Top 10 Horror Anime of 2023
1. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.
(Source: Viz Media)
2. Dark Gathering
After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitarou Gentouga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitarou eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitarou into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.
(Source: HIDIVE)
3. Nero
Music video directed and animated by Nowoka for the song Nero by Sou.
Note: The song featured in this music video also serves as the opening theme for the anime Dead Mount Death Play. There exists two versions of this song; the original featuring Sou, and a vocaloid version featuring Flower which was later uploaded on April 13, 2023 on Kirai Hiiragi's channel.
4. Akuma Kun
Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder misteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third.
The show, despite being an alternate story, is set to be the adventure of Shingo's "son", therefore, it could be considered as a sequel to the 1989 original
(Source: Netflix)
5. Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC
A 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
- Where the Sandman Lives
- Ice Cream Truck
- Tomb Town
- Library Vision
- Headless Statue
6. The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
In Showa 31 (1956), Nagura Village was secretly controlled by the Ryuga family, who dominated Japan's political and financial circles. Mizuki, who worked at the Imperial Blood Bank, entered the village under the pretense of mourning the death of the head of the family, carrying ambitions and a secret mission. At the same time, Kitaro's father entered the village searching for his wife. Within the Ryuga family, a vicious struggle over succession had begun.
(Source: Toei Animation)
7. Resident Evil: Death Island
D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.
(Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment)
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Music video directed by obmolot for the song ...... by x0o0x_.
9. Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11
The eleventh season of Yami Shibai.
10. MAKE MY DAY
The snowy, ice-covered planet Coldfoot is home to a precious energy-rich ore called “Sig.” On the surface, the planet seems to be a crime-free utopia, but in reality prisoners are used for back-breaking Sig mining. Jim, a young prison guard, rushes to the site of a sudden mining accident to find a mysterious creature attacking the humans.
(Source: Netflix)