Anime like Pupa

Tokyo Ghoul

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Marvelous , TC Entertainment , Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.



Tags: Gore , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Survival , Body Horror , Human Experimentation , Male Protagonist , Torture , Henshin , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , Urban , Police , Detective , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Military , Terrorism , College , Heterosexual , Femboy , Monster Boy

Elfen Lied

Also known as Elfen Lied.

Studio: VAP , ARMS , Genco , ADV Films , A Line
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

The Diclonius, a mutated homosapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possess two horns on their heads and have a "sixth sense" which gives them telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murders most of the guards in the laboratory where she is being held, only to be shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives, falling off a cliff into the ocean and manages to drift along to a beach where two teenagers, Kouta and Yuka, discover her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the psychotic side of Lucy is not dead just yet...



Tags: Gore , Fugitive , Super Power , Amnesia , Monster Girl , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Body Horror , Revenge , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Yandere , Incest , Conspiracy , Bullying , Coastal , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Disability , Cyborg , Anthropomorphism , Kemonomimi , Military , Family Life , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Female Harem , Cohabitation , Human Experimentation , Animals

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

Hitsuji no Uta

Also known as Sheep's Song.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

Kazuna's family has a history of suffering from a disease that creates an uncontrollable vampire-like thirst for blood. Knowing none of this, Kazuna was sent to live with the Eda couple as a child. As the sickness begins to show signs of being present within himself, he comes into contact with his older sister, Chizuna, who has been suffering from it since early childhood. Knowing that the sickness incurs a heavy weight upon those that suffer from it, Chizuna tries to ease her brother's burden, to help him learn to control his urges, but...



Tags: Vampire , Heterosexual , Achromatic , Denpa , Incest

Ta ga Tame no Alchemist

Also known as For Whom The Alchemist Exists The Movie.

Studio: Satelight , Magic Capsule , Asmik Ace , flying DOG , FgG
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A theatrical movie based on Fuji & gumi Games simulation role-playing smartphone and PC game, Ta ga Tame no Alchemist. The game is centered on seven characters themed around the seven deadly sins, and is set on the continent of Babel, where the Tower of Babel looms large over seven nations. After the invention of alchemy led to its use as a tool of war that brought humanity to the brink of extinction, the seven nations struck an uneasy peace that led to a prohibition on alchemy for hundreds of years since. In the Continental Year 911, the nation of Lustrice broke the pact by assembling an army bolstered by alchemy, with ambitions of conquest over the continent. Led by Envylia, the six nations allied and struck down the rogue nation, casting alchemy once again to darkness. But 20 years after the war, alchemy once again begins to cause chaos in the land.

Tags: War , Magic , Cyberpunk , Isekai , Dystopian , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Bullying , Steampunk

Chiruri

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

The story of a boy and a girl who try to find the one thing that matters.

Independent production short film by Kawasaki Kenji.



Tags: No Dialogue , Full CGI , Dystopian

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Status: Finished
Genres:

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with toothpicks and used stop motion animation techniques to shoot the resulting effects.

Tags: Stop Motion

Zetsubou no Kaibutsu

Also known as DESPAIR OF THE MONSTER.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

A story about fourteen-year-old alien girl Aoi Hoshino. Her family uses a certain medicine to disguise themselves as humans. For some reason the medicine slowly stops working, but only on Aoi...



Tags: Aliens , Suicide , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , School , Body Horror

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Forecast Communications , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Aliens , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Anti-Hero , Urban , Revenge , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Crime , Environmental , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Love Triangle , Eco-Horror , Unrequited Love , Guns , Rural , Detective , Female Harem , Bullying , Parenthood , CGI , Delinquents , Pregnancy

Kintarou Taiiku Nikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match.

Tags: Boxing , Yuri