Paranoia Agent is Still The Scariest Anime Ever, Even 19 Years Later

Though horror anime are relatively common, the list of genuinely scary ones is frighteningly small. The reliance on gore and shock value seen in many popular horror series too often undercuts the potential for deep, psychological terror. Even adaptations of beloved horror, like Junji Ito Maniac , can fall short of their terrifying source material.

There are, however, a handful of horror anime that are truly unsettling in their approach. Through the use of subtlety, tension, and horrific imagery, the best horror anime provide so much more than cheap thrills.

This is why, even 21 years later, it's clear that no horror anime has topped the sheer terror found in 2004's Paranoia Agent .

Paranoia Agent Is The Kind Of True Psychological Horror That's Rare in Anime

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