# What is the best horror OVA anime of all time?

> Straight-to-tape terror from an era when anime horror lived on the video-store shelf. Some are gothic romance, others are barely watchable gore.

*By YPB Team · Published October 19, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-horror-ova-anime-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Vampire Hunter D** — score 1000/1000
   1985 gothic OVA about a dhampir hunter in a far-future wasteland.
2. **Hellsing Ultimate** — score 500/1000
   Ten-episode OVA retelling of the vampire-hunting organization.
3. **Vampire Princess Miyu** — score 500/1000
   1988 OVA about a young girl who hunts wandering spirits called Shinma.
4. **Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend** — score 500/1000
   Notorious 1987 horror OVA that helped define extreme anime.
5. **Wicked City** — score 389/1000
   1987 supernatural thriller about a pact between humans and demons.
6. **Genocyber** — score 389/1000
   Extremely violent 1994 sci-fi horror OVA about a cyborg girl's rampage.
7. **Devilman** — score 0/1000
   Go Nagai's 1987 OVA of a boy fused with a demon.
8. **Demon City Shinjuku** — score 0/1000
   1988 horror OVA about a demon-infested Tokyo district.

Tags: animation, horror, japan, ova