Top Supernatural Anime Recommendations

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Studio: ufotable
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.



Tags: Demons , Shounen , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Monster Girl , Revenge , Orphan , Gore , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Rural , Historical , Rotoscoping , Body Horror , Super Power , Curses , Chibi , Time Skip , Animals , Food

Jujutsu Kaisen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

A boy fights... for "the right death."

Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse.

Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back.



Note: The first episode received an early web premiere on September 19th, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 3rd, 2020.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Curses , Super Power , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Primarily Teen Cast , Dissociative Identities , Demons , Orphan , Urban , Body Horror , Primarily Male Cast , Magic , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Shapeshifting , Gore , Anthropomorphism , School , Swordplay , Boarding School , Rotoscoping , Slapstick , Mythology , Archery , Surreal Comedy , Twins , Tragedy , Baseball , Table Tennis

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power?

The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Police , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Noir , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Shounen , Amnesia , Espionage , Yandere , Aromantic , Conspiracy , Feet , Tragedy , Suicide , Assassins , Acting , Time Skip , Youkai , Asexual , Achronological Order , Tennis , Guns

One Punch Man

Also known as One-Punch Man.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Saitama has a rather peculiar hobby, being a superhero, but despite his heroic deeds and superhuman abilities, a shadow looms over his life. He's become much too powerful, to the point that every opponent ends up defeated with a single punch.

The lack of challenge has driven him into a state of apathy, as he watches his life pass by having lost all enthusiasm, at least until he's unwillingly thrust in the role of being a mentor to the young and revenge-driven Genos.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Parody , Male Protagonist , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Cyborg , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju , Seinen , Aliens , Cultivation , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Gods , Martial Arts , Demons , Henshin , Fitness

Tokyo Ghoul

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul.

Studio: 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

NARUTO

Also known as Naruto.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi's rampage, the leader of the village, the 4th Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.

Shunned because of the presence of the Kyuubi inside him, Naruto struggles to find his place in the village. He strives to become the Hokage of Konohagakure, and he meets many friends and foes along the way.



Tags: Ninja , Shounen , Criminal Organization , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Super Power , Revenge , Martial Arts , Found Family , Primarily Child Cast , Shapeshifting , Necromancy , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Kaiju , Battle Royale , Slapstick , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Achronological Order , Unrequited Love , Anachronism , Heterosexual , Travel , Death Game , Estranged Family , Gender Bending , School , Assassins , Love Triangle , Anthropomorphism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gambling

Kimi no Na wa.

Also known as Your Name..

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, yearns to live the life of a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo—a dream that stands in stark contrast to her present life in the countryside. Meanwhile in the city, Taki Tachibana lives a busy life as a high school student while juggling his part-time job and hopes for a future in architecture.

One day, Mitsuha awakens in a room that is not her own and suddenly finds herself living the dream life in Tokyo—but in Taki's body! Elsewhere, Taki finds himself living Mitsuha's life in the humble countryside. In pursuit of an answer to this strange phenomenon, they begin to search for one another.

Kimi no Na wa. revolves around Mitsuha and Taki's actions, which begin to have a dramatic impact on each other's lives, weaving them into a fabric held together by fate and circumstance.



Tags: Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Environmental , Tragedy , Urban , Rural , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Trains , Shrine Maiden , School

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Tentacles , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Guns , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Crime , Bullying , Found Family , Femboy , Artificial Intelligence , Baseball , School Club , Tragedy , Suicide

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body.



Tags: Super Power , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Satire , Parody , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Exorcism , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , School , Slapstick , Demons , Delinquents , School Club , Bullying , Fitness , Gangs , Cult , Family Life , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Curses

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Urban , Henshin , Psychosexual , Shounen , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Guns , Found Family , Assassins , Crime , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Homeless , Police , Revenge , Amnesia , POV , Nudity , Zombie , Angels

NARUTO: Shippuuden

Also known as Naruto: Shippuden.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Naruto: Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto. The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru. After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work, though it will not be easy, as he has amassed a few (more dangerous) enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.



Tags: Ninja , Shounen , Criminal Organization , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Revenge , Tragedy , Orphan , Coming of Age , Martial Arts , War , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Cultivation , Fugitive , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Politics , Necromancy , Gods , Terrorism , Military , Achronological Order , Swordplay , Anti-Hero , Anachronism , Kaiju , Travel , Aliens , Unrequited Love , Shapeshifting , Slapstick , Gender Bending , Estranged Family

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Snowscape , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Seinen , Fugitive , School , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI , Age Gap , Matchmaking

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Kuudere , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , School , Amnesia , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Urban , Hikikomori , Tragedy , Body Swapping , Acting , Time Loop , Unrequited Love , Tsundere , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Idol , Clone , Chuunibyou

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , Assassins , Shounen , Adoption , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Urban , Slapstick , Crime , Super Power , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Episodic , Politics , Unrequited Love , Cohabitation , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Orphan , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Bullying

Noragami

Also known as Noragami.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Supernatural

Minor god Yato is down on his luck. Fed up with his slacker lifestyle, his partner abruptly quits. He has no money, no worshippers, and no shrine to call home. But just when things are starting to seem hopeless, a bus accident forces him to cross paths with Hiyori Iki, a sweet and perky high school girl. After the accident, Hiyori's soul has a bad habit of slipping out of her body, and after enlisting Yato's help to get her back to normal, she begins to fall into the world of spirits and gods.

But Hiyori's not the only one who's keeping tabs on Yato. A god from Yato's past is back, and he's not interested in a friendly reunion.



Tags: Gods , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Mythology , Urban , Anti-Hero , Shapeshifting , Found Family , Swordplay , Exorcism , Shrine Maiden , Memory Manipulation , Nekomimi , Revenge , Outdoor Activities , Age Gap , Bullying , Environmental

Nanatsu no Taizai

Also known as The Seven Deadly Sins.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Supernatural

When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth - the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights - too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne!
Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated?



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Spearplay , Super Power , Swordplay , Anti-Hero , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Fairy , Medieval , Love Triangle , Animals , Bar , Revenge , Nudity

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen

Also known as Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train.

Studio: ufotable
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

This Demon Slayer movie sees Tanjiro Kamado and friends from the Demon Slayer corps board the Infinity Train on a new mission to investigate a mysterious series of disappearances, perpetrated by a demon who has been tormenting people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it.

Tags: Demons , Swordplay , Shounen , Tragedy , Trains , Curses , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Super Power , Monster Girl , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Orphan , Travel , Suicide , Shapeshifting , Historical , Vampire , Rural , Martial Arts

BLEACH

Also known as Bleach.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Ichigo Kurosaki is a rather normal high school student apart from the fact he has the ability to see ghosts. This ability never impacted his life in a major way until the day he encounters the Shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family's lives from a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that devours human souls.

Wounded during the fight against the Hollow, Rukia chooses the only option available to defeat the monster and passes her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. Now forced to act as a substitute until Rukia recovers, Ichigo hunts down the Hollows that plague his town.

Tags: Swordplay , Shounen , Super Power , Afterlife , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip , School , Kuudere , Cannibalism , Royal Affairs , Rescue , Achronological Order , Anthropomorphism , Language Barrier , Ninja , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Reincarnation , Kaiju , Centaur , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Spearplay , Fugitive , Clone , Disability , Tsundere , Guns , Vampire , Ojou-sama , Age Regression , Amnesia

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.



Tags: Firefighters , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Demons , Shounen , Conspiracy , Cult , Religion , Urban , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Steampunk , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Dystopian , Slapstick , Nun , Rescue , Lost Civilization , Chuunibyou , Primarily Adult Cast , Nekomimi , Swordplay , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Guns , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Kemonomimi , Female Harem , Unrequited Love

Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi

Also known as Spirited Away.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park. Intrigued, the family investigates the park, though unbeknownst to them, it is secretly inhabited by spirits who sleep by day and appear at night. When Chihiro's mother and father eat food from a restaurant in the street, angry spirits turn them into pigs. Furthermore, a wide sea has appeared between the spirit world and the human one, trapping Chihiro, the sole human, in a land of spirits. Luckily for her though, a mysterious boy named Haku appears, claiming to know her from the past. Under his instructions, Chihiro secures a job in the bathhouse where Haku works. With only her courage and some new found friends to aid her, Chihiro embarks on a journey to turn her parents back to their original forms and return home.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Youkai , Coming of Age , Curses , Magic , Work , Shapeshifting , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Isekai , Gods , Witch , Memory Manipulation , Dragons , Anthropomorphism , Travel , Inn , Primarily Child Cast , Trains , Twins