Best Horror Anime of 1987

Renzaburou Taki seems like an ordinary office worker, but he is actually a member of the Black Guards, a covert group dedicated to preserving peace between humans and demons. With the peace treaty renewal deadline nearing, Taki is assigned to protect Giuseppe Mayart, a key human mystic, alongside Makie, a female demon. The task proves far more challenging than anticipated; as a faction of radical demons uses terrorist methods to break the agreement between the two realms, Giuseppe focuses on avoiding his duties to pursue romantic adventures with women.

Neo Tokyo is an anthology film composed of three distinct short stories directed by Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Katsuhiro Otomo. In "Labyrinth Labyrinthos," Sachi and her cat Cicerone fall through a mirror into a strange maze while searching for the feline, chased by a clown's shadow into the unknown. "Running Man" follows journalist Bob Stone as he investigates the life of Zack Hugh, the longtime champion of a deadly car race whose body and mind have deteriorated over ten years. As the next race begins, Bob witnesses the severe effects on both the racer and the vehicle. "The Order to Stop Construction" centers on office worker Tsutomo Sugioka, who ventures into a dangerous jungle to halt a construction project after the site supervisor goes missing. He finds himself in a chaotic domain run by self-operating construction robots. When the lead robot refuses to follow his orders, Tsutomo must find another way to stop operations before his company suffers major financial loss.

In the era of space colonization, rival corporations compete for dominance over newly discovered planets. Syncam, one such company, dispatches a mixed crew of experienced astronauts and new recruits into cryogenic sleep for a twenty-year voyage to a remote world. Upon awakening, a cryptic message discloses that two crew members are fugitives using false identities. This revelation breeds distrust among the group, triggering a string of bizarre deaths and disappearances. As the surviving members grow fewer, they must unravel the truth behind the malevolent forces operating aboard their ship.

Akemi Nakajima, a high school student possessing remarkable computer programming abilities, welcomes transfer student Yumiko Shirasagi to his class. Although Yumiko experiences a sense of recognition toward Nakajima, she chooses not to investigate it. Later, once school lets out, Nakajima and a few classmates carry out a ritual meant to summon a demon. Through his computer, Nakajima successfully conjures the demon Loki, accompanied by a female offering. The unanswered question is what fate awaits Yumiko, who witnesses this happening.

Hyoudo Riki is a pretty average guy who just happens to enjoy wearing a tiger mask and practicing Kung Fu, which makes him fit right in at Battle Royal High School. Unfortunately for Riki, he turns out to be the doppelganger of Byoudo, the Master of the Dark Realm. When a dimension gate opens between the two worlds, the evil Fairy Master tricks Byoudo into trying to conquer our world—which is much better lit, by the way. Now poor Riki is semi-possessed by his evil counterpart, and the Fairy Master's minions are mutating his classmates into hideous, lustful monsters. To make things worse, all the interdimensional chaos has drawn the attention of a sword-happy exorcist and the heroic Zankan of the Space-Time Police. All of which means Riki is about to face one nasty mid-term exam. The subject is survival, and forget "pass/fail"—this test is graded "live or die!"

Yuzuru Shiga leads a peaceful life, dedicating himself to archery practice with his high school team and spending time with his girlfriend, Satomi. This quiet routine is shattered when his aunt dies under mysterious circumstances, bringing his cousin Azusa—who is also his fiancée—back into his world. While Yuzuru views Azusa as merely family, she takes their engagement seriously and considers Satomi a rival she will not tolerate. As events grow increasingly surreal after Azusa's return, Yuzuru must decide whether his relationship with Satomi can survive these dangerous challenges.

In "Muramasa," a samurai capable of killing effortlessly soon realizes that he is merely a puppet himself. Through a stark, hand-drawn silent animation, the warrior arrives at this understanding firsthand. While traveling, he encounters a straw figure beneath a tree, pierced by a sword. When he pulls the blade free, he discovers its magical nature and the immense power it bestows. However, this strength comes with a heavy cost: wielding the sword gradually erodes the samurai’s sanity. He must now decide between holding onto his true self or sacrificing his mind for unparalleled might.

Long ago, there existed a household that wielded great sway over the governance of the Imperial Court. They possessed a unique power known as "Kidou," yet it was precisely that power which made them the object of hatred. In time, the head of the family was ensnared in a trap and met his end, and the entire lineage was driven to utter ruin. Now, in the present era, the surviving heirs of that bloodline—who now call themselves the "Kidousyuu"—have set in motion a scheme to bring their slain patriarch back to life, and a fierce and malevolent curse begins to stir.

Near the forbidden planet Inferno II, a spaceship goes missing without any trace. Several years之后，a second vessel carrying a crew of nine arrives and is attacked by a monster that rapidly eliminates most of them. The lone survivor, Kitazato Makurou, must eradicate this creature before the third incoming ship's occupants meet the same fate.