This Halloween season, you may turn to the classics like “A Nightmare on Elm Street” or even “Hocus Pocus.”
But if your desire is to be scared, startled or completely spooked out, we present some horror anime options. Anime can take thrills, twists and gore to a level that live-action can’t.
Adding to all the witches, ghosts, killer pumpkins and vampires — yes, this list includes vampires — there’s also kid-sized crimefighting detectives, demon slayers and some man-eating giants.
Here’s a list of 13 anime series and films you should check out this spooky season.
1. “Tokyo Ghoul” (2014) “Tokyo Ghoul” (Photo credit: Studio Pierrot)
“Tokyo Ghoul” will take you into a dark, shadowy, gloomy world that illuminates its creepy characters with crisp artwork and vibrant colors. Beware, there’s lots of gore and unsettling storylines, but that all works for the Halloween season, right?
What’s it’s about:
“Tokyo Ghoul” blends sci-fi,...
But if your desire is to be scared, startled or completely spooked out, we present some horror anime options. Anime can take thrills, twists and gore to a level that live-action can’t.
Adding to all the witches, ghosts, killer pumpkins and vampires — yes, this list includes vampires — there’s also kid-sized crimefighting detectives, demon slayers and some man-eating giants.
Here’s a list of 13 anime series and films you should check out this spooky season.
1. “Tokyo Ghoul” (2014) “Tokyo Ghoul” (Photo credit: Studio Pierrot)
“Tokyo Ghoul” will take you into a dark, shadowy, gloomy world that illuminates its creepy characters with crisp artwork and vibrant colors. Beware, there’s lots of gore and unsettling storylines, but that all works for the Halloween season, right?
What’s it’s about:
“Tokyo Ghoul” blends sci-fi,...
- 10/13/2023
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
Navigating the sprawling narrative of Attack on Titan can be as challenging as facing down a Titan in the heat of battle. With a multitude of seasons, Ova episodes, and manga chapters to consider, understanding the correct viewing sequence becomes essential.
In this blog post, we’re here to demystify the process and show you exactly how to watch Attack on Titan in order, whether you’re a seasoned fan seeking a chronological refresher or a newcomer eager to embark on this epic journey.
Related: 10 Best Animated Shows of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
We’ll provide you with a clear roadmap, ensuring that you can savor every moment of the story in its intended sequence. So, gear up like a member of the Survey Corps, sharpen your knowledge, and let’s dive into the world of Titans
1 ‘Attack on Titan’ (2013 – 2023)
IMDb: 9.1/10 432K | Popularity: 67 | Top 250: Top rated TV #24
Genres: Animation,...
In this blog post, we’re here to demystify the process and show you exactly how to watch Attack on Titan in order, whether you’re a seasoned fan seeking a chronological refresher or a newcomer eager to embark on this epic journey.
Related: 10 Best Animated Shows of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
We’ll provide you with a clear roadmap, ensuring that you can savor every moment of the story in its intended sequence. So, gear up like a member of the Survey Corps, sharpen your knowledge, and let’s dive into the world of Titans
1 ‘Attack on Titan’ (2013 – 2023)
IMDb: 9.1/10 432K | Popularity: 67 | Top 250: Top rated TV #24
Genres: Animation,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Israr Ahmed
- buddytv.com
With Netflix constantly pushing their latest originals and newly acquired blockbusters on subscribers’ feeds, it’s becoming harder and harder to go off the beaten path to find less mainstream, underrated sci-fi titles to stream. Here are a few hidden sci-fi gems to type into the search bar if you’re looking for something you aren’t likely to find on your Home Screen doom scroll.
*Editor’s Note: All movies are available in U.S. and UK unless otherwise stated.
The Block Island Sound
A mysterious threat from the ocean deep—or perhaps somewhere even more nebulous—growls ominously in the background of The Block Island Sound, a moody psychological drama whose sci-fi elements reveal themselves in morbid fashion. The family drama at the center of the story is the going concern here, but the looming external forces give the movie an interesting metaphor to pivot from. It’s...
*Editor’s Note: All movies are available in U.S. and UK unless otherwise stated.
The Block Island Sound
A mysterious threat from the ocean deep—or perhaps somewhere even more nebulous—growls ominously in the background of The Block Island Sound, a moody psychological drama whose sci-fi elements reveal themselves in morbid fashion. The family drama at the center of the story is the going concern here, but the looming external forces give the movie an interesting metaphor to pivot from. It’s...
- 7/12/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
While anime networks are a dime-a-dozen across the internet, Netflix offers a decent selection of animated films and series from across the pond that could make your eyes pop and your sides hurt while your heart goes pitter-pat. A lot of the very best anime is available on Netflix. Whether you’re into supernatural horror, giant robots, high school romance, slice-of-life drama, fantasy action, or pure comedy, anime is a tour de force of animation while providing a feast for your senses. Below is a rotating list of some of the Best Anime on Netflix. Even if something’s not in your wheelhouse, give it a shot. Variety of the spice of life and anime is a far-reaching medium that often defies expectations.
All the anime films and series listed below are on American Netflix. Enjoy!
Aggretsuko
Workplace comedies give audiences some of the most relatable laughs that mirror their everyday lives.
All the anime films and series listed below are on American Netflix. Enjoy!
Aggretsuko
Workplace comedies give audiences some of the most relatable laughs that mirror their everyday lives.
- 5/29/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
In the animated short film "COLORs," one of five created for Toho Animation's 10th anniversary, a high school girl discovers that her classmate presents as a woman outside of school. She follows them around the city, from a coffee shop to a festival to a forest bursting with fall colors. When they announce one day that they are transferring elsewhere, the girl is overcome with sorrow.
She leaves her apartment to go find them, perhaps to tell them how she really feels. But then, out of nowhere, a warning siren rings. The city bursts into flames as a great sphere hangs in the sky. Soldiers engage the unseen enemy. Amidst the chaos, the girl finds her former classmate and embraces her. Her classmate kisses her on the forehead, and then joins the army.
Most of "COLORs" works beautifully. Illustrator Mai Yoneyama invests the heroine's classmate with larger-than-life glamor but...
She leaves her apartment to go find them, perhaps to tell them how she really feels. But then, out of nowhere, a warning siren rings. The city bursts into flames as a great sphere hangs in the sky. Soldiers engage the unseen enemy. Amidst the chaos, the girl finds her former classmate and embraces her. Her classmate kisses her on the forehead, and then joins the army.
Most of "COLORs" works beautifully. Illustrator Mai Yoneyama invests the heroine's classmate with larger-than-life glamor but...
- 4/7/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
The one anime series that I'm most excited about this spring is "Skip and Loafer." The source manga tells the tale of Mitsumi Iwakura, an ambitious teenage girl from the country who moves to Tokyo for high school. There she meets the easygoing Sosuke Shima, and the two of them slowly build a close-knit network of friends that includes local mean girl Mika Egashira, bookish Makoto Kurame, and independent-minded Yuzuki Murashige. Each of them is as different as can be, and yet despite bad early impressions, they find a common cause in each other. "Skip and Loafer" is too good-natured to be a "realistic" high school story. But it is successful at evoking the texture of adolescence in its banality, complexity, and sweetness.
"Skip and Loafer" is also the first anime in years to be directed and scripted by the great Kotomi Deai, who has now been active in the...
"Skip and Loafer" is also the first anime in years to be directed and scripted by the great Kotomi Deai, who has now been active in the...
- 3/12/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
The BFI today announce full details of a hotly anticipated two-month season dedicated to Anime, running at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX from 28 March – 31 May. Originally planned for summer 2020 as part of the BFI’s major survey of Japanese cinema BFI Japan, the season arrives, at long last, to entertain and delight anime fans and novices alike.
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
- 3/15/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Attack on Titan season two has finally gotten a premiere date! During the "Shingeki Matsuri" event that took place over the weekend, it was announced that season two of Attack on Titan will premiere in the spring 2017. They also released an Attack on Titan promo image, along with a list of the cast and crew who will be involved with the second season.
Fans have been waiting for this series for way too long. I’m still bummed that we have to continue to wait until 2017. and all I have to say is that season two better be worth the wait and the patience. The series was supposed to premiere this year, but it was postponed.
Below you'll find a list of the cast and crew. Hopefully, they will deliver a second season that will be absolutely mind-blowing.
The Crew:
Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki (director of first season)
Director: Masashi Koizuka (storyboard,...
Fans have been waiting for this series for way too long. I’m still bummed that we have to continue to wait until 2017. and all I have to say is that season two better be worth the wait and the patience. The series was supposed to premiere this year, but it was postponed.
Below you'll find a list of the cast and crew. Hopefully, they will deliver a second season that will be absolutely mind-blowing.
The Crew:
Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki (director of first season)
Director: Masashi Koizuka (storyboard,...
- 7/4/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The staff of the Attack on Titan franchise revealed at the “Shingeki Matsuri” event on Sunday that the anime’s second season will premiere in spring 2017. The second season, which was initially announced in November 2014, was originally slated for 2016, but the delays have been continuous.
The staff for the second season was also announced:
Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki (director of first season)
Director: Masashi Koizuka (storyboard, episode director for first season)
Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Design: Kyoji Asano
Chief Animation Director: Kyoji Asano, Satoshi Kadowaki, Ayumi Yamada
Animation Production: Wit Studio
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Action Animation Director: Yasuyuki Ebara, Arifumi Imai, Takuma Ebisu
Art Setting: Yuuho Taniuchi
Titan Setting: Takaaki Chiba
Prop Design: Takuma Ebisu
Color Key: Ken Hashimoto
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
3Dcg Director: Shigenori Hirozumi
3Dcg Producer: Shuhei Yabuta
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Editing: Aya Hida
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound Effects:...
The staff for the second season was also announced:
Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki (director of first season)
Director: Masashi Koizuka (storyboard, episode director for first season)
Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Design: Kyoji Asano
Chief Animation Director: Kyoji Asano, Satoshi Kadowaki, Ayumi Yamada
Animation Production: Wit Studio
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Action Animation Director: Yasuyuki Ebara, Arifumi Imai, Takuma Ebisu
Art Setting: Yuuho Taniuchi
Titan Setting: Takaaki Chiba
Prop Design: Takuma Ebisu
Color Key: Ken Hashimoto
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
3Dcg Director: Shigenori Hirozumi
3Dcg Producer: Shuhei Yabuta
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Editing: Aya Hida
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound Effects:...
- 7/4/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Tokyo International Film Festival is on through October 31 and the special focus this year is on anime. Among the highlights are a tribute to Hideaki Anno, creator of the Evangelion series; Garm Wars: The Last Druid by Mamoru Oshii, the creator of the Ghost in the Shell franchise who's currently filming new Patlabor feature; Tetsuro Araki's Attack on Titan: The First Part; Shinji Aramaki's prequel Appleseed Alpha; new shorts by Shigeru Miyamoto featuring Pikmin, "cute creatures that are a hybrid of plant and animal," as Mark Schilling puts it in the Japan Times. We've also got a first round of reviews of Disney's Big Hero 6. » - David Hudson...
- 10/24/2014
- Keyframe
The Tokyo International Film Festival is on through October 31 and the special focus this year is on anime. Among the highlights are a tribute to Hideaki Anno, creator of the Evangelion series; Garm Wars: The Last Druid by Mamoru Oshii, the creator of the Ghost in the Shell franchise who's currently filming new Patlabor feature; Tetsuro Araki's Attack on Titan: The First Part; Shinji Aramaki's prequel Appleseed Alpha; new shorts by Shigeru Miyamoto featuring Pikmin, "cute creatures that are a hybrid of plant and animal," as Mark Schilling puts it in the Japan Times. We've also got a first round of reviews of Disney's Big Hero 6. » - David Hudson...
- 10/24/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has announced its Special Screenings line-up of high-profile films from Japan and abroad.
Aside from previously announced opening and closing films - Big Hero 6 and Parasyte - world premieres in Special Screenings include Mamoru Oshii’s Japan-Canada coproduction Garm Wars The Last Druid, a “hybrid animation fusing pioneer CG and live-action technologies”.
Also, Isshin Inudo’s romance Miracle: Devil Claus’ Love And Magic, Sebastian Masuda’s The Nutcracker 3D and Kiyotaka Taguchi’s The Next Generation - Patlabor - Episode 10, a live action version of Mobile Police Patlabor with special footage to screen with commentary from general director Oshii.
The line-up will also include a look at footage from upcoming Tim Burton feature Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. It opens in the Us on Dec 25.
The festival will run Oct 23-31.
Special Screenings
Title/country/director, Wp - World Premiere
Big Hero 6 (Us) Don Hall, [link...
Aside from previously announced opening and closing films - Big Hero 6 and Parasyte - world premieres in Special Screenings include Mamoru Oshii’s Japan-Canada coproduction Garm Wars The Last Druid, a “hybrid animation fusing pioneer CG and live-action technologies”.
Also, Isshin Inudo’s romance Miracle: Devil Claus’ Love And Magic, Sebastian Masuda’s The Nutcracker 3D and Kiyotaka Taguchi’s The Next Generation - Patlabor - Episode 10, a live action version of Mobile Police Patlabor with special footage to screen with commentary from general director Oshii.
The line-up will also include a look at footage from upcoming Tim Burton feature Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. It opens in the Us on Dec 25.
The festival will run Oct 23-31.
Special Screenings
Title/country/director, Wp - World Premiere
Big Hero 6 (Us) Don Hall, [link...
- 9/19/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Fan of the anime show High School of the Dead? Of course you are! It rules! Now if you have yourself an XBox Live account or a PlayStation Network account, you can catch the show anytime that you want!
From the Press Release
Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, partners with Sentai Filmworks to unleash a frightening new world of the living dead as it premieres the zombie action of High School Of The Dead on Neon Alley this Friday, April 19th. Episode 1 (English dubbed) of the high-octane anime action series will debut in High Definition at 10Pm Est / 7Pm Pst, replaying at 2Am Est / 11Pm Pst, and will air again throughout the week. New episodes will premiere every Friday. Check the Neon Alley program guide or NeonAlley.com for more information and additional airtimes.
Based on the...
From the Press Release
Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, partners with Sentai Filmworks to unleash a frightening new world of the living dead as it premieres the zombie action of High School Of The Dead on Neon Alley this Friday, April 19th. Episode 1 (English dubbed) of the high-octane anime action series will debut in High Definition at 10Pm Est / 7Pm Pst, replaying at 2Am Est / 11Pm Pst, and will air again throughout the week. New episodes will premiere every Friday. Check the Neon Alley program guide or NeonAlley.com for more information and additional airtimes.
Based on the...
- 4/18/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
I don't watch as much anime as I used to these days. But I was recently pointed in the direction of a great zombie anime series called High School of the Dead, which is a must watch for any fan of anime, horror or zombies. The film follows a group of high school teens who are trying to survive a massive zombie outbreak. The different characters introduced in the series are great, each one of them have there own way of dealing with the zombie outbreak and violently destroying them.
High School of the Dead is incredibly fun, violent, bloody and action-packed, and like many other anime series it's full of teasing sexual undertones. The series may not have the best writing, but it's extremely entertaining and I suggest you check it out. The entire first season can be found on Hulu, which is where I watched it.
Synopsis:
From director Tetsuro Araki (Deathnote,...
High School of the Dead is incredibly fun, violent, bloody and action-packed, and like many other anime series it's full of teasing sexual undertones. The series may not have the best writing, but it's extremely entertaining and I suggest you check it out. The entire first season can be found on Hulu, which is where I watched it.
Synopsis:
From director Tetsuro Araki (Deathnote,...
- 7/2/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
In the wake of the recent onslaught of the undead attacking American televisions with outings like The Walking Dead and Dead Set, the latest entry hails from Japan and can be found on DirecTV's VOD channel, Anime Network.
As I was channel surfing through my DirecTV Video-on-Demand selections, I came across High School of the Dead, a Japanese anime show that originally premiered in July of this year in Japan pits high school students against the undead. The show is directed by the man responsible for the Death Note anime, Tetsuro Araki, and is based on the manga of the same name created by Daisuke Sato.
In the heart of the story is a group of five students led by Takashi Komuro as they try to fight their way through the alarmingly swelling numbers of the undead at their school. Takashi is joined by Rei, a girl who Takashi has...
As I was channel surfing through my DirecTV Video-on-Demand selections, I came across High School of the Dead, a Japanese anime show that originally premiered in July of this year in Japan pits high school students against the undead. The show is directed by the man responsible for the Death Note anime, Tetsuro Araki, and is based on the manga of the same name created by Daisuke Sato.
In the heart of the story is a group of five students led by Takashi Komuro as they try to fight their way through the alarmingly swelling numbers of the undead at their school. Takashi is joined by Rei, a girl who Takashi has...
- 11/11/2010
- by Mark O. Estes
- TVovermind.com
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