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HELLSING

Also known as Hellsing.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing follows the antiheroic vampire, Alucard, and a police girl-turned-vampire, Seras Victoria, two vampires employed by the vampire-extermination group of England, the Hellsing Organization. Slowly but surely, through their active duty, they find a new breed of vampires beginning to arise.



Tags: Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Noir , Super Power , Gore , Military , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Guns , Anti-Hero , Urban , Monster Girl , Suicide , Monster Boy , Body Horror , Cannibalism , Episodic , Butler

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 , Shoujo , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Gore

Vampire Hunter D

Also known as VAMPIRE HUNTER D.

Studio: Ajiado , Trans Arts , Movic , Studio Kyuuma , Ashi Productions , Studio Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

10,000 years in the future, the world has become a very different place; monsters roam the land freely, and people, although equiped with high tech weapons and cybernetic horses, live a humble life more suited to centuries past. The story focuses on a small hamlet plagued by monster attacks and living under the shadow of rule by Count Magnus Lee, a powerful vampire lord who has ruled the land for thousands of years. When a young girl is bitten by the Count and chosen as his current plaything, she seeks out help of a quiet wandering stranger, D. It so happens that D is one of the worlds best vampire hunters, and he takes it upon himself to cut through Magnus Lees many minions, and put an end to the Count`s rule.



Tags: Vampire , Body Horror , Travel , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Orphan , Gore , Ghost , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Guns , Assassins , Werewolf , Nudity

Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon

Studio: WOWOW , TMS Entertainment , Victor Entertainment , Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Thriller

The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.



Tags: Detective , Episodic , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Shounen

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 , Cosmic Horror , School , Body Horror , Gods , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Afterlife , Tragedy , Unrequited Love

Yuugen Kaisha

Also known as Phantom Quest Corp..

Studio: MADHOUSE , Pioneer LDC , Geneon Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Supernatural

In a country where companies are categorized into many subdivisions and corporations, only one of them is a ghost corp - the Phantom quest corp. When otherworldly supernatural phenomenon threatens the city and its populace, Ayaka Kisaragi and her employees are on the job to fight any and all supernatural menace.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Demons , Youkai , Detective , Police , Ghost , Primarily Adult Cast , Vampire , Slapstick , Exorcism

Devilman Lady

Also known as The Devil Lady.

Studio: Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment , ADV Films , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the beastlike superhumans that terrorize the city. Unlike the rest of them, though, Jun has managed to hold a tenuous grip onto her humanity, and she is recruited by the mysterious Asuka Ran, member of a secret organization within the government, aimed at controlling, if not eliminating, these berserk destroyers of mankind. Jun, as Devilman Lady, must now exterminate her own kind, but how much longer can she keep her sanity in a situation she never chose in the first place?



Tags: Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Bisexual , Demons , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Nudity , Gore , Philosophy , Kaiju , Gods , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Noir , Nekomimi , Seinen ,

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

Shihaisha no Tasogare: TWILIGHT OF THE DARK MASTER

Also known as Twilight of the Dark Master.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Video , Ashi Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

From the beginning of time, Earth has been enslaved by the powerful and grotesque Ogres. The dominance these arrogant immortals hold over the helpless victims is challenged only by the noble Guardians.

Eons later, in the year 2089, few Ogres of Guardians remain in Neo-Shinjuku. Humans rule the Earth; yet, deep within the dark underworld of the city, the supreme Ogre is still alive and is preparing, once again, to enslave the Human race.



Tags: Shoujo , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Noir , Nudity , Drugs , Body Horror , Twins

Silent Möbius

Also known as Silent Möbius.

Studio: Radix , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

The year is 2023 and Alien Beings known as "Lucifer Hawks" have begun invading earth from another dimension. All that stands between them and the enslavement of the human race is the Attacked Mystification Police Department - a special division of the Tokyo Police staffed by women with amazing paranormal abilities.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Police , Time Skip , Magic , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Robots , Cyborg , Monster Girl , Heterosexual