Best Horror Anime of 2017

Nobuaki Kanazawa has trouble blending in at his new school and shows little desire to make friends. His distant behavior is later explained by a grim past: every student receives a mysterious text from someone calling themselves "The King." The message introduces the lethal "King's Game," where refusing, quitting, or failing to complete tasks within 24 hours leads to death. Having endured this ordeal before and witnessed others die, Nobuaki tries to warn his clueless classmates. They ignore him until the first deaths occur. Trapped in a horrifying situation with no way out, Nobuaki faces the dilemma of saving himself or attempting to rescue his classmates—a mission he failed to accomplish once before.

The kingdom of Midland is in turmoil as demons roam freely, spreading chaos everywhere. Guts, the branded swordsman, can no longer stay in one place for long. While he once could rely on his own strength to survive, he now must also protect the former Commander Casca, who has lost her memory and her trust in him. Haunted by constant demon attacks, they search for a safe haven where Casca can rest while they look for a way to heal her mind. Their ally, the elf Puck, speaks of the mysterious island of Elfhelm, rumored to be a refuge from the demon-infested world. Filled with hope but exhausted, Guts and Casca press onward, seeking both a peaceful sanctuary and revenge against those who caused their suffering.

Nagito Komaeda regains consciousness after dying in the Neo World Program. What sort of world awaits him, and why has he awakened? Nagito finds himself in a strange realm populated by students he has encountered before, along with others who never truly existed. He is an ordinary boy without his Ultimate Luck, attending a regular school. As a protagonist bound by his role, he believes that possessing a great talent would disrupt his contentment. He feels that living a mundane life, experiencing moderate happiness, and watching his classmates enjoy a normal youth is what makes everything wonderful. One day, however, a boy who calls himself "The Destroyer of the World" appears, taking the form of Hajime Hinata with red eyes. He sets out to demolish Nagito's world.

An intense wave of internet addiction grips the country's youth, leading many to become overly dependent on the virtual realm. Those deemed beyond recovery are confined to the Elite Reeducation Academy, intended to rehabilitate them into functional adults. Hibiki, a teenager suffering from this affliction, awakens at the academy without recollection of how he got there. The head instructor informs him that he was brought to the academy in a coma-like state at his mother’s insistence, as she feared his growing aggression due to his addiction. Feeling trapped in what seems more like a prison than an educational institution and unable to withstand the staff's harsh treatment, Hibiki contemplates ending his life by jumping from the roof. His plans are thwarted when he meets a mysterious individual named Shin, who promises to instill a sense of purpose in him.

If you harbor resentment toward someone, you can access the Hell Correspondence website at midnight. Typing the name of your enemy summons Ai Enma, the Hell Girl, who will carry out your revenge. But this service demands a terrible price: sending your foe’s soul to Hell means forfeiting your own soul to eternal suffering. Throughout her long career as the Hell Girl, Ai has encountered many individuals willing to pay that steep cost. In Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight, Ai and her mysterious companions continue their grim mission of delivering tormented souls to Hell. Recently, a strange girl has begun following them—a child who cannot recall her own name. This enigmatic figure questions Ai about her purpose as the Hell Girl. Just who is this girl, and what is her connection to Ai?

When mankind is threatened by the sudden emergence of undead monsters, those who are bitten become "Kabane" - one of them. To survive the rise of the Kabane, the people of Hinomoto have built fortress stations and barricaded themselves inside. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is the story of those who travel beyond these fortresses. The movie is a compilation re-telling of the hit TV series Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, told over two parts: Part 1: Light That Gathers and Part 2: Life That Burns. See special content, new additional scenes that appear only in the film, and a remastering of the ending - different from the original TV series.

Children gather once more in eager anticipation around the mysterious Storyteller, who remains concealed behind his mask. Using his distinctive kamishibai performances, he draws them into spine-chilling narratives filled with dread. Each tale is a grim and disturbing one, capable of happening to anyone... In this series, viewers encounter a salaryman who, after burying a deceased cat, becomes tormented by supernatural occurrences; a college student discovers a terrifying truth hidden within their newly rented apartment; boys venturing into a forsaken haunted house stumble upon an eerie aquarium; a man boards the wrong bus and finds himself trapped in unimaginable danger; and a young couple's amusement park trip takes a dark turn. Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 holds many more such stories for its audience.

The masked Storyteller returns in this fifth installment of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai to share more frightening tales through the kamishibai storytelling method. His audience this time consists of a group of young girls who have a dark fascination with his eerie stories. The Storyteller presents ghostly accounts involving various young females: a housewife haunted by a series of menacing phone calls; a peculiar girl whose flower-based predictions always prove accurate; a mother and daughter who have a foreboding encounter with the "crow lady"; and a young girl whose increasingly extreme demands on others grow more intense. Experience once more the Storyteller's spine-chilling and captivating tales that are sure to leave a lasting chill.

Chris Redfield seeks assistance from Leon S. Kennedy and Rebecca Chambers in stopping a vengeance-driven death merchant from spreading a deadly virus in New York.

In the hidden recesses of existence, strange and eerie phenomena remain largely unknown. These unsettling events are carefully recorded within the pages of a peculiar encyclopedia kept inside a decrepit building. Would you dare to explore the unknown and confront the horrors contained within its bindings? The grim tales preserved in that book depict disturbing, surreal encounters that often lead to terrifying conclusions. A husband searching for his unfaithful wife becomes a victim of alien visitors; a child forms a friendship with a snowman that conceals a dark secret; inexplicable crop circles appear on a rural farm, created by enigmatic beings; ominous mechanical entities go unnoticed in their environment. Each chilling story reveals a complex reality, exposing a shadowy world best left undisturbed.

The film Ao Oni The Animation adopts a style more akin to the traditional mystery horror of the original game while featuring an original story distinct from the game, novelization, and live-action adaptations. Set in a suburban town at the edge of a mountain forest, the narrative follows five members of a high school folklore research club. While brainstorming ideas for the upcoming culture festival, they come across a collection of research notes left by a former member from forty years prior. The legend recorded in those notes closely mirrors a popular free game known as "Ao Oni," prompting the club to select that game as their culture festival theme. They manage to arrange a meeting with the game's creator, but soon after, the creator dies under mysterious circumstances. As the club members delve into the mystery within their school, the door suddenly closes, and they become trapped inside.

During a late-night school event, Asuka and her group are assigned to locate the scattered pieces of a dead body. If they are unable to put the whole corpse back together, the date of November 9th will keep looping, enabling the Red Person to continue killing. The mystery remains: who is the Red Person?

Short TV anime series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Youkai Ningen Bem.

The second season of Kimoshiba.