Best Thriller Anime

High-tension stories where every move matters: cat-and-mouse games, survival and conspiracies closing in. The most popular are Death Note, The Promised Neverland and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

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The most popular thriller anime

  1. Death Note (2006)
  2. The Promised Neverland (2019)
  3. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
  4. ERASED (2016)
  5. Steins;Gate (2011)
  6. Akame ga Kill! (2014)
  7. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
  8. Death Parade (2015)
  9. The Future Diary (2011)
  10. Another (2012)
  11. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 (2020)
  12. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008)
  13. PSYCHO-PASS (2012)
  14. Monster (2004)
  15. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
  16. The Promised Neverland Season 2 (2021)
  17. BANANA FISH (2018)
  18. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2 (2021)
  19. Terror in Resonance (2014)
  20. WONDER EGG PRIORITY (2021)
  21. Black Lagoon (2006)
  22. Perfect Blue (1998)
  23. Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
  24. Great Pretender (2020)
  25. Summer Time Rendering (2022)
  26. Steins;Gate 0 (2018)
  27. Angels of Death (2018)
  28. Tengoku Daimakyo (2023)
  29. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 (2024)
  30. Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021)
  31. When They Cry (2006)
  32. Link Click (2021)
  33. Darwin's Game (2020)
  34. Tomodachi Game (2022)
  35. Akudama Drive (2020)
  36. Moriarty the Patriot (2020)
  37. Paprika (2006)
  38. ODDTAXI (2021)
  39. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 (2026)
  40. The Summer Hikaru Died (2025)
  41. Steins;Gate The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
  42. PSYCHO-PASS 2 (2014)
  43. Re:CREATORS (2017)
  44. Paranoia Agent (2004)
  45. Shiki (2010)
  46. Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] II. lost butterfly (2019)
  47. ID: INVADED (2020)
  48. Talentless Nana (2020)
  49. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- (2013)
  50. Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] III. spring song (2020)
  51. Lord of Mysteries (2025)
  52. LAZARUS (2025)
  53. Eden of the East (2009)
  54. the Garden of sinners Chapter 1: Thanatos. (Overlooking View) (2007)
  55. Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (2006)
  56. PLUTO (2023)
  57. B: The Beginning (2018)
  58. Dead Mount Death Play (2023)
  59. Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor (2007)
  60. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Future Arc (2016)
  61. When They Cry Kai (2007)
  62. Rainbow (2010)
  63. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Despair Arc (2016)
  64. Moriarty the Patriot Part 2 (2021)
  65. Steins;Gate 0: 23β -Divide by Zero- (2015)
  66. Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU (2020)
  67. JUNI TAISEN：ZODIAC WAR (2017)
  68. PSYCHO-PASS 3 (2019)
  69. Link Click Season 2 (2023)
  70. Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail (2010)
  71. WONDER EGG PRIORITY: My Priority (2021)
  72. [C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility (2011)
  73. the Garden of sinners Chapter 2: …and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A) (2007)
  74. Death Billiards (2013)
  75. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
  76. the Garden of sinners Chapter 3: ever cry, never life. (Remaining Sense of Pain) (2008)
  77. the Garden of sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Paradigm (2008)
  78. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004)
  79. the Garden of sinners Chapter 4: garan-no-dou. (The Hollow Shrine) (2008)
  80. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (2000)
  81. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2020)
  82. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Hope Arc (2016)
  83. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (2012)
  84. Kaiji - Against All Rules (2011)
  85. BABYLON (2019)
  86. the Garden of sinners Chapter 7: ……not nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part B) (2009)
  87. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)
  88. the Garden of sinners Chapter 6: Fairy Tale. (Oblivion Recording) (2008)
  89. KOKKOKU (2018)
  90. SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (2026)
  91. My Home Hero (2023)
  92. Blue Literature Series (2009)
  93. Magical Girl Raising Project (2016)
  94. Dead Mount Death Play Part 2 (2023)
  95. Ga-Rei-Zero (2008)
  96. Occultic;Nine (2016)
  97. Another: The Other (2012)
  98. Joker Game (2016)
  99. Kubikiri Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User (2016)
  100. When They Cry Rei (2009)

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