I haven't seen many Horror Anime! What are your favorites?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:20 pm

I haven't seen many Horror Anime! What are your favorites?

I tend to watch, the Love will save the world animes.

Which happens to be the best!

I'm curious... Is Higurashi a Horror Anime?

birdie · Post by **birdie** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:16 pm

RoboFlonne wrote:I haven't seen many Horror Anime!

I'm curious... Is Higurashi a Horror Anime?

I really haven't seen a lot of Horror Anime myself, but Higurashi .... I watched most of the episodes through my fingers.

That first episode was deceptive, I thought it was a comedy....

Post by **JWR** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:37 pm

There are many horror themed animes which are quite good.
Some I would recomend:
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Vampire Princess Myu
Elfen Lied
Serial Experiments Lain

But the most horrifing one is Di Gi Charat

listening to it is a form of torture outlawed by the Geneva Convention.

kira · Post by **kira** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:57 pm

i havent seen many either.

i was gonna mention vampire princess miyu but jwr beat me. the only one i can think of is hellsing, not sure which would be better the tv or ova.

klet · Post by **klet** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:37 am

My favorite is Monster.

So much so that I almost bid on some Monster genga that ended this morning.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:48 am

klet wrote:My favorite is Monster. So much so that I almost bid on some Monster genga that ended this morning.

I've only read some of the manga, is the anime similar? The art style looks right and the plot intrigues me.

HotIce · Post by **HotIce** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:10 am

I think Hellsing is concidered Horror. and I love it to pieces! Alucard <3.

Prince Vegeta · Post by **Prince Vegeta** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:41 am

I would have to disagree with Hellsing, Elfen Lied, and tsukihime being horror series. Hellsing is more like an action series, while elfen lied consists of a number of intertwind love stories. Tsukihime is sort of a love/action series.....but all three are very entertaining. That's just my opinion though.

I would recommend Requiem From the Darkness. It's a number of short/famous japanese horror stories. You can check out a few episodes on youtube to see if you like it.

Cheers,
PV

RX78GP02AGUNDAM · Post by **RX78GP02AGUNDAM** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:33 am

High School Mystery Gakuen Nana Fushigi
Its a Japanese psychic phenomenon anime back from 91.
That creeped me out back in the day. The OP still doesn't feel good.

Oide...Oide..

GuyvarIII · Post by **GuyvarIII** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:53 am

Blood Reign: Curse of the Undead Yoma, Laughing Target, and Genocyber
horror in the past, present, and future.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:54 am

Prince Vegeta wrote:I would have to disagree with Hellsing, Elfen Lied, and tsukihime being horror series. Hellsing is more like an action series

I can kind of see your point. But with vampires, the undead and tons of blood, most people consider Hellsing a horror series due to the subject material. I think most parents would be ok with their kid watching (edited) Dragon Ball, an action series, over Hellsing, a horror/action series. So, I can see why Hotice mentioned it. I even thought about mentioning it before she did but she beat me to it.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:58 pm

In the grand scheme of anime, there aren't too many horror titles- there seem to be more live-action films and manga representing this genre. In fact, I'm not convinced that anime is the best medium for the genre. Anime tend to be too polished and vivid in appearance.

Still, there are some I've seen that I enjoy:
Monster City [Demon City Shinjuku]
Biohunter
Violence Jack
Devilman

A more recent one I saw was Gilgamesh, it had decent character designs but I switched off after episode 4 because it was too dull. Storywise, it tried to be interesting but took a long time to get started and the editing was sloppy which often occurs from poor direction.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:17 pm

Rumiko Takahashi's Mermaid Saga
Death Note
Boogiepop Phantom
Perfect Blue
Paranoia Agent

Now, the last two are more "thrillers" or "suspense" because that is what Satoshi Kon does best. But in a lot of ways, the plots can be fairly horrific. Horror doesn't necessarily mean a high body count and buckets of blood. Horror movies can be socially shocking and intelligent, but still give you a decent scare.

Live action horror, as Krafty mentioned, accounts for a lot of the overall "dumbing down" of the genre. It doesn't have to be mindless violence to be horror. It can be haunting and creepy but still smart and well-made. Most of the works I just mentioned are provocative and I'd still count them in the horror genre.

frozentime · Post by **frozentime** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:23 pm

Obviously my favorite is Vampire Miyu!

I also agree with some of the other previously mentioned: the various Mermaid Saga stories (original OVA's and manga are my favorites), Boogiepop Phantom, and Demon City Shinjuku. Wicked City is also good, but basically the more hard core version of DCS. I think 3X3 Eyes (Sazan Eyes) is worth a mention, but it's more gory than classic horror, and Requiem From the Darkness might be worth listing, but I'm only about half way through, and can't yet say I would list it as a classic. I personally would also consider Vampire Hunter D a mentionable title (if more for the sake of history), and the Bloodlust version is worth multiple viewings for the artwork alone!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:54 pm

I haven't really seen any horror genre animes either. I agree with WC. I wouldn't call Perfect Blue horror. It's more suspense especially since they compared it to Hitchcock films. And Serial Experiments Lain is certainly not horror either. I would say it fits more into SciFi/Fantasy. Although for me, other than the wonderful music, it's fits in my boring catagory.

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