Mature Dark Anime

[Great Kou]

I've Recently got into really dark depressing anime, and I'm really craving some more at the moment, and who ever could send me on the right path would be of great help! Here are a few I really liked, and would really enjoy to see alot more of that kinda feel that they had about them. It be a plus if there was some romance involved, not necessarily needed but it would be a BIG Plus I don't dislike happy moments or anything just I do want some type of drama/suspense/Psychological going on..

(sorry if I seem like I'm rambling or not making too much sense, or rushing all this trying to post this before I hit the sack so I have some things to browse later after I get the chance..

-ChäoS;HEAd
-Elfen Lied
-Gantz
-Texhnolyze ( Really enjoyed this one)
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ( it's not as dark but I loved it!!! I'd love to see something similar around the mystery department.)


Also Action is good and a great Main character he can be a puss but he has to become awesome bad ass or not by the Middle or End.


Greatly Appreciate All Feed Back
Hope to hear form a few people night all!

[Ichihara Asako]

Speed Grapher. (highly underrated and unappreciated)
Mnemosyne. (A little overrated, imo, but Mamiko and Rie <3)
Kara no Kyoukai (Five of seven movies currently out, sixth due soon).

Just a few off the top of my head.

[Mooglar]

Berserk
School days

[Arkuatic]

Found chaos;head soooooo obnoxious in story and development(character wise)-dunno what was so great about it.

Ghost Hunt-find it kinda dark, not sure about others but i found the vladmir episode pretty grim(situational wise).

Not really sure but Darker than black has a darkish theme story since not much of the story or episodes are uplifting or atleast i thought.

[Haak]

I thought Wolf's Rain was pretty dark and depressing.

[RWBladewing]

I'd check out Phantom~Requiem for the Phantom. I'm fairly sure it's exactly what you're looking for. Dark crime drama story, depressing situation for the main characters (who are also badass), lots of action, and hints of romance.

[Neijii]

Blood + ... one of my fav. animes

[Anju-chan]

Paranoia Agent

Spoiler for WARNING:

Just a warning, there is a detailed nude scene of a woman in ep 1 but that goes off the screen in a few seconds, one episode deals with a prostitute, and another with incest, but other than that it's pretty good.

[Great Kou]

Thanks all for the Suggestions I'll Defiantly look into these great Suggestions
as for "Paranoia Agent" & Blood + thanks for your suggestions on both of these but sadly I've seen both but thanks for the help guys! I'll def be busy for awhile ^^

* More suggestions are welcome btw. I'll keep checking in,
too see if someone remembers something else by chance.

[SeijiSensei]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Monster or Boogiepop Phantom. I'd also suggest Mononoke and its prequel, the "Bakeneko" (or "Goblin Cat") arc of Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales. If you might like a touch of humor with your mature dark story, there's Hakaba Kitaro.

[signorRossi]

Originally Posted by Anju-chan

Paranoia Agent

Spoiler for WARNING:

Just a warning, there is a detailed nude scene of a woman in ep 1 but that goes off the screen in a few seconds, one episode deals with a prostitute, and another with incest, but other than that it's pretty good.

Spoiler:

It wasn't as severe as incest, the father peeped on his daughter and lived out his incest fantasies with the prostitute. I also remember the guy had one of the funniest moments in the whole series.
But then again I can't remember the nude woman scene in episode 1, what was that about?

[Anitero]

"Dark and depressing anime" meant "Neon Genesis Evangelion" to me for a very long time. I'm not sure if the new movies are anything different, but the very first movie certainly went down a dark path.

AIR was also fairly depressing towards the end, and that has romance in spades.

[MikaMiaka]

Perhaps you would want to check out X (tv). I enjoyed it immensely.

[Shadow Kira01]

Not sure if you have watched these yet or whether they have already been suggested but I recommend these few animes:

Ga-Rei -Zero-
Ghost Hunt
Persona -trinity soul-
TOKKO
Tokyo Majin Gakuen
Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo

Another suggestion:

tactics is pretty much like Ghost Hunt except that I just started watching it, so I would really recommend it but if you like Ghost Hunt, you will most likely like it too.

[wingdarkness]

Saikano...


/end thread...

Google it, then get it, then be a depressed mess of a human...

[jachyrah]

i second Blood+. Try Black Lagoon also. top notch quality and action scenes. It has some pretty dark moments 2.

[-HyugaNeji-]

Originally Posted by Great Kou

I've Recently got into really dark depressing anime, and I'm really craving some more at the moment, and who ever could send me on the right path would be of great help! Here are a few I really liked, and would really enjoy to see alot more of that kinda feel that they had about them. It be a plus if there was some romance involved, not necessarily needed but it would be a BIG Plus I don't dislike happy moments or anything just I do want some type of drama/suspense/Psychological going on..

(sorry if I seem like I'm rambling or not making too much sense, or rushing all this trying to post this before I hit the sack so I have some things to browse later after I get the chance..

-ChäoS;HEAd
-Elfen Lied
-Gantz
-Texhnolyze ( Really enjoyed this one)
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ( it's not as dark but I loved it!!! I'd love to see something similar around the mystery department.)


Also Action is good and a great Main character he can be a puss but he has to become awesome bad ass or not by the Middle or End.


Greatly Appreciate All Feed Back
Hope to hear form a few people night all!

If you want to experience a complete Mindf**k watch Bersek. Especially the ending will leave you with your mouth open

[ACSephiroth]

Surprised no one mentioned Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex yet. Its very dark and has a lot of political drama in it. Try not to get annoyed by the Tachikoma's though, you will probably grow to like them latter on.

[Kurai~]

Black Lagoon
KIBA
Serial Experiments Lain
Berserk (the manga is even more wtf though)
Kakurenbo
Blue Gender (underrated, and sad )
Battle Angel Alita
Kite (adult content in this one though)
Kurozuka
Mnemosyne

and DEFINITELY Perfect Blue. Not enough people have seen it. They should.



All depends on your idea of "dark" though. Apocalyptic and hopeless? Loneliness?

[Larthak]

Originally Posted by Great Kou

I've Recently got into really dark depressing anime, ...

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Monster.

As SeijiSensei correctly pointed out, Monster is the very definition of dark and depressing. You should really try it.