Top 10 Thriller Anime of 2023
1. Link Click Season 2
Cheng Xiaoshi by chance meets Lu Guang, a person possessing super powers, and awakens to his own special ability.
In order to save the Time Photo Studio which is on the verge of closing down, the two of them start to cooperate in using their super powers to enter photos of customers to complete their commissions.
However, the appearance of a mysterious killer shatters the peace, Lu Guang's condition is still unknown and Qiao Ling has also become entangled in the conspiracy. Faced with all this, how will Cheng Xiaoshi solve the situation?
(Source: bilibili, translated)
2. Tengoku Daimakyo
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven.
(Source: Disney+, edited)
3. PSYCHO-PASS: Providence
January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organization and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor's research documents known as the “Stronskaya Papers.” Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane grapples with a case that quickly escalates beyond their expectations. The Stronskaya Papers could reveal a truth that would shake Japan's government, and even the Sibyl System, to the core. It is in this untold story that the missing link is revealed.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
4. Dead Mount Death Play Part 2
The second cour of Dead Mount Death Play.
5. Dead Mount Death Play
As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave fighter off guard, and now he’s a boy named Polka Shinoyama in a whole new world! The showdown between good and evil just got epic.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
6. X&Y
When Yan moved back to his hometown, he never expected to be at the center of an eerie mystery. One day, he heads to XY Escape Room where he meets the owner, Xu, and finds himself completely captivated by her. But after this fateful encounter, Yan begins experiencing one creepy illusion after another—some that even involve his friends. Can he uncover the truth behind these strange events?
(Source: Crunchyroll)
7. My Home Hero
After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
8. 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
9. Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
Toake Daigo burns with remarkable talent and unparalleled determination. Onoda Shun struggles against the walls blocking his own path. Nakamura Yuki hopes to become one of the few female members of the special rescue corps known as "Orange." When these three young firefighters who share the goal of becoming members of Orange come together, the story of how Japan will one day be saved begins... and what looms before them is a crisis that endangers the entire country!
(Source: Crunchyroll)
10. Collar×Malice: deep cover
A dangerous shadow organization launches a campaign of fear and violence in the city of Shinjuku, pushing society to the brink of chaos. As a young police officer tasked with restoring order, you become the target of an attack, and have a poisonous collar attached to your neck. With the situation spiraling out of control and time running out, five mysterious strangers appear to aid you in your quest for the truth. Who can you trust? Will you be able to save yourself and the soul of Shinjuku from the clutches of oblivion?
(Source: Aksys Games)