
Gegege no Kitarou: Jigoku-hen
The origins of Kitarou.
Canonical catalog
611 titles

The origins of Kitarou.

The age of the demons has begun. Dr Faust has foreseen this rise of evil. Unfortunately, he is near death and is unable to personally battle this upcoming threat. Faust entrusts a young boy, Shingo Yamada, to take the responsibility of ridding the Earth of this new evil presence. Faust finds a birthmark on Shingo's forehead that signifies that he is the chosen demon fighter. Faust summons from hell what may be humanity's only hope of surviving: a less than enthusiastic devil named Mephisto rises. After signing a pact in blood to save humankind, Shingo and Mephisto set out to battle the supernatural world. (Source: AniDB)

A woman is relaxing at home, where she is joined by a peculiar blue creature. Initially terrified, she quickly grows fond of it, and the two form a bond. However, it would be wise of her not to let her guard down just yet. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A "deleted scene" from Chainsaw Bunny, where the monster becomes a giant pink faceless looming creature.

Tetsushi, Ryouchin and Shiina are a youthful trio not to be trifled with; they have a fearsome reputation. One day they decide to enter Jingkudou, a store which is rumored to be the gateway to Hell, the storekeeper sure is creepy enough. He tells them a story and after that they decide, with a magical token provided by the storekeeper, to try and find the restless spirit of a murder victim in order to give her release. This is only the start of their supernatural career... (Source: BakaBT)

The story begins with the sudden appearance of a blood-red moon in the sky, known as the Red Moon Incident. The remaining survivors are forced to seek refuge in a city protected by high walls. Among the survivors, some exhibit mental mutations. Those unable to control their mutations emit a mental plague, contaminating those around them and posing a significant threat to the remaining humans. To address the source of the contamination, the walled city establishes a special contamination cleanup department, and our protagonist, Lu Xin, is joining it! (Source: Tencent, translated)

Short animations based on the plot of Biohazard/Resident Evil 4 in the style of Nippon Animation's classic World Masterpiece Theater series posted to the official YouTube to promote the 2023 game release.

A horror spin on the classic tale of "The Little Match Girl".

The fourth series, The Bloody Karte (presented as a side series on the DVDs) is a set of 12 stories about Catherine working in a mysterious hospital. (Source: AniDB)

With the growing demand for high-quality organ transplants in Japan, many underground organizations have carried out kidnapping and murder operations to obtain organs for sale; surgeon doctors also started practicing. It even began to intervene in outside countries like China. Our protagonist, Tamaki Suzuhara, a beautiful but mysterious high school girl, tries to find someone very important to her who is currently missing. She joined an illegal organ trafficking network, which kidnapped those who were judged "morally cure" for morphological, surgical removal of organs. Let's see where this bloody journey and Tamaki Suzuhara's moral dilemma will lead. Can she find what she wants?

A villa, involved in strange circumstances in the 1990s, is bulldozed and new homes are built on top. The ostensibly peaceful town and its inhabitants will soon have its cover blown wide open. Mysterious forces are at play, rooted in a disturbing truth.

Movie based on the 1985 TV anime with an original plot.

Music video by Kousuke Sugimoto for the title track Alice In Voodooland by RoughSketch and featuring Aikapin.

The story is told by the cat-eyed boy, hated by humans and demons, who engages in tales of terror, including monsters and children.

The internet is full of creepypastas, cryptid sightings, tales of paranormal activity, and unsolved disappearances. These are mostly rumors and pranks fueled by trolls—entertainment. But the unlucky few learn the hard way that some legends are true. Many of these unfortunate souls are doomed, but their luck may change if they cross paths with the boy in the red hood. He roams from town to town and appears wherever strange things occur. Is he a light in the dark? Or living proof that monsters are all too real...? (Source: Yen Press)

For reasons unknown to him, Rei receives the Kyoufu Shinbun every morning, a newspaper which foresees deaths and catastrophes... Based on Tsunoda Jirou's classic horror manga "Kyoufu Shinbun", serialized in Weekly Shounen Champion. (Source: AniDB)

A Halloween special starring Zonmi-chan. A soldier is being chased by several Zonmi-chan zombies. He shoots at them but is ultimately caught.

The story of the anime revolves around Hanako, a girl who lives in a supernatural world apart from our own. Hanako appears when schoolchildren are in trouble; she is a benevolent version of an enduring Japanese urban legend about Hanako, a ghost who lives in a toilet at the local school. (Source: ANN)

A novel writer and his family move into a new house that was used as a set in his favorite horror movie. There, strange things start to happen.

An abbreviated 12 minute version of episode 37 from the 1971 TV anime. This was shown as part of the summer 1980 Toei Manga Matsuri and uses entirely recycled footage. (Source: TSHS)

Seventeenth season of Yami Shibai.

DVD-only episodes 12-13 of Takahashi Rumiko Gekijou Ningyo no Mori that adapt the Ningyo no Kizu chapter.

This film is sort of a mashup of Ghost Train (episode 7) and Great Yokai War (episodes 10-11) from the original 1968 TV series, but with a new spin on it to bring it towards the modernness of the 1996 TV series--essentially making an entirely original plot. (Source: TSHS)
