Best curses anime
125 anime about curses, 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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3.6Spiritpact -Bond of The Underworld-
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Spiritpact -Bond of The Underworld-Ling Qi 2TV · 2018 · 12 ep3.6The second season of Spiritpact (Ling Qi). The series' Japanese dub premiered simultaneously with the original Chinese version and aired on Tokyo MX. (Source: Anime News Network)
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3.5Another
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
AnotherTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.5When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to a new school, he senses a frightening atmosphere in his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura…
3.5Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
TV · 2005 · 26 ep
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLETsubasa ChronicleTV · 2005 · 26 ep3.5During an excavation at the mysterious ruins in Clow Country, Syaoran discovers his childhood friend Princess Sakura appear on the site with wings that disperse into many feathers. As the feather's disappear to different dimensions, so…
3.5Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Divided
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern DividedCode Geass: Boukoku no Akito 2 - Hikisakareshi YokuryuuMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.5With her previous triumphs under her belt, Leila Malcal has now been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commanding officer of W-0. After having foiled an attempt to kidnap the General of the European army, she recruits the three…
3.5Once Upon a Witch's Death
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Once Upon a Witch's DeathAru Majo ga Shinu MadeTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.5On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy…
3.5Dorohedoro: Ma no Omake
Special · 2020 · 1 ep
Dorohedoro: Ma no OmakeSpecial · 2020 · 1 ep3.5An unaired episode included in the second Blu-ray box. An adaption of a total of six canon segments of the Extra Evil omakes from the manga volumes.
3.5The Slayers Evolution-R
TV · 2009 · 13 ep
The Slayers Evolution-RSlayers Evolution-RTV · 2009 · 13 ep3.5To find a way in rescuing Pokota's country Taforashia which was sealed by Rezo, Lina and her group are in search for the Hellmaster's jar in what the Red Priest placed his soul after death. Zelgadis is willing to do anything to get the jar…
3.5Skeleton Knight in Another World
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Skeleton Knight in Another WorldGaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e OdekakechuuTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep…and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world–as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its frightening skeletal appearance…
3.5Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern ArrivesCode Geass: Boukoku no Akito 1 - Yokuryuu wa MaioritaMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.5It is the year 2017, and Europe is being invaded by the forces of the Holy Britannian Empire. In an attempt to combat the opposition's overwhelming pressure and put an end to the massive casualties, the army forms a special unit called…
3.5Record of Lodoss War
OVA · 1990 · 13 ep
Record of Lodoss WarLodoss-tou SenkiOVA · 1990 · 13 ep3.5Created from the aftermath of the last great battle of the gods, Lodoss and its kingdoms have been plagued by war for thousands of years. As a quiet peace and unity finally become foreseeable over the land, an unknown evil begins to stir…
3.5Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note - A Grave Keeper, a Cat, and a Mage
Special · 2018 · 1 ep
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note - A Grave Keeper, a Cat, and a MageLord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Hakamori to Neko to MajutsushiSpecial · 2018 · 1 ep3.5As one of the Lords of the Clock Tower as well as the department head of the Modern Magecraft Theories department, Lord El-Melloi II holds yet another lecture for his diverse array of students. After the post-lecture meeting with other…
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3.5Unnamed Memory Season 2
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Unnamed Memory Season 2Unnamed Memory Act.2TV · 2025 · 12 ep3.5Seeking to end a curse thwarting his lineage, Prince Oscar sets out on a quest that leads him to a powerful and beautiful witch, Tinasha, and he demands a unique bargain: marriage. Though unenthused by the proposal, she agrees to stay in…
3.5Harlock: Space Pirate
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Harlock: Space PirateCaptain HerlockMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.5Many years into the future, battle has been raging across the galaxies as 500 billion humans, whose forebears were exiled from Earth, plan to return to what is still called home. Forced to flee a ravaged Earth, humans have now depleted the…
3.5Petite Princess Yucie
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
Petite Princess YuciePuchi Pri*YucieTV · 2002 · 26 ep3.5Seventeen-year-old Yucie can never be taken seriously. How can she, when she's been cursed to be trapped in a ten-year-old's body? Bright, cheerful and optimistic, Yucie has never let her curse get in the way of living a happy life. Her…
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3.5Record of Grancrest War
TV · 2018 · 24 ep
Record of Grancrest WarGrancrest SenkiTV · 2018 · 24 ep3.5The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the…
3.5Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Brightness Falls
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Brightness FallsCode Geass: Boukoku no Akito 3 - Kagayaku Mono Ten yori OtsuMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.5After discovering the face of their true enemy—someone who is related to Akito and responsible for the Geass placed upon him—W-0 attempts to return to their base at Castle Weisswolf. However, stranded in Warsaw due to a complication…
3.5Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom
Movie · 2005 · 1 ep
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage KingdomTsubasa Chronicle: Torikago no Kuni no HimegimiMovie · 2005 · 1 ep3.5In their continuing journey to find the feathers that are the fragments of Sakura's lost memory, Syaoran, Kurogane, Fai, and Sakura move through time and space with Mokona. Here, they visit the "Land of the Birdcage," a seemingly peaceful…
3.4A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!
TV · 2024 · 24 ep
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!TV · 2024 · 24 ep3.4Rookie teacher Haruaki Abe is as cowardly as they come. It's hard enough for him to handle human students without whimpering-and now he's going to be teaching at a school full of monsters?! It's a classroom of horrors for Haruaki, as his…
3.4Kaidan Restaurant
TV · 2009 · 23 ep
Kaidan RestaurantTV · 2009 · 23 ep3.4TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or ''dishes'': the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two ''dishes'' will deal…
3.4Nyan Koi!
TV · 2009 · 12 ep
Nyan Koi!TV · 2009 · 12 ep3.4Junpei Kousaka is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks…
3.4Ghost Stories: The Headless Horsemen!! Curse of Death
Special · 2001 · 1 ep
Ghost Stories: The Headless Horsemen!! Curse of DeathGakkou no Kaidan: Kubinashi Rider!! Shi no NoroiSpecial · 2001 · 1 ep3.4A headless rider terrorizes the town on the anniversary of what was his death, seeking to decapitate people like himself. When the ghost turns his headlights upon Satsuki, the gang needs to find a way to put him to sleep again, and quick!…
3.4Slayers Premium
Movie · 2001 · 1 ep
Slayers PremiumMovie · 2001 · 1 ep3.4Lina and Gourry travel to a seaside town named Acassi, where octopus tentacle is a delicacy. However, the octopus meat carries a curse that dooms the eater to only speak Takogo (octopus language). Amelia, Zelgadiss, and Xelloss all show…
3.4Midnight Occult Civil Servants OVA
OVA · 2019 · 3 ep
Midnight Occult Civil Servants OVAMayonaka no Occult Koumuin OVAOVA · 2019 · 3 ep3.4Three unaired episodes of Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin .
3.3How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
How NOT to Summon a Demon LordIsekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei MajutsuTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.3In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Takuma Sakamoto is so powerful that he is lauded as the “Demon Lord” by other players. One day, he is summoned to another world – but with the same appearance he had in the game! There, he meets two girls who…
3.3Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All TimeIzure Saikyou no Renkinjutsushi?TV · 2025 · 12 ep3.3Not even a hero, Takumi Iruma gets accidentally mixed in with a group of heroes chosen to be summoned to another world. As compensation for the mix-up, a goddess offers him the right to choose any skill he wishes for! Hoping for a peaceful…
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3.3Unnamed Memory
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Unnamed MemoryTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.3"My wish as champion is for you to descend the tower and be my wife." Seeking to end a curse thwarting his lineage, Prince Oscar sets out on a quest that leads him to a powerful and beautiful witch, Tinasha, and he demands a unique…
3.3Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I'm a Reincarnator
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I'm a ReincarnatorChichi wa Eiyuu, Haha wa Seirei, Musume no Watashi wa Tenseisha.TV · 2025 · 12 ep3.3Ellen, an 8-year-old girl and half-spirit, once lived as a scientist in modern-day Japan. Now she’s been reincarnated into a new family: Rovel, her father and the kingdom’s legendary hero, and Origin, her mother and the queen of spirits…
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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…
3.3The Classroom of the Black Cat and a Witch
TV · 2026 · 24 ep
The Classroom of the Black Cat and a WitchKuroneko to Majo no KyoushitsuTV · 2026 · 24 ep3.3Spica Virgo is an apprentice witch, but can’t use any magic. She needs someone to be her master in order to get into the academy of her dreams, but she has no money and no connections. Suddenly, a mysterious talking black cat that can use…
3.3MAO
TV · 2026 · 26 ep
MAOMaoTV · 2026 · 26 ep3.3A curse that binds past and present. Mao, a young mystic who lives in the Taisho period of early 1900s Japan, is a mysterious onmyoji who, after suffering a life-altering curse, has continued to live for nine hundred long years. His world…
3.3Ruin Explorers Fam & Ihrie
OVA · 1995 · 4 ep
Ruin Explorers Fam & IhrieHikyou Tanken Fam & IhrlieOVA · 1995 · 4 ep3.3Ancient curses, enchanted artifacts and plain old fashioned dungeon diving: that’s what Fam and Ihrie do for a living - whenever these lovely young ladies can get someone to pay them for it, that is. As two highly trained magic users with…
3.3I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu.TV · 2025 · 24 ep3.3Yuke, a red mage, angrily declares that he's leaving Thunder Pike, the A-rank party he's been with for five years, because he's fed up with being insulted and ridiculed by the other members. While searching for a new party, he runs into…
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3.3Dead Account
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Dead AccountTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.3Always ready for a fight! Destruction for destruction’s sake! The online streamer Aoringo is a troll, making the worst of the worst of boundary-pushing flamebait content and raking in the revenue from the hate-watchers. You may think he’s…
3.3Champignon Witch
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Champignon WitchChampignon no MajoTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.3Luna, a black witch who lives quietly in a poisonous mushroom house, deep in the Black Forest. She lives in the city making high-efficiency medicines, but it is said that if the "Mushroom Witch" touches you, you'll die, and she is avoided…
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…
3.2The Unaware Atelier Meister
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
The Unaware Atelier MeisterKanchigai no Atelier Meister: Eiyuu Party no Moto Zatsuyougakari ga, Jitsu wa Sentou Igai ga SSS Rank Datta to Iu Yoku Aru HanashiTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.2One day, Kurt, a kind-hearted boy, is suddenly kicked out of the Hero's Party for being "useless". He finds that his aptitude for weapons, magic, and all other combat-related skills is the lowest rank, so he takes odd-jobs repairing the…