Halloween Again!
Hey, I’ll be out of the country for the next few weeks, so I thought I would post some spooky reruns for everyone to enjoy until I get back. Hope you all have a great Halloween, see you in November!
Spooktacular Anime for Halloween Night!
Originally posted Oct 2023
It’s time to put that Nightmare Before Christmas playlist on continuous loop, stab a face into a pumpkin, and eat a whole lot more candy than could ever be healthy for you, because Halloween is here! And what better way to spend a spooktacular night than watching some creepy cute, goth girl, blood slurping, demon school drama, hauntingly fun anime! Of course, just like every Otaku has their favorite anime series, you probably have your favorite Halloween spookster too. Maybe it’s wickedly mischeivous witches that get your spirits soaring? Or is it the dark and dramatic tales of vampires that gets your blood pumping? It doesn’t matter what go-to ghoul you go for, there is definitely an anime for that. Though celebrating Halloween is pretty new in Japan, anime studios have been making plenty of creepy series and movies for decades. Meaning that there is a plethora of Halloween appropriate anime to choose from! So if you just have to watch some witches, view some vampires, must see some monsters, or gaze at some ghosts, here are a few anime series that might be just right of you on this spookiest of Halloween!
Witches to Watch!
Witch Hunter Robin
Love police procedurals but wished they had a lot more magic and witches in them? Yes, a classic car chase scene or shoot out between police and the gangsters is great, but wouldn’t it be even better with flame magic and more explody bits? Then the anime Witch Hunter Robin is just right for you! Follow the cases of this special witch hunting police unit as they track down and arrest criminal magic users. The main character Robin might just be 15 years old, but she has plenty of firepower to fight crime and solve mysteries.
Flying Witch
This is a light hearted, slice of life anime about an air headed witch that moves to her cousin’s farm house in the countryside to finish her witch’s training ala Kiki’s Delivery Service! Though the county life is certainly relax, this young witch’s adventures are anything but boring!
Tweeny Witches
What could be more magical than being transported to a whole new world filled with magic, spells, and witches?! That’s just what happens in the anime Tweeny Witches when the main character a middle school girl named Arusu has a little accident and falls into the goth, witchy world of her dreams.
Vampires to View!
Hellsing
Seras was just an average hard working police officer, when one day she crosses paths with vampires reeking havoc in a rural village. It doesn’t look like she’ll survive this encounter, until she gets a little help from an ancient vampire named Alucard and the secret organization that hunts monsters!
Trinity Blood
Love the anime Hellsing, but want something a little less grim? Try the anime Trinity Blood! This vampire series takes place in the distant future and has some fun sci-fi elements, like the vampire virus actually comes from Mars! Likewise, the male lead vampire (A sweet softy, super powered vampire named Abel) is a bit more gentle than Alucard from Hellsing.
Vampire Hunter D
This is the classic vampire of anime that inspired and helped shaped most other vampire anime that came after it. There are clear connections between the character design of D (The main character of Vampire Hunter D) Alucard from Hellsing and Abel from Trinity Blood. This retro anime takes place in a post apocalyptic world, and much like an old Western movie, our vampire hero roves the desolate terrain fighting monsters and defending oppressed villagers.
Monster Must Sees!
How to Keep a Mummy
This is a slice of life anime about a middle school boy that gets an unexpected pet from his adventurer/explorer dad. Little did Sora know when he opened the giant sarcophagus sent to him from his dad, that what would come out was a monster! The cutest, friendliest little monster that he could ever hope for!
Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun
In the anime Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun, it’s not just about a few pet monsters bounding around the real world and being adorable, it’s about a whole world of demons and monsters and the cinnamon roll of a character (a middle school boy named Iruma) that has to learn to survive going to school with them. This might sound a bit hazardous, but with a little help from his powerful demon grandpa, and some good friends, Iruma’s new life in the underworld is looking pretty good!
Kamisama Kiss
If going to school with monsters is tough, being the deity of them is twice as hard! Nanami, an average high school girl, finds herself homeless after her deadbeat dad gambled away all their money. But she’s not about to let a little poverty keep her down! After heroically saving a stranger from a barking puppy, she gets a new home and job, as the local deity. Too bad her new fox spirit servant is not too happy about that.
Ghosts to gaze at!
Toilet Bound Hanako Kun
If you love creepy cute, than the anime Toilet Bound Hanako Kun is just right for you! This series is about Nene, a high school girl that dreams of finding a boyfriend that doesn’t mind her Daikon legs. Hearing a rumor that if she summons the ghost Hanako, she can have her wish granted, she goes to a little used restroom in a little used wing of her school. Little did she know that Hanako is a Kun rather than a Chan, and that getting her wish granted brought her a whole lot more ghostly trouble than she bargained for.
Shaman King
This shonen battle anime is about a young shaman named Yoh, and his quest to work his way to the top of the shaman rankings in a battle royal competition to become the next Shaman King! And why does he want to become the strongest of all shaman and ruler of spirits? So he can be lazy and not work for the rest of his life, of course!
Phantom of the Idol
The anime Phantom of the Idol is about a male pop idol that has no interest in being a singer, and only got into the entertainment business because he thought it would be an easy way to make money. He soon finds out that being an idol is a lot more work and effort than he’s willing to invest. As he was considering quitting his job he meets the ghost of a girl idol that wants to get back into preforming more than life itself! Together they make a deal for her to get back on stage, and for him to put in less work than ever in his career.
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