Anime like Warau Hyouteki

Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage

Also known as Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon.

Studio: Movic , Magic Bus , Bandai , Visual 80
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Romance

Lumi and Luka Kobayakawa are identical twins who both are members of the track team and have a crush on a handsome upperclassman Katsuyuki Tohma, but he chooses the latter. While Luka doesn't want to hurt Lumi's feelings, Lumi feels betrayed by her own sister. On their way to the party celebrating the graduation of eldest members of the team, they take shelter in a cave, which turns out to be a mass grave, and all members were killed by the strange smell from the cave, with Lumi and Luka only survivors. After the tragedy, Lumi has become a completely different person, and one day she literally emerges from the floor of Luka's room...



Tags: Twins , Shoujo , Love Triangle , Gore , Super Power , Athletics

Ningyo no Mori

Also known as Mermaid Forest.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , OB Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

This anime is based on the Mermaid Forest story line found in the graphic novel by the same name. Mana and Yuta are drawn into the world of the Kannagi Family, owners of Mermaid Forest. Only two of the Kannagi clan remain - an old women and a young girl with hair as white as snow. What is the secret of these two women? And what is the secret of Mermaid Forest? Is there really a mermaid buried somewhere in the hills......a mermaid that could help Yuta return to normal?

Tags: Mermaid , Mythology , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Twins , Shounen , Swimming , Nudity , Suicide

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

Youma

Also known as Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Toho , Animate Film , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these demons inflict upon humanity, but to do this he must fight against his undead former best friend and fellow ninja who was killed in battle and has been resurrected to serve the Yoma.



Tags: Demons , Ninja , Rural , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , War , Historical , Youkai , Shoujo , Fugitive , Gore , Samurai , Shapeshifting , Suicide

Kyoufu Shinbun

Studio: Studio Pierrot , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

For reasons unknown to him, Rei receives the Kyoufu Shinbun every morning, a newspaper which foresees deaths and catastrophes...

Based on Tsunoda Jirou's classic horror manga "Kyoufu Shinbun", serialized in Weekly Shounen Champion.



Tags: Shounen , Ghost , School , Male Protagonist

Noroi no One Piece

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Shin-Ei Animation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

When three schoolgirls, Yuuko, Kaori and Michiyo, receive a mysterious package containing a beautiful dress with a floral pattern, they're overjoyed. It'll be their chance to shine in front of their love interests! However, little do they know that this sweet-looking gift might have been not so fortunate, after all...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Tragedy , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , School , Kuudere , Body Horror , Family Life

Umezu Kazuo no Noroi

Also known as The Curse of Kazuo Umezu.

Studio: Takahashi Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

"Do not toy with the supernatural."

Two stories of the consequences that descend upon humans who venture beyond the safe confines of their ordinary worlds.

When a gorgeous girl named Rima transfers into Masami's class, she's not only jealous, but also deathly frightened of her. While the boys in class are tripping all over themselves to get to Rima, Masami's having nightmares of a ghastly visitor and finding scars on her body come morning. She asks a friend to help her get evidence to confirm her suspicions about the new girl. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth far more. The truth can set you free, but it can also be more terrifying than anything you can imagine.

Shy Miko and her more outgoing friend Nanako are enjoying their summer vacation, trying to make the most of their youth. But when horror-movie marathons just aren't thrilling enough, Nanako sets her eyes on a new target: an abandoned mansion at the edge of town, said to be haunted. With two other friends in tow, a reluctant Miko and a gung-ho Nanako enter the mansion. Soon, everything that can go wrong starts going wrong. Only luck or a miracle will allow them manage to escape the mansion with their lives, their sanity, and even their sense of reality.



Tags: Episodic , Anthology , Gore , Body Horror , Shoujo , School , Ghost , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist

Makariudo: Demon Hunter

Studio: Studio Fantasia , Bandai , Kasakura Publishing
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Forgiven of her crime of looking into the past life of the one she loved, Yama Rikudou is a powerful being from the underworld sent to the human realm to hunt demons. She must eliminate the overflowing evil here in order to provide some balance to this world.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Demons , Nudity

Fire Tripper

Also known as Fire Tripper.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance , Sci-Fi

It was just another ordinary afternoon for our heroine Suzuko when she suddenly got caught in a giant gas explosion. Instead of getting killed, Suzuko wakes up some 500 years in the past during the Civil War era of Japan.

After being saved from a fate worse than death by a handsome, somewhat overbearing young man, Suzuko learns to adapt to the strange realm where she now resides. Along the way, Suzuko finds out more about her mysterious and spotty past. As clues begin to click into place, though, the village is attacked, and Suzuko finds herself travelling through time AGAIN, this time to the present. Will she solve the mystery regarding her origin and where she belongs?

Tags: Time Manipulation , Rural , War , Isekai , Historical , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Archery , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Incest