Anime like Sekai no Yami Zukan

KAGEWANI

Also known as KAGEWANI.

Studio: Tomovies
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

Mysterious monsters that appear and attack in present time. The people can only be played with by them in this extreme situation. Why do these monsters appear to attack people...? Sousuke Banba, a scientist, searches for the truth with the keyword "Kagewani" A new feeling of panic suspense animation begins.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Kaiju , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Monster Boy , Primarily Adult Cast

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 , Urban Fantasy , Trains , Tragedy

Toshi Densetsu Monogatari Hikiko

Studio: MediaNet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Story: 3D CG-animated movie about Hikiko, who is a character of a Japanese urban legend. She was violently treated all the time by her parents and classmates at the elementary school and she's extremely ugly due to the constant violence. To revenge, she caught students from elementary school and drag them on the floor until they're badly mutilated.

When reversing Hikiko's full name 森妃姫子(Mori Hikiko) gives 引き籠もり(hikikomori), which means social withdrawal.

Tags: Bullying , Ghost , CGI

Kurayami Santa

Also known as Darkness Boy Santa.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kurayami Santa is set in 1960s Kyushu. The show centers around Santa, a familiar from hell who is charged with maintaining the border between hell and the human world. Santa's mission has him crossing paths with many humans and supernatural creatures.



Tags: Achromatic , Chibi , Youkai , Demons , Kaiju , Environmental , Vampire , Parody , Male Protagonist

Itou Junji: Maniac

Also known as Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.

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

From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC

A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from:
Tomie
Souichi
The Hanging Balloons
The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance
Unendurable Labyrinth
The Long Hair in the Attic
Bullied
Where the Sandman Lives
Ice Cream Truck
Tomb Town
Library Vision
Headless Statue

Tags: Anthology , Episodic , Ghost , Cosmic Horror , Curses , Denpa , Tragedy , Body Horror , Religion , CGI , Monster Girl , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Alternate Universe , Revenge , Photography , Josei , Bullying , Family Life , Suicide

Yami Shibai 6

Also known as Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

The sixth season of Yami Shibai.

Tags: Demons , Episodic , Ghost , Anthology , Rural

Yami Shibai 5

Also known as Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

The fifth season of Yami Shibai.

Tags: Episodic , Ghost , Anthology

Warau Salesman

Also known as Laughing Salesman.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...

Also includes the prologue to Warau Salesman that aired a week before the official episode 1 was released.

Tags: Episodic , Seinen , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Family Life , Tragedy , Nudity , Mixed Media , Body Horror , Otaku Culture

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 , Heterosexual , Augmented Reality , Seinen , Survival , Coastal , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Cannibalism , Curses , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Detective , Shapeshifting , Ships , Yandere