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Best Thriller Anime — HiAnime To Guide

163 anime in database  ·  Updated March 2026

Tension, suspense, and high-stakes plots.

🔪 Top Thriller Anime — Ranked by Score

Steins;Gate anime cover

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages. The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the pa

Finished
⭐ 8.9
Steins;Gate
📅 2011 · 📺 24 eps

🎬 WHITE FOX

Monster anime cover

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been planning to support the hospital financially. A string of mysterious murders begin to occur soon after the operation, and Dr. Tenma emerges as the primary suspect despite no incriminating evidence. A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; howeve

Finished
⭐ 8.8
Monster
📅 2004 · 📺 74 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 anime cover

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

Finished
⭐ 8.7
Link Click Season 2 anime cover

Cheng Xiaoshi by chance meets Lu Guang, a person possessing super powers, and awakens to his own special ability. In order to save the Time Photo Studio which is on the verge of closing down, the two of them start to cooperate in using their super powers to enter photos of customers to complete their commissions. However, the appearance of a mysterious killer shatters the peace, Lu Guang's condition is still unknown and Qiao Ling has also become entangled in the conspiracy. Faced with all this,

Finished
⭐ 8.6
Link Click Season 2
📅 2023 · 📺 12 eps · ONA

🎬 Studio LAN

Link Click anime cover

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned... (Source: bilibili, translated) Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Finished
⭐ 8.6
Link Click
📅 2021 · 📺 11 eps · ONA

🎬 Studio LAN

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion anime cover

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resi

Finished
⭐ 8.5
ODDTAXI anime cover

The taxi driver Odokawa lives a very mundane life. He has no family, doesn't really hang out with others, and he's an oddball who is narrow-minded and doesn't talk much. The only people he can call his friends are his doctor, Gouriki and his classmate from high school, Kakihana. All of his patrons seem to be slightly odd themselves. The college student who wants the world to notice him online, Kabasawa. A nurse with secrets named Shirakawa. A comedy duo that just can't catch a break named the H

Finished
⭐ 8.5
ODDTAXI
📅 2021 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 OLM

Perfect Blue anime cover

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mi

Movie
⭐ 8.5
Perfect Blue
📅 1998 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 MADHOUSE

Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] III. spring song anime cover

The third film in a trilogy adaptation of the 3rd route of the popular visual novel: Fate/stay night. To save the girl, to enact the justice he's chosen...The young man will no longer turn a blind eye to the truth. Mages (Masters) and Heroic Spirits (Servants) work together in the battles of the Holy Grail War, a fight for an omnipotent wish-granting container called the Holy Grail. However, this war has become horribly twisted. A young woman named Sakura Matou, with the sins she has committed

Movie
⭐ 8.5
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 anime cover

The third season of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu. A year has passed since Subaru’s victory at the Sanctuary. He savors a life of fulfillment while Emilia’s camp stands united for the royal selection—until a fateful letter arrives. Anastasia, a royal selection candidate, has invited Emilia to the Watergate City of Priestella. But as the party begins its journey, crisis stirs beneath the surface and Subaru meets a cruel fate once again. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode ha

Finished
⭐ 8.4
Death Note anime cover

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. (Source:

Finished
⭐ 8.4
Death Note
📅 2006 · 📺 37 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Steins;Gate 0 anime cover

The eccentric, self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe has become a shell of his former self. Depressed and traumatized after failing to rescue his friend, he has decided to forsake his mad scientist alter ego and live as an ordinary college student. Surrounded by friends who know little of his time travel experiences, Okabe spends his days trying to forget the horrors of his adventures alone. While working as a receptionist at a college technology forum, Okabe meets the short, spunky Maho

Finished
⭐ 8.4
Steins;Gate 0
📅 2018 · 📺 23 eps

🎬 WHITE FOX

The Promised Neverland anime cover

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing. (Source: VIZ Media)

Finished
⭐ 8.4
The Promised Neverland
📅 2019 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 CloverWorks

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- anime cover

Were all the magical girls truly saved from despair? Now, the great "Law of Cycles" leads the magical girls to their new fate. Madoka Kaname, a girl who once led an ordinary life, sacrificed her very existence to set every magical girl free from their cruel destiny. Homura Akemi, another magical girl who was unable to keep her promise with Madoka, continues to fight in the world in which Madoka left her behind. "I dream of the day when I can finally see your dear smile again." Madoka Kaname ha

Movie
⭐ 8.4
Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] II. lost butterfly anime cover

The second film in a trilogy adaptation of the 3rd route of the popular visual novel: Fate/stay night. Shirou Emiya made his choice: to keep fighting, and to protect Sakura Matou. Due to the participation of Zouken Matou in the Holy Grail War, and his summoning of the Servant True Assassin, things begin to distort, steadily worsening day by day. Resolved to protect Sakura and not betray her, Shirou refuses to leave the battle. While Sakura worries about Shirou, she also finds herself entangled

Movie
⭐ 8.4
BANANA FISH anime cover

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acq

Finished
⭐ 8.4
BANANA FISH
📅 2018 · 📺 24 eps

🎬 MAPPA

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 anime cover

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

Finished
⭐ 8.3
Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime cover

One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl. The next day, the teen's dream seemingly becomes reality as the girl she saw in her dream - Homura - arrives at Mitakihara Middle School as a transfer

Finished
⭐ 8.3
Link Click: Bridon Arc anime cover

In order to save the deceased Cheng Xiaoshi, Lu Guang returned to the beginning and started anew along the path of destiny. However, a photograph carrying clues about Cheng Xiaoshi's parents appeared at the Time Photo Studio. To uncover the truth, Lu Guang, with a heart full of anxiety, went to Yingdu with Cheng Xiaoshi. Facing people with different purposes, such as the seemingly friendly popular model Xia Fei, the eccentric leader of Chinatown Vein, and the mysteriously appearing Liu Xiao... c

Finished
⭐ 8.3
Link Click: Bridon Arc
📅 2024 · 📺 6 eps · ONA

🎬 CMC Media

Summer Time Rendering anime cover

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next. A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death. (Source: Disney+)

Finished
⭐ 8.3
Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor anime cover

Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is the

Finished
⭐ 8.2
Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor
📅 2007 · 📺 26 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Kaiji - Against All Rules anime cover

Several months after the events of the first season, Kaiji, with his appendages reattached and his debt now run up to 9.5 million yen, is still desperately seeking the elusive big score that will cancel all of his markers. Unbeknownst to him, Hyodo’s company, the Teiai Corporation, is actively searching for Kaiji, and have sent Kaiji’s old “friend” Endoh, who entered him in the high stakes games in the past, to find him. The two meet when Kaiji chances to walk in front of Endoh’s car at a stop

Finished
⭐ 8.2
Kaiji - Against All Rules
📅 2011 · 📺 26 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Moriarty the Patriot Part 2 anime cover

The second cour of Yuukoku no Moriarty. In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world! (Source: Funimation) Note: The anime received a special premiere on Funimat

Finished
⭐ 8.2
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
📅 2021 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 Production I.G

Great Pretender anime cover

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him! (Source: Crunchyroll)

Finished
⭐ 8.2
Great Pretender
📅 2020 · 📺 23 eps · ONA

🎬 WIT STUDIO

Steins;Gate The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu anime cover

After a year in America, Kurisu Makise returns to Akihabara and reunites with Rintarou Okabe. However, their reunion is cut short when Okabe begins to experience recurring flashes of other timelines as the consequences of his time traveling start to manifest. These side effects eventually culminate in Okabe suddenly vanishing from the world, and only the startled Kurisu has any memory of his existence. In the midst of despair, Kurisu is faced with a truly arduous choice that will test both her

Movie
⭐ 8.2
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime cover

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. (Source: Anime News Network) Note

Finished
⭐ 8.1
ERASED anime cover

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends

Finished
⭐ 8.1
ERASED
📅 2016 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 A-1 Pictures

the Garden of sinners Chapter 7: ……not nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part B) anime cover

In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has laid dormant within Shiki's soul ever since then. With Shiki under suspicion due to her involvement in the past killings and supposed resemblance to the killer, she and Mikiya set out to find the true perpetrator. In the midst of their separate investig

Movie
⭐ 8.1
Steins;Gate 0: 23β -Divide by Zero- anime cover

Alternate 23rd episode of Steins;Gate, which leads into the story of Steins;Gate 0. Included with the Steins;Gate Complete Blu-ray Box. The main difference between this episode and the original episode 23 is that Okabe does not receive the Movie Mail from his future self, due to Mayuri begging Suzuha to stop relying on Okabe to prevent World War Three. By not opening the Movie Mail Okabe does not find out about Operation Skuld and is unsuccessful in averting both Kurisu's death and World War Th

Finished
⭐ 8.1
PSYCHO-PASS anime cover

Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known as their Psycho-Pass. Inspectors uphold the law by subjugating, often with lethal force, anyone harboring the slightest ill-will; alongside them are Enforcers, jaded Inspectors that have become latent criminals, granted relative freedom in exchange for carrying

Finished
⭐ 8.1
PSYCHO-PASS
📅 2012 · 📺 22 eps

🎬 Production I.G

Death Parade anime cover

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good. Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s

Finished
⭐ 8
Death Parade
📅 2015 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

When They Cry Kai anime cover

Continuing from the first series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai begins to shed some light on the dark mysteries prevalent in the preceding season. The young group of friends in the town of Hinamizawa continue to enter terrible conflicts with one another in their never ending summer of 1983, often ending with the brutal murder of one of their numbers. Furude Rika, with the help of her spiritual friend Hanyuu, tackles challenges over and over, trying her best to keep their lives from coming to a t

Finished
⭐ 8
When They Cry Kai
📅 2007 · 📺 24 eps

🎬 Studio DEEN

Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage anime cover

Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, g

Finished
⭐ 8
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo anime cover

Gankutsuou is an anime loosely based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Albert Morcerf, a young aristocrat who happens to befriend a wealthy nobleman, The Count of Monte Cristo, through a series of bizarre events. Fascinated by the Count's charm, Albert invites him to meet his friends and family, all of whom happen to be part of the upper class society of Paris, France. Unfortunately, little does Albert realize that the Count has ulterior motives in

Finished
⭐ 7.9
Paprika anime cover

Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a dream terrorist. (Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) Note: The film received an early premiere at the

Movie
⭐ 7.8
Paprika
📅 2006 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 MADHOUSE

Black Lagoon anime cover

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom

Finished
⭐ 7.8
Black Lagoon
📅 2006 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail anime cover

Roberta, the terrorist-turned-maid that made her appearence in the first season of 'Black Lagoon', returns in this five-episode OVA series - and this time, all bets are off! Roberta's benefactor, the patriarch of the Lovelace clan, is murdered during a political rally. The assassin's trail soon leads back to Roanapur - so now she has returned on a mission of vengeance! However, close behind her is the new patriarch, Garcia, as well as Roberta's apprentice (and maid), Fabiola Iglesias. As the

Finished
⭐ 7.8
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail
📅 2010 · 📺 5 eps · OVA

🎬 MADHOUSE

Terror in Resonance anime cover

Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange video makes its way onto the internet. In it, two teenage boys who identify themselves only as "Sphinx" directly challenge the police, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem acros

Finished
⭐ 7.8
ID: INVADED anime cover

Welcome to Kura, an organization that investigates crime using the Mizuhanome system which senses the drive to kill. Sakaido is a brilliant detective and pilot of the Mizuhanome. To solve a case, he enters the world of the killer's unconscious mind: the id well. In the shadows of brutal and puzzling cases lurks John Walker, the Serial Killer Creator. Where will Sakaido's pursuit lead? (Source: Funimation)

Finished
⭐ 7.7
ID: INVADED
📅 2020 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 NAZ

GNOSIA anime cover

The story of GNOSIA takes place on a ship drifting through space. Gnosia is an enemy that disguises itself as a human and attacks them. It is now on the spaceship, causing everyone onboard to be suspicious of each other. The crew decides to vote on the most suspicious-looking person every day and put them into a cold sleep. If the humans succeed in putting Gnosia to sleep, they'll win. On the other hand, if they don't, everyone on board is in danger. The right decision must be made. No matter w

Finished
⭐ 7.7
GNOSIA
📅 2025 · 📺 21 eps

🎬 domerica

PSYCHO-PASS 3: First Inspector anime cover

Tokyo, 2120. In a society overseen by the Sibyl System, Inspectors Arata Shindo and Kei Mikhail Ignatov of CID Unit One clash over truth and justice. Koichi Azusawa, the mastermind behind a string of crimes, sets his sights on the CID itself and launches an assault on the Public Safety Bureau Building. Unit One is in peril like never before—a case that will try Arata and Kei’s loyalties. Notes: - The three episodes were given a limited run in theaters as one film, and received a simultaneous r

Finished
⭐ 7.7
PSYCHO-PASS 3: First Inspector
📅 2020 · 📺 3 eps · ONA

🎬 Production I.G

Moriarty the Patriot OVA anime cover

An Anime-original OVA with 2 episodes. 1: Reminiscence of Lilies The paintings of white lilies painted by a popular noble painter get damaged at Bath, a famous hot spring in England. Feeling that he's seen the painting before, William goes to Bath, where he is reunited with Sherlock, who happened to be there to investigate the case. 2: Moriaty Family's Day Off The Moriarty family is faced with the biggest crisis in its history: They have to host a tea party! Will they successfully complete the

Finished
⭐ 7.7
Moriarty the Patriot OVA
📅 2022 · 📺 2 eps · OVA

🎬 Production I.G

Akagi anime cover

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated a debt of over three million yen. In a last-ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death. When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded u

Finished
⭐ 7.7
Akagi
📅 2005 · 📺 26 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

Death Billiards anime cover

Two men have just arrived at a location known as Quindecim and are unable to remember how they got there. They are immediately greeted by a young woman who escorts them to a small bar, where a bartender awaits them. They are told that they will have to participate in a game, randomly chosen by roulette, and will be unable to leave until its completion; if they refuse, the consequences will be dire. In addition to the rules of the game, the two men are told to play as if their lives are at stake.

Movie
⭐ 7.7
Death Billiards
📅 2013 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 MADHOUSE

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade anime cover

In a very different Tokyo from the one we know today, the totalitarian government rules with an iron fist. But a group called "the Sect" is staging demonstrations and challenging the government's martial law. Constable Fuse of the Capital Police's Special Unit is on a mission to stop a Sect demonstration when he encounters a girl in the sewers under Tokyo. When he fails to shoot as ordered, he is put on trial, questioned, and "re-conditioned" as a soldier. But the dead girl haunts him, both in

Movie
⭐ 7.6
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
📅 2000 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Production I.G

Ga-Rei-Zero anime cover

An elite squadron trained to combat supernatural forces is called in to investigate reports of invisible monsters terrorizing Tokyo, but their mission is complicated by the interference of a rogue exorcist. When the mysterious female slaughters the overmatched attack force, her former comrades are ordered to lock down the crime scene—and forever silence their old friend. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: This series is a prequel to the manga series, Ga-Rei.

Finished
⭐ 7.6
Ga-Rei-Zero
📅 2008 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 AIC Spirits

Kubikiri Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User anime cover

It's the vacation of a lifetime, a trip to a remote island filled with geniuses–and murder. On Wet Crow's Feather Island, a tiny speck in the Sea of Japan, lives Akagami Iria, the exiled daughter of a powerful family. Born into great wealth, she was a princess of the highest pedigree–until she was cut off by the leader of the Akagami Foundation. For the last five years, she's lived on Feather Island with her maids. But she hasn't been alone. She has invited the best minds Japan has to offer to

Finished
⭐ 7.6
PSYCHO-PASS: Sinners of the System 3 - On the Other Side of Love and Hate anime cover

Following the incident in the Southeast Asia Union (SEAUn) in 2116, Shinya Kogami resumes his vagrant journey. In a small South Asian nation, Kogami rescues a bus of refugees under attack by armed guerrilla forces. Among the refugees is a young lady by the name of Tenzing, who begs Kogami to teach her how to retaliate against the enemy. Just what do the girl who desires revenge and the man who has exacted revenge see as they gaze upon the edge of a world from which there is no escape? (Source:

Movie
⭐ 7.6
When They Cry anime cover

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different

Finished
⭐ 7.6
When They Cry
📅 2006 · 📺 26 eps

🎬 Studio DEEN

PSYCHO-PASS: Providence anime cover

January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organization and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor's research documents known as the “Stronskaya Papers.” Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Departme

Movie
⭐ 7.6
PSYCHO-PASS: Providence
📅 2023 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Production I.G

Tomodachi Game anime cover

High school student Katagiri Yuuichi, who values friendship above all else, enjoys a fulfilling life with his close friends Sawagiri Shiho, Mikasa Tenji, Shibe Makoto, and Kokorogi Yutori. However, after a particular incident, they're dragged into a debt repayment game. The only way to beat the "Tomodachi Game" is to not doubt their friends. Bound together by solid friendships, the game should've been easy, but– The hugely popular comic that sold over two million copies is finally becoming an

Finished
⭐ 7.6
Tomodachi Game
📅 2022 · 📺 12 eps · ONA

🎬 Okuruto Noboru

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine anime cover

What happened when Lupin III met Fujiko Mine for the first time? She’s a thief. A killer. A saint and a scandal. She’s whatever you need her to be to get the job done. She takes your breath away to get what she wants. She takes everything else just because she can. It’s all in a night’s work for the woman called Fujiko Mine. She’s the slinky, sultry thread that holds Lupin III’s crew together—and this is the heist that started it all. (Source: FUNimation, Crunchyroll)

Finished
⭐ 7.6
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom anime cover

A young man wakes up in a strange room with no memory of who he is or how he got there. His past is lost—and his future belongs to Inferno, a violent crime syndicate. They give him a new name—Zwei—and team him with their top assassin, the enigmatic Ein. She’ll teach Zwei all he needs to know about his new life as an Inferno operative, starting with lesson number one: kill or be killed. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Finished
⭐ 7.5
the Garden of sinners Chapter 2: …and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A) anime cover

March, 1995: Mikiya Kokutou meets a girl who has a mysterious gaze and falls in love with her. That April, he's reunited with her at his high school entrance ceremony. The girl's name is Shiki Ryougi. Meanwhile, the city has been rattled by a series of bizarre murders. There are no known links between victims, and the motive is unclear. An astonishing secret awaits Mikiya, but he doesn't find out until three years later... (Source: Aniplex USA)

Movie
⭐ 7.5
Shiki Specials anime cover

The official website of the Shiki television anime series confirmed on Saturday that the anime's eighth and ninth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes will each include an unaired episode. The eighth volume will ship with Episode 21 and the unaired episode "Dai Futatō to Han wa" (a wordplay for "Episode 20.5") on May 25, 2011, while the ninth volume will ship with Episode 22 and the unaired episode "Dai Futatō-ichi to Han wa" ("Episode 21.5") on June 22. (Source: Anime News Network)

Finished
⭐ 7.5
Shiki Specials
📅 2011 · 📺 2 eps · SPECIAL

🎬 Daume

the Garden of sinners Chapter 4: garan-no-dou. (The Hollow Shrine) anime cover

June, 1998: After spending two years in a coma caused by a traffic accident, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. She is visited by Touko Aozaki, a wizard and proprietor of a studio called Garan no Dou. Shiki has lost not only the memory of her accident, but also any real sense that she's even alive. Strangely, enigmatic beings begin to attack her... (Source: Aniplex USA)

Movie
⭐ 7.5
Akudama Drive anime cover

Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama’s way of life and witnesses their criminal drives. (Source: Funimation) Note: On May 28, 2021, a director's cut of the final episode was released which included a

Finished
⭐ 7.5
Akudama Drive
📅 2020 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 Studio Pierrot

Death Note: Relight anime cover

1. Genshisuru Kami (Visions of a God) A two hour episode of Death Note, mainly a compilation of the confrontations between Light and L, re-edited from Ryuk's perspective with new dialogue and soundtrack along with additional animation that could not be included in the original series. An Unnamed Shinigami comes to Ryuk to question him about his new story in the human world. 2. Eru o Tsugu Mono (L's Successors) This story continues where the previous left off, continuing the story of Light. A

Finished
⭐ 7.4
Death Note: Relight
📅 2007 · 📺 2 eps · SPECIAL

🎬 MADHOUSE

Eden of the East anime cover

On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be known as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her.

Finished
⭐ 7.4
Eden of the East
📅 2009 · 📺 11 eps

🎬 Production I.G

Blue Literature Series anime cover

The series consists of adaptations of six modern classics of Japanese literature: Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) & Run Melos! (Hashire Melos!), Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro, Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) & The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito), and Ango Sakaguchi's In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita). No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) - A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and a

Finished
⭐ 7.3
Re:CREATORS anime cover

People have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories stir up emotion and captivate. However, those emotions are nothing more than the feelings of a spectator. What if the characters in the stories had their own "will"? In their eyes, are we, the creators of the stories, like gods? Revolution for our world. Punishment for the land of the gods. Re:CREATORS. Everyone becomes a Creator.(Source: Amazon)

Finished
⭐ 7.3
Re:CREATORS
📅 2017 · 📺 22 eps

🎬 TROYCA

PSYCHO-PASS: Sinners of the System 2 - First Guardian anime cover

2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Force's 15th Joint Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case. (Source: Official Website

Movie
⭐ 7.3
PSYCHO-PASS 3 anime cover

"Justice" opens up a new world. In the near future, the Sybil System, a surveillance network that quantifies human souls, maintains public order. In a changing world, detectives with Dominators, guns that measure "Crime Coefficients," pursue "latent criminals" before they commit crimes. The third series of PSYCHO-PASS follows two inspectors seeking the truth: Arata Shindou and Kei Mikhail Ignatov.(Source: Amazon)

Finished
⭐ 7.3
PSYCHO-PASS 3
📅 2019 · 📺 8 eps

🎬 Production I.G

Akame ga Kill! anime cover

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

Finished
⭐ 7.3
Akame ga Kill!
📅 2014 · 📺 24 eps

🎬 WHITE FOX

SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table anime cover

At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute lo

🔴 Live
⭐ 7.3
Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of seventh heaven anime cover

Before the release of the final 7th movie, a remix work "Kara no Kyoukai Remix-Gate of seventh heaven-" comes out in theaters on March 14, 2009. This remix collection extracts the key themes and scenes from first six movies. The hour long movie is organized in chronological order, beginning from the 2nd movie, followed by the 4th, 3rd, 1st, 5th and 6th. It's a mixture of mostly existing scenes, and some new scenes.

Movie
⭐ 7.2
Golgo 13 (TV) anime cover

Golgo 13 has been called a Japanese counterpart to James Bond, except with a darker character, a much more hardcore attitude towards sex, and a complete lack of morality. Golgo 13 is described as a mystery man of undetermined origin, possibility being at least part Japanese, who takes any assignment for any employer (it has been said he has worked for the CIA and the KGB) as long as the right price is given and will always fulfill his contracts, even if he has two or more opposing contracts at t

Finished
⭐ 7.2
Golgo 13 (TV)
📅 2008 · 📺 50 eps

🎬 The Answer Studio

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Despair Arc anime cover

Chisa Yukizome begins her job as homeroom teacher for Hope's Peak Academy's 77th Class of Ultmate students. Meanwhile, Hajime Hinata, a student of the school's Reserve Course for students without talent, prepares to undergo an experiment to make him the Ultimate Hope. What follows is a series of tragic events which lead to the birth of the Remnants of Despair and the realization of "The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History." Aired alongside of Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen, with M

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Shigofumi anime cover

When someone dies, what should their final words be? Words that couldn't be said while still alive - of love, hate, hope, regret or perhaps words without any importance. These words are sent through letters called "shigofumi" from the recently deceased to the living. Mikawa Fumika is a mail carrier of these shigofumi, delivering them alongside staff and her partner Kanaka. However, there must be something more behind Fumika's silent exterior; shigofumi mail carriers are deceased humans with the

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Shigofumi
📅 2008 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 J.C.STAFF

Shion no Ou: The Flowers of Hard Blood anime cover

Shion no Ou follows the story of Yasuoka Shion, a 13-year-old Shougi player with a past of tragedy. Shion's parents were brutally murdered in front of her when she was 5 years old. The murderer sat down with her and challenged her to a game of Shougi, after telling her that if she wanted to stay alive she should forget how to speak, and forget what happened that night. Now Shion has entered the realm of female pro Kishi, mute but strong. As her playing gathers more and more attention, so do the

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Super Crooks anime cover

One last heist. That's what they all say, right? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and take up fishing. Thing is, the jails are filled with super villains who thought the same thing, and got busted. But the Heat's in a jam. He's run up the kind of gambling debt that - if he can't pay it back in cash - will be paid in blood. Nobody wants to see the most beloved supercrook of all time rubbed out by the mob - especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny's got a plan to help the H

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Super Crooks
📅 2021 · 📺 13 eps · ONA

🎬 bones

PSYCHO-PASS 2 anime cover

Taking place one-and-a-half years after Psycho-Pass, having learned the true nature of the Sibyl System, Akane Tsunemori chose to obey the system, believing in both humanity and the legal order. She's part of a new police section and spends her everyday life facing down criminals. Unbeknownst to Akane, however, a monster who will shake the system to its core is about to appear before her. (Source: Anime News Network)

Finished
⭐ 7.1
PSYCHO-PASS 2
📅 2014 · 📺 11 eps

🎬 Tatsunoko Production

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:1 Ghost Pain anime cover

The first movie of Ghost in the Shell: Arise. The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Bat

Movie
⭐ 7.1
When They Cry Rei anime cover

The endless cycle of murders has been broken and Rika is finally able to settle down for a normal life with her friends. However, she is involved in a traffic accident and wakes up in a world where everything is different. A world where no one commited the sins that shaped them into the persons they are. It's up to Rika to discover the truth behind this world and whether or not it truly is perfect.

Finished
⭐ 7.1
When They Cry Rei
📅 2009 · 📺 5 eps · OVA

🎬 Studio DEEN

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Hope Arc anime cover

The Future Foundation is in shambles after the Final Killing Game and the revelation of the true culprit. As a desperate plot arises from one of the survivors to rid the world of despair once and for all, the remaining Future Foundation members must band together to stop it. Fortunately, they find themselves with help from a group of unlikely allies as they race against the clock to stop their world from being changed. As a direct continuation of Mirai-hen, Kibou-hen serves as the finale to the

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Another anime cover

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to a new school, he senses a frightening atmosphere in his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence. Soon after his arrival, what is known as the Calamity begins, and it claims the lives of many students. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Finished
⭐ 7.1
Another
📅 2012 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 P.A.WORKS

PSYCHO-PASS: Sinners of the System 1 - Crime and Punishment anime cover

In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a false paradise. (Source: Official Website, translated by Edo)

Movie
⭐ 7
TERMINATOR ZERO anime cover

2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexitie

Finished
⭐ 7
TERMINATOR ZERO
📅 2024 · 📺 8 eps · ONA

🎬 Production I.G

Darwin's Game anime cover

Kaname Sudou, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him? (Source: Aniplex of America) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long epis

Finished
⭐ 7
Darwin's Game
📅 2020 · 📺 11 eps

🎬 Nexus

LAZARUS anime cover

The year is 2052 — an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes. Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned — this time, as a h

Finished
⭐ 7
LAZARUS
📅 2025 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 MAPPA

Talentless Nana anime cover

It is the year 20XX. Earth has been assaulted by monsters known as 'the Enemy of Humanity'. In order to deal with this threat, special schools comprised of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as 'the Talented', have abilities that defy the rules of reality. Among these superpowered individuals was an outlier, someone who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist,

Finished
⭐ 7
Talentless Nana
📅 2020 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 Bridge

The Future Diary anime cover

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 d

Finished
⭐ 6.9
The Future Diary
📅 2011 · 📺 26 eps

🎬 Asread

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Future Arc anime cover

Makoto Naegi, the Ultimate Hope who defeated the Ultimate Despair, Junko Enoshima, is under suspicion of treason against the Future Foundation for harboring the Remnants of Despair who carried on her will. As top members of the Future Foundation, including Makoto's former classmates Kyoko Kirigiri, Aoi Asahina, and Yasuhiro Hagakure, are brought together to decide on Makoto's punishment, they are all imprisoned by Monokuma, who forces everyone to participate in a final killing game. They must tr

Finished
⭐ 6.9
B: The Beginning anime cover

In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Koku, the protagonist. Keith, the legendary investigator of the royal police force RIS. A mysterious criminal organization. A wide variety of characters race through the fortified city as it is beset by the serial killer, Killer B, and a chain of crimes. (Source: Netflix, edited)

Finished
⭐ 6.9
B: The Beginning
📅 2018 · 📺 12 eps · ONA

🎬 Production I.G

The Perfect Insider anime cover

The story of the original Subete ga F ni Naru novel revolves around Souhei Saikawa, a member of the Saikawa Research Lab. He goes on a vacation held by the lab, and Moe Nishinosono, the daughter of his mentor, joins the group on their vacation despite not being a part of the lab. There, the two end up finding a corpse. The two work together to solve the mysteries of what becomes a serial murder case. (Source: Anime News Network)

Finished
⭐ 6.9
The Perfect Insider
📅 2015 · 📺 11 eps

🎬 A-1 Pictures

GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto anime cover

Sequel to GREAT PRETENDER. Presumed dead, master con artist and recovering amnesiac Dorothy is discovered by Shanghai Longu-bang, a mob who wants payback for her conning them. With no memories and nowhere to go, she must rely on a local crime underboss to elude Taipei’s criminal underworld all while tracking down leads to her mysterious past. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The movie was screened early in select American theaters on January 9, 2024.

Finished
⭐ 6.9
GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto
📅 2024 · 📺 1 eps · ONA

🎬 WIT STUDIO

Danganronpa: The Animation anime cover

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is t

Finished
⭐ 6.9
Riding Bean anime cover

Bean Bandit and his partner Rally Vincent are couriers for hire - transporting clients and delivering goods in his custom sports car "Roadbuster" for a hefty price. But when they are hired to escort a kidnapped girl named Chelsea to her home, they don't realize they're being framed for kidnapping as their former clients Semmerling and Carrie plan their escape with Chelsea's father and the ransom money. (Source: Anime News Network)

Finished
⭐ 6.9
Riding Bean
📅 1989 · 📺 1 eps · OVA

🎬 AIC

Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU anime cover

New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding? (Source: Funimation)

Finished
⭐ 6.9
My Home Hero anime cover

After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Finished
⭐ 6.8
My Home Hero
📅 2023 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 Tezuka Productions

Mouryou no Hako anime cover

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji. Meanwhile, Tōkyō p

Finished
⭐ 6.8
Mouryou no Hako
📅 2008 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 MADHOUSE

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL anime cover

After an unidentified plant from outer space invasion, Rita finds herself trapped in a time loop, forced to relive the same day over and over again. With each loop, she learns. She fights. Her memories and experiences sharpen her skills, turning her into a formidable warrior. Yet, the endless cycle of death and solitude begins to wear her down. Then, she meets Keiji. "I've been repeating this day too," he says. Two lost souls, trapped in an endless war. Could their meeting change fate? (Sourc

Movie
⭐ 6.8
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
📅 2026 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Studio 4°C

Another: The Other anime cover

Episode 0 bundled with the 0th limited-edition volume of Kiyohara Hiro's manga adaptation of Ayatsuji Yukito's horror novel Another. Shortly before the start of a new semester, Misaki Fujioka visits her twin sister Mei Misaki in Yomiyama City. The girls make full use of the last days of summer, roaming around a heat-weary town and visiting various places including a shopping center and shooting stall. When they prowl around her basement, Mei expresses uneasiness about her new class, which is sa

Finished
⭐ 6.8
Another: The Other
📅 2012 · 📺 1 eps · OVA

🎬 P.A.WORKS

Angels of Death anime cover

13-year old Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. Without any memories, or even a clue as to where she could be, she wanders the building, lost and dizzy. In her search, she comes across a man covered in bandages. He introduces himself as Zack and he wields a grim-reaper like sickle. A strange bond is struck between them, strengthened by strange, crazy promises… These two, trapped in this strange building, don't know why fate has placed them there. Bu

Finished
⭐ 6.7
Angels of Death
📅 2018 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 J.C.STAFF

[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility anime cover

The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal aunt after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to live a stable, ordinary life. One day he meets a man who offers him a large sum of money if he will allow his "future" to be held as col

Finished
⭐ 6.7
KOKKOKU anime cover

Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time. In a world where everyone and everything are inert,

Finished
⭐ 6.6
KOKKOKU
📅 2018 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 Geno Studio

The Grimm Variations anime cover

Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the brothers were telling Charlotte a fairy tale like usual, they saw that she had a somewhat melancholy look on her face. She asked them, "Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?" The pages of Grimms' Fairy Tales, written by Jacob and Wilhelm, are now pres

Finished
⭐ 6.6
The Grimm Variations
📅 2024 · 📺 6 eps · ONA

🎬 WIT STUDIO

Joker Game anime cover

In 1937, before World War II begins in earnest. Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the "D Agency," an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit's performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yuuki establishes D Agency's tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: "Don't kill, don't get killed, don't get captured." With this, Yuuki trains a team of

Finished
⭐ 6.6
Joker Game
📅 2016 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 Production I.G

Magical Girl Raising Project anime cover

A social game called The Magical Girl Raising Project allows one in tens of thousands of people to be a "magical girl" — possessing extraordinary physical capabilities and looks, as well as special magical powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race. But one day, in a district containing 16 magical girls, the administration announces that it must halve the number of magical girls to solve the problem of magical energy. (Source: Anime News Network)

Finished
⭐ 6.6
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime cover

From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from: - Tomie - Souichi - The Hanging Balloons - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance - Unendurable Labyrinth - The Long Hair in the Attic - Bullied - Where the Sandman Lives - Ice Cream Truck - Tomb Town - Library Vision - Headless Statue

Finished
⭐ 6.6
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime cover

In exchange for the fulfillment of a wish, Magical Girls keep fighting, unbeknownst to the rest of the world. But Iroha Tamaki can’t seem to remember her wish. A rumor begins to spread among Magical Girls. “Magical Girls can be saved if they go to Kamihama.” Kamihama City, the city where Magical Girls and Uwasa are gathering. The story of Iroha Tamaki, in search for her lost wish, begins…(Source: Aniplex of America)

Finished
⭐ 6.5
Seven Days War anime cover

The mystery story and social satire begins on the day before summer vacation, when every boy in a first-year class of a downtown Tokyo middle school disappears. Was it some accident? A mass kidnapping? Actually, the boys holed themselves up in an abandoned factory on the riverbed. With support from the schoolgirls, the boys start a revolution against the adults from this "liberation zone." (Source: Anime News Network)

Movie
⭐ 6.5
Seven Days War
📅 2019 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Ajiado

Harmony anime cover

In the future, utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This utopia isn't perfect, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls—Tuan Kirie—grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, a

Movie
⭐ 6.5
Harmony
📅 2015 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Studio 4°C

The Darwin Incident anime cover

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs. (Source: Kodansha USA)

🔴 Live
⭐ 6.4
The Darwin Incident
📅 2026 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 Toho

KADO: The Right Answer anime cover

Toei Animation's original CG animation project. Kojiro Shindo. Cabinet Office Director-General for Policy Planning, is at Haneda Airport for a business trip. While the plane is on the runway, a giant structure suddenly appears out of thin air. The plane carrying Shindo and 251 passengers is taken undamaged inside the giant structure. After everyone disembarks, a man who looks like an ordinary human being shows up. He assures those from the plane that they're not in any danger. Shindo asks him t

Finished
⭐ 6.4
KADO: The Right Answer
📅 2017 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 Toei Animation

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture anime cover

Year Seven of the Kowa Period, in the former Hokkaido Block occupied by the Neo-Britannian Empire, live mercenary brothers known as the Nameless Mercenaries. The eldest, Ash, has excellent athletic ability and advanced Knightmare Frame controlling skills, while the youngest, Rozé, is clearheaded and oversees intel gathering and devising strategies. Due to an impregnable wall of energy called the Situmpe Wall, for four years the 100th emperor who stopped the Black Knights' liberation plan, Callis

Finished
⭐ 6.4
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
📅 2024 · 📺 12 eps · ONA

🎬 Sunrise

Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange anime cover

Toake Daigo burns with remarkable talent and unparalleled determination. Onoda Shun struggles against the walls blocking his own path. Nakamura Yuki hopes to become one of the few female members of the special rescue corps known as "Orange." When these three young firefighters who share the goal of becoming members of Orange come together, the story of how Japan will one day be saved begins... and what looms before them is a crisis that endangers the entire country! (Source: Crunchyroll)

Finished
⭐ 6.4
JUNI TAISEN:ZODIAC WAR anime cover

The record of the bloody battle between the twelve proud warriors— The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years… Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls. The participants are twelve very strange warriors: “Rat,” “Ox,” “Tiger,” “Rabbit,” “Dragon,” “Snake,” “Horse,” “Goat,” Monkey,” “Rooster,” “Dog,” and “Pig.” The victor of this tournament gets to have one wish granted, whatever the wish may be. The one wish they

Finished
⭐ 6.2
JUNI TAISEN:ZODIAC WAR
📅 2017 · 📺 12 eps

🎬 Graphinica

Under the Dog anime cover

It is the year 2025, five years since devastating terrorist attacks put an end to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The UN has taken control of the former Olympic site on the edge of Tokyo Bay, placing it beyond Japan’s jurisdiction. Hana Togetsu is a seventeen-year-old high school student who lives in the area. Not your typical teen, she belongs to a special unit run by the UN. Hana is sent on a mission as a transfer student to a public high school on Enoshima Island. Her target: Shunichi Nanase,

Finished
⭐ 5.8
Under the Dog
📅 2016 · 📺 1 eps · OVA

🎬 Kinema Citrus

A.D. Police Files anime cover

The year is 2027 in MegaTokyo, six years before the Knight Sabers will make their debut. Boomers (artificial humans) are still a relatively new advancement, and the implementation and integration of boomers into society is still a bit buggy -- sometimes fatally so. Whenever a boomer incident occurs, though, there is the Advanced Police, a special force trained to deal with boomer crimes. Leon McNichol is a rookie in the AD Police, and is just starting to become exposed to the horrors and tragedi

Finished
⭐ 5.8
A.D. Police Files
📅 1990 · 📺 3 eps · OVA

🎬 AIC

Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi anime cover

A cyber battle sci-fi. In 2022, the technology of quantum computing has greatly advanced and many people have transfered their mind into the cyber space. Remu's sister-in-law, Shiki, skipped grades and entered a high school in the academic city "Okinotori-island Mega Float City (OMFC)" when she was 14. One day, Shiki confessed to her brother via Skype that she was talking to him directly from the cyber space and her real body had been kept in a water tank filled with a culture medium. It's cal

Movie
⭐ 5.7
The Promised Neverland Season 2 anime cover

The second season of Yakusoku no Neverland. Fifteen children escape Grace Field House, a false paradise, hoping for a chance at freedom. Instead, they encounter plants and animals they have never before seen, and are chased by demons. The outside world is so beautiful, and yet is almost too cruel to face. Even so, the children refuse to give up. They are guided in their search for better lives only by a message from Minerva and a pen Norman left behind in order to fulfill their promise to retu

Finished
⭐ 5.3
Alice in Deadly School anime cover

Yuu and Nobu are practicing manzai (a two-person comedy act) act on the roof of the school. At the same time, the school building is overflowing with the presence of non-human "something else." It is said that if a person dies after being bitten by one of them, it will turn into the same "something else" and attack people. In the chaos of the school, Will Yuu, Nobu, and the other surviving students be able to escape from its evil hands? (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: A short special edit of the

Finished
⭐ 5.1
Alice in Deadly School
📅 2021 · 📺 1 eps · OVA

🎬 Hoods Entertainment

Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority- anime cover

Saneatsu Narita finds himself in a game of survival as half of the human population disappears each night! The game began suddenly. It was "Tasuketsu", a brutal survival game in which the majority is eliminated. In order to fight back against the immensely powerful emperor masterminding the game, young men and women create their own futures using the mysterious special ability known as "Special Right." (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)

Finished
⭐ 4.6
Tesla Note anime cover

Genius Nikola Tesla preserved records of all his inventions inside crystals known as Tesla Shards. After an inexplicable incident in Norway, Botan Negoro, a descendant of ninjas raised to be the ultimate agent, is recruited on a mission to recover the crystals. Her partner through this is self-proclaimed No. 1 agent, Kuruma. With the fate of the world at stake, the fight for the shards begins. (Source: Funimation)

Finished
⭐ 4
Tesla Note
📅 2021 · 📺 13 eps

🎬 Gambit

The Island of Giant Insects Movie anime cover

After an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge to help them. She expects that they will be rescued in about three days, which doesn't seem so long to endure. However, she didn't account for the fact that the island is populated with gigantic killer insects. Her knowledge of butterflies, wasps, and more may be the only thing that will help any of her c

Movie
⭐ 3.9
The Island of Giant Insects Movie
📅 2020 · 📺 1 eps · MOVIE

🎬 Passione

The Island of Giant Insects anime cover

After an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge to help them. She expects that they will be rescued in about three days, which doesn't seem so long to endure. However, she didn't account for the fact that the island is populated with gigantic killer insects. Her knowledge of butterflies, wasps, and more may be the only thing that will help any of her c

Finished
⭐ 3.7
The Island of Giant Insects
📅 2019 · 📺 1 eps · OVA

🎬 Passione

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