Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou

Perhaps its Voice Acting quality, Animation, additional OST or Direction, these series are on-par or go above and beyond at elevating the manga's content.

- Weebookey

Anime that have important characters that are monstrous or that differ from a regular human.

Anime that contain mature themes and elements, complemented by fantastical elements. Typically action-packed and contains a deep plot

*Addition: CASTLEVANIA (available on Netflix). Not an anime but it's one of the best dark fantasy cartoons)*

Some anime which may have an unexpected or emotional scene to it that may make you want to cry or feel empty inside. This list includes less romantic (although there still are some), but more of a platonic love tearjerkers as a whole. This list includes no side stories.


Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/4747

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11198

Every anime covered on the Castaway Anime podcast, sans seasonal impressions.

You ever hear a cover is not the book? Where here’s a list where the anime cover in MAL doesn’t tell us everything about the series and it’s horrifying contents.

▁ ▂ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 ✦ 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓐𝓷𝓲𝓶𝓮 ⟨⟨ 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔯𝔡 𝔈𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 ⟩⟩ █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▂ ▁

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✯ 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖘𝖙 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 → https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1027
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✯ 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖆 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 → https://myanimelist.net/stacks/13935
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+ Tenchi Muyou! GXP (entry #51)
+ B.B. Fish (entry #52)
+ Ao no 6-gou (entry #53)
+ Rocket Girls (entry #54)
+ Appare-Ranman! (entry #55)
+ Captain Earth (entry #56)
+ Burn Up! (entry #57)
+ Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard (entry #58)
+ Burn Up! (entry #59)
+ Bite-Choicar (entry #60)
+ Betterman (entry #61)
+ Arabian Nights: Sindbad no Bouken (entry #62)
+ Takarajima (entry #63)
+ Arslan Senki (entry #64)
+ Journey: Taiko Arabia Hantou de no Kiseki to Tatakai no Monogatari (entry #65)
+ Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (entry #66)
+ Arabian Night: Sindbad no Bouken (entry #67)
+ Shounen Kenya (entry #68)
+ Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger (entry #69)
+ Lodoss-tou Senki (entry #70)
+ Tenchi Muyou! (entry #71)
+ Noir (entry #72)
+ Yichang Shengwu Jianwenlu (entry #73)
+ Break Blade (entry #74)
+ Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! (entry #75)
+ Time Travel Tondekeman! (entry #76)
+ Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (entry #77)
+ 6HP (Six Hearts Princess) (entry #78)
+ Ars no Kyojuu (entry #79)
+ Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2 (entry #80)
+ Hundred (entry #81)
+ Hikari to Mizu no Daphne (entry #82)
+ Kuroshitsuji II (entry #83)
+ Shenmue the Animation (entry #84)
+ BNA (entry #85)
+ Gun x Sword (entry #86)
+ Battle Spirits: Brave (entry #87)
+ Break Blade (entry #88)
+ Zoids (entry #89)
+ Rinne no Lagrange (entry #90)
+ Dimension W (entry #91)
+ Muteking the Dancing Hero (entry #92)
+ Synduality: Noir (entry #93)
+ Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii (entry #94)
+ Saber Marionette J Again (entry #95)
+ Bakugan: Battle Planet (entry #96)
+ Magic Knight Rayearth (entry #97)
+ Air Gear (entry #98)
+ Kill la Kill (entry #99)
+ .hack//Roots (entry #100)
+ Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (entry #101)
+ Motto! Magical DoReMi (entry #102)
+ Robotech II: The Sentinels (entry #103)
+ Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi (entry #104)
+ Attacker You! (entry #105)
+ IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (2005) (entry #106)
+ Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachi Gakari 2nd (entry #107)
+ Zegapain (entry #108)
+ Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko (entry #109)
+ Blade & Soul (entry #110)
+ Akiba's Trip The Animation (entry #111)
+ Inazuma Eleven Go: Galaxy (entry #112)
+ Terra Formars (entry #113)
+ Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin (entry #114)
+ Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku (entry #115)
+ Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (entry #116)
+ Uchuu no Stellvia (entry #117)
+ Gundam Build Divers (entry #118)
+ Buzzer Beater (entry #119)
+ Bucchigire! (entry #120)
+ Fantasista Doll (entry #121)
+ Terra e... (entry #122)
+ Kannazuki no Miko (entry #123)
+ Future Diary (entry #124)
+ Aoi Umi to Shounen (entry #125)
+ Jungle Book Shounen Mowgli (entry #126)
+ Daimajuu Gekitou: Hagane no Oni (entry #127)
+ Sin: The Movie (entry #128)
+ Hi no Tori: Uchuu-hen (entry #129)
+ Good Morning Althea (entry #130)
+ Kikou Senki Dragonar (entry #131)
+ Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu (entry #132)
+ Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin (entry #133)
+ Psycho-Pass Movie (entry #134)
+ Hikyou Tanken Fam & Ihrlie (entry #135)
+ Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (entry #136)
+ Ninjala (TV) (entry #137)

These anime were nominated for Best Score in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Note that the first Crunchyroll awards and third Crunchyroll Awards did not have this category.

Anime publicly reviewed by Hideo Kojima.

These anime have strong & dark depictions of suffering, mental illness, trauma violence, sex and various sociopolitical and economic problems in a grounded way and without sugarcoating it, although in fiction it is often impossible to completely avoid the distorting lense of epicness or melodrama when portraying reality.

When I say that these shows portray reality, I don't mean to say that they are necessarily based in material reality, as some are sci-fi or fantasy. What I mean, is that these shows portray the bleak and harrowing aspects of human condition without pulling any punches, and without romanticizing it (to some extent).

These shows often have a positive and hopeful overall message and/or ending sometimes, so I wouldn't call this a list of "depressing" shows. However, they have in common that they revolve around brutal and mature depictions of psychological, physical and spiritual pain of individuals and society, while also having a haunting and opressive feel to them.

Worldbuilding is "the art of creating a new fictional world". Not only for characters to interact with each other, but to interact with everything around them. Imagine its history, culture and mores of your imaginary land, and how characters interact with different religious, ethnic groups, culture, landscape, and so on.

Thats the magic of worldbuilding.

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈:

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41273


𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 "𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐮" 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐝:

https://letterboxd.com/magrosleau/list/psychosexual-dramas-nihilistic-fever-dreams/

Bright colours and dark subplots. Super young characters and decent amount of suffering.

Muse Asia is a YouTube channel run by Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known as simply Muse), a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of Japanese anime. This YouTube channel has licenses for several popular anime series. For those who feel guilty about streaming anime illegally but don't have any access to legal streaming sites, Muse Asia is an amazing platform for you. This channel currently has about 5.27M subscribers, 6,259 videos, and 1,469,681,440 views. And the anime are available in hardcoded subtitles and 720p resolution. Here is the list of anime you can stream on Muse Asia.


For the complete and updated list of Muse Asia anime, kindly visit this link: https://www.anime-planet.com/users/Noitra/lists/anime-you-can-stream-on-muse-asia-894404

Source: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/03-1/anime-awards-2023-winners-anime-of-the-year-and-full-list

Animes I found to be very cryworthy and in which you may cry if you are willing to. A couple of them made my eyes (and heart) hurt.