Horror anime and manga
The guide lists 304 titles tagged horror. The genre peaked in the 2000s (85 titles). Studios with the most horror titles: Madhouse (12), Studio Deen (8) and Production I.G (5). It often comes paired with action, science fiction and fantasy.
Best-known horror anime
- Future Diary
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011
- Umineko When They Cry 2009
- Hell Girl 2005
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series 2007
- Paranoia Agent 2004
- Yōkai Ningen Bem 1968
- Tokyo Ghoul 2014
- Ghost Stories 2000
- Elfen Lied 2004
- Blue Gender 1999
- Tokyo Ghoul:re
- Dark Gathering 2023
- Mononoke 2007
- Ghost Hound 2007
- Monster 2004
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre 2023
- Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
- Junji Ito Collection 2018
- This Monster Wants to Eat Me 2025
- Red Garden 2006
- Highschool of the Dead 2010
- Mnemosyne 2008
- Demon City Shinjuku
- Boogiepop Phantom 2000
- Night Head Genesis 2006
- Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales 2006
- Popee the Performer
- The SoulTaker 2001
- Betterman 1999
Best-known horror anime films
- Resident Evil: Degeneration 2008
- Resident Evil: Damnation 2012
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2001
- Ninja Scroll 1993
- Blood: The Last Vampire 2000
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island 2005
- Wicked City 1987
- Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain 2024
- Vampire Hunter D 1985
- Blood-C: The Last Dark 2012
- Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage 2025
- Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen 2016
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 1987
- Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent 2026
- Toire no Hanako-san 1996
- Aragne: Sign of Vermillion 2018
- The Feast of Amrita 2023
Best-known horror manga
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1987
- Future Diary 2006
- Hellsing 1997
- Elfen Lied 2002
- Chainsaw Man 2018
- Vampire Knight 2004
- Tokyo Ghoul 2011
- Monster 1994
- GeGeGe no Kitarō 1960
- Highschool of the Dead 2006
- The Promised Neverland 2016
- Gantz 2000
- Tokyo Babylon
- Earl Cain 1992
- Parasyte 1989
- Dark Gathering 2019
- Uzumaki
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2018
- The Summer Hikaru Died 2021
- Dorohedoro 2000
- Deadman Wonderland 2007
- Jigoku Sensei Nūbē 1993
- This Monster Wants to Eat Me 2020
- Tomie
- School-Live! 2012
- Mieruko-chan 2018
- Brynhildr in the Darkness 2012
- Btooom! 2009
- I Am a Hero
- Descendants of Darkness 1996