Top Exorcism Anime Recommendations

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

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 , Satire , Parody , Male Protagonist , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Disability , Conspiracy , Primarily Male Cast , School , Slapstick , Demons , Bullying , Exorcism , Delinquents , School Club , Fitness , Gangs , Cult , Family Life , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Curses

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

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 , Super Power , Shounen , Afterlife , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Exorcism , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Language Barrier , Tanned Skin , Ninja , Tomboy , Time Manipulation , Centaur , Isekai , Kuudere , Spearplay

Ao no Exorcist

Also known as Blue Exorcist.

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

This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exist within it. Satan the god of demons, but there's one thing that he doesn't have, and that's a substance in the human world that is powerful enough to contain him!! For that purpose he created Rin, his son from a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else...? An exorcist?

Tags: Demons , Shounen , Super Power , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Twins , Religion , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Adoption , Swordplay , Tragedy , Body Horror , Wuxia , School Club , Guns , CGI

Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2.

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

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen.

The past comes to light when second-year students Satoru Gojou and Suguru Getou are tasked with escorting young Riko Amanai to Master Tengen. But when a non-sorcerer user tries to kill them, their mission to protect the Star Plasma Vessel threatens to turn them into bitter enemies and cement their destinies—one as the world’s strongest sorcerer, and the other its most twisted curse user!



Tags: Curses , Tragedy , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Exorcism , Demons , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Youkai , Martial Arts , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Battle Royale , Henshin , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Tokusatsu , Rotoscoping , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Swordplay , Surreal Comedy , Super Robot , Survival , Real Robot , Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Guns , Cannibalism , Female Protagonist , Idol

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN 0.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?



Tags: Curses , Demons , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Shounen , Super Power , Urban , Magic , Cultivation , Exorcism , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Yandere , Revenge , Gore , Rehabilitation , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , School , Time Skip , Swordplay , Bullying , Tsundere , Shapeshifting , Primarily Male Cast , Kaiju , CGI , Spearplay , Monster Boy , Gyaru , Vore

Noragami ARAGOTO

Also known as Noragami Aragoto.

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

The second season of Noragami.

Life for minor god Yato isn't getting any easier. He's still broke, shrineless, and his partner-slash-sword-regalia has zero respect for him. Worse yet, Bishamon, one of the deadliest war gods, is after his life. Blaming him for the death of her past regalia, she won't stop until she kills him. But there's more to that story than she could ever realize. And as if that's not bad enough, there's someone working against her behind the scenes! Can Yato take on a god as powerful as Bishamon? Or will things take a more dangerous turn?

Between all of this godly drama and even more dangerous battles, Yato still needs to figure out how to help Hiyori. But all options lead to losing her, and he's not willing to make that choice – no matter what.

Five yen doesn't even begin to cover his trouble!



Tags: Gods , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Found Family , Urban , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Shapeshifting , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Nudity , Exorcism

Kyoukai no Kanata

Also known as Beyond the Boundary.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

They should never have met. They shouldn't even exist. But when they come together, the entire world will change. The last surviving member of her clan, Mirai Kuriyama is cursed with the terrifying ability to control and manipulate blood, a power so heretical that she is shunned even by those with the ability to understand her "gift". Akihito Kanbara is only half human, but while the monstrous other half of his lineage seems to have doomed him to a life alone, it has also given him near invulnerability in the form of rapid healing. Alone, their futures seem bleak, but when a chance encounter brings them together, it becomes clear that they share more than just an unexpected bond. Together they share a destiny and a mission that only the two of them together may be strong enough to survive.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Demons , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Body Horror , Swordplay , Tragedy , Amnesia , Conspiracy , School Club , Revenge , Kuudere , Idol , Exorcism

Dandadan

Also known as DAN DA DAN.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.

To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?

The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!



Notes:
- Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024.
- Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Henshin , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , School , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Cult , Love Triangle , Demons , Tragedy , CGI , Zombie , Tokusatsu , Achromatic , Nudity

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-bound Hanako-kun.

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

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?"

At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!



Tags: Ghost , Youkai , School , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Twins , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Shounen , Achronological Order , Femboy , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Boys' Love , School Club , Love Triangle , Mermaid , Exorcism

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 , Seinen , Historical , Wilderness , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cult , Monster Girl , Suicide

Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen

Also known as Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga.

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

In the late Edo Period, a demon known as the Impure King killed thousands of people. After defeating the demon, the Knights of the True Cross kept its left eye safely sealed away on Academy grounds - but now someone has stolen it! Hearing the thief has taken a child hostage, Yukio and Rin go to help. The investigation and pursuit will lead Rin and his friends to Kyoto and involve them even deeper in a sinister plot! But will his friends' knowledge that Rin is the son of Satan drive a wedge between them?



Tags: Demons , Shounen , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Exorcism , Swordplay , Twins , Male Protagonist , Adoption , School , Tragedy , Travel , Body Horror , School Club

Musaigen no Phantom World

Also known as Myriad Colors Phantom World.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story takes place in the near future, in a world born of human imagination. What humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms". The main character, Haruhiko Ichijo, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements", Izumi Reina, who has the ability "Phantom Eater", and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.



Tags: Super Power , Exorcism , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Male Protagonist , Youkai , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Tsundere , Teacher , Kuudere , Educational , Martial Arts

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Found Family , Rural , Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Estranged Family , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shapeshifting , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tsundere , Coming of Age

Sousei no Onmyouji

Also known as Twin Star Exorcists.

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

Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friend dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists", and are destined to marry and have a child which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare, from the world.
When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!



Tags: Shounen , Exorcism , Revenge , Magic , Demons , Tragedy , Yandere , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Ghost , Twins , Time Skip , Urban Fantasy

D.Gray-man

Also known as D.Gray-man.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Towards the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of "Innocence", a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl's ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.

Tags: Shounen , Demons , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Anachronism , Steampunk , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Philosophy

Tokyo Ravens

Also known as Tokyo Ravens.

Studio: 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Harutora was born into a family of onmyouji known for their mastery of the occult. Unfortunately, he didn’t inherit their magical abilities, so he was doomed to live a normal life. At least, that is, until a girl from his past changes his future!



Tags: Magic , School , Super Power , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , Tsundere , CGI , Demons , Slapstick , Female Harem , Robots , Achromatic

Mononoke

Also known as Mononoke.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari).



Tags: Youkai , Demons , Ghost , Historical , Anthology , Detective , Philosophy , Body Horror , Gore , Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Cult , Travel , Incest , Trains , Time Skip , Mixed Media , LGBTQ+ Themes

Dead Mount Death Play

Also known as Dead Mount Death Play.

Studio: GEEKTOYS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural , Thriller

As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave fighter off guard, and now he’s a boy named Polka Shinoyama in a whole new world! The showdown between good and evil just got epic.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Crime , Urban , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Necromancy , Isekai , Magic , Reincarnation , Ghost , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Police , Assassins , Gangs , Cult , Detective , Fugitive , CGI , Skeleton , Zombie , Tragedy , Bar , Noir , Nudity , Vampire , Exorcism , Large Breasts , Suicide