Top Werewolf Anime Recommendations

Kekkai Sensen

Also known as Blood Blockade Battlefront.

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

A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~46 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Alternate Universe , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Dystopian , Slapstick , Shounen , Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Demons , Foreign , Tomboy , Tragedy , Werewolf , Tanned Skin , Twins , Philosophy , Parkour , Dissociative Identities

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Also known as Wolf Children.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The theme of the film is the love between parents and children. The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children—an older sister named Yuki who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame who was born on a rainy day. The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the existence of the "wolf children," but when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.



Tags: Parenthood , Family Life , Werewolf , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Rural , Environmental , Philosophy , Kemonomimi , Animals , Mythology , Tragedy , Snowscape , Urban , Agriculture , Urban Fantasy , School , Heterosexual , Interspecies , Male Protagonist

HELLSING OVA

Also known as Hellsing Ultimate.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Satelight , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Tags: Vampire , Gore , Seinen , War , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Religion , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Urban , Guns , Monster Girl , Body Horror , Noir , Cannibalism , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Butler , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tomboy , Slapstick , Age Regression , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Demons , Gender Bending , CGI , Chibi , Werewolf , Time Skip , Philosophy , Nudity , Super Power , Bisexual

Blood Lad

Also known as Blood Lad.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Staz is the vampire boss of a section of the demon world, but he has little interest in human blood. He's more infatuated with Japanese culture. When he learns that Yanagi Fuyumi, a Japanese teenage girl, accidentally wanders into the demon city, he jumps to the occasion. However, while Staz deals with an intruder on his turf, the oblivious Fuyumi is killed by a monster and becomes a wandering ghost. The disappointed Staz vows to her that he will find a way to bring Fuyumi back to life.

Tags: Demons , Vampire , Afterlife , Ghost , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Urban , Otaku Culture , Parody , Love Triangle , Werewolf , Skeleton , Heterosexual , Guns , Seinen , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Interspecies , Zombie , Boxing , Isekai , Nudity , Kuudere , Dragons

Shiki

Also known as Shiki.

Studio: Daume
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her.

Tags: Vampire , Survival , Tragedy , Rural , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Zombie , Philosophy , Gore , Denpa , Urban Fantasy , Pandemic , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Achronological Order , Yandere , Revenge , Religion , Nudity , Writing , Werewolf , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast

Kekkai Sensen & BEYOND

Also known as Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond.

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

Three years ago, a gateway between Earth and the Beyond opened in New York City, trapping extradimensional creatures and humans alike in an impermeable bubble. After the city's restoration, monsters, magic, and madness are common findings in the area now known as Hellsalem's Lot. Leonardo Watch, a young photographer who unwillingly obtained the "All-seeing Eyes of the Gods" in exchange for his sister's eyesight, came to this paranormal city to find answers to the mysterious power that he possesses. He later finds his life drastically changed when he joins Libra, a secret organization of people with supernatural abilities dedicated to maintaining order in the everyday chaos of Hellsalem's Lot.

However, this is only the beginning of Leonardo's unexpected journey ahead. Regardless of the constant threat of otherworldly enemies, he is determined to uncover the secrets of his power and find a way to restore his sister's eyesight. Kekkai Sensen & Beyond follows Leonardo as he sets off on more crazy adventures with his comrades, fighting to ensure peace and order.



Tags: Episodic , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Super Power , Shounen , Vampire , Dystopian , Cosmic Horror , Werewolf , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Gore , Demons , Alternate Universe , Post-Apocalyptic , Guns , Parkour

Witch Watch

Also known as WITCH WATCH.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.



Notes:
- Worldwide premiere of Episodes 1-3 titled as WITCH WATCH: WATCH PARTY before the Japanese premiere was pre-screened in advance in theaters on March 16, 2025 in North America by GKIDS Films and March 22 and 23 in Europe by Animation Digital Network.
- Episodes 1-2 + a selection of stories (Cat Scout, Kanshi's Part Time Job Diaries ~ The Side Job ~, and Kan & Nico's Channel) was pre-screened in advance in theaters on March 30, 2025 in Japan. The regular TV broadcast began April 6, 2025.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Found Family , Cohabitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Parody , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Meta , Youkai , Shounen , Urban , Werewolf , Vampire , Drawing , Fashion , School , Iyashikei , Super Power , Gender Bending , Teacher , Ice Sports

NOBLESSE

Also known as Noblesse.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

For 820 years he had slumbered with no knowledge of mankind's advancement and scientific progress. The land which he once knew has become an unfamiliar place with new technology, attitudes, and lifestyles. Upon awakening, Cadis Etrama Di Raizel (aka Rai), seeks to familiarize himself with this era. He locates a loyal servant of his, Frankenstein, who is currently the principal of a South Korean High School. Rai decides that this school is the perfect place to help him learn about the modern world, enrolls, and begins associating with a group of good-natured students in order to 'blend in'. But this new world is no safer than the old; and the dignified, bewildered, technologically inept Rai finds himself embroiled in adventures both ridiculous and dangerous.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , War , Super Power , Vampire , Shounen , Time Skip , School , Ensemble Cast , Werewolf , Memory Manipulation , Cult , Assassins , College , Basketball , Male Protagonist

Isekai Shikkaku

Also known as No Longer Allowed in Another World.

Studio: Atelier Pontdarc
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Pulled into an otherworldly adventure with cute sidekicks and superpowers, you’d think Osamu hit the jackpot. Nope! From a time before pixels, the early 20th-century gloomy author just wants to find a quiet place to meet his maker, not to rack up XP. Sadly, his poetic demise is constantly thwarted by inconvenient heroics. Dive into the hilariously tragic life of the most reluctant hero!



Tags: Isekai , Suicide , Satire , Male Protagonist , Travel , Seinen , Philosophy , Magic , Nekomimi , Writing , Elf , Drugs , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Gore , Werewolf , Disability , Desert , CGI , Medieval

Fate/strange Fake

Also known as Fate/strange Fake.

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

In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan. Now, signs portend the emergence of a new Holy Grail in the western American city of Snowfield. Sure enough, Masters and Servants begin to gather...

A missing Servant class...
Impossible Servant summonings...
A nation shrouded in secrecy...
And a city created as a battleground.

In the face of such irregularities, the Holy Grail War is twisted and driven into the depth of madness. Let the curtain rise on a masquerade of humans and heroes, made to dance upon the stage of a false Holy Grail. This is a Holy Grail War covered in lies.



Notes:
• Special premiere of Episode 1 in its English Dub occurred in Los Angeles at the Fate 20th Anniversary Showcase event and as well through Crunchyroll’s YouTube Channel on November 23, 2024 before the Japanese television premiere.
• The Japanese advanced premiere occurred during the "Fate New Year's Eve TV Special 2024" on December 31, 2024.

Tags: Urban , Mythology , Magic , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Conspiracy , Dissociative Identities , Gods , War , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Anachronism , Police , Memory Manipulation , Religion , Death Game , Vampire , Guns , Swordplay , Demons , Assassins , Tragedy , Gore , Gender Bending , Cyborg , Archery , Shapeshifting , Chimera , Body Swapping , Nun , Medieval , Skeleton , Curses , Werewolf , Animals , Desert , Gambling , Necromancy , Terrorism

Grancrest Senki

Also known as Record of Grancrest War.

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

The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos, and instead start to fight each other for each others' Crests and to gain dominion over one another. Siluca, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown, which is under tyrannical rule, make an everlasting oath to each other as master and servant and work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos.



Tags: War , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Adoption , Werewolf , Vampire , Witch , Estranged Family , Medieval , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Ships , Twins , Vikings , Slavery , Curses , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Politics , Marriage , Magic , Gore , Kingdom Management , Royal Affairs , Villainess , Demons , Acting , Nudity , Netorare , Tsundere ,

Isshun de Chiryou Shiteita no ni Yakutatazu to Tsuihou Sareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer Toshite Tanoshiku Ikiru

Also known as The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows.

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

Banished as “useless,” Zenos, a self-taught healer from the slums, turns despair into defiance and opens a secret clinic in the city’s shadows. With unlicensed, unmatched magic, he cures, comforts, and rights wrongs, quietly becoming a legend. But as his power grows, even the royal palace takes notice. Can he buck the odds and heal a world that cast him aside?



Tags: Medicine , Magic , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Elf , Monster Girl , Nekomimi , Ghost , Kemonomimi , Revenge , Class Struggle , Werewolf , Slavery , Guns , Dystopian

Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger

Also known as Sirius the Jaeger.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Imperial Capital, 1930.
A strange group of people carrying musical instrument cases landed on Tokyo station.
They are called the “Jaegers”, who came to hunt vampires.
Amongst them, there stood a young man with striking serenity and unusual aura.
His name is Yuliy, a werewolf whose home village was destroyed by vampires.
Yuliy and the Jaegers engage in deadly battle over a mysterious holy arc only known as “The Arc of Sirius”.
What truth awaits them at the end…?
With eternal affinity and spiral of conspiracy entwine, the highly anticipated action-thriller anime begins!



Tags: Vampire , Revenge , Werewolf , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Guns , Gore , Military , Foreign , Historical

SERVAMP

Also known as SERVAMP.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Mahiru Shirota dislikes difficult things, preferring to live a simple life. But after rescuing a cat he names Kuro, life takes a turn for the complex. Kuro turns out to be a servamp—a servant vampire, named Sleepy Ash and the two form a contract. Kissing his simple life goodbye, Mahiru is pulled into the world of vampires, the seven deadly Servamps, and war. Life couldn’t be more complicated!



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Adoption , Urban , Super Power , Shoujo , Werewolf , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Animals , School , Memory Manipulation

Jitsu wa Watashi wa

Also known as Actually, I Am.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , 3xCube
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The romantic comedy centers around Asahi Kuromine, who has a crush on a cute girl named Yōko Shiragami. Shiragami just happens to be a vampire. Asahi cannot keep a secret, but he is determined to keep Shiragami's secret anyways.



Tags: School , Vampire , Heterosexual , Monster Girl , Urban Fantasy , Female Harem , Demons , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Aliens , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Werewolf , Gender Bending

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Also known as Undead Murder Farce.

Studio: Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.



Tags: Detective , Classic Literature , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Historical , Travel , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Conspiracy , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Werewolf , Fairy Tale , Gore , Vampire , Rakugo , Rural , Maids , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

Mahoutsukai no Yome SEASON 2

Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2.

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

Chise was able to accept Elias and herself, if not necessarily everything about her situation. After Cartaphilus fell back into a slumber that would not last forever, Chise was able to go back to her regular life. Then she receives an invitation from a mutual aid organization for mages called the College. Under the British Library exists a secret society of mages. Encounters and interactions with people are about to open some new doors. This is a story about saving yourself to save another.



Note: Episode 1 of season two premiered in a preview screening event together with "Fuyu no Okorimono" at Tachikawa Cinema City's Cinema Two in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.  

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Magic , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Fairy , School , Rural , Monster Boy , Age Gap , Marriage , Teacher , Kuudere , Tragedy , College , Animals , Orphan , Skeleton , Outdoor Activities , Foreign , Disability , Shapeshifting , Adoption , Monster Girl , CGI , Tomboy , POV , Chibi , Time Manipulation , Shounen , Werewolf , Interspecies

Wolf's Rain

Also known as Wolf's Rain.

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

In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise.



Tags: Survival , Animals , Primarily Male Cast , Dystopian , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Found Family , Werewolf , Snowscape , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Tanned Skin , Twins , Indigenous Cultures , Mythology

Hataage! Kemono Michi

Also known as Kemono Michi: Rise Up.

Studio: ENGI
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story follows masked wrestler Genzou Shibata, who likes all kinds of animals and creatures. One day he is summoned to another world, where a princess asks him to help kill magical beasts, but he gets mad and puts her in a German suplex. Instead, he begins life as a pet shop owner in the other world.



Tags: Isekai , Kemonomimi , Wrestling , Animals , Creature Taming , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Parody , Dragons , Work , Vampire , Video Games , Reincarnation , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem , Monster Girl , Shounen , Werewolf , Kuudere

Vampire Hunter D (2000)

Also known as Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Romance , Sci-Fi

The story revolves around D, the infamous "dunpeal" (born of a vampire father and a human mother) outcast and renowned vampire hunter. His prowess at hunting the creatures of the night allowing his acceptance among humans, he is called upon to locate Charlotte Elbourne, the lovely daughter of an affluent family who has been mysteriously kidnapped.

When the sun sets, the hunt goes on! Charlotte`s father offers a rich bounty, be she dead or alive, a task D willingly accepts, even with notorious Markus brothers and their gang of bounty hunters seeking the prize as well. Amidst the chase and unknown to all lurks a sinister evil which has been secretly manipulating their every move and has set a chilling trap that none will expect and few will survive. With the tables turned and the secrets revealed, the hunters could quickly become the hunted!



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Dystopian , Fugitive , Travel , Post-Apocalyptic , Swordplay , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Monster Girl , Magic , Tomboy , Gore , Steampunk , Age Gap , Time Skip , Werewolf , Nudity