Anime like Toshi Densetsu Monogatari Hikiko

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 , Tragedy , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy , Trains

Sekai no Yami Zukan

Also known as The World YAMIZUKAN.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

The anime will be in an omnibus short format that will tell stories of the strange and bizarre in our world, including UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, bizarre cases, different dimensions, and urban legends, told in a picture show style.



Tags: Episodic , Gore , Tragedy , Mixed Media , Indigenous Cultures , Robots , Achromatic , Aliens , Cars , Coastal , Monster Boy , Virtual World

Kowabon

Also known as KOWABON.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

In today's world full of wondrous technological innovation, the unnatural and mysterious sometimes appear even more horrifying than usual. But despite how far society has advanced, the fear of the unknown always remains. The unfortunate participants in Kowabon find themselves in such a predicament, experiencing the supernatural through their everyday technology. From a frightening sight caught on a parking garage camera to a video chat that takes an unexpected turn, the victims struggle to escape that which haunts them. However, what awaits these doomed souls may be a fate even worse than death.



Tags: Ghost , Rotoscoping , Anthology , Episodic , POV , Urban , Cosmic Horror , Photography , Dancing , Office Lady

Takopii no Genzai

Also known as Takopi's Original Sin.

Studio: ENISHIYA , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.



Tags: Tragedy , Denpa , Bullying , Parenthood , Primarily Child Cast , Estranged Family , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Philosophy , School , Revenge , Time Skip , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Gore , Clone

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