Top Eco-Horror Anime Recommendations

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE
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 , Eco-Horror , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Crime , Urban , Environmental , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Guns , Rural , Detective , Female Harem , Bullying , Nudity , Parenthood , CGI , Delinquents , Pregnancy

Made in Abyss

Also known as Made in Abyss.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present humans can't recreate. Those that dare to explore the depths are known as "Cave Raiders." An orphan girl named Riko lives on the rim. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system. One day, Riko starts exploring the caves and discovers a robot who resembles a human boy.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Survival , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Child Cast , Environmental , Travel , Chibi , Body Horror , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Dungeon , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Curses , Gore , Amnesia , Orphan , Wilderness , Robots , Male Protagonist , Steampunk , Anthropomorphism , Food , Tanned Skin , School , Crossdressing , Agender , Religion , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , Maids , Femboy , Time Manipulation , Amputation , Nudity , Eco-Horror

Mononoke-hime

Also known as Princess Mononoke.

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

A calm village residing in the mountains comes under attack from a demon-possessed boar one day.

Ashitaka, a young man and prince of the tribe, engages the creature in an attempt to save his village. During the battle, the boar bites him on the arm, leaving it blackened and cursed. Following his village's traditions, Ashitaka is exiled and becomes a wanderer, looking for a solution to the curse before it engulfs him.

Iron Town is a fortress under the leadership of Lady Eboshi. Through the clearing of the surrounding forests, Iron Town produces large amounts of Ironsand, used for gunpowder and other machinery. However, because of the forests destruction, nearby animal clans seek revenge led by a human girl of the Wolf clan called San.

When Ashitaka comes to Iron Town, he discovers the area consumed in battle. Horrified, he attempts to create peace and befriend the Wolf Clan. However, after the forest's eradication and the ongoing war between Human and Beast, will the Spirit of the Forest be forgiving and accept Ashitaka's request to expel his curse?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Environmental , Mythology , Animals , Philosophy , War , Eco-Horror , Gods , Rural , Youkai , Wilderness , Demons , Revenge , Curses , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Male Protagonist , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Samurai , Archery , Disability , Body Horror , Tomboy , Gore , Outdoor Activities , Swordplay , Slavery , Kaiju , Indigenous Cultures

Mushishi

Also known as MUSHI-SHI.

Studio: Artland
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people.

What are the Mushi and what do they want?



Tags: Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Episodic , Philosophy , Rural , Travel , Male Protagonist , Animals , Iyashikei , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tragedy , Snowscape , Eco-Horror , Seinen , Historical , Wilderness , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cult , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Suicide

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Studio: Topcraft
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth.



Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , War , Aviation , Eco-Horror , Military , Kaiju , Survival , Horticulture , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Guns , Politics , Anachronism , Travel , Tanks , Orphan , Revenge , Cult , Nudity , Dystopian , Elderly Protagonist

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Also known as Tokyo Magnitude 8.0.

Studio: bones , Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The premise of the project is the 70% possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime depicts what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place.

The story centers on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.

Tags: Urban , Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Tragedy , Natural Disaster , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Post-Apocalyptic , Ghost , Rescue , Coming of Age , CGI , Military , Robots , Eco-Horror , School , Motorcycles

Nihon Chinbotsu: 2020

Also known as Japan Sinks: 2020.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that hits Tokyo, and attempt to escape the city, while disaster claws at their heels.



Tags: Survival , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Disability , Natural Disaster , Post-Apocalyptic , Language Barrier , Outdoor Activities , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Surreal Comedy , Eco-Horror , Cult , Athletics , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Lost Civilization , Transgender , Ships , Drugs , E-Sports , Time Skip , Religion , Agriculture , Male Protagonist

Darwin Jihen

Also known as The Darwin Incident.

Studio: BELLNOX FILMS
Status: Releasing
Genres: Sci-Fi , Thriller

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.



Tags: Coming of Age , Terrorism , Criminal Organization , Eco-Horror , Philosophy , Environmental , Politics , Adoption , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Seinen , Male Protagonist , School , Guns

Ibara no Ou: King of Thorn

Also known as King of Thorn.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus threatens to wipe out the human race. Kasumi is one of 160 people chosen to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is found. When she awakens to find the facility overrun with thorny vines and ravenous monsters, Kasumi and six others struggle to survive this labyrinthine nightmare. If they survive, how long do they have to live?



Tags: Survival , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Pandemic , Military , Afterlife , Guns , Tanned Skin , Shapeshifting , Achronological Order , Gore , Video Games , CGI , Suicide , Eco-Horror , Clone , Fairy Tale , Body Horror , Religion , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Parenthood

Giniro no Kami no Agito

Also known as Origin: Spirits of the Past.

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Long ago, the Forest was awakened and the Moon unleashed a ravenous Beast upon the Earth. Centuries later, as humanity struggle to coexist with the Forest, Agito revives slumbering Toola, who calls forth ancient technology to reshape the future from the ashes of the past. With the blessing of the Forest, Agito must save Toola from herself in order to rescue them all.



Tags: Environmental , Lost Civilization , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Body Horror , Orphan , Eco-Horror

Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna

Also known as Arjuna.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Juna was just an ordinary high-school girl, right up until the day she died in a motorcycle accident. But there, in the twilight of death, she saw the future of the barren earth destroyed by the Raaja, and was offered a second chance at life if she would stop them. Now she must learn to cast aside her thoughtlessly destructive ways and face her destiny as the Avatar of Time, the one being who can decide the fate of the planet.



Tags: Environmental , Eco-Horror , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Female Protagonist , CGI , Gods , Super Power , Mixed Media , Philosophy , Reincarnation , Educational , Archery , Motorcycles , Coastal , Pandemic , Henshin , Estranged Family , Orphan , Disability , Military , Rural , Love Triangle , Agriculture , School , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Necromancy , Cultivation

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection.

Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A pair of researchers remain on their dying planet of Eltria with their two daughters, Amitie and Kirie, in hopes of finding a way to revive the planet, but it was no use. Against her older sister's wishes, Kirie sets off with her childhood friend Iris to seek help from a distant alternate world. They arrive in Japan on Earth to search for the key to their planet's regeneration.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Isekai , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Coastal , Spearplay , Kemonomimi , Guns , Swordplay , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Clone , Archery , Space , Military , Animals , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Motorcycles , Kuudere , Eco-Horror

11-nin Iru!

Also known as They Were 11.

Studio: Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, ten space cadets embark on a survival test that sets them adrift in a derelict spacecraft from which they must find their way home. Terror strikes when the cadets discover eleven of themselves aboard the ship. Who is the imposter, and what is his (or her) purpose? Paranoia runs rampant and lives hang in the balance as the cadets scrutinize one another for any wrong move. Can they identify the spy before it’s too late?



Tags: Survival , Space , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Agender , Super Power , Amnesia , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medicine , Eco-Horror

LILY-C.A.T.

Also known as Lily C.A.T..

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi

2264 A.D.: The Starship Saldes is sent into deep space to explore a newly discovered planet. The journey will take twenty years. The Saldes' crew of thirteen, mixing experienced space jockeys with eager but naive scientists, are prepared for anything - except an unseen alien invader with an insatiable appetite and the ominous force that takes over the ship's controls. The voyage becomes a grim struggle for survival in a vessel which has become a coffin orbiting the paradise world which was to be its destination.



Tags: Space , Survival , Fugitive , Tragedy , Body Horror , Animals , Aliens , Eco-Horror , Gore , Male Protagonist , Guns , Detective , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Revenge

Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA

Also known as Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba.

Studio: Pastel
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: He wants to be a samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.



Tags: Shounen , Aliens , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Anthropomorphism , Baseball , Animals , Demons , Shapeshifting , Eco-Horror

Roots Search

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Sci-Fi

When a research crew in deep space discovers the desolate ship "Green Planet" that warps into their area, they encounter Buzz, the commander and sole surivor of the ship. Being too incapacitated to make them aware of the situation of his ship, the research team will soon discover that they have found something far, far worse...



Tags: Space , Aliens , Gods , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Body Horror , Suicide , Tentacles , Eco-Horror

JUNK HEAD

Also known as JUNK HEAD.

Studio: Yamiken
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. Parton is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future.

Tags: Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Stop Motion , Cyborg , Gore , Amnesia , Eco-Horror , Lost Civilization , Body Horror , Philosophy , Clone , Primarily Adult Cast , Cyberpunk , Pandemic , Surreal Comedy , Drugs , Guns , Survival , CGI , Puppetry , Slapstick , Matriarchy

Ling Long 2

Studio: YHKT Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Hundreds of years ago, desire gave rise to the Mana Ecosystem, nearly wiping out humanity. Humanity instantly became prey, civilization was shattered, and suspicion and fear in the apocalypse widened the distance between people. In the face of disaster, people gradually realized that emotions—something once considered taboo by the Lighthouse—are now the strongest bond, breaking through all obstacles and building a community with a shared future. Can the survivors, driven to despair, reclaim their future?

Tags: Chimera , Post-Apocalyptic , Full CGI , Artificial Intelligence , Guns , Gore , Eco-Horror , Kaiju , Military , Cult , Class Struggle , Prison , Dystopian , Environmental , Agriculture

Kyouryuu Tankentai Born Free

Also known as Return of the Dinosaurs.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

When a meteor crashes to Earth, it briefly changes the climate and dinosaurs once again roam the planet. It's up to a newly formed expedition team to relocate the dinosaurs to a safe environment.



Tags: Work , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Foreign , Environmental , Rescue , Wilderness , Mixed Media , Dinosaurs , Animals , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Eco-Horror , Found Family , Stop Motion , Natural Disaster , Tanks , Orphan