This may be extremely silly, but Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni traumatized me in a way no other anime has. I couldn’t even finish it! And the scary thing was no other than the eponymous sound of the cicadas. To this date, no summer passes by in which I’m not reminded of the dread I felt upon hearing the cicadas chirping…
[Discussion] What is the scariest anime you've watched?
Submitted 1 day ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to anime@ani.social
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Yukito01@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Unboxious@ani.social 23 hours ago
Anime is really bad at being scary, even when it’s based off a well-made horror manga. I think the only one I’ve seen that does it well is The Summer Hikaru Died.
flameleaf@ani.social 5 hours ago
I think Parasyte The Maxim was more effective at conveying that kind of terror and existential dread. The Summer Hikaru Died made me empathize too much with the eldritch horror.
Crank@ani.social 19 hours ago Agreed. The anime directors rarely understand what makes a story scary. The Summer Hikaru Died was an exception. Mieruko-chan had some really well made scary scenes too, better than most other shows of this kind, but this is a comedy at it’s core, not a full-blown horror
nlgranger@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Made in Abyss, I’m scared of what is going on in the author’s mind. The mythical part gives a fascinating fear, the pedo stuff is just disgusting.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Fun fact: The mangaka was fired from Konami for drawing pedo dojinshis on company time.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
that…tracks. I wondered wtf was up with all the little kids in the show.
MiRRoRMaN@ani.social 1 day ago I dunno about truly like super scary, but if you wanna be shook to your core go watch Urotsukidoji. And not for the sex mind you. It has such a great very raw, primal energy to it. The music is great too. I can’t explain it, if you haven’t seen it: go watch it. Thank me later.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
Honestly, attack on titan really got me. That look of satisfaction they have after eating people really struck a nerve. Such a horrifying reality to imagine
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 21 hours ago
i found lain to be kinda scary as a kid
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 day ago
mo_lave@reddthat.com 1 day ago
wth, the first one is a genuine jumpscare lol
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 day ago
e0qdk@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Hmm. Not sure I’ve ever actually managed to be properly scared by an anime, but Shiki is probably up there as far as apprehension from atmosphere + concern about what my subconscious might recycle and throw at me at weird hours of the night…
The only thing that’s coming to mind right now for media that properly scared me is Subnautica – particularly a certain predator in Below Zero that triggered a panic attack. That’s not an anime though…
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Maybe more anxiety inducing than scary but Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
Crescent@fedinsfw.app 17 hours ago
Try reading Seeds of Anxiety
nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 hours ago
Many, many years ago, when I was first getting into anime, the fourth Vampire Princess Miyu OAV managed to give me the cold creeping weirds while I was watching it at around 2AM. I don’t think any other anime has managed that since.