Dark Anime

Dark anime is technically not a genre but rather a classification that focuses more on the exploration of death, trauma, psychologically disturbing concepts, and explicit mature content. It may look and feel the same as your typical shonen or shojo anime series, but you’ll come across scenes that are plenty more gruesome, hair-raising, stomach-churning, and emotionally devastating. Many dark animes are considered so dark that they’ve actually been banned in several countries....

Dark power users can be either hero or villain, depending on the story. And when they’re written well, they can infuse a story with twists and turns as the character grows and develops in unexpected ways, whether that means embracing their darkness or working to overcome it. From hero characters who are granted hellish powers to villains who pose a grave threat with their sinister abilities, here are the darkest anime characters with evil and unholy abilities....