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

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 , Male Protagonist , Travel , Snowscape , Tragedy , Outdoor , Seinen , Historical , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Cult , Suicide , Exorcism

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 , Outdoor , Adoption , Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Rural , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Coming of Age , Estranged Family , Shapeshifting , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism

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 , Yandere , Tragedy , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Twins , Ghost , Time Skip

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

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 , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Cult , Incest , Trains , Time Skip , Travel , Exorcism , 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 , Suicide

Mushishi Zoku Shou

Also known as MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage.

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

They existed long before anyone can remember. They are simple and strange in nature, not resembling any other plant or animal in this world. In ancient times, people revered these bizarre creatures and called them "Mushi."

People once again began to believe in the existence of these "Mushi" when they began affecting their lives in inexplicable ways.

The one who connects the world of "Mushi" to the world of humans—they were called the "Mushi-shi."

All life exists not to hinder others in this world.

They are simply there to live as they were meant to.



Tags: Environmental , Philosophy , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Rural , Historical , Iyashikei , Mythology , Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Anachronism , Denpa , Travel , Exorcism

Mushishi Zoku Shou 2

Also known as MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage 2.

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

Second season of Mushishi Zoku Shou.

Ghostly, primordial beings known as Mushi continue to cause mysterious changes in the lives of humans. The travelling Mushishi, Ginko, persists in trying to set right the strange and unsettling situations he encounters. Time loops, living shadows, and telepathy are among the overt effects of interference from Mushi, but more subtle symptoms that take years to be noticed also rouse Ginko's concern as he passes from village to village.

Tags: Episodic , Environmental , Philosophy , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Rural , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Historical , Denpa , Time Loop , Demons , Time Manipulation , Travel , Tragedy , Exorcism

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitarou Gentouga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitarou eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitarou into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.



Tags: Ghost , Revenge , Tragedy , Necromancy , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Body Horror , Gods , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Gore , Denpa , Yandere , Shounen , Body Swapping , Heterosexual , Episodic , Hikikomori , Afterlife , Cannibalism , Oiran , College , Incest , Cars

Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2.

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

The second season of Natsume Yuujinchou.

As with its prequel, Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou is about Natsume Takashi, a boy who has had the ability to see youkai since he was young, and his bodyguard youkai, Madara, nicknamed Nyanko-sensei. Natsume attempts to return names written in his Book of Friends, which he inherited from his grandmother Reiko, to youkai in his village. Throughout these adventures, he meets some youkai that are friendly, some that want to steal the Book of Friends, and some that want to kill him. Natsume learns about himself and his relationship with youkai along the way.



Tags: Iyashikei , Youkai , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Rural , Shoujo , Outdoor , Estranged Family , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Snowscape , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism

Natsume Yuujinchou Shi

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4.

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

The fourth season of Natsume Yuujinchou.

Still in possession of his grandmother's Book of Friends, Natsume spends his days returning the names of yokai to their rightful owners. He has been learning how to deal with the yokai and humans that surround his life, but the time has come for him to deal with something even more difficult — his own past, and future.



Tags: Iyashikei , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Rural , Episodic , Shoujo , Gods , Bullying , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Shapeshifting , Rotoscoping , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Estranged Family , Exorcism

Natsume Yuujinchou San

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3.

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

The third season of Natsume Yuujinchou.

Takashi Natsume has always been shunned by those around him because of his mysterious ability to see yokai. Eventually, he came into possession of his grandmother Reiko’s “Book of Friends,” and together with his bodyguard Nyanko-sensei he set out to return the names of the yokai contained within it. Since then, he’s found a home with the Fujiwaras and surrounded himself with friends at school. Little does he know he's about to be dragged unwittingly into further trouble...



Tags: Iyashikei , Episodic , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Mythology , Shoujo , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Estranged Family , Shapeshifting , Rotoscoping , Bullying , Family Life , Outdoor , Exorcism

Natsume Yuujinchou Roku

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6.

Studio: Shuka
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The sixth season of Natsume Yuujinchou.

Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Shoujo , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Shapeshifting , Rural , School , Age Regression , Estranged Family , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Exorcism

Ghost Hunt

Also known as Ghost Hunt.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

While at school, Taniyama Mai and her friends like to exchange ghost stories. Apparently, there is an abandoned school building on their campus that is the center of many ghost stories. During the story, they are interrupted by a mysterious male figure. The person turns out to be Shibuya Kazuya, a 17 year old who is president of the Shibuya Psychic Research Company. He was called by the principal to investigate the stories surrounding the abandoned school building.

The next day, on the way to school, Mai passes the school building in question. While examining a strange camera she spotted inside, she gets surprised by Kazuya's assistant. Unknowingly interfering with the investigation, Mai breaks the camera and Kazuya's assistant gets injured.

Kazuya forcefully hires Mai in order to pay for the camera and replace his injured assistant. From that point on, Mai begins to learn about the paranormal world and the profession of ghost hunting.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Ghost , Detective , Denpa , Youkai , Tragedy , Shrine Maiden , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Shoujo , Disability , Gods , Demons , Body Horror , Gore , Cars , Exorcism , Crime

Natsume Yuujinchou Go

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5.

Studio: Shuka
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The fifth season of Natsume Yuujinchou.

Tags: Iyashikei , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Adoption , Shoujo , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Estranged Family , School , Exorcism

Dead Mount Death Play Part 2

Also known as Dead Mount Death Play Part 2.

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

The second cour of Dead Mount Death Play.

Tags: Necromancy , Isekai , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Conspiracy , Seinen , Magic , Gangs , Revenge , Skeleton , Detective , Male Protagonist , Police , Vampire , Dragons , Cyborg , Exorcism

D.Gray-man HALLOW

Also known as D.Gray-man HALLOW.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Despite the recent Akuma attack, the members of the Black Order are in high spirits as they set about moving to a new base. Immediately upon his arrival, however, Allen Walker is suddenly called by the Central Agency and has his arm forcefully sealed by the Order. He is then led to a surprising meeting with his master, General Cross Marian, who reveals staggering secrets surrounding the enigmatic 14th Noah.

A phantom thief incident, the arrival of a mysterious group of Exorcists, the death of an important comrade, and an all-out battle against the Noah Family—just what does this mean for Allen, Yuu Kanda, and the rest of the Order? This is but the beginning of a series of strange, seemingly unconnected events that lead to something far greater.



Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Circus , Foreign , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Steampunk , Gore , Kuudere , Exorcism

Mushishi: Hihamukage

Also known as MUSHI-SHI OVA.

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

When an eclipse occurs, the sun remains dark in one area. The mushi expert Ginko must come and determine how to return the sun to the village before their crops die. The secret seems connected to twin girls who live nearby.



Tags: Environmental , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Rural , Seinen , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Twins , Demons , Mythology , Historical , Denpa , Travel , Exorcism