Best cosmic horror anime
186 anime about cosmic horror, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.8Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Seraph of the End: Battle in NagoyaOwari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-henTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.8Yuuichirou has reunited with Mikaela at the Shinjuku Battle. But Mikaela was turned into a vampire... To save the "family," and to protect his fellow members, Yuuichirou needed to gain knowledge and power. He searched for ways to bring…
3.8WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?TV · 2017 · 12 ep3.8Five hundred years have passed since the humans went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious ‘Beasts’. The surviving races now make their homes up on floating islands in the sky, out of reach of all but the most mobile of…
3.8Digimon Tamers
TV · 2001 · 51 ep
Digimon TamersTV · 2001 · 51 ep3.8Takato Matsuda, Ruki Matsuno, and Lee Jenrya are children who have, by fate, received real Digimon, unlike the imaginary ones in the card game they play. Each of the children, or "Digimon Tamers", have their different views on how Digimon…
3.8Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling DownPersona 3 the Movie 3: Falling DownMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.8As the season turns to autumn, Makoto and the other members of S.E.E.S. inch ever closer to the end of their battles with the Shadows. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious…
3.8Sgt. Frog
TV · 2004 · 358 ep
Sgt. FrogKeroro GunsouTV · 2004 · 358 ep3.8Keroro is a frog-like alien sent from his home planet on a mission to conquer Earth. But when his cover is blown, his battalion abandons him and he ends up in the home of the Hinata family. There, he's forced to do household chores and…
3.7Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's DreamPersona 3 the Movie 2: Midsummer Knight's DreamMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.7After realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything will continue just as…
3.7Gunbuster 2: Diebuster
OVA · 2004 · 6 ep
Gunbuster 2: DiebusterTop wo Nerae 2! DiebusterOVA · 2004 · 6 ep3.7While Gunbuster's final mission destroyed the space monsters' star system, the intergalactic war still continues. Earth's only hope lies in the hands of "TOPLESS", an elite mecha group with children possessing supernatural powers and new…
3.7Digimon Adventure (Movie)
Movie · 1999 · 1 ep
Digimon Adventure (Movie)Digimon Adventure MovieMovie · 1999 · 1 ep3.7A brother and sister discover the digital world is more than 1s and 0s when a living creature arrives out of the family computer. The adventures of a group of children start with the appearance of a Digital Monster in the real world…
3.7Pop Team Epic Season 2
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Pop Team Epic Season 2Poputepipikku 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.7Crude, rude, and a little…cute? Get ready for the larger-than-life attitude of Popuko and Pipimi, the small and tall stars of Pop Team Epic! Based off the bizarre four-panel webcomic by Bukubu Okawa comes a comedy that’ll throw you off…
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3.7Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202
OVA · 2017 · 26 ep
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachiOVA · 2017 · 26 ep3.7Three years since the return of the legendary Space Battleship Yamato, Earth has begun rebuilding itself and has made peace with the Gamilans. However, this recovery comes at the cost of utilizing the forbidden Wave Motion technology…
3.6Persona 4 the Animation
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
Persona 4 the AnimationTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.6Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV…
3.6Knights of Sidonia
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Knights of SidoniaSidonia no KishiTV · 2014 · 12 ep3.6It's been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous "seed ships" like the Sidonia, which have allowed…
3.6Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of BirthPersona 3 the Movie 1: Spring of BirthMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.6Terrible creatures lurk in the dark, preying on those who wander into the hidden hour that lies between one day and the next—the Dark Hour. A secret school club known as SEES defends humanity from horrors and disasters while working to…
3.6Naruto: Shippuuden - Sunny Side Battle
Special · 2013 · 1 ep
Naruto: Shippuuden - Sunny Side BattleSpecial · 2013 · 1 ep3.6Original Anime will feature the "unbelievable appearance of a certain popular character."
3.6Night on the Galactic Railroad
Movie · 1985 · 1 ep
Night on the Galactic RailroadGinga Tetsudou no YoruMovie · 1985 · 1 ep3.6What is true happiness? For Giovanni, the answer is as far away as the stars. Mired in hardship, the young kitten faces problems that should be unknown to someone his age. At school, his classmates mock and ridicule him, and after the bell…
3.6Space Runaway Ideon
TV · 1980 · 39 ep
Space Runaway IdeonDensetsu Kyojin IdeonTV · 1980 · 39 ep3.6From the continuing reclamation of the ruins of the planet Solo, mysterious mechas are excavated. But suddenly, an alien called Buff Clan attacks seeking the limitless energy “Ide.” The earthlings are backed into a corner, when the three…
3.6Hell Girl
TV · 2005 · 26 ep
Hell GirlJigoku ShoujoTV · 2005 · 26 ep3.6Somewhere in the vast sea of the Internet, there's a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whoever…
3.6Children of the Sea
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Children of the SeaKaijuu no KodomoMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.6One summer vacation, Ruka meets two boys, "Umi" and "Sora," whose upbringing contains strange and wonderful secrets. Drawn to their beautiful swimming, almost more like flying, Ruka and the adults who know them are intertwined in a complex…
3.6Yuki Yuna is a Hero
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Yuki Yuna is a HeroYuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de AruTV · 2014 · 12 ep3.6Yuuna Yuuki is an ordinary second-year middle school student. She gets up in the morning, gets ready for school, goes to classes, participates in club activities, and has fun with her friends. But there is one extraordinary thing about…
3.6Train to the End of the World
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Train to the End of the WorldShuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?TV · 2024 · 12 ep3.6In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to…
3.6Kaya-chan Isn't Scary
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Kaya-chan Isn't ScaryKaya-chan wa KowakunaiTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.6Kaya-chan attends Hanamugi Kindergarten, and she has an incredibly strong sixth sense. She secretly beats up the ghosts that stalk her friends and family, but in turn, she’s treated like a troublemaker since nobody understands her strange…
3.6Angel of Legend
OVA · 1996 · 2 ep
Angel of LegendAngel DensetsuOVA · 1996 · 2 ep3.6Angel Densetsu is a story about Seiichirou Kitano, a kind and naive boy with the heart of an angel, but the sinister looks of a devil. This causes many misunderstandings, leading people to assume that he is a villain or heroin addict, and…
3.6Fate/Grand Order CMs
Special · 2014 · 80 ep
Fate/Grand Order CMsFate/Grand OrderSpecial · 2014 · 80 ep3.6Assorted commercials for the Fate/Grand Order mobile RPG. These short animations are aired on TV and posted to Type-Moon's official YouTube channel, and advertise the game itself or promote a new in-game event. The animation is unique to…
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3.5AJIN: Demi-Human
TV · 2016 · 13 ep
AJIN: Demi-HumanAjinTV · 2016 · 13 ep3.5Kei Nagai’s body should have died when a truck slams into his body, but instead, he finds himself resurrected with all of his wounds healed. Now revealed to be an Ajin, one of a mysterious new breed of immortal demi-human, he’s been marked…
3.5SSSS.GRIDMAN
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
SSSS.GRIDMANSSSS.GridmanTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.5Collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions. Yuta Hibiki awakens with amnesia and the ability see things that others cannot. He first encounters a Gridman in the reflection of his friend Rikka Takarada's computer and it tells him to "Remember…
3.5SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
TV · 2026 · 11 ep
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the TableShibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.TV · 2026 · 11 ep3.5At 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…
3.5Cat Soup
OVA · 2001 · 1 ep
Cat SoupNekojiru-souOVA · 2001 · 1 ep3.5Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transcience of man's existence, but…
3.5Gantz:O
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Gantz:OMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.5Death does not have to be the end; one can live again, but only through beating the game posed by the black ball called Gantz. On his way home to celebrate his younger brother's birthday, brave and kind-hearted student named Masaru Katou…
3.5The Dragon Dentist
Special · 2017 · 2 ep
The Dragon DentistRyuu no HaishaSpecial · 2017 · 2 ep3.5The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring…
3.5Blood Blockade Battlefront: King of Kings Restaurant Fit for a King
OVA · 2016 · 1 ep
Blood Blockade Battlefront: King of Kings Restaurant Fit for a KingKekkai Sensen: Ousama no Restaurant no OusamaOVA · 2016 · 1 ep3.5An adaptation of a story in the 8th volume on the Kekkai Sensen manga.
3.5Pui Pui Molcar Driving School
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Pui Pui Molcar Driving SchoolPui Pui Molcar: Driving SchoolTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5Set in a world in which guinea pigs have turned into cars, there live “molcars” - a portmanteau of the Japanese word for guinea pig (morumotto, from the word “marmot”) and “car.” They are fluffy and adorable with big round eyes, cute…
3.5Round Vernian Vifam
TV · 1983 · 46 ep
Round Vernian VifamGinga Hyouryuu VifamTV · 1983 · 46 ep3.5AD. 2058, on the Clayad which was the 3rd planet of the Ypserlon system, which was 43 light years away from Earth, suddently aliens raided the planet.The emigrants on the Clayad had to escape from the planet. Because of the confusion…
3.5Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5Transported to another world and left behind by his former friends, Hajime had to make his rise from literal rock bottom. It was in the labyrinth where he strengthened his weak magic and found several beautiful allies. Now after saving his…
3.5Ghost Hound
TV · 2007 · 22 ep
Ghost HoundShinreigariTV · 2007 · 22 ep3.5In an isolated region of Kyushu lies the town of Suiten. Though seeming small and modest, Suiten is not a picturesque place for a vacation, unless it is from the “Unseen World”. Taro, Makoto and Masayuki, three boys with…
3.5Macross 7
TV · 1994 · 49 ep
Macross 7TV · 1994 · 49 ep3.535 years have passed since Lynn Minmay had brought peace between the Zentradi and the humans in the events of Macross. Nekki Basara is a guitarist and a singer of the band Fire Bomber. Living in a less-developed part of the flying colony…
3.5Digimon: Digital Monsters 02
TV · 2000 · 50 ep
Digimon: Digital Monsters 02Digimon Adventure 02TV · 2000 · 50 ep3.5A few years after the adventures of the Chosen Children in the Digital World, a new batch of Chosen Children are summoned to save the Digital World. An evil ruler known as the Digimon Kaiser, or Digimon Emperor, is forcing the Digital…