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Top 10 Thriller Anime Series

Posted by admin on Oct 3, 2012 in Top 10 | 6 comments | Views

Psychological thriller is a sub-genre of the Thriller with heavy focus on the unstable emotional states of characters with combination of mystery and thriller. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, along with the typical traits of the thriller genre. And if you like this type of genre then this list is for you.

According to our opinion these are the Top 10 Thriller animes series of all time but many of you might have some other opinions. You are free to comment on the list and recommend your top 10 Thriller Animes Shows, we will review them and can possibly change the list according to it.

1 Death Note

Death Note

 

Released Year : 2006

No of Episodes : 37 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.8/10 (462 votes cast)

Genre : Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Plot : The story follows high school student Yagami Light, who finds a mysterious notebook, called Death Note, that allows him to kill whoever’s name is written in it. Light uses this notebook to kill prisoners, but the police soon catch wind. The world’s greatest detective, L, and so a suspense packed[...]

Our Review : Death note is very Griping, thrilling, intelligent and very worth sitting anime to watch . It focuses on the questions of good and bad, of moral .....   Read More

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2 Elfen Lied

Elfen Lied

 

Released Year : 2004

No of Episodes : 14 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.3/10 (183 votes cast)

Genre : Thriller, Drama, Horror

Plot : The race of Diclonii - mutant humans with special powers - is abused and used for experiments. A teenage Diclonius girl Lucy escapes an experimental facility and starts living with humans. She seeks revenge and battles humans and other Diclonii. A violent and dramatic anime.[...]

Our Review : The first seven minutes of this anime are probably the most brutal in anime history. All in all, this anime is high in brutality and nudity, whic.....   Read More

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3 Another/Anaza

Another/Anaza

 

Released Year : 2012

No of Episodes : 12 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.6/10 (695 votes cast)

Genre : Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Plot : Spring, 1998. Recently transferred to Yomiyama Kita Middle School, Kouichi Sakakibara (15) gets the feeling something isn't quite right with his class, who all seem to be afraid of something. He finds himself attracted to the strange yet beautiful Mei Misaki, but his efforts to get closer only confo[...]

Our Review : It's not too often an Anime keeps me guessing where the story is going, but Another certainly did that. From very early on in the story till the .....   Read More

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4 Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate

 

Released Year : 2011

No of Episodes : 25 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.8/10 (220 votes cast)

Genre : Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery

Plot : Okabe Rintarou, an university student who refers to himself as Crazy Mad Scientist Hououin Kyouma and his lab's members work on a microwave device that can transfer messages to the past. Without getting captured, they should get it working in order to beat the evil organization, SERN and stop their [...]

Our Review : The show starts off slowly but steadily. Each episode makes you yearn for more and more. About halfway through the series, the show takes a turn .....   Read More

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5 Mirai Nikki

Mirai Nikki

 

Released Year : 2011

No of Episodes : 26 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.7/10 (206 votes cast)

Genre : Action, Drama, Thriller

Plot : This psychological thriller is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he mak[...]

Our Review : This showed rocked! Yuno is an awesome femme fatale, and all the other characters are well written too...the animation is great and the story act.....   Read More

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6 Monster

Monster

 

Released Year : 2004

No of Episodes : 74 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.1/10 (73 votes cast)

Genre : Drama , Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Plot : In 1986, Tenma, a Japanese neurosurgeon in Germany saved a boy who was shot in the head. He did this against the orders of his patron who had wanted him to operate on a politician then. He had done it out of guilt (for not saving a patient earlier in a similar situation). Thus his career sank. Years[...]

Our Review : I like this cleverly written show for its addictive storyline and emotionally tense scenes. You must be willing to accept the many ''fillers'' - .....   Read More

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7 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

 

Released Year : 2006

No of Episodes : 26 (Completed)

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Rating: 7.7/10 (127 votes cast)

Genre : Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Plot : Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a story of many chapters. It's about the town of Hinamizawa, and the people who live there, Rena Ryugu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo, and Rika Furude, as well as friends, relatives, and visitors dealing with Lord Oyashiro's curse. Every year on the night of Watanagashi, pe[...]

Our Review : What's best of all is the horror, both physical and psychological. If the blood won't get to you, the emotional tension will. With a cast of memo.....   Read More

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8 Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

 

Released Year : 1998

No of Episodes : 13 (Completed)

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Rating: 6.8/10 (40 votes cast)

Genre : Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Plot : A week after Chisa committed suicide, her classmates begin to receive emails from her. Hearing rumors fly at school, a quiet withdrawn girl named Lain goes home that day, turns on her dusty Navi computer for the first time and has a conversation with the dead girl. Chisa's message reads that she kil[...]

Our Review : When you first start watching the series, it makes absolutely no sense, and every episode just seems to be adding to the complexity by introducin.....   Read More

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9 Deadman Wonderland

Deadman Wonderland

 

Released Year : 2011

No of Episodes : 12 (Completed)

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Rating: 8.5/10 (68 votes cast)

Genre : Action, Thriller

Plot : Ganta, the sole survivor of the brutal murder of his entire class, is framed and ends up falsely convicted for it. During the massacre the real killer embeds a red crystal in him. Ganta is sent to a privately owned prison which has a rather different and perverted take on incarceration, entertaining[...]

Our Review : I really enjoy the show, the story, and the characters, in the first part of the first episode, you'll think that it's pure justice that these pr.....   Read More

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10 Baccano!

Baccano!

 

Released Year : 2007

No of Episodes : 16 (Completed)

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Rating: 7.7/10 (58 votes cast)

Genre : Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller

Plot : Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction mashed together for a world straight out of the movies[...]

Our Review : At first it's difficult to follow because of the anachronistic order and sheer loads of characters, but as you get used to the pacing and familia.....   Read More

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  1. mirasoul April 6, 2013

    I still feel like “Another” should be in number 2 or 3

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