Anime like KAGEWANI

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 , Trains , Urban Fantasy

Sekai no Yami Zukan

Also known as The World YAMIZUKAN.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

The anime will be in an omnibus short format that will tell stories of the strange and bizarre in our world, including UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, bizarre cases, different dimensions, and urban legends, told in a picture show style.



Tags: Episodic , Gore , Tragedy , Aliens , Achromatic , Robots , Mixed Media , Indigenous Cultures , Cars , Coastal , Virtual World , Monster Boy

Kowabon

Also known as KOWABON.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

In today's world full of wondrous technological innovation, the unnatural and mysterious sometimes appear even more horrifying than usual. But despite how far society has advanced, the fear of the unknown always remains. The unfortunate participants in Kowabon find themselves in such a predicament, experiencing the supernatural through their everyday technology. From a frightening sight caught on a parking garage camera to a video chat that takes an unexpected turn, the victims struggle to escape that which haunts them. However, what awaits these doomed souls may be a fate even worse than death.



Tags: Ghost , Rotoscoping , Anthology , Episodic , POV , Urban , Cosmic Horror , Photography , Dancing , Office Lady

Kankin Kuiki Level X

Also known as Lockdown Zone: Level X.

Studio: Imagica Infos , Imageworks Studio , AnimationID
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

Ryoka is awakened by flurry of text messages from her mother! Panicked and rushed, Mom is clearly concerned for Ryoka's safety, but she is not too keen on letting her daughter know why. Her reasoning being that nothing could really properly describe what is happening!

The world might be ending! And there might be a massive new life-form on the roof of their apartment building!



Tags: Survival , Female Protagonist , Time Loop , Kaiju , Time Manipulation , Urban , Gore , Flash

Itou Junji: Collection

Also known as Junji Ito Collection.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Anime adaptation of stories from both the 11-volume Ito Junji Kessaku-shuu series and the Fragments of Horror book.

Tags: Anthology , Episodic , Gore , Body Horror , Tragedy , Ghost , Demons , School , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Crime , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Curses , Monster Girl , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Circus , Filmmaking , Family Life , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Urban Fantasy , Kaiju , Josei , Male Protagonist

Aragne no Mushikago

Also known as Aragne: Sign of Vermillion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

There's something very wrong with the apartment that young university student Rin has rented, and it's more than just the terrible condition that it's in. There's something grim and foreboding about the place… an omnipresent atmosphere of dread that makes Rin feel as though she's constantly being watched by a thousand unblinking eyes.

And the surrounding area isn't any better. Between sinister street people on strange missions, bizarre cults and rumors of a serial killer, it might seem that staying locked in behind closed doors would be the safest thing to do. But what if the real danger is already inside? There's no escape for Rin or her secrets now, and the only thing more terrifying than the horrific events that take place in her apartment are the nightmarish entities that conduct them!



Tags: Urban , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Rotoscoping , Tragedy , Body Horror , CGI , Gore , Denpa , Post-Apocalyptic , Animals , Crime , Time Manipulation , Military , Drugs

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki.

Studio: Production I.G , Adult Swim , Akatsuki , Fugaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Four episode anime adaptation of the Junji Ito manga.

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Tags: Achromatic , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Rotoscoping , Natural Disaster , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Seinen , Heterosexual , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Coastal , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Surreal Comedy , Cannibalism , Curses , Philosophy , Shapeshifting , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Detective , Yandere , Ships