7 spooky Netflix anime to start watching this Halloween

7 spooky Netflix anime to start watching this Halloween and for weeks after

Very few entertainment genres do the creepy, the bizarre, and the mysterious as well as anime. While many live-action shows are limited by the bounds of cost and some semblance of realism, animation flourishes when it comes to creating shows and films that are formed out of the strangest chasms of the mind. There’s really no limits in animation and Japanese animation, in particular, is well-versed in creating shows that scare you visually as well as psychologically, which is why we’ve created a list of seven spooky Netflix anime to start watching this Halloween.

But these anime aren’t just for a one-night holiday special. The shows in our list range from fresh-faced 2019, 20 episodes-long series to 1990s classics that contain almost 1,000 episodes you can continue to binge for weeks and months after to keep the Halloween season alive. We’ve even included family-friendly options with more positive ending themes to ponder.

From murder mysteries and psychological thrillers to supernatural horror and vampire wars, there’s a wide variety of anime to choose from to feed a seasonal hunger for terror. While immensely entertaining, drawing on animation’s freedom to explore all nooks and crannies of ghoulish fiction, there’s also a darker history to some of these dark anime that draws on plausible nightmares and speak to some of Japan’s social struggles during the time of the anime’s conception.

Feel the chills yet? Read on for an in-depth look at Netflix anime to start watching this Halloween and brace for the fear.