Yukiteru is a highschool loner, he spends most of his time writing in his diary he accesses through his cell phone, and talking to his only friend Deus Ex Machina, who is imaginary. Weirdly enough, his diary starts predicting the future and he finds out Deus is a real deity and subjects him to join a battle royale type game with 11 other diary holders, he must kill them all to win the title of God of Time and Space. After teaming up with a girl who has been stalking him, they make their journey through this game of psychological twists and turns.

Paranoia Agent centers around a young assailant on roller skates, dubbed “Lil Slugger”, who goes around assaulting people with a golden baseball bat. Filled with a large cast of characters, this short series dives deep to find out why this child seems to only be attacking people who are going through extreme mental turmoil, and private lives of his victims. We are taken on a journey to find out if “Lil Slugger” is a supernatural phenomenon, or a child wreaking havic on Tokyo. 

Set about 1,000 years into the future, people begin to harnass psychic abilities in which some use for good and some use for evil. Main character Saki Watanabe’s powers have finally awakened within her, and she is able to join her unique group of friends at Sage Academy for psychic students. As the rag-tag group starts getting involved in matters darker than they imagined, it is up to them to step into roles their dark society has placed upon them.

Oftentimes in life we question what happens to us when we die? Death Parade offers an interesting take on that question. Instead of going to heaven or hell people who die end up at a bar called Quindecim where they are then greeted by an eerie bartender named Decim. Decim is tasked with challenging those who end up at his bar to a death game to see if they go into the void, or if they are to be reincarnated. How they react during the game… is what decides their fate. 

In the Grace Field House, the orphans seem to be taken care of quite well. Clean beds, good food and a sweet caretaker they refer to as “Mom.” But one day Orphans Emma and Norman notice the lost plush bunny left by Conny, a girl who had recently been adopted. In hopes to return it to her before she leaves the house they stumble across the girl's dead body. Soon they realize life isn’t what it seems at the orphanage as they try their hardest to escape with their siblings and save their lives from whatever “mom” is actually trying to do to them. 

In this visually striking anime set in feudal japan, a man known only as “The Medicine Seller” travels far and wide to slay evil spirits called Mononoke. Before he can kill it he must learn of the origins of the mononoke, investigating the reasoning of why it is here which is an incredibly dangerous job on his part. This beautifully done anime is filled with historical fiction and incredible supernatural story telling. 

Although it isn’t a series like others on this list, it’s hard not to top this creepy classic. Perfect Blue follows the story of singer-turned-actress Mima Kirigore, as she sheds her once “good girl” popstar image to become a more mature actress. Once this happens she begins to be stalked and vicious murders start happening, all of this is a lot for Mima to handle as she slowly begins losing grip on reality. What’s even scarier is she cannot tell if the real monster is out there or if it's been inside her head all along.