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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3.5GOOD NIGHT WORLD
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
GOOD NIGHT WORLDGood Night WorldONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.5In the online game "Planet," there is a powerful team of four players. This team goes by the name "The Akabane Family," and its members are a pseudo-family that only exists in the game. Although they aren't aware of it, these four players…
3.5Dead Leaves
Movie · 2004 · 1 ep
Dead LeavesMovie · 2004 · 1 ep3.5Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a devastating crime spree in search of food, clothing and transportation, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary…
3.5Alien Nine
OVA · 2001 · 4 ep
Alien NineAlien 9OVA · 2001 · 4 ep3.5Yuri Ootani, a girl who has been afraid of aliens, has been chosen to be on the alien party with the class president Kumi Kawamura, whose only intention to join the alien party is to get out of presidential duties, as well as Kasumi Tomine…
3.5Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
Movie · 2010 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the TrailblazerKidou Senshi Gundam 00 Movie: A Wakening of the TrailblazerMovie · 2010 · 1 ep3.5The year is 2314 AD, two years after Celestial Being's last great battle and the world faces a new crisis. A derelict Jupiter exploration ship, abandoned 130 years ago, has left its orbit and is approaching Earth. The ESF has also begun to…
3.5Fafner
TV · 2004 · 25 ep
FafnerSoukyuu no Fafner: Dead AggressorTV · 2004 · 25 ep3.5Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain…
3.5Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Movie · 1981 · 1 ep
Fantastic Adventures of UnicoUnicoMovie · 1981 · 1 ep3.5Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only gods should be able to…
3.5Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey
OVA · 2002 · 13 ep
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless OdysseyOVA · 2002 · 13 ep3.5On an archaelogical mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers…
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3.4BLAME!
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
BLAME!Blame! MovieMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.4In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself…
3.4Digimon: Hurricane Touchdown
Movie · 2000 · 2 ep
Digimon: Hurricane TouchdownDigimon Adventure 02 MoviesMovie · 2000 · 2 ep3.4Years after a young boy in America loses one of his Digimon friends, an evil viral Digimon successfully kidnaps the original Chosen Children. Their younger friends must race against time with their Digimon partners to discover the source…
3.4Malice@Doll
OVA · 2001 · 3 ep
Malice@DollOVA · 2001 · 3 ep3.4Malice, a sex robot living in an abandoned human city, is assaulted and violated by a mysterious creature. Upon awakening, Malice finds out that she has become human and can pass on her humanity to her fellow machines. However, her gift…
3.4Princession Orchestra
TV · 2025 · 48 ep
Princession OrchestraTV · 2025 · 48 ep3.4The anime takes place in Alicepia, which is a mysterious country that has existed since ancient times. The inhabitants of Alicepia, the Alicepians, are a fun-loving people, but one day mysterious monsters called Jamaock appeared to…
3.4Muteki Choujin Zambot 3
TV · 1977 · 23 ep
Muteki Choujin Zambot 3TV · 1977 · 23 ep3.4There once existed a planet named Beal, until it was wiped out by the mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita respectively. While…
3.4Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!
Movie · 2006 · 2 ep
Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!Movie · 2006 · 2 ep3.4This double feature comprises of Gunbuster and Die Buster (aka Gunbuster 2) condensed them into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between. The first part, Gunbuster the Movie, condenses the six…![[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx10163-DGTY24yRLZrt.jpg)
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3.4[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility
TV · 2011 · 11 ep
[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of PossibilityC: The Money of Soul and Possibility ControlTV · 2011 · 11 ep3.4The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his…
3.4RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
TV · 2008 · 6 ep
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachiTV · 2008 · 6 ep3.4Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown…
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3.4Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
Digimon Adventure 02 The BeginningDigimon Adventure 02: The BeginningMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.4It’s 2012, and ten years have passed since the adventure in the Digital World. Daisuke Motomiya is now twenty, and he and the rest of the DigiDestined seem to be changing bit by bit in terms of appearance and lifestyle. Then one day, a…
3.4Cybersix
TV · 1999 · 13 ep
CybersixTV · 1999 · 13 ep3.4A genetically engineered soldier created by the sinister Von Richter, Cybersix now hides from her creator as she struggles to discover who she really is. By day, she poses as male high school teacher Adrian Seidelman, hiding the feelings…
3.4Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector
TV · 2010 · 26 ep
Super Robot Wars OG: The InspectorSuper Robot Taisen OG: The InspectorTV · 2010 · 26 ep3.4With many of its central personnel lost in the war, the Earth Federation Government is forced to rebuild, and Brian Midcrid, president of the Unified Colonies, takes the position of its president. During an emergency session of the…
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3.3Engage Kiss
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
Engage KissTV · 2022 · 13 ep3.3The anime is set in Bayron City, an artificial island city established, outside of any country's jurisdiction, in the Pacific Ocean to exploit local natural resources. In particular, the mining of the new energy resource orgonium has…
3.3Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!Haiyore! Nyaruko-sanTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.3"I'm Nyarlathotep, the creeping chaos always smiling beside you." But you can call her Nyaruko for short. One by one, the Great Ones from the Cthulhu mythos are coming to earth to target Nyaruko and her human friend Mahiro. He's utterly…
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3.3Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the MacabreItou Junji: ManiacONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.3A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from: - Tomie - Souichi - The Hanging Balloons - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance - Unendurable Labyrinth - The Long Hair in the Attic - Bullied…
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3.3ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
Movie · 2026 · 1 ep
ALL YOU NEED IS KILLAll You Need Is KillMovie · 2026 · 1 ep3.3After an unidentified plant from outer space invasion, Rita finds herself trapped in a time loop, forced to relive the same day over and over again. With each loop, she learns. She fights. Her memories and experiences sharpen her skills…
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3.3Red Garden
TV · 2006 · 22 ep
Red GardenTV · 2006 · 22 ep3.3Strange suicides have been taking place in New York. One day, four girls from the same high school wake up in the morning feeling tired and dizzy and not being able to remember anything about the previous night. In school, they find out…
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3.3NG Knight Lamune & 40
TV · 1990 · 38 ep
NG Knight Lamune & 40NG Knight Ramune & 40TV · 1990 · 38 ep3.3Lamune is an ordinary 4th grade boy who loves playing video games. He buys one from a peddler girl and helps her sell the rest. At home, he plays the game called "King Sccasher" & beats it. The peddler girl then comes out of the TV…
3.3Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
TV · 2019 · 13 ep
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's StrongestArifureta Shokugyou de Sekai SaikyouTV · 2019 · 13 ep3.3When a classroom of students is transported to another world to act as its saviors, Hajime Nagumo finds himself the weakest link. As his friends and classmates are granted strong classes and impressive abilities due to their existing…
3.3The Day I Became a God
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
The Day I Became a GodKamisama ni Natta HiTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.3Youta Narukami is a student focused only on his college entrance exams. During his last summer break of high school, he is approached by a girl named Hina who says she is the god of omniscience. She tells him that in thirty days, the world…
3.3Vampire Princess Miyu
OVA · 1988 · 4 ep
Vampire Princess MiyuKyuuketsuhime MiyuOVA · 1988 · 4 ep3.3A quiet gothic horror story about a vampire girl, Miyu, whose destiny it is to hunt down murderous demons known as Shinma and return them to their land of origin, the Dark. Miyu is pursued by the Spiritualist Himiko, determined to find out…
3.3Phoenix: Eden17
ONA · 2023 · 4 ep
Phoenix: Eden17Hi no Tori: Eden no SoraONA · 2023 · 4 ep3.3The anime follows a woman named Romi and her partner as they depart from the devastated Earth and head for a new life on the planet Eden17. However, life has already been made extinct on the new world, so Romi finds herself eking out an…
3.2Otherside Picnic
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Otherside PicnicUrasekai PicnicTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.2Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the Otherside. Attracted to its beauty, she soon discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary. Joining with Toriko in her search for a missing…
3.2Voices of a Distant Star
OVA · 2002 · 1 ep
Voices of a Distant StarHoshi no KoeOVA · 2002 · 1 ep3.2It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru…
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3.2King of Thorn
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
King of ThornIbara no OuMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.2Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus threatens to wipe out the human race. Kasumi is one of 160 people chosen to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is found. When she awakens to find the facility overrun with thorny vines and…
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3.2Shamanic Princess
OVA · 1996 · 6 ep
Shamanic PrincessOVA · 1996 · 6 ep3.2To retrieve the talisman stolen by her beloved, Tiara hunts the night, battling monsters with her awesome shamanic powers. Disguised as an ordinary schoolgirl by day, she arrives at his lair only to find her archrival on the scene…
3.2Betterman
TV · 1999 · 26 ep
BettermanTV · 1999 · 26 ep3.2A deadly virus known as "Algernon" has attacked humanity with vicious meaning. At the forefront of the battle is the mystifying Akamatsu Industries - disguised as a heavy machine factory in Tokyo, this undercover organization uses neural…
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3.2GR: Giant Robo
TV · 2007 · 13 ep
GR: Giant RoboTV · 2007 · 13 ep3.2The year is 20XX. Mysterious huge robots called "Giant Robo (GR)" started to appear all over the world and destroy cities. The earth was covered with fear. And their next target is Japan! The hero of this animation Daisaku Kusama, who…
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3.1Junji Ito Collection
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Junji Ito CollectionItou Junji: CollectionTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.1In the light of day and in the dead of night, mysterious horrors await in the darkest shadows of every corner. They are unexplainable, inescapable, and undefeatable. Be prepared, or you may become their next victim. Sit back in terror as…
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3.1Japan Sinks: 2020
ONA · 2020 · 10 ep
Japan Sinks: 2020Nihon Chinbotsu 2020ONA · 2020 · 10 ep3.1The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that…