Best Thriller Anime [Best Recommendations]

The story follows Keiichi Maebara, who just moved to the little town of Hinamizawa. Making friends and having a peaceful life there, he will soon be in the middle of strange events. Keiichi will realize that his friends are not really what he thought they were as a lot of horrific events will begin all around him.

In this show, there are a lot of different stories which are dealt within a few episodes. The story then goes back to the beginning and follows a totally different scenario with different characters. It is interesting in the way, all characters are treated equally until their darker side is awakened.

Yuki is a high school student who doesn’t have any friends and doesn’t want to make any. He is always fantasizing about unreal things and writing a diary in his phone about every little thing that happens to him. Until the day he is offered to enter a battle royale where each participant owns their specific and unique diary which allows them to see the future.

An anime with a lot of psychology well mixed with the thriller aspect. The pressure is always present and the characters are interesting for they are as dark as the scenario itself. The suspense is also present until the very end and the story is amazing.

Kouichi Sakakibana is a transferred student who just came to the Yomiyama North Middle School. In his new class, there is a dark and loud atmosphere that he can feel, but he doesn’t know why. Mei Misaki, one of his new classmates, is a mysterious young girl and Kouichi will find himself attracted to her, as she seems to be a loner with a lot of secrets. Also, everyone else in their class doesn’t seem to notice her presence, and Kouichi will try to discover this as well as all the other mysteries of his new class.

Mostly considered as an horror and mystery anime, there is still a lot of thrilling aspects in this show which is brought mostly by the main character and his feelings of perception as the show progresses. Fans of intense anime would like this!

In a futuristic Japan, Saki Watanabe lives a peaceful life with her family in an idyllic place separated from the outside world and said to dangerous to live in. Some people of her world have psychokinesis powers, which allows them to be part of the leaders of their community. Saki discovers she is able to use these powers, she then goes to the Zenjin Academy and will be teamed with five other students during their division.

In the academy, there are some rumors about the disappearance of some students, who are captured and killed by a monster. Because of this, the world Saki has known will gradually collapse and with their friends, she will discover the truth behind their community and their origins.

This show is intense, with a lot of tension and turnarounds, the story is really stunning and the viewer should be sucked up by all the different events as well as the mysteries of this anime.

Light Yagami is a 17 year old genius who is tired of the world around him and doesn’t find anything fun or interesting. One day, as he is attending his classes, he sees a strange diary falling from nowhere and when he goes to pick it, he discovers that this is a particular diary which has the power to kill anyone who writes their name in it. With this diary, Light is destined to change the world he’s living in.

A really famous show that the majority of people should have seen and it should be a classic as a thriller anime. The tension is well presented in the story and the psychological aspect is also interestingly mixed with the disturbed characters that we can see evolve.

Madoka Kaname is a middle school girl who lives an ordinary life with her loving friends and family. She can see herself being very happy with her life and nothing could change the way she was. Until she meets with some evil forces and is saved by a magical girl. Not aware of an unknown world until now, the familiar, Kyubey, will propose to her to become a magical girl as well, in exchange for a wish.

Everyone who hasn’t seen this show would never wonder why it is on this selection, but we cannot say that this is the normal magical girls type show. The story is dark, tense and psychological in a lot of aspects. Bye, bye to cuteness and romance, hello to thriller and horror !

After humanity was almost annihilated by the Titans, survivors have built walls tall enough to protect themselves from other Titan attacks. A few hundred years after, humanity is still fighting and surviving, but the sudden appearance of a colossal Titan whose able to break the walls will change everything and sink humanity in despair once again. ç, with his friends, will enlist in the army and try to fight against this threat.

A doomsday scenario with horror in a fantastic world where the pressure is always high enough to make us spellbound. A recent anime which has probably kept everyone’s attention and remains famous with a great scenario.

In a modern Japan, Tokyo is struck by a violent threat planned by a group of two young terrorists who have posted a video on the internet just before the explosion of the building they targeted. Calling themselves the “Sphinx,” the two young terrorists, Nine and Twelve, will continue their terrorist attacks in order to reach their goal and to “awake” the world they are living in.

With a tense topic, the story makes us hold our breath until the end, and the characters are in total adequacy with the scenario. There are a lot of psychological aspects mixed with the tension and pressure as a great thriller anime.

In the futuristic world of Psycho Pass, it is possible to measure an individual mental condition and to determine if someone could be a danger for the population or not. Based on a standard of mental state, people considered dangerous to some point are not allowed to do certain things. Shinya Kougami, member of the Enforcement Division, is charged to maintain order in a disturbed civilization.

A present police atmosphere mixed with a science fiction environment which offers a really interesting story full of action, pressure and psychology. The tense scenario of Psycho Pass is fabulous and this is one of the best anime of this genre!

Kyouma Okabe, self named the “Mad Scientist,” is the chief of the Future Gadget Research Laboratory with two friends. As they spend their time in the construction of strange items, they will accidentally make a phone microwave able to send messages to the past and changing their lives, especially Kyouma, who possesses a particular ability.

Everything in this anime is stunning, whether the story, the characters, or the topic they deal with. The show talks about all the consequences of time travel with the main character totally disturbed and tries to change some events in order to catch up with things that are beyond his control. This one deserves the first spot of this Top 10 list!