Something deep inside human nature craves seeing darkness and oddities in our media, and anime fans are no exception, as Attack on Titan's popularity proves. Yet there is only so much of the show to go around.
Luckily for fans of Attack on Titan, there is plenty of dark anime in this world waiting to be watched. Whether it's the gory action, demented plot twists, or the bitter corruption of human nature that drives viewers to seek out dark media, this list of dark anime will give any fan an easy stepping stone to soothe their yearning for the depths.
10 Parasyte - Available On Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime & More
What does it mean to be human? Parasyte is a twisted anime in a world being invaded by parasitic creatures who take over a human's brain. Shinichi, a young man living in Japan, happens to be one of these unfortunate victims, except something went a little wrong. Instead of attaching to his brain, this parasite becomes a part of the man's arm, labeling the young man an enemy to humans and parasites alike.
This anime is filled with gore, hearty wrenching situations, and oddities that any viewer will be unprepared for. Add in an amazing story and some crazy parasitic powers and fans of Attack on Titan will be more than satisfied.
9 Darker Than Black - Currently Not Available To Stream
The night sky has been replaced with fake stars after two spatial anomalies open in different parts of the world. Ten years later, beings called contractors with supernatural powers have emerged. These beings have been kept mostly secret from the general public due to their power, but with great power often comes great cost.
Darker than Black is filled with espionage, assassination, and tortured souls and is guaranteed to live up to its name for any fan of Attack on Titan.
8 Death Parade - Available On Hulu & Funimation
While this Death Parade lacks the action expected from fans of Attack on Titan, it dives even deeper into the corrupted psyche of human nature. The anime is set in a world between death and life, where those who have died are able to have one last drink as their sins and secrets are laid bare to the supernatural bartenders, whose only purpose is to pass judgment. The only question is, what game will they play this time?
Fans who enjoy Attack on Titan for the realistic way its characters deal with the death and misfortune around them will particularly enjoy Death Parade.
7 Blood Blockade Battlefront - Available On Funimation, Crunchyroll & Hulu
Three years ago a portal to the Beyond opened in New York City, since then, the hustle and bustle of the city has had a dash of evil added to the mix. Demonic terrorist organizations, people with strange abilities, and all manner of demonic creatures are now commonplace in the city renamed Hell Salems Lot.
An organization called Libra is often the only thing that stands between the chaos and dangers of the city and the outside world. Viewers of Blood Blockade Battlefront will have their dark sensibilities fulfilled by the chaos that runs rampant throughout the city as greater tragedies and plots unfold.
6 Akame Ga Kill! - Available On Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll & More
Tatsumi is a simple village warrior who has left his poverty-stricken village to make some money to bring home. Unfortunately for him and his two best friends, they quickly find that the world isn't a nice place. He is robbed, beaten, and unknowingly gathered like sheep to be sacrificed before being saved by an assassination organization called Nite Raid, but not before watching his two closest friends be slaughtered in very gruesome ways.
Yet, this is only the beginning of his tragic story of Akame Ga Kill, as he finds himself in a world of mysterious powers and a brutal fight for freedom. Fans of Attack on Titan are no strangers to tragedy, but this anime may hold a few surprises for even the most hardened fans.
5 Drifters - Currently Not Available To Stream
Warriors of legend have been ripped from the pages of history just before their deaths and sent to a new and fantastical world filled with elves, dwarves and more, yet there is a darkness creeping across the land.
Murder, torture, bloody battle scenes, and more await these heroes who quickly decide to conquer the battle-scarred land as two god-like beings place their wagers on which side will come out ahead. Fans will be more than satisfied with Drifters and the extent these heroes will go to in order to conquer this world gone mad.
4 Goblin Slayer - Available On Funimation
A man haunted by a tragic past is obsessed with killing goblins, some of the lowest level monsters adventurers can hunt. Yet these goblins are not nearly easily slain as many think. A young girl, excited for her first adventure, joins a novice group of adventurers to kill some of these goblins. Her party is quickly slaughtered in front of her eyes as the female members are kidnapped by the goblins, and she is next.
It seems as if she is doomed to the same fate until the aforementioned man steps in, but this is only the beginning of the bloody battle for survival between humans and goblins in the anime Goblin Slayer.
3 Darwin's Game - Available On Hulu, Funimation & Crunchyroll
A phone game that grants you supernatural powers doesn't seem so bad until you realize that every player in the game is trying to kill you. Fans of Attack on Titan may quickly lose their faith in humanity as the darker side of human nature is exposed when people from all around Japan join in on the slaughter of Darwin's Game.
Yet one man, Sodou Kaname, has decided that he is going to put an end to the murder game, but will he be able to do so without losing his soul in the process?
2 Gunslinger Girl - Available On Funimation
What's worse than a young girl experiencing amazingly traumatic events that leave her close to death early in her life? An organization that makes her into a well-trained and stone-cold killer, that's what.
The Social Welfare Agency in Italy is a secret front for an anti-terrorist organization that abducts traumatized young girls and enhances them with cybernetic implants and mental conditioning to create the perfect assassins in order to protect the public, and if that isn't dark enough for fans of Attack on Titan, wait until the plot thickens. Gunslinger Girl will have fans of dark anime in tears and considering adoption in no time.
1 Death Note - Available On Netflix, HBO Max, Funimation, Crunchyroll & More
While Death Note completely lacks the type of action and gore presented in Attack on Titan, it is still one of the darkest and best anime out there today.
Light Yagami was just a normal genius-level kid in Japan until he found a notebook that can kill a person by simply writing their name in it. With an arrogance often found in the mighty, he sets down a path of murder as he aims to change the entire world into a better place by mercilessly killing criminals and anyone who tries to get in his way. Unfortunately for him, his father ends up being the leader of the investigation of the murders.
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