Anime like Mieruko-chan

What is Mieruko-chan about?

Studio: Passione
Status: Finished

She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, but it doesn’t seem to be working for her in this love letter to the horror genre that will send shivers down your spine—and occasionally tickle your funny bone.



Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , School , Seinen , Nudity , Gods , Bullying

Here is a list of Anime similar to Mieruko-chan

Dark Gathering

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 , Hikikomori , Oiran , Incest , College , Cars , Curses
SCHOOL-LIVE!

Gakkou Gurashi!

Also known as SCHOOL-LIVE!.

Studio: Lerche , Nitroplus , Sotsu , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Why would anyone form a School Living Club? Could four girls, their advisor, and a puppy really love their school so much that they’d want to live in it? Or is there another reason, something that lurks behind the façade of their comfortable existence? Something that waits outside their school’s doors. Something that has already robbed one girl of her sanity? While the others try to come to grips with a dark new reality, the rest of the world falls to ruin at the hands of a ravenous force, and insanity may be the last hope for survival. Shocks, heartbreak and stunning revelations await as the twisted tale unfolds.



Tags: Survival , School , Post-Apocalyptic , School Club , Tragedy , Zombie , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Memory Manipulation , Achronological Order , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Gore , Teacher , Animals , CGI , Nudity
Ghost Stories

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
Mysterious Disappearances

Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi

Also known as Mysterious Disappearances.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Zero-G , Shogakukan , flying DOG , Kansai TV , BS Nittele , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Sumireko Ogawa’s dream of becoming a novelist is reinvigorated with new rumors of mystical incidents. Now a clerk at a bookstore, she enlists her young coworker, Ren Adashino, to investigate urban legends, black magic, and ghost stories across the city. Sumireko has a knack for triggering magical events, and Ren has a dark secret of his own. Will they survive their investigation unscathed?



Tags: Large Breasts , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Writing , Age Regression , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Ghost , School , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Nudity , Bullying , Trains , VTuber , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Work , Disability , Magic , Mermaid , Teacher , LGBTQ+ Themes , Youkai , Yuri
Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunt

Also known as Ghost Hunt.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TV Tokyo , Avex Entertainment , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

While at school, Taniyama Mai and her friends like to exchange ghost stories. Apparently, there is an abandoned school building on their campus that is the center of many ghost stories. During the story, they are interrupted by a mysterious male figure. The person turns out to be Shibuya Kazuya, a 17 year old who is president of the Shibuya Psychic Research Company. He was called by the principal to investigate the stories surrounding the abandoned school building.

The next day, on the way to school, Mai passes the school building in question. While examining a strange camera she spotted inside, she gets surprised by Kazuya's assistant. Unknowingly interfering with the investigation, Mai breaks the camera and Kazuya's assistant gets injured.

Kazuya forcefully hires Mai in order to pay for the camera and replace his injured assistant. From that point on, Mai begins to learn about the paranormal world and the profession of ghost hunting.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Ghost , Detective , Denpa , Youkai , Tragedy , Shrine Maiden , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Shoujo , Disability , Exorcism , Gods , Demons , Body Horror , Gore , Curses , Cars , Ensemble Cast , Crime
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru

Also known as The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window.

Studio: Zero-G , Avex Pictures , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Animate , MediaNet , A-Sketch , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Bookstore employee Mikado always had a tendency to see creepy things. He had lived his life pretending he didn't see these things but then he has a fateful encounter with an exorcist named Hiyakawa. Mikado ends up being forced to help out with exorcism duties and has to deal with the embarrassing fact that exorcising these things with Hiyakawa somehow feels really good. While getting dragged into dealing with these cases every day, they run into a cold-blooded murder case.



Tags: Ghost , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Crime , Detective , Body Horror , Cult , Urban , Boys' Love , Yandere , Memory Manipulation , Exorcism
Re-Kan!

Re-Kan!

Studio: Studio Signpost
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

The manga centers around Hibiki Amami, a girl who can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in her surroundings. The stories follow her daily life with both her friends and the otherworldly.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Seinen , Gyaru , Tsundere
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

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 , Heterosexual , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , School Club , Boys' Love , Love Triangle , Mermaid , Exorcism
Junji Ito Collection

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 , Male Protagonist , Curses , Monster Girl , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Circus , Filmmaking , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Josei
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Also known as Dusk Maiden of Amnesia.

Studio: Media Factory , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , Tasogare Otome×Amnesia Production Partners , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

60 years ago, a young woman was left to die in the abandoned school building behind the exclusive Seikyou Academy. No one knows why. No one knows how. But the horrifying tale and the legends of the ghostly haunting that followed live on to this day. Perhaps it's not so surprising then, that among Seikyou's many school clubs is one for students interested in "paranormal investigations." What might raise more than a few hairs, however, is that the founder of the club is the ghost herself. Unable to remember how she died and trapped in the grey land between life and death, Yuuko latches onto Teiichi Niiya, a freshman who can inexplicably see her, and together they and the other unsuspecting members of the club begin to unravel the many dark mysteries that surround Seikyou. Will unlocking the secret of Yuuko's gruesome death finally free her? Or will her sudden close association with a mortal have even stranger repercussions on both of their existences?



Tags: Ghost , Amnesia , Heterosexual , School Club , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , School , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Nudity , Dissociative Identities , Female Harem , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Love Triangle , Shounen , Pandemic

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