Are you still looking for spooky entertainment for Halloween on October 31, 2023, and the cold season? We have here 5 Anime that will create a spooky atmosphere.
Even if “Horror” and “Anime” don’t seem to match very well at first glance, there are indeed a number of series that evoke at least a sense of unease. Since there is exactly such a demand for spooky series, we have selected a number of Anime for you that are perfect for the cold season.
Hell Girl
Alternative Names: Jigoku Shoujo
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Episodes: 26 (only Season 1)
Stream available on: Currently, no streaming provider known, only available for purchase.
Every night at midnight, the mysterious website for contacting Hell becomes active for a few minutes. There is a rumor about the website: anyone wishing to take revenge can enter the name of the person who is to experience the revenge. If you do this, “Ai Enma,” the Hell Girl, appears. She grants petitioners a pact. The victim is sent to Hell – but the person who carries out the vengeance is also sent to Hell at the end of their life.
What makes Hell Girl worth watching? Most episodes of Hell Girl tell small, self-contained stories of people seeking revenge and getting it fulfilled. This is sometimes cruel, sometimes fascinating, and always entertaining. In later episodes, much more about Ai Enma is revealed – but the focus of the plot remains the often cruel fates of the revenge victims and the psychological consequences for the revenge seeker.
From the New World
Alternative Names: Shinsekai Yori
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Episodes: 25
Stream available on: Currently, no streaming provider known, only available for purchase.
In a nearly utopian world, the 12-year-old Saki Watanabe awakens psychic abilities. Therefore, she is sent to a special academy that cares for and trains children with such powers. However, the idyll is disturbed when the children begin to question what happens to the students who cannot adequately control their powers. There is also a rumor about the “tainted cats” that come at night and kidnap children.
Piece by piece, the utopia crumbles, and as more secrets and intrigues are uncovered, the children realize what kind of world they have actually grown up in.
What makes From the New World worth watching? The series manages, despite the many genres, to never seem overloaded. The whole story is divided into two large sections that take place at different times. What starts as a relatively harmonious story with a lot of time for character depth transforms into a brutal and cruel trip that chillingly shows how quickly a society can spiral out of control – and that death does not spare even main characters.
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