The horror genre has always been a genre that appeals to people with steel spirits and love adventure. Especially Japanese horror anime series always make viewers obsessed and scared many times over. There are anime series that have entered the classics and are well known in the world. The gore, death, and creepy scenes from Japanese anime make people's hairs crawl. If you are a fan of Japanese horror, you are a fan of haunting horror movies, then check out the following article. The creepy horror anime that Top Share introduces below will definitely help you experience the thrill in the most perfect way and especially not for the weak!
1 Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (When They Cry)

When They Cry is one of the classics. Image source: Truyenvn.com
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Higurashi is one of the classics when it comes to the horror anime genre. So you better watch or you'll miss out on something great. This series tells the story of Keiichi Maebara, who just moved to the small and quiet village of Hinamizawa in the summer of 1983. He quickly fell in love with his new place and quickly got used to it.
However, his idyllic life comes to an abrupt end when madness and paranoia begin to mess with everyone, including himself. After Higurashi discovered a series of murders and disappearances in the village in recent years, Higurashi's friends were suspiciously silent as they refused to give any answers. As more bizarre events are revealed day after day, are other things kept secret from him? Can Higurashi even trust his friends or anyone?
2 Paprika

Paprika - Horror horror anime. Image source: Syfy Wire
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The world of dreams can be an incredible window into the human psyche, revealing our deepest desires and repressed memories. A technology lab has developed the “DC Mini”, a device that allows people to enter the dreams of others. The authors of this technology are Atsuko Chiba and Kosaku Tokita, who hope to use it to treat patients with psychological syndromes.
However, the ability to step into the deepest recesses of one's mind also comes with great responsibility. In the wrong hands, the DC Mini can be used as a terrible form of psychological terror. When the technology is stolen and the people around them start acting strange, Atsuko and Kosaku know they are facing a very serious problem.
With the help of police officer Konakawa, who has been treated by DC Mini's experimental therapy, they set out to search both the real world and the dream world, in order to find and stop the dream terrorist. secret.
3 Kyoufu Shinbun

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Rei Kigata is a first-year high school student at Ishido High School. He originally did not believe in any supernatural phenomena, especially the existence of spirits or ghosts. But one day at midnight, a strange newspaper titled "Horror Times" (Kyouu Shinbun) was sent to his room.
The newspaper wrote about a car accident in which the victims were teachers at Kigata's school, and the witness was none other than himself. As a result, the article actually came true the next day, and since then it's been delivered every night. Kigata fearfully realized that he was slowly becoming obsessed with this newspaper, even if his life span would be shortened by 100 days every time he read it.
4 Corpse Party

Corpse Party is adapted from the manga title Corpse Party. Image source: Pinterest
This horror anime is adapted from the manga title Corpse Party. The setting of the story takes place at Heavenly Host Elementary School. Previously, this school still existed and operated normally like many other schools, but since the disappearances and murder news broke out one after another, this school has been heavily destroyed.
By the time the main Corpse Party story takes place, another school - named Kisaragi Academy - has been rebuilt on the site of the former Heavenly Host School. A group of students from Kisaragi Academy have been transported to another mysterious dimension by a sudden earthquake.
In this dimension, the Heavenly Host school is still active and is haunted by the spirits of the past. And all the children of Kisaragi Academy have to do is find their way back, while having to survive the mysterious forces plaguing their surroundings.
5 Future Diary

Future Diary is a very popular horror anime in 2011. Photo source: Zedge
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This is a very popular horror anime at the time of its release – 2011. The main content of Future Diary revolves around a schoolboy Amano with a monotonous life, no friends and an introverted personality. He goes to school every day and when he comes home, he will write down what happened, what he witnessed on his phone, treating it as a diary and his close virtual friend.
Until one day when this "virtual friend" really came to life and dragged Amano into a game of life and death. Here he met another player, Yuno Gasai, the only girl on Amano's side.
Together, the two have found other players drawn into the mysterious dark world, and at the same time lifted the curtain full of blood and horror of this game...
6 Elfen Lied

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As an attractive sci-fi horror anime, this work has been adapted from the original Elfen Lied manga by Okamoto Lynn. The main content revolves around the human world and a new mutant "species" called Diclonius.
Diclonius has the special ability to control the 6th sense and their hidden power can destroy the entire human race. Fearing this, an organization isolated a Diclonius to conduct research.
However, the individual Diclonius called Lucy was captured, then she found a way to break through the strict guard and kill many guards. Lucy was hit by a bullet in the head, but did not die, but fell into the sea. Not long after, Lucy is washed ashore and meets two new friends, Yuka and Kouta...
7 Another

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As a classic work, Another series has attracted the attention and love of a huge number of fans of this genre. The horror anime adaptation of Another has also been very successful.
The story is about a girl named Misaki – a schoolgirl who suddenly died while still in school. Everyone in the class agreed to assume that Misaki still existed, but strangely, when the class took a group photo, Misaki still appeared there as if there was no strange disappearance.
Dozens of years later, a male student named Koichi transferred to a suburban school and met a girl named Misaki, unfortunately, apart from Koichi, no one in his class noticed the presence of this girl...
8 Yami Shibai

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Every week, at 5 pm, a man wearing a yellow mask will appear at the children's playground and tell the children about ghost stories originating from Japan. The man recounts the story on the back of his bike using a paper play.
Yami Shibai is built from everyday ghost stories or mysterious urban legends, happening around houses in Japan. Although the content is brief and the art is simple, its unexpected and gruesome episodes have given viewers a feeling of fear like never before and a lingering obsession.
9 Sekai no Yami Zukan

Sekai no Yami Zukan is a haunting horror anime series. Image source: YouTube
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Hidden in the darkest corner of this world, strange and inexplicable stories are recorded in a book hidden in a dilapidated building. Would you dare open it, turn the pages and experience the horror?
Each episode of the anime series is a story from that book, telling about paranormal experiences and often ending in horror. A man goes in search of his adulterous wife, only to find that he has stepped foot in the middle of the guests of the afterlife.
A boy befriends a snowman, who is actually hiding a brutal secret. A farm suddenly appears strange circles in the field, created by mysterious people...
10 Jigoku Shoujo

Jigoku Shoujo revolves around an urban legend about Jigoku Tsuushin (Hotline to Hell) that dates back four centuries. Image source: Wallpaper Abyss - Alpha Coders
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Jigoku Shoujo revolves around an urban legend about Jigoku Tsuushin (Hotline to Hell) that dates back four centuries. Its mode of operation has changed to suit the times: via traditional mail, over the internet and most recently via SMS on the phone.
Just send the name of the person you hate to this line, a girl will appear and give you a straw dummy tied with a red thread and a covenant: once you draw the red thread on the dummy, the person you want revenge will be taken to hell, but in return you will also have to go there after death. The person performing the service is Ai Enma – the maiden of hell.
Season 1 of the anime mostly follows the story of journalist Shibata Hajime and his daughter Tsugumi, who seems to have a strange connection with Ai, while he is investigating the truth behind rumors about the hellish maiden. . In season 2, the story shifts to a little girl named Kikuri, who is able to freely travel between the two human worlds and Ai's twilight world.
11 Kara no Kyoukai

Kara no Kyoukai is a series of stories revolving around Ryougi Shiki, the heir to the Ryougi family. Image source: Simply Binge
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Kara no Kyoukai is a series of stories revolving around Ryougi Shiki, the heir to the Ryougi family. She had an accident and was in a coma for two years, after regaining consciousness, she realized that her eyes could see the "death line" (death line) of all things. Shiki works for Aozaki Touko, a doll designer who also specializes in the study of supernatural phenomena.
As one of Kinoko Nasu's early works, Kara no Kyoukai introduces the most fundamental concepts in the Type-Moon universe including soul, magic, Root, Resistance, and Magic Eye. The anime series is arranged in a non-linear order, with each episode being a part of the overall story.
Kara no Kyoukai has a very creative and unique plot but is also very picky to read. The anime is inspired by many complex religious theories and psychological concepts, dealing with relatively sensitive topics such as suicide, rape, incest, and murder. It is difficult to find a significant flaw in both the form and content of the whole series.
12 Blood C

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Saya Kisaragi, an ordinary schoolgirl by day, uses her sword every night to protect her quiet little village from monsters that run wild killing everyone in sight. But in the end, she is haunted by the inexplicable things she encounters along the way as a monster slayer. With doubts arising from the divine mission her father gave her, will she be able to reveal the truth?