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Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (2006)
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Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (2006)
Original name: 怪~ayakashi~ Japanese Classic Horror
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death, "Tenshu Monogatari," the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human, and "Bakeneko," the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.
Style: anime, anthology, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, unusual plot structure
Plot: supernatural power, supernatural, fear, paranormal activity, female nudity, manipulation, danger, resistance, rivals, haunted by the past, supernatural horror, human nature, against humanity, magic realism, female full frontal nudity

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, tense and psychological films and TV series with plots about supernatural power, supernatural, supernatural ability, magic, mysticism, ghost and spirit mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales: Junji Ito Collection (2018), Mononoke (2007), Pet Shop of Horrors (1999), Mushi-Shi (2005), Housing Complex C (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Junji Ito Collection (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
Style: anime, bleak, psychotronic, absurd, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: transformation, phobia, fear, model, supernatural horror, puzzle, adaptation, supernatural, danger, blood, superhero, virus ...
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 8.2
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Mononoke (2007)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a ...
Style: anime, suspense, tense, captivating, deep ...
Plot: japanese mythology, magic, mysticism, spirit, vengeful ghost, demon, supernatural, evil spirit, supernatural ability, ghost, ghost hunter, social criticism ...
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100%
Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to the most magnificent pet shop in Chinatown! Operated by the shadowy Count D, the shop specializes in rare and hard to come by pets... but with each sale comes a contract. And if that contract is broken, watch out! Detective Orcott has ...
Style: anime, psychological, detective, manga, horrifying ...
Plot: police, mature, darkness, mermaid, supernatural, tragedy, anthropomorphism, cookie, curse
Place: china, los angeles
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100%
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Mushi-Shi (2005)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are ...
Style: anime, manga, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: mysterious character, nature, legends and myths, supernatural, youkai, supernatural power, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, japanese mythology, countryside, journey ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Housing Complex C (2022)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Kimi lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the seaside town of Kurosaki, with horrific incidents starting to occur and trouble seemingly following her wherever she goes. Is an ancient evil stalking the residents of Housing Complex C?
Style: anime, disturbing, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural horror, threat, supernatural power, hunted, death threat, undercover, secret, seaside town, apartment complex
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Ghost Hunt (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Ghost Hunt, originally titled Akuryō Series, is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: danger, paranormal activity, clergy, ghost, monk, supernatural, exorcism, supernatural ability, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, mysticism, paranormal investigation ...
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100%
Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
Style: anime, serious, suspenseful, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot: spirit, friendship, ghost, supernatural, exorcist, japanese culture, orphan, youkai, supernatural power, human animal relationship, folklore, japanese mythology ...
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100%
Thriller Restaurant (2009)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Based on the best selling Kaidan Restaurant line of ghost story anthologies by Miyoko Matsutani and illustrators Yoshikazu Takai and Kumiko Kato. Each episode contains three short stories, an"appetizer", "entree" and ...
Style: anime, psychological, captivating, thrilling, entertaining ...
Plot: ghost, friends, supernatural horror, spirit, haunted house, friendship, haunted, mysticism, supernatural, restaurant, children
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42%
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Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, ...
Style: anime, gothic horror, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, evil spirit, supernatural power, vengeful ghost, paranormal activity, ghost, mysticism, curse, youkai
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42%
The Case Study of Vanitas (2021)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: In 19th-century Paris, young vampire Noé finds the Book of Vanitas in human hands. Calling himself Vanitas, this doctor wields its power and tempts Noé with a plan to “cure” all vampires. Allying with him may be dangerous, but does he have a ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: supernatural, showdown, supernatural ability, supernatural power, secret, magic, vampire, vampire hunter, steampunk, magical creature, magical, revenge ...
Time: 19th century
Place: paris france
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39%
Sunday Without God (2013)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Since 15 years ago, no new lives are born... and no one can die. Then, "gravekeepers" appeared in the world, with the ability to give rest to the living dead. Therefore the people said, "God abandoned the World". Ai who is 12 ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: supernatural power, life & death, rescue mission, magic, fantasy world, magical power, supernatural, save the world, magical, supernatural ability, artificial intelligence, imaginary ...
Place: japan
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39%
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Dark Gathering (2023)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself ...
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, mystical, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, medium, apparition, seeing ghosts, mysticism, spirit, supernatural ability, ghost, belief in ghosts, haunting, terror
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Midnight Occult Civil Servants (2019)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Miyako Arata is newly assigned to the Shinjuku Ward Office's Nighttime Regional Relations Department. Each of Tokyo's 23 wards has one such department, established to mitigate paranormal and occult-related events. Arata's special ...
Style: anime, disturbing, tense, captivating, shoujo ...
Plot: deity, kidnapping, demon, angel, drastic change of life, japanese mythology, teamwork, supernatural, magic, mysticism, mythology, supernatural power ...
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38%
Ghost Talker's Daydream (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A dominatrix must solve a ghost mystery.
Style: anime, mystic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: ghost, sadomasochism, dominatrix, supernatural power, perversion, female protagonist, supernatural, fight, mysticism, masochism, spirit, haunting ...
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37%
Shrine of the Morning Mist (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: Yuzu Hieda, is a high schooler and one of three sisters, all of whom are Miko at the local Shinto shrine. When her childhood love returns, it is discovered that dark gods have a great interest in him and Yuzu is recruited to gather fellow female ...
Style: anime, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, seinen
Plot: supernatural, magical girl, slice of life, supernatural power, fight
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Rental Magica (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In a world where magical organizations - staffed by specialists wielding both Eastern and Western disciplines - vie for work, prestige and power. Destroying supernatural monsters... dispelling dark magic... It's all in a day's work for the ...
Style: anime, disturbing, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: magic, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, magical girl, magician, magical power, supernatural power, satire, magical
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37%
Summer Time Rendering (2022)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Upon hearing of Ushio's death, Shinpei returns to his hometown of Wakayama City on Hitogashima and reunites with his childhood friend's family. The funeral goes smoothly, but under the surface something strange is brewing on the island. ...
Style: anime, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: island, supernatural, private investigation, investigation, murder, sleuth, uncover truth, paranormal phenomena, puzzle, getting home, paranormal activity, paranormal investigation ...
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36%
Raven of the Inner Palace (2022)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: What is the true identity of the solitary Raven Consort? The Raven Consort is a special consort living deep in the inner palace who, despite her title, does not perform nighttime duties for the emperor. Some who have seen her say she has the ...
Style: anime, captivating, mystical, psychological, josei
Plot: magic, supernatural, relationships, empire, mysticism, relationship problems, couple relations, life, emperor, lifestyle, male female relationship, supernatural power ...
Place: ancient china, china
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36%
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Devil Hunter Yohko (1990)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Spunky, athletic high school student Mano Yohko doesn't know it yet, but she's #107 in a long and venerable line of demon hunters! But after her school principal sics a monster on her in the swimming pool and she's nearly seduced by a ...
Style: anime, corny
Plot: supernatural power, female nudity, supernatural hunter, superheroine, erotica, teenager, demon, possession, high school, supernatural, female full frontal nudity
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36%
Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: It was just a usual morning. Akira Shiroyanagi, a high schooler who loves games and Konpeito (Japanese sweets), has suddenly been dragged into a battlefield by a mysterious girl who calls herself Mion. The participants are told that they are ...
Style: anime, tense, captivating, exciting, shounen ...
Plot: secret experiment, survival, supernatural, fight for supremacy, supernatural power, supernatural ability, showdown, teenage girl, good versus evil, magical power, experiment, struggle for survival ...
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35%
Dead Mount Death Play (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave fighter off guard, and now he’s ...
Style: anime, captivating, seinen
Plot: supernatural, reincarnation, supernatural ability, teenager, necromancer, supernatural power, wizard, fantasy world, magic, teenage protagonist, magical, fight ...
Place: japan
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35%
The Vampire Dies in No Time (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In Shin-Yokohama, humans engage in a long, drawn out battle against vampires. Amongst them, the last "true vampire" stands... Will he be a bringer of peace, or destruction?
Style: anime, humorous, entertaining, captivating
Plot: vampire, escapades, vampirism, vampire hunter, supernatural ability, teamwork, supernatural power, bromance
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist (2021)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: So long as people have hearts, there will be those with worries and concerns. Those hearts are then invaded by something strange, causing them to show strange physical symptoms. These ailments, called "mysterious diseases," exist unseen to ...
Style: anime, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, escapades, death, violence, chase, characters in danger, friends, society, curses spells and rituals, youth, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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35%
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Cackling Kitarou (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills by thwarting the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating, anime
Plot: supernatural power, evil spirit, good versus evil, ghost, spirit, assistant, mysticism, humour, ghost story, showdown, supernatural
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Fire Force (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals". While the Infernals are first ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, inspirational, manga ...
Plot: saving a life, law and order, supernatural, fire brigade, conspiracy, teamwork, magic, fire, fire department, partner, secret organization, superpower ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Maoyu: Archenemy & Hero (2013)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans’ greatest hero invades the Demon Queen’s castle determined to vanquish her. However, instead of fighting back, the Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining
Plot: heroes, supernatural ability, assistant, wizards and magicians, black magic, fantasy world, supernatural, demon, magical, magical creature, dream world, supernatural power ...
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35%
 7.1
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SCHOOL-LIVE! (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki decide to stay over at school. Along with the school adviser Megumi Sakura, they suddenly find themselves to be the final survivors of a zombie attack, and continue to live and survive at ...
Style: anime, tense, surreal, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, supernatural, survival horror, schoolgirl, friendship, protecting from truth, zombie, school, supernatural power, memory loss, slice of life, undead ...
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35%
Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: When the Pillars suddenly appear on Earth, threatening all life, it's only the act of the god Odin that offers humanity salvation. Providing a means of fighting back, he gives Earth the Valkyries, young female pilots with supernatural powers ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating
Plot: supernatural, battles, good versus evil, fight, supernatural power, protector, fantasy world, humanity, god, superhuman powers, teamwork, showdown ...
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34%
The Tale of Outcasts (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Wisteria is an orphan girl living in a corner of the British Empire at the end of the 19th century. Her life is desolate and bleak–until she encounters Malbus, a powerful but equally lonely immortal being with a furry appearance, hounded by ...
Style: anime, captivating, psychological, shounen
Plot: friendship, supernatural, demon, supernatural power, supernatural being, fantasy world, lifestyle, creature, magician, lonely, friends, orphan ...
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34%
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Luck & Logic (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In the year L.C. 922, people faced a sudden crisis. In Tetra Heaven, the land of legend, a hundred years of war had come to a close. The gods who lost the war searched for a new place to live, and found it in Septpia, the human world, which they ...
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, entertaining
Plot: police officer, fight, teamwork, supernatural power, police, workplace, fantasy world, battles, supernatural ability, coworker, protector, female nudity ...
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34%
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