This time Dafunda will provide the Best Horror Anime Recommendations with added Gore for those of you who are looking for it. But we warn you, some anime from these lists contain elements / parts of semi gore to gore which makes it a list of the scariest horror anime!
31 Best Horror Anime Recommendations, Be Careful Because They Contain Semi-Gore Elements!
1. Blood C
Blood C tells the story of a girl named Saya Kisaragi, a girl who looks normal but is a swordsman (samurai) and the future successor of her father’s temple. Saya is an innocent and very kind girl. But my kindness brought trouble on itself.
He had to accept the fact that he was the only one left alive from his village, because someone released a monster that killed everyone who couldn’t save themselves.
In the end, all his friends and even his father were killed by the monsters, and from there he held a grudge against the person who released the evil monsters.
Once again be careful, this anime is not a semi gore level! This is a gore anime that will leave you shaken when you see the gruesome footage of the death of Saya Kisaragi’s friends such as people being tortured and eaten by monsters at the end of the episode.
2. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
The next best horror and gore anime recommendation is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri. This anime is one of the anime that people often associate with attack on titan, because of the similarity in the storyline.
The anime itself tells the story of a zombie outbreak called kabaneri (undead) that spread and killed many people. Tells about the struggle of the main characters in surviving and also saving the remaining lives.
3. Highschool of the Dead
Not much different from the Koutetsujou no Kabaneri anime, this anime also tells about the struggle of people to survive the undead plague.
However, the difference is that the plague that spreads and messes up in this anime takes place in modern times and is mainly set in schools with main characters who are also students.
But not to worry, this anime is still at a semi gore level, as many scenes only show blood.
4. Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu
The next best horror and gore anime recommendation is Parasyte. This anime also tells the story of a plague that will take over the human body and become another species.
Not zombies or titans, it was a plague of parasites that came from another world and took over the human body. The terrible thing is that humans become food for the parasites.
Get ready to shake, this anime is no longer at the semi gore level, this anime has entered a super horrifying level of gore with a scene of body splitting by parasites.
5. Corpse Party
This anime tells the story of several years passed after the unforgettable tragedy at Tenjin Elementary School, a serial murder was sadistically committed. After the school was demolished, a new Kisaragi Academy school was built.
One night, eight Kisaragi students played a game of Sachiko(A traditional Japanese game of making paper dolls of Sachiko and then holding each piece of Sachiko and tearing it apart).
After they put away Sachiko’s scraps of paper, an earthquake suddenly occurred and collapsed the classroom floor, stranding them in the time of Tenjin Elementary School with so many ghosts of serial murder victims.
6. Another
Another telling of the mystery of the 3-3 curse and the mysterious Mei Misaki will make you curious. The creative deaths of some of the victims, such as dying by being stuck with an umbrella, and dying by a piece of glass will be a thrill that makes your hair stand on end.
Koichi Sakakibara transferred to Yomiyama Junior High School ‘s Class 3-3 without knowing the curse that has haunted the place since 1972. As the curse begins to rise again, all 3-3 students are shadowed by death with every step they take.
7. Experiments Lain
This anime tells the story of Lain Iwakura, a very introverted girl at a time when Wired, a social network that was popular.
One day, Lain’s classmate received a Spam message containing strange content. Lain was then asked by his friend to check the Spam message at his house.
Not knowing what Wired is, Lain checked her Spam mailbox and found a message sent by her own friend Chisa Yomoda, the strange thing is that Chisa is dead. Chisa herself said she wasn’t dead, she was separated from her body and trapped in a visual world called Wired.
8. Tokyo Ghoul
The next best gore horror anime recommendation is Tokyo Ghoul. This anime tells about a world where there is a terrible creature called Ghoul, and the food of this creature itself is blood and human bodies.
Ghouls are not all evil, there are ghouls that can control themselves and even act kindly to protect humans.
However, a misunderstanding between the three parties between humans, Good Ghouls, and Evil Ghouls made this place a battlefield between the three parties, and resulted in massive battles that ended up hurting, torturing, and even killing each other.
It’s definitely not a good area for ordinary people who don’t have the ability to fight and protect themselves.
9. Gakkou Gurashi
Gakkou Gurashi tells the story of Yuki Takeya who joined the school life club out of love for his school.
Together with their three friends, Kurumi, Rii-chan, and Miki, they go through various school activities, while surviving the zombie disaster that is happening around them.
10. Kurayami Santa
This anime does look cute on the cover, but the horrifying side of this anime is that it tells the story of the adaptation of animation footage obtained from 1960 which was all created in the framework of the Showa-era atmosphere.
A protagonist named Santa has a task, in maintaining the balance of human souls in the human world.
11. Hellsing
The next best gore horror anime recommendation is Helsing. This anime tells the story of a secret organization that exterminates vampires that has been operating for hundreds of years under the British royal government.
The Hellsing family has a secret weapon in exterminating vampires, a first-born vampire and the strongest vampire ever created.
He is Arucard, a vampire who was defeated by Van Hellsing in the past and then served the Hellsing family.
12. Shinsekai Yori
In Japan, a Utopia was created. The protagonist, Saki Watanabe lives in a simple village closed off from the outside world. Her world is ruled by people who possess divine powers(Juryoku) in the form of Psychokinesis.
After she finally gained her divine powers, Saki began attending the Sage Academy (Zenjin) to train with 5 of her friends: Satoru Asahina, Maria Akizuki, Mamoru Itou, Shun Aonuma, and Reiko Amano.
Not everything is as it seems, for within the village that is everyone’s Utopia there are strange rumors of big cats kidnapping children, and some students from the academy sometimes just disappear.
The world and its history look much darker than what is actually seen in the scattered villages and humanity is on the edge of destruction.
13. Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
The anime tells the story of Seikyou Academy, for 60 years, it has been haunted by a ghost known as Yuuko, a young woman who died mysteriously in the basement of the old school building.
With no memory of her life or death, Yuuko founded the Supernatural Investigation Club aiming to find answers.
Teiichi Niiya is the man who can see Yuuko and is also trusted by Yuuko to find answers to her death.
14. Kara no Kyoukai
The next best gore horror anime recommendation is Kara no Kyoukai. In a town where Shiki lives, there is a spate of mysterious schoolgirl suicides. The motives and whether these are pure suicides are still mysterious.
Mikiya, meanwhile, fell into a coma after approaching the Fujou Building. Then Shiki went to the Fujou Building alone to save Mikiya. At the building, Shiki met Kirie Fujou. The cause of the girls’ suicides as well as Mikiya’s coma was Kirie’s doing.
Kirie had a strange illness that could not be cured. Then, she imagined flying up into the sky, from where her soul separated from her body.
15. Deadman Wonderland
This anime is very exciting in terms of storyline, set in prison. Tells the story of Igarashi Ganta intending to take a vacation with his classmates to go to an amusement park called Deadman Wonderland.
But at school, while Ganta and his friends were studying, a man in red (Akai Ogoto, Red Man) appeared from the classroom window. Ganta is shocked because his class is on the 3rd floor.
Suddenly, the red man attacked Ganta’s class and caused all of his friends to die except for himself. The red man then planted a piece of rock in Ganta’s chest.
When Ganta regained consciousness, he was immediately vilified for allegedly killing his classmates. Ganta was then sentenced to death.
But first he was taken to Deadman Wonderland. A privately owned prison where prisoners perform circuses. The prison is also a public playground where the public can enter and watch the entertainment.
Ganta, who did not accept going to prison, then tried to escape from Deadman Wonderland. However, he had to meet an unexpected problem.
Moreover, he is a special prisoner who must participate in a special game that only secret prisoners can participate in. A game called “Carnival Corpse” where only “Deadman” can participate!
