Masters of the Macabre
One of his famous works includes a story revolving around a man obsessed with spirals.
Who is Junji Ito?
JUSTICE! The protagonist of this tale weeds out the world of evil with a pen in his hand.
What is Death Note?
She's a redhead, cool and has this weird obsession with Control.
Who is Makima (Chainsaw Man)?
Completely wholesome game about being in a high-school club with four cute girls... I swear.
What is Doki Doki Literature Club?
In this 1988 classic, set in a dystopian Neo-Tokyo, a biker gang member gains destructive psychic powers after a government experiment goes awry.
What is Akira?
This mangaka's most famous work: A boy who can't eat human food.
Who is Sui Ishida?
In Japan, you have a standard ghost hunting show. In the U.S., you get a big, black man chasing you.
What is Ghost Stories?
Blonde hair, blue eyes, hella smart and literally Satan.
Who is Ryo Asuka (Devilman Series)?
A group of high school students who ultimately have to murder each other in a twisted killing game. PUHUHU!
What is Danganronpa?
A popular pop idol quits to pursue a career in acting. She begins to question her reality as reflects on her past while being stalked by an obsessed fan.
What is Perfect Blue?
Maker of the sci-fi body horror tale of aliens who turn humans into body-distorting monsters.
Who is Hitoshi Iwaaki?
This tale features the leader of a century-year old foundation fighting against Nazis and the Catholic Church.
What is Hellsing: Ultimate?
The proclaimed "monster" in the series, embodying pure evil and chaos for the man who saved his life.
Who is Johan Liebert (Monster)?
A survival horror adventure game series about a group of friends that perform a ritual and trap themselves in a school where the spirits of dead children haunt them.
What is Corpse Party?
A half-human, half-vampire who travels through the post-apocalyptic Frontier, hunting vampires.
What is Vampire Hunter D?
Started out his career in games development (visual novels) and, with his brother, made the When They Cry series
Who is Ryukishi07?
Imagine being raised in a loving environment only to find out your only purpose in life is to be dinner for demons.
What is The Promised Neverland?
Charismatic humanist who wants to see "the splendor of people's souls".
Who is Shogo Makishima (Psycho Pass)?
A young girl wakes up in the middle of a forest, and discovers that her only way out is completely blocked off by roses. She enters a mysterious house nearby in hopes of finding some means of escaping.
What is The Witch's House?
This 1995 anime anthology film features three distinct stories: a deadly experiment in space, a man trapped in a nightmarish city, and a military weapon gone rogue.
What is Memories?
Made Chi no Wadachi: a story about a mentally disturbed mother, obsessed over her adolescent child.
Who is Oshimi Shuuzo?
Follow this thriller tale about a young girl becomes immersed with a virtual world and she unravels mysterious and disturbing truths about existence, consciousness, and identity.
What is Serial Experiments Lain?
Tall, dark, and handsome. He's quite charming and known for his cold, calculated experiments on children, all in the name of scientific advancement. The ultimate package.
Who is Bondrewd (Made in Abyss)?
In this horror game, you play as an ordinary student who, along with your classmates, is cursed and trapped in a nightmarish dimension. To escape, you must recover the six body parts of a missing student who vanished three months ago.
What is Misao?
An experimental short film about little Nyaata going on a psychedelic journey to save his sister's soul.
What is Cat Soup?