The 11 Best Dark Fantasy Seinen Anime

Grim swordsmen, cursed immortals and things that eat people share this list, alongside a couple of quieter, eerier picks.

1. 1
   Berserk (1997)

   OLM's 1997 adaptation of Kentaro Miura's manga, covering Guts and Griffith's Golden Age arc to its brutal Eclipse.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Hellsing Ultimate

   2006-2012 OVA series faithful to Kouta Hirano's manga about the vampire Alucard and the Hellsing Organization.
   718pts
3. 3
   Ajin: Demi-Human

   2016 anime from the Good! Afternoon manga about immortal humans hunted by the government.
   692pts
4. 4
   Goblin Slayer

   2018 anime about an adventurer who hunts only goblins, adapted from the seinen-serialised dark fantasy.
   538pts
5. 5
   Made in Abyss

   2017 anime about a girl and a robot boy descending into a beautiful, horrifying chasm; from Akihito Tsukushi's seinen manga.
   538pts
6. 6
   Dorohedoro

   MAPPA's 2020 adaptation of Q Hayashida's grimy, darkly comic tale of a lizard-headed man hunting sorcerers.
   440pts
7. 7
   Drifters

   2016 anime from Kouta Hirano's manga in which history's warriors are dropped into a war-torn fantasy world.
   440pts
8. 8
   Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

   Studio 4°C's 2012-2013 film trilogy retelling the Band of the Hawk's rise and betrayal.
   440pts
9. 9
   The Ancient Magus' Bride

   2017 anime from Kore Yamazaki's manga about a girl bought at auction by a skull-headed mage.
   323pts
10. 10
    Blade of the Immortal

    Liden Films' 2019 adaptation of Hiroaki Samura's manga about a cursed, unkillable samurai.
    323pts
11. 11
    Tokyo Ghoul

    2014 anime from Sui Ishida's Young Jump manga about a student turned half-ghoul in a city of flesh-eaters.
    0pts

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