kids and ghosts. When young Satsuki finds an old book of spells from her passed away mother, she gains the power to fight ghosts that are haunting her new school. With the help of her friends, and of a really wicked devil cat, she must protect everyone around her or be haunted for ever more.



Tags: Ghost , Primarily Child Cast , School , Episodic , Youkai , Afterlife , Male Protagonist , Curses , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Parody , Demons , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Skeleton , Tanned Skin , Dullahan

Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!

Also known as A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!.

Studio: Satelight , ABC Animation , Mixer , NetEase Games , Movic , Square Enix , BS Asahi , TOKYO MX , arma bianca , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Rookie teacher Haruaki Abe is as cowardly as they come. It's hard enough for him to handle human students without whimpering-and now he's going to be teaching at a school full of monsters?! It's a classroom of horrors for Haruaki, as his mischievous students use every means at their disposal to prank him! Will this poor teacher be able to get his group of ghouls under control, or is this class destined for failure?



Tags: Slapstick , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Youkai , Teacher , School , Monster Boy , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Nekomimi , Gods , Exorcism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Manipulation , Crossdressing , Adoption , Curses , Monster Girl , Shapeshifting , Twins

Mushishi

Also known as MUSHI-SHI.

Studio: Artland , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people.

What are the Mushi and what do they want?



Tags: Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Episodic , Philosophy , Rural , Travel , Male Protagonist , Animals , Iyashikei , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tragedy , Snowscape , Seinen , Historical , Wilderness , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cult , Monster Girl , Suicide