In this article, we have gathered the best gore anime to watch on Netflix and other platforms. If you are looking forward to ‘Chainsaw Man’ on Netflix, start earlier with these Japanese animated series that have no hurry to show blood and dismemberments.
Horror is one of the most popular genres among viewers, but not everyone likes it similarly. In fact, under its roof, we find an endless number of subgenres that have solid fan bases.
Some love Asian horror films, and others can not resist a psychological horror film. There are real experts in zombie cinema or lovers of the most classic horror to give some examples.
Besides, within the range of horror, we find films and series of gore, horror, and extreme violence. It is not recommended for children under 18, which also have an audience.
And the anime, which is currently experiencing one of its best moments, would not be less. It’s more. The Japanese have always created explicit animated series on violence, blood, and dismemberment.
You may be surprised that these titles coexist with total normality in the different streaming platforms’ catalogs and millions of other productions.
One of the most anticipated series this 2022 is the anime series, Chainsaw Man. It’s a horror story set in a world also inhabited by demons born from the fears of humans, which is especially bloody.
Below, we’ve rounded up some of the best gore anime you can watch on both Netflix and other platforms.
Unfortunately, some of them are unavailable. But we hope they will, and you should have them on the radar.
1. CHAINSAW MAN
The Chainsaw Man was adapted to anime from the famous manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The story of Chainsaw Man is set in a world in which demons also inhabit. They can be born from the fears of human beings.
By their very nature, demons are extremely evil. And what makes them more dangerous is that their enormous power is proportional to the strength of their fears.
In this complex universe, humans have reacted differently:
While some negotiate with them, others have proclaimed themselves demon hunters and try to put their powers at their service.
Besides Earth, humans are also in hell, the truly dangerous ones.
The story, created by the MAPPA studio that also lies behind other great anime such as Shingeki no Kyojin or Jujutsu Kaisen, takes place in 1997. It is in an alternate timeline in which the Soviet Union still exists, and important historical events have never occurred.
Where to see it: On Crunchyroll starting October 11.
2. ATTACK ON THE TITANS
Whether or not you are a fan of the anime world, on some occasions, you have heard about Attack on the Titans, someone from your environment.
And it’s no wonder because Tetsurō Araki’s anime has become since it premiered in Japan in 2013. It is one of the most successful anime in recent years.
Inspired by the manga by Hajime Isayama, Shingeki no Kyojin -original title-, Attack on the Titans takes us to a fictional world in which the population has been devastated by giants who love human flesh.
Over time, the survivors created a walled area, so they could live away from these ruthless anthropomorphic creatures. Within those walls live the protagonists of the plot.
Eren Jaeger, his sister Mikasa Ackerman and his best friend, Armin Arlert.
But, their quiet life turns into chaos when a giant manages to tear down one of the walls that protect the city. It causes the inhabitants to panic when they see how some of them are devoured mercilessly.
Together, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin pluck up the courage to confront the huge predators, staging bloody battles to prevent humanity from being devastated again.
To date, the fiction has three seasons, with the fourth expected to premiere sometime in the fall of 2020.
Where to see it: Amazon Prime Video and Crunchyroll.
3. TOKYO GHOUL
If you want to sneak into an alternative Tokyo, except for its high doses of violence and blood, you just have to see Tokyo Ghoul. It is one of the ‘gore’ anime with more followers.
Based on the manga of the same name by Sui Ishida, it perfectly recreates every corner of the Japanese city. There they live, camouflaged among the rest of the population, beings known as ghouls, which feed on human flesh.
The story centers on Ken Kaneki, a university student who often unknowingly frequents a coffee shop run by these creatures. He meets Rize, a young woman with whom he does not hesitate to ask for an appointment.
At the end of their meeting, she accepts and confesses that she is a ghoul. After this shocking confession, both suffer an accident in which Rize loses his life. Ken is badly injured, and the doctors decide to transplant some of Rize’s vital organs.
So, as he begins to regain his life, he notices a strange thirst for human flesh. His new condition will make him see the underworld of ghouls with different eyes.
Where to see it: It’s no longer on Netflix. But you can watch the movie Tokyo Ghoul on the free platform with VIX advertising.
4. ELFEN LIED
Elfen Lied follows the story of Lucy, a girl who manages to escape from a research facility with only a helmet hiding her face and having killed several guards using what could easily be supernatural powers.
But Lucy is not a normal human. She is a diclonius, that is, mutations of the human being that can be easily recognized by having two small horns on her head and by possessing telekinetic powers and a strong killer instinct against humans.
After getting out, she meets Kouta and Yuka, two young men who decide to help her after she develops a double personality after being shot in the head.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll
5. PARASYTE
Parasyte is a gore anime not suitable for very sensitive people. The story follows Shinichi Izumi, a 17-year-old student who lives in Yokio with his father.
All goes well until one night. Then, strange worm-like creatures appear on Earth, taking over the brains of the people it infects by entering through their ears or nose.
Shinichi is saved when he wakes up at night. But the worm manages to get into his hand, turning it into a formless monster.
Both will unexpectedly connect and help each other to wipe out the parasites trying to wipe out humanity.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll
6. ANOTHER
Another follows the story of Koichi Sakakibara and his friendship with a girl from the new high school to which he moves. Mei Misaki is a seemingly normal and shy student who is ignored by many of her classmates and teachers.
But one day, the whole class begins to die in grotesque and horrible ways. Koichi will investigate the school’s history and discover who Misaki is.
Where to see it: Not available on any platform
7. BASILISK: THE KOUGA NINJA SCROLLS
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls is set in late sixteenth-century Japan. These two rival ninja clans find themselves engaged in an eternal blood fight that has spanned centuries.
To end this fight, they decide to send each of their 10 best ninja warriors. Thus originating fights where blood is the co-protagonist.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll
8. BERSERK
Inspired by the manga created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk has had several adaptations. The first in the late nineties and another in 2016, also to 3 films.
It tells the story of Guts, a warrior raised by a group of mercenaries. After killing his guardian – who takes care of the boy from birth – in self-defense, he fled.
Years later, he meets Griffith – who will eventually become his best friend – and the Hawk Band, a band of mercenaries to which he ends up fleeing.
Years later, he is pursued by demons, who harass him and his lover Casca. To get rid of a curse that seems inescapable, he has to end the life of the one who was his great companion of fatigue a day ago. He betrayed him along with his band of mercenaries to get dark powers.
Unfortunately, in an anime, blood gushing, dismemberments, and lapidary phrases are unsuitable for sensitive souls.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll
9. CLAYMORE
Based on the dark fantasy manga written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi, Claymore is one of the best anime. A pity that it is not as popular as others because it has an absorbing story and a differentiating animation style.
The series is composed of 24 chapters covering the first 11 volumes of the manga (of 27). Also, two extra episodes with an original plot revolve around its protagonist Clare.
She lives on a medieval island ravaged by intelligent and dangerous shapeshifters known by the name of Yoma.
To stop them, a mysterious group called The Organization creates hybrids of Yoma and humans on request. All females, with armored uniforms and silver eyes, are called Claymores.
Clare is number 47 of her kind, the lowest rank, but she seeks revenge on The Organization for a previous personal drama.
Finally, but most interesting, the Claymores sometimes give in to their side Yoma if they use too much demonic or Yoki energy.
Then, knowing that they have to die before losing control and transforming into beasts. They send a black card with their badge to another of their own.
A plea for merciful murder to leave while keeping his human heart intact.
Where to see it: Netflix
10. HELLSING ULTIMATE
Based on the manga by Kouto Hirano, Hellsing: Ultimate is an OVA (Original Video Animation) that more faithfully tells the creation of Hirano than the original anime titled Hellsing solely.
The story follows the Royal Protestant Knights, originally led by Abraham Van Helsing.
They aim to find and destroy the undead and other evil supernatural forces.
Sir Integra is the current leader of this organization, a descendant of its founder. He has the support of Alucard, a powerful vampire who swore allegiance to his family after being defeated by Van Helsing himself hundreds of years before the events of the anime.
A series of incidents will cause the protagonist to discover Millennium. It’s a group of Nazis who aim to revive Hitler’s Germany by creating an army of vampires.
Sir Integra, Millenium, and the secret Vatican organization Iscariot are tasked with eliminating all supernatural entities. It will start a war in London in which all three sides will be involved.
Millennium will also reveal its main mission: to destroy the vampire Alucard. In short, a perfect story for lovers of the world of vampires.
Where to watch it: Not currently available on any platform.
11. GANTZ
Gantz adapts the manga illustrated by Hiroya Oku of the same name that tells the story of students Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato.
While helping a homeless man who had fallen onto the subway tracks, they were killed in a train accident.
After their death, the protagonists are transported to an apartment in Tokyo. They discover they are part of a game in which they and other recently dead people are forced to hunt and kill aliens.
To fulfill the mission, they have at their disposal different types of weapons that they can use to defeat the enemy. Also, special suits increase your strength, speed, and endurance.
Each eliminated threat means earning points for the participants. When they reach 100, they can decide on one of these three options.
Return to their normal life and erase their passage through the game from their memory. Get an extremely powerful weapon or resurrect one of the participants who has died.
If the bug has already bitten you to start watching this anime, we warn you of one last thing. The violence and sex that appear in it are quite explicit.
Where to watch it: Netflix.
12. GENOCYBER
Hong Kong of the early twenty-first century: Elaine and Diana are two sisters who, together, become the Genocyber, a brutal biotechnological weapon capable of destroying psyches and human bodies with just one thought.
The various corporations in contention for world domination aspire to take control of the sisters. But things get out of control, and chaos will soon prevail.
A classic among the classics of post-Akira cyberpunk, Genocyber (1993-94) is one of the most beastly bets of anime.
Although seen today, it gives the feeling that it does the gore theme. The serial based on the manga by Tony Takezaki marked a point and apart in the question of showing taqueria.
There are anthological scenes as far as skinned bodies are concerned. A well-known example is the killing of Dr. Reed at the hospital where Elaine is located in the first episode.
Where to see it: Not available on any platform
13. HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD: APOCALYPSE IN HIGH SCHOOL
Written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō, the manga Highschool of the Dead, Apocalypse in High School is another of those titles that will surprise you.
Its 12-episode anime adapts the first four volumes of the existing seven – the series was left unfinished by the death of Daisuke Satō in 2017. ‘The Spring of the Dead,’ ‘Escaping Among the Dead,’ ‘The Democracy of the Dead’… By the title of its chapters, you will have intuited a little about what it is about.
Set in contemporary Japan, the anime takes place in a world where a deadly pandemic has turned humans into zombies.
A group of surviving students equip themselves with homemade weapons to defend themselves and try not to give up their moral principles in so much chaos.
Don’t want to meet Takashi Komuro, Rei Miyamoto, and the rest of their characters?
Where to see it: Not available on any platform.
14. DEVILMAN CRYBABY
Created by author Gō Nagai (responsible for such important titles as Mazinger Z or Violence Jack), Devilman Crybaby is a review of Japanese anime issued during the ’70s.
Although it is considered by many as an unadaptable work, in its Netflix version, we are told how on Earth there are demons hidden from men, despite having disappeared mostly ages ago.
By the method of possession, they make their way to our planet until they turn it into their particular hell. Akira, a shy and fearful boy, is possessed by one of these powerful spirits.
But, with the help of his friend Ryo, he manages to control him and turn him into a Devilman: a devil with a human heart.
With his new powers, he will be able to face the monsters that ravage our world since only with demonic abilities can these creatures be defeated.
While it is true that in its television version of yesteryear, the blood level was notoriously lowered. This time, the director Masaaki Yuasa (Love is in the water, Lu Over The Wall) has been very faithful to the gore and sex that populated the original manga.
Where to see it: Netflix
15. CORPSE PARTY: TORTURED SOULS
Based on a video game, Akira Iwanaga has created one of the most violent anime in recent years with only four episodes.
The story revolves around a group of young people who, in one of their school classes, decide to make a ritual of “eternal friendship” to be always united.
They did not expect this mysterious game to transport them to Heavenly Host Elementary School.
The school previously in that place was demolished after the murders and disappearances of several of its employees and students.
This group of friends will try to escape this horrible place where ghosts lurk behind every corner.
Yet, little by little, they will succumb to the curse that lurks in this school.
If you are looking for a short anime that you can watch in the afternoon or a night but that is well-loaded with gore scenes, blood, and viscera, you are in luck! Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is your series.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll
16. BLOOD+
The expression blood in spurts takes on all its meaning in the Blood franchise. It was born with the turn of the Millennium in the television series Blood + (2005-06). It is perhaps the most achieved of its many transmedia deliveries.
If you like vampires, bloodthirsty deaths, and the color ‘Pantone hemoglobin’ is your favorite, it is clear that you can not miss the serial produced by Production I.G, Aniplex, and directed by sensei Junichi Fujisaku.
The plot puts Saya Kisaragi, a seemingly normal student who suffers from outbreaks of amnesia, back on the front lines.
Everything seems to run its course until one afternoon when a chiropter attacks him. A man, out of nowhere, helps him get away from the monster by giving him a katana.
It will be the beginning of a journey around the world – from Japan to Vietnam, Russia, France, and, finally, the USA. In search of answers, slaughtering bloodsuckers and always accompanied by Haij, her devoted knight.
Refinement and brutality in a serial that did not have, at least on screen, a continuation as powerful as this first television installment.
The paths taken by the serial Blood-C (2011), an alternative continuation of The Last Vampire and much more marina in killings than its predecessor, provoked fiery reactions in the otaku world.
When the film The Last Darkness (2012) wanted to amend the plan, striving to undo certain decisions given, not a few opportunities had already been lost.
Even so, the Blood franchise remains one of the most paradigmatic on gore and dismembered bodies. Poetry of the trickle.
Where to watch it: Blood+ was seen in La 2, while the final chapter, The Last Darkness, was in Filmin. Unfortunately, now, none of their deliveries are available on streaming platforms.
17. DEADMAN WONDERLAND
Deadman Wonderland is a manga written by Jinsei Kataoka and illustrated by Kazuma Kondou. In its anime version consists of 12 episodes directed by Koichi Hatsumi.
The plot places us ten years after a terrible catastrophe in Tokyo, known as “Dead Hole.” Igarashi Ganta doesn’t remember anything that happened and just wants a normal life.
But one day, everything changes when after a terrible event at his school. He is unjustly accused of being guilty of a crime he has not committed and sentenced to death in “Deadman Wonderland.”
This horrible place is the only prison in Japan controlled by a private company that also uses prisoners as tourist attractions. It carries out combats in which many of them die.
When Ganta arrives there, he discovers that people have acquired powers after the catastrophe. They plan to escape that place that robs them of their freedom.
This anime not only promises you a disturbing plot that hooks you from the first chapter, but you will also find in it a good part of gore and psychological terror that, without a doubt, will not leave you indifferent.
Where to see it: Not available on any platform
18. TERRA FORMARS
Terra Formars was created by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. In this anime, the end of the world, in the most gore style, is just around the corner.
The story tells the operation carried out by scientists to try to make life on Mars possible since the fate of the Earth is increasingly uncertain.
To do this, they will use cockroaches to mdi of food source for the mold that must generate oxygen. Finally, in 2577 the ship of six crew members is ready to land, who will be in charge of checking if the invention has fulfilled its goal?
But, instead of finding dead cockroaches in their place, there are giant humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. Earth must send elite warriors to fight this new species.
Where to see it: Crunchyroll.
19. AKAME GA KILL!
Japanese manga was written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. Tomoki Kobayashi directed the television adaptation. In Akame ga KILL!, the concept of katana and blood takes on a new connotation.
The action follows Tatsumi, a well-meaning young man who tries to do everything he can for his poverty-stricken community.
But when a gang of assassins rescues him, Tatsumi decides to join them in overthrowing an increasingly corrupt government.
The protagonist will see the sky open when he encounters the Nigth Raid gang, which tries to end a corrupt government.
But, he must go through some hard tests to enter the band. Thanks to the training of Sheele and Leone, it will be easier for him to overcome.
However, now this group needs him more than ever, as his teachers have fallen into a dangerous trap. The protagonists’ struggles with these ancient weapons make the waste of blood in slow motion a jewel for the eyes.
Where to see it: Not available on any platform.
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