Anime like Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae

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 , Exorcism , Creature Taming , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Necromancy , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Orphan , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Gore , Gods , Suicide , Shounen , Body Swapping , Yandere , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Curses , Denpa , Episodic , Proxy Battle , Afterlife , Cannibalism , Travel , Oiran , Hikikomori , War , School , Cars , College , Incest , Camping , Bullying

Himitsu: Top Secret - The Revelation

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory must weigh the ethical choices in the ultimate invasion of privacy as they delve into people's minds to solve crimes.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Crime , Shoujo , Police , Detective , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

Vampire Miyu (TV)

Also known as Vampire Princess Miyu (TV).

Studio: AIC , Arts Pro , Victor Entertainment , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Evil Shinma (shape-shifting monsters and vampires) roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu Royal Princess from the dark is the Chosen One—the one being who must banish the Evil Shinma from the Earth. She has the power to offer Humans the gift of eternal happiness, yet is herself, trapped between two worlds; destined for perpetual solitude and internal conflict.

Miyu's only companion is Larva, once an evil Shimna; now her devoted guardian. Together they share a dark journey through the weakness of the human heart and the tragic loss of innocence. Cut off from humanity by the knowledge of what she is, Miyu lives an endless quest as both the hunter and the hunted, on the edge of darkness.



Tags: Demons , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Vampire , Youkai , Tragedy , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Yuri

Vampire Miyu

Also known as Vampire Princess Miyu.

Studio: AIC , AnimEigo , Pony Canyon , Soei Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

A quiet gothic horror story about a vampire girl, Miyu, whose destiny it is to hunt down murderous demons known as Shinma and return them to their land of origin, the Dark. Miyu is pursued by the Spiritualist Himiko, determined to find out who Miyu is and to stop her from sucking the life blood from helpless humans. Each of the four episodes chronicle one of Miyu's encounters with a Shinma and the humans that it is affecting, from the perspective of Himiko's pursuit of Miyu.



Tags: Philosophy , Time Skip , Demons , Vampire , Body Horror , School , Cosmic Horror , Gods , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Afterlife , Tragedy , Unrequited Love