Yami no Matsuei

Series with ghosts, spirits and the paranormal.

These are darker based animes that are written for a female audience. not necessarily just horror but certainly not your average light-hearted girl romance. (but nothings wrong with that either!)

also if there's anything you wish to recommend dont be afraid to send me a dm!!!

These are some of the BL anime I’ve seen and enjoyed! I hope you find some interesting ones in here. I have some older one’s in here and in some of those there are dubious consent so fair warning for that. Make sure to check which one’s are which so that you aren’t blindsided by it. These aren’t in any particular order either. I hope you enjoy these!

The included anime contain multiple mysterious cases that are only loosely connected, or not connected at all.

The cases may take more than one episode to get resolved.

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Open to suggestions.

Mystery anime that center around a series of deaths, assaults, or disappearances that are somehow connected. Possibly feature: serial killers, organized crime, supernatural elements, etc.

Episodic mysteries will be excluded if the string of crimes is limited to its own arc and not a part of an overarching narrative.

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Open to suggestions.

𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗷𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗚-𝟭𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲
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All these anime either:

A.) Have a psychological tag but their manga or novel adaptations do not have a psychological tag
B.) Do not have a psychological tag, but their manga or novel adaptations have a psychological tag


Feel free to DM or message me about any questions, suggestions, or opinions about this stack!

Series which aired on the Sci-fi/Syfy Channel's Ani-Monday block; Ani-Tuesday entries also included. Ordered alphabetically by their English titles.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18500

(Revived stack. Questionable text has been removed)

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18596

What the title says, any anime which has over 1,000 fanfics on AO3. (Note: anime with 10,000+ fics are on their own list, so if you see anything that’s super popular that's missing, that’s why) And since the tagging system on AO3 is a bit inconsistent I made a few choices:
For anime with separate tag categories for the manga and anime adaptation, I only took the fic number for the anime entry, I did not add them together. For anime and manga which have already been lumped together under one tag I used that number.

For anime with reboots where the reboot and the original got lumped together I chose the version with the most members on myanimelist to represent it (like Fruits Basket)

For franchises which have all been lumped under one tag, I chose the earliest tv series installment of the series to represent it. (for example Gundam, or Lupin III). But if an individual installment of that franchise tagged separately also reached 1,000 fics by itself it also got included. (like Gundam Wing)
Exceptions to this rule are the Fate franchise and Yugioh, because I don’t want to make another list just to squeeze those in lmao. Here are the individual installments of those which have all reached 1,000:
Fate/Grand Order
Fate/Zero
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

And if you notice that I’ve missed anything feel free to let me know

'𝔹𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕/𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤, 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤' - 𝕎𝕚𝕜𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒

ᴀꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʙᴜᴅᴅʏ ᴄᴏᴘ ɪ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ʟɪꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜱʜᴏᴡꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 (ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴏʟᴠᴇ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇꜱ, ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ). ᴏʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʀᴇʟᴇᴠᴀɴᴄʏ (ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ, ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʙᴇꜱᴛ)


(ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʀᴏᴜɢʜ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʏɴᴀᴍɪᴄꜱ ɪɴ ʙʀᴀᴄᴋᴇᴛꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜱʜᴏᴡ)

What is the best way to gain a greater appreciation for animation and storytelling?
Watch some terrible anime!

Instantly lower your standards so that all other anime seem greater in comparison!

With this list, you will hopefully find some BAD anime that will be just bad enough to still be enjoyable!

This list is only referencing the ENGLISH DUB versions of the anime

Disclaimer: This list is just for fun and not meant to shame anyone who likes these anime, in fact, I like some of them too!

Have a bad anime you think should be on this list? Send me a message and I'll check it out!

From late 90s to early 2000s. Organic animation with a hint of depression, existentialism, cynicism, semi-realistic artstyle, fear/ embrace of technology after the economic bubble burst of Japan in 80s.

Shinigami, Death Gods, Grim Reapers - personifications of Death itself. Those who decide when and how humans will die, harvest souls, and/or ferry the recently departed to the land of the dead. Such legends have persisted across cultures around the world for centuries. This stack collects anime which feature shinigami.

(Note that only *actual* shinigami are included, not characters simply nicknamed or called 'Shinigami.' For the sake of variety, this stack does not contain sequels or spinoff material. This list may not be exhaustive.)

Shoujo--like all demographics--is incredibly varied, featuring a wide mix of stories, genres and themes. Its protagonists are no exception, with different personalities and backgrounds, and having both girls and guys in leading roles. I wanted to highlight some shoujo anime written from a male POV.

Also, I can't attest to the quality of the lower/more obscure series on here (especially since shoujo manga tend to receive pretty trash adaptations). So do keep that in mind.


And I should clarify that Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass are both actually original anime that simply have shoujo manga versions. They both had promotional shoujo manga that began running a few months before their respective anime began airing.