Top Yandere Anime Recommendations

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 , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Police , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Kuudere , Gods , Memory Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Amnesia , Espionage , Shounen , Yandere , Suicide , Tennis , Acting , Time Skip , Assassins , Achronological Order , Asexual

HUNTER×HUNTER (2011)

Also known as Hunter x Hunter (2011).

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A new adaption of the manga of the same name by Togashi Yoshihiro.

A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him.

After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapika, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Travel , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Chimera , Primarily Teen Cast , Virtual World , Crime , Assassins , Urban Fantasy , Environmental , Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Transgender , Mafia , Card Battle , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Body Horror , Politics , Video Games , Shogi , Animals , Board Game , Yandere

Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 3.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason to be concerned, because the priest of the Church that Hanji had hidden away was found tortured to death, making it clear that the Military Police are involved with the cover-up. Things get more harrowing when the MPs make a move on Erwin and the Levi Squad narrowly avoids capture. Eren is also having problems with his Titan transformation, and a deadly killer has been hired to secure Eren and Historia, one Levi knows all too well from his youth.



Tags: Conspiracy , Military , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Politics , Memory Manipulation , Dystopian , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Henshin , Super Power , Crime , Kaiju , Gore , Survival , Shounen , Yandere , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Matriarchy , Steampunk , Anti-Hero , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Torture , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Medieval

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
- In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Gore , Cult , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Maids , Primarily Female Cast , Suicide , Curses , Cohabitation , Medieval , Elf , Yandere , Demons , Unrequited Love , Butler , Politics , Femboy , Tomboy , Travel , Twins , Assassins , Seinen , Coming of Age , Kemonomimi , CGI , Meta , Kuudere , Nekomimi , Tsundere , Dragons , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Foreign

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 , Body Horror , Urban , Henshin , Anti-Hero , Shapeshifting , Shounen , Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Guns , Assassins , Found Family , Anthropomorphism , Age Gap , Cannibalism , CGI , Yandere , Police , Amnesia , POV , Revenge , Crime , Homeless , Tomboy , Zombie , Angels , Nudity , Psychosexual

Akame ga Kill!

Also known as Akame ga Kill!.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

In a land where corruption rules and a ruthless Prime Minister has turned the puppet Emperor's armies of soldiers, assassins and secret police against the people, only one force dares to stand against them: Night Raid, an elite team of relentless killers, each equipped with an Imperial Arm - legendary weapons with unique and incredible powers created in the distant past.

Rescued from a fate worse than death by Night Raid, young Tatsumi is offered the chance to join their lethal ranks… but it's a deadly choice, as few can master an Imperial Arm and even fewer survive when two Arms go against each other in combat. The battle is on, and only the strongest will make it out alive.



Tags: Assassins , Tragedy , Shounen , Politics , Gore , Crime , Henshin , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Revenge , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Kaiju , Yandere , Tomboy , Demons , Nekomimi , Time Manipulation , Shapeshifting , Guns , Kemonomimi , Love Triangle , Tsundere

Darling in the Franxx

Also known as DARLING in the FRANXX.

Studio: TRIGGER , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”



Tags: Orphan , Super Robot , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Found Family , Psychosexual , Femdom , Cohabitation , Kaiju , Monster Girl , Lost Civilization , Memory Manipulation , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Demons , Environmental , Love Triangle , Military , Politics , Clone , Monster Boy , Travel , Family Life , Virginity , Unrequited Love , Space , Netorare , Nudity , Body Horror , Survival , Yandere , Time Skip , Marriage , Tsundere , Drawing , Medicine , Reincarnation , Aviation , Agriculture , Fishing , Gore , Pandemic

Kakegurui

Also known as Kakegurui.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

During daylight hours, an exclusive, elite private school prepares its illustrious students for careers in business, politics, and high society. But when darkness falls, the halls of this esteemed establishment transform into an underground gambling den where bright-eyed youngsters learn the timeless art of bluffing, backdoor dealings and social manipulation. In this school for the rich and elite, money is power, and the tyrant of the betting books rules with an iron fist. So when the beautiful Yumeko Jabami upsets the academy hierarchy with her voracious appetite for the thrill of the gamble, the entire student body mobilizes to send her house of cards tumbling down.



Tags: Gambling , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Body Horror , Masochism , CGI , Primarily Teen Cast , Poker , Ojou-sama , School Club , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Bullying , Villainess , Slavery , Death Game , Yandere , Idol , Delinquents , Guns , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist

Mirai Nikki

Also known as The Future Diary.

Studio: Asread
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.



Tags: Battle Royale , Death Game , Survival , Yandere , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Suicide , Meta , Gore , Gods , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Crime , Super Power , Psychosexual , Urban , Heterosexual , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Netorare , Age Gap , Clone , Anti-Hero , Guns , CGI , Terrorism , Police , Henshin , Adoption , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Orphan , Tanned Skin , Cult , Boys' Love , Stop Motion , Disability

Charlotte

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.



Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , School , Body Swapping , Amnesia , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Urban , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Yandere , Family Life , Band , Bullying , Baseball , CGI , Torture , Mahjong

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Class Struggle , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Dystopian , Tomboy , Super Power , Psychosexual , Aliens , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Incest , School , Military , Anti-Hero , Cult , Villainess , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Tokusatsu , Delinquents , CGI , Gore , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Orphan , Exhibitionism , Tsundere , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Survival , Battle Royale , Kuudere , Nudity , Tsundere , Female Harem , School Club , Female Protagonist , Yandere

Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The story takes place in the year 2138 when virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.



Tags: Isekai , Anti-Hero , Skeleton , Virtual World , Magic , Male Protagonist , Demons , Succubus , Primarily Adult Cast , Yandere , Politics , Villainess , Necromancy , Ensemble Cast , Kingdom Management , Medieval , CGI , Maids , Monster Girl , Female Harem , Kuudere , Femboy , Love Triangle , Butler , Elf , Twins , Vampire , Monster Boy , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Goblin , Dragons

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

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2

Also known as Assassination Classroom 2.

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

The second season of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu.

The students return as school is back in session for the second semester. Following their exploits on the island during summer vacation, Class 3-E continues to sharpen their blades with their sights set on their teacher, the slippery Koro-sensei. They have more to worry about than just their teacher, however, as enemy assassins, both old and new, are out for the increased bounty on the octopus' head.

Moreover, their rivals in Class A, as well as Kunugigaoka Junior High's fearsome principal, stand to block Class E from achieving academic excellence. With all of these obstacles opposing them, the group must continue to work together in order to overcome their foes and accomplish their goal of successfully assassinating their teacher.

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Tragedy , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Military , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Rural , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Yandere , Suicide , Aliens

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A year has passed since "The Black Rebellion" and the remaining Black Knights have vanished into the shadows, their leader and figurehead, Zero, executed by the Britannian Empire. Area 11 is once more squirming under the Emperor's oppressive heel as the Britannian armies concentrate their attacks on the European front. But for the Britannians living in Area 11, life is back to normal. On one such normal day, a Britannian student, skipping his classes in the Ashford Academy, sneaks out to gamble on his chess play. But unknown to this young man, several forces are eying him from the shadows, for soon, he will experience a shocking encounter with his own obscured past, and the masked rebel mastermind Zero will return.

Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Revenge , Politics , Super Power , Philosophy , Tragedy , Class Struggle , Boys' Love , Dystopian , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Disability , Fugitive , Real Robot , School , Time Skip , Kuudere , Yandere , Nudity , Foreign , Swordplay , Boarding School , Female Harem , Tsundere , Assassins , Age Gap

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Thriller

Even after dying countless times, Subaru finally ended the threat of the White Whale and defeated the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop representing sloth, Petelgeuse Romaneeconti. But only shortly after overcoming a tragic ending and reuniting with his beloved Emilia, Subaru learns that Rem has been erased from this world, having fallen victim to the White Whale's Fog of Elimination in the midst of Subaru's death loop. With the White Whale now gone, Subaru and Emilia are forced to confront a reality they never dreamed would happen.



Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Memory Manipulation , Hikikomori , Heterosexual , Magic , Gore , Cult , Time Loop , Assassins , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Monster Boy , Time Skip , Elf , Body Horror , Foreign , Age Gap , Seinen , Medieval , Maids , Twins , Yandere , Femboy , Monster Girl , Travel , Kemonomimi , Demons , Kuudere , Tomboy

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

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

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/6. Contains the arcs Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, Suruga Monkey, Nadeko Snake, and Tsubasa Cat from the Bakemonogatari light novels.

Thanks to Meme Oshino, Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, is able to remain a human after coming across a female vampire... However, since the incident, Koyomi seems to meet girls who have an apparition-related issue. Hitagi Senjougahara doesn’t weigh anything, Suruga Kanbaru’s right arm becomes like that of a monkey’s, and a young girl, Mayoi, cannot find her way home no matter how many times she tries. Koyomi, a Mr. Nice Guy, ends up helping each and every girl solve her problem with the help of Meme Oshino.



Tags: Youkai , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Vampire , Ghost , Primarily Female Cast , Satire , Primarily Teen Cast , Meta , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Psychosexual , Curses , Monster Girl , Yandere , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Parody , Gore , Rotoscoping , Mixed Media , Nekomimi , Gods , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , CGI , School , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Aliens

SPY×FAMILY Part 2

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Cour 2.

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

The second half of SPYxFAMILY.

With Anya Forger successfully enrolled at the renowned Eden Academy, Operation Strix advances to its second phase. To investigate Ostanian politician Donovan Desmond, Anya must either befriend his son Damian or collect eight Stella Stars to become an Imperial Scholar. Fortunately, Anya has already acquired her first star. In celebration, her adoptive father, Loid, decides to fulfill her wish to adopt a dog.

During their canine search, Loid receives new orders from his superiors, who have found that a band of Berlint University students is plotting to assassinate Westalis' Minister Brantz using bombs worn by trained dogs. While Loid tries to stop their plans, Anya stumbles upon the terrorists' base of operations. There, she befriends a kindhearted, clairvoyant dog who the family later names Bond.

Although the Forgers continue to lead their individual lives in secrecy, the family—with a new fluffy addition—remains united through all of the unusual obstacles thrown their way.



Tags: Family Life , Found Family , Episodic , Espionage , Parody , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Assassins , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Adoption , School , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Politics , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , Shounen , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Love Triangle , Orphan , Animals , Surreal Comedy , Tsundere , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Tennis , Yandere , Martial Arts , Female Harem , Ojou-sama

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Studio: David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai adapts the fourth part of the JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken manga series.

It's the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo's desperate fight against DIO in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same "Stand" power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Urban , Feet , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Ghost , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Body Swapping , School , Achronological Order , Yandere , Revenge , Aliens