Dark Anime Search

reddragon_syndicate · Post by **reddragon_syndicate** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:03 am

Son of a Silly Person..... anyway I noticed Shadow Skill in the list while I was skimming through (sorry if i've missed some things). I like the OVAs personally but I dont really feel they have that dark style of animation that would rank up there with the rest of the suggestions here. As for the series.. I've yet to see those.

KagomeWinry · Post by **KagomeWinry** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:27 pm

Hello!

I have a suggestion for a dark series. If you wanted one about revenge and hell then I would suggest Jigoku Shoujo which means Hell Girl. It is different. It has not been licenced but there are fan subs.

reddragon_syndicate: I really like your avatar.

ReligionX · Post by **ReligionX** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:27 pm

If you've seen any of these shows, you'll have a point of reference. This is just my personal opinion on what I would consider dark. I've given ratings on 0 to 10, 10 being high, based on the criteria you mentioned.

Akira (Movie) - Everyone should see this. It's a classic dark movie.
Overall Dark 8
Plot 8
Characters 8
Action 7
Magic 3

Elfen Lied (TV) - No one should see this. Extremely violent. Couldn't make it past episode 2.
Overall Dark 9
Plot 5
Characters 5
Action 8
Magic 3

Fate / Stay Night (TV) - This is a totally high class anime.
Overall Dark 7
Plot 8
Characters 8
Action 9
Magic 9

Mai Hime (TV) - It starts out happy and then goes to the fish around episode 8.
Overall Dark 6
Plot 9
Characters 8
Action 7
Magic 8

Monster (TV) - No magic, and not much action, but it's quite dark. Haven't met someone who doesn't like it.
Overall Dark 10
Plot 10
Characters 7
Action 2
Magic 0

Mushishi (TV & OVA) - Haven't seen much of the show, but it seems to be continually high quality. I haven't seen the OVAs (Episodes 21-26), but I've been told it becomes even darker.
Overall Dark 9
Plot 9
Characters 9
Action 2
Magic 7

Rayearth (OVA) - Don't even try watching the TV series after the OVA. You'll go into shock. It's an older show, but it's good.
Overall Dark 9
Plot 6
Characters 6
Action 7
Magic 6

HeavyMetal · Post by **HeavyMetal** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:49 pm

Its really a paradox. You need to see to buy, but have to buy to see. Because TV sucks. Not to mention you get into a series and then it ends with a wimper. (This I see in even the biggest of titles.)

Philosophy, mysticism, and action are hard to put together. Suppose that is why I like the Matrix so much. I like the thinking shows along the line of Edward Scissorhands, but sometimes you need to see asses kicked too.

Gungrave looks good. I worry it will be too much like Cowboy Beebop which was good, but way way way too slow. And a little random, but less so than many.

Too much cute crap in shows for marketing. Damn pokemon clones for sidekicks. I bloody hate filler episodes. Its like contribute to the plot or stop wasting the shows budget.

Hellsing looks good too, but I worry it will be like Witch Hunter Robin which was well....boring as hell. Not to mention I hate the type cast of witches and vampires as villians. The cat is only a villian to the mouse. Its a matter of perspective.

Anti-heros and evil are always so much cooler.

thehunterscorpion · Post by **thehunterscorpion** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:30 am

I think Elfen Lied
HunterXHunter

Kadaj · Post by **Kadaj** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:45 am

ReligionX wrote:Elfen Lied (TV) - No one should see this. Extremely violent. Couldn't make it past episode 2.
Overall Dark 9
Plot 5
Characters 5
Action 8
Magic 3

if you couldn't get that far you can not judge the series at all. i hated it after disk 1, love it after seeing the rest. particularly seeing how awful the manga was i enjoyed the improvement in plot and animation.

fallenangel_ash · Post by **fallenangel_ash** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:13 am

death note is a new dark show, based on the manga.. i love it and it fits the criteria

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SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:50 pm

HeavyMetal wrote:Hellsing looks good too, but I worry it will be like Witch Hunter Robin which was well....boring as hell. Not to mention I hate the type cast of witches and vampires as villians. The cat is only a villian to the mouse. Its a matter of perspective.

Anti-heros and evil are always so much cooler.

I couldn't let this stand, so if you haven't seen it yet - it's not much like WHR, at least in pace. Hellsing is only 13 episodes long, so there isn't room to drag on for all eternity. And there are magic-users and vampires on both "sides." The ending is one of those random in-the-air endings, probably because the manga was/is ongoing. But it's a lot of fun. Definitely the first anime series I'd think of if "fun with antiheroes" were the opening criterion.

Descendants of Darkness (mentioned way back when) is a detective series with a supremely fucked-up central antagonist. Its outlook on life and such aren't particularly dark; in fact, it's kind of optimistic despite all the serial murdering, molestation and dismembering going on offscreen. The shounen-ai is a heavily suggested sideline, plus a central antagonist who doesn't believe in personal space and will molest anything that moves. Not the central theme so much as a pervasive side theme.

That's all I've got, two clarifications. And one seconding of Kakurenbo. Short and not super-dark theme-wise, but interesting and eerie.

devilmaykickass · Post by **devilmaykickass** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:28 am

Cool Devices

Rednaxela · Post by **Rednaxela** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:45 am

FMA
Trinity Blood
Hellsing (assume from what I've seen)
Some episode of The Melancholoy of Hauhi Suzumiya are pretty dark