20 Dark Anime to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 dark anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
Death Note
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
Runner-up picks
2TV Series
Monster
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
3TV Series
Attack on Titan
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
More rankings
4TV SeriesBerserk
1997★ 8.5
5TV SeriesPsycho-Pass
2012★ 7.7
6TV SeriesDevilman Crybaby
2018★ 7.8
7TV SeriesMade in Abyss
2017★ 8.3
8TV SeriesPuella Magi Madoka Magica
2011★ 8.0
9TV SeriesTexhnolyze
2003★ 7.0
10TV SeriesSerial Experiments Lain
1998★ 8.2
11TV SeriesParanoia Agent
2004★ 7.9
12TV SeriesErgo Proxy
2006★ 7.7
13TV SeriesElfen Lied
2004★ 8.3
14TV SeriesHigurashi: When They Cry
2006★ 7.7
15TV SeriesShiki
2010★ 8.0
16TV SeriesClaymore
2007★ 8.2
17TV SeriesDorohedoro
2020★ 8.4
18TV SeriesChainsaw Man
2022★ 8.5
19TV SeriesTokyo Ghoul
2014★ 8.3
20TV SeriesThe Promised Neverland
2019★ 8.3
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 dark anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
- Type
- Curated
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- Count
- 20 titles
