Anime like Gregory Horror Show

Popee the Performer

Studio: Kids Station , Nippon Columbia
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Popee the Performer deals with a circus that operates in the middle of the desert. Each episode deals with the small cast of characters attempting at times to rehearse their performances, but it usually dissolves into the characters trying to humorously destroy each other in the usual cartoon manner.

The star of the show, Popee, is a clown in an odd red-striped jumpsuit and bunny ears. He is adept at juggling, being a clown, pulling large knives and small bombs out of thin air. He is not adept at ever succeeding in his nefarious plans to hurt his poor assistant or the owner of the circus. His mischievous nature is the driving force of each episode.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Full CGI , Circus , Slapstick , No Dialogue , Episodic , Animals , Anti-Hero

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 , Male Protagonist , Curses , Afterlife , Episodic , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Parody , Demons , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Skeleton , Tanned Skin , Dullahan

Warau Salesman

Also known as Laughing Salesman.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...

Also includes the prologue to Warau Salesman that aired a week before the official episode 1 was released.

Tags: Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Family Life , College , Nudity , Otaku Culture

Pecola

Also known as Pecola.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Pecola is an orphaned penguin who lives with Pecolias, his Grandfather. Cube Town is an isolated small coastal village with such features as an art museum, beach, lighthouse (which has the number 36 above its entrance) and canal. It is located adjacent to Crescent Bay surrounded by the Rookery Mountains coastal range and served by regular ships (including a weekly freighter) that deliver mail, foodstuffs and other supplies plus occasional tourists from a nearby large metropolis named Cubic City. The heights above it lead into Glacier Valley which is snowbound even during summer.



Tags: Kids

Yami Shibai

Also known as Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.



Tags: Episodic , Demons , Ghost , Anthology , Body Horror , Tragedy

Kaidan Restaurant

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or ''dishes'': the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two ''dishes'' will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl named Ako Ozara and the bizarre occurrences that befall her classmates. The third ''dish'' will be a standalone short ghost story told by Ako and her friends.

Tags: Kids , Ghost , Youkai , Demons , Achronological Order , Primarily Child Cast , School

Hakaba Kitarou

Also known as Graveyard Kitaro.

Studio: Toei Animation , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

This version of the Kitarou story is based on the original Hakaba Kitarou manga, the manga which inspired the popular Gegege no Kitarou series in the late 60's.



Tags: Suicide , Tragedy , Orphan , Anti-Hero , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Kemonomimi

Nekojiru-sou

Also known as Cat Soup.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Psychological

Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transcience of man's existence, but it can be enjoyed without understanding any of them. The plot, though simple, isn't necessarily understandable without being explained. The main character, a cat named Nyatto, embarks upon a journey to save his sister's soul, which was ripped in two when Nyatto tried to save her from Death. She trails after him, brain-dead. They encounter many brilliant, mind-bending situations, beginning with a disturbing magic show.



Tags: Animals , Surreal Comedy , No Dialogue , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Afterlife , Urban , Survival , Primarily Animal Cast , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Gods , Male Protagonist , Circus , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Outdoor , Rural , Religion , Ships , Nudity , Cannibalism , Gore , Revenge

Nyanbo!

Also known as Nyanbo!.

Studio: Shirogumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The "Nyanbo" are creatures with square bodies with ears and tails that came to Earth from outer space. There's Tora, who dreams of repairing their broken UFO and returning to space, as well as his sister Kotora, the precocious Shiro, the mischievous Mike, the mysterious Kuro, and many more. All of these Nyanbos are now happily living much like cats, free-spirited and sometimes getting into trouble, in places that humans don't know about.



Tags: Kids , Full CGI , Animals , Love Triangle , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism