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100

This 1988 anime film by Katsuhiro Otomo depicts a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo.

What is Akira?

100

In this anime, a high school student becomes host to a powerful cursed spirit and joins a secret organization of sorcerers to battle malevolent curses threatening humanity.

What is Jujutsu Kaisen? 

100

Anime about a boy who can see people’s memories through touch, often leading to murder investigations.

What is Erased

100

Giant humanoid creatures that eat humans in a walled city.

What are Titans (Attack on Titan)?

100

A notebook that lets you kill by writing someone’s name.

What is Death Note?

200

A series where students are trapped in a death game orchestrated by a bear-like mascot.

What is Danganronpa?

200

This anime follows a college student who becomes part-ghoul after a deadly encounter, forcing him to navigate a world where humans and ghouls are at war.

What is Tokyo Ghoul?

200

This anime focuses on a killer who uses chess-like tactics to trap victims and manipulate their decisions.

What is Death Parade?

200

In this anime, a young girl is tragically fused with her dog by her father in a forbidden alchemical experiment, creating a horrifying chimera.

What is Fullmetal Alchemist?

200

In this anime, a girl who believes in spirits and a boy who believes in aliens team up to fight supernatural threats.

What is Dandadan?

300

Known for its original Japanese horror tone, this anime became famous in English for its extremely comedic dub.

What is Ghost Stories?

300

The anime where a group of students are infected by a virus, causing grotesque body transformations.

What is Parasyte: The Maxim

300

A series featuring a group of students who must solve a life-or-death puzzle in a forest with a mysterious killer.

What is Another?

300

In this anime, demonic apostles serve a dark god, wreaking havoc on a mercenary named Guts.

What is Berserk?

300

In this anime, a boy merges with a demon to fight other demons, but the battle leads to mass chaos, violence, and the tragic collapse of humanity.

What is Devilman: Crybaby?

400

This anime follows a girl and her robot friend as they descend into a mysterious, deadly chasm filled with relics, creatures, and secrets.

What is Made in Abyss?

400

A 1998 anime OVA that features grotesque body horror and a scientist named Shohei.

What is Perfect Blue?

400

In this anime, a girl wakes up in a mysterious building with no memory of how she got there and must navigate deadly floors with a serial killer to survive.

What is Angels of Death?

400

In this anime, a young girl enters a magical bathhouse for spirits and must navigate a world of gods, witches, and creatures to save her parents.

What is Spirited Away?

400

This anime follows an organization as they battle vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural threats, led by a powerful immortal vampire named Alucard.

What is Hellsing?

500

In this anime, a group of students is trapped in a haunted school dimension called Heavenly Host, where vengeful spirits stalk them and gruesome deaths await at every turn.

What is Corpse Party?

500

Mutated humans with supernatural abilities fight against humans and each other in this post-apocalyptic anime.

What is Texhnolyze?

500

In this anime, a talented brain surgeon’s life spirals into chaos after he saves the life of a young boy who grows up to become a sociopathic serial killer.

What is Monster?

500

In this anime, half-human, half-demon warriors fight shapeshifting creatures called Yoma that prey on humans, while hiding their own demonic powers.

What is Claymore?

500

This anime centers on a girl with telekinetic powers and invisible arms called “vectors,” who escapes from a secret research facility, unleashing deadly violence on anyone who threatens her.

What is Elfen Lied?