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Mushi-Shi(2005-2014)

4.0/5 (with 91 votes)

Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.

Monogatari(2009-2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 25min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
4.1/5 (with 213 votes)

Although there are still traces of the brief period he became a vampire, third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. He happens upon others with their own supernatural problems and finds that he can empathize. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, seeking to help them and occasionally asking for advice from Meme Oshino, the homeless man who helped him become human again.

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger(2009-2010)

3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Takeru Shiba, the head of the Shiba family and Hikoma Kusakabe call four teenagers in order to battle the Gedoushu. They transform into Shinkengers by using Shodo Phones. Genta Umemori, a childhood friend of Takeru joined Shinkengers as Shinken Gold.

In/Spectre(2020-2023)

4.0/5 (with 84 votes)

Kotoko Iwanaga became the god of wisdom to the supernatural beings and spends her days solving problems for them. However, the boy who she fell head over heels for, Kuro Sakuragawa, is someone that is feared by all supernatural creatures. The two of them face various mysterious incidents involving the supernatural in this love x romance x mystery series. Where will these fantastical incidents lead them and what will happen with Kotoko’s crush?

Directed by Keiji Gotoh

The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World(2023)

3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

Betrayed and on the brink of death, genius exorcist Haruyoshi Kuga still has an ace up his sleeve—a reincarnation spell. With a successful incantation taking him to a new world reborn as Seika Lamprogue into a distinguished wizard family, his only wish is to find happiness. But as Seika’s onmyō art exceeds this world’s magic, will he be able to live an easy, happy-go-lucky life?

InuYasha(2000-2010)

FSK: 16+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
4.3/5 (with 952 votes)

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

Rosario + Vampire(2008)

4.3/5 (with 6 votes)

An ordinary high school boy fails to get into any private academy except one — which happens to be populated by supernatural creatures disguised as humans. To survive, he has to pretend that he is one of them and blend in.

Natsume Yujin-cho(2008-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 33 votes)

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.

The Little Judge from Hell(1973-1974)

25min per episode | Animation, Comedy

Dororon Enma-kun, also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would get a sequel/remake in Demon Prince Enma, which drops the comedy and becomes a full-fledged suspense-horror series. After the OVA was released, another manga version was released called Satanikus ENMA Kerberos by Eiji Toriyama. A remake entitled Dororon Enma-kun MeeraMera began airing in Japan in April 2011.

Directed by Kimio Yabuki

Yu Yu Hakusho(2023)

3.9/5 (with 67 votes)

After a selfless act costs him his life, teen delinquent Yusuke Urameshi is chosen as a Spirit Detective to investigate cases involving rogue yokai.

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger(2015-2016)

3.8/5 (with 5 votes)

The evil warlord Gengetsu Kibaoni was defeated 444 years ago by the Last Ninja, the head of the Igasaki Family. In 2015, the Kibaoni Army starts rebuilding their empire and use fear harvested from humans to revive him. Five members of the Igasaki family must use their Nintality to transform into the Ninningers and fight to prevent the revival of Gengetsu Kibaoni.

Kamisama Kiss(2012-2015)

FSK: 6+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.3/5 (with 412 votes)

Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

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GeGeGe no Kitaro(2018-2020)

3.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by GeGeGe no Kitaro...

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari(2023)

3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Filled with rage against spirits known as tsukumogami, Kunato Hyoma is sent to live with Nagatsuki Botan to help him see a different side. Though both are part of a clan that return the spirits back to their world with divine powers, their experiences with the otherworldly vessels are vastly different. Kunato, robbed of a loved one, and Nagatsuki, saved by them. Can she get through to him?

Directed by Ryūichi Kimura

Ushio and Tora(2015-2016)

24min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama
4.1/5 (with 69 votes)

Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?

Cackling Kitarou(1968-1969)

4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

Mokke(2007-2008)

24min per episode | Animation, Drama, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

This is a story about two sisters: Shizuru is a high school student who is able to see ghosts while her younger sister, Mizuki, is haunted by these apparitions. Frustrated by their abilities, their parents decided to entrust the sisters into the care of their grandparents who live in the countryside. As they adapt to life in the countryside, Shizuru and Mizuki begin to learn about the importance of coexisting nature with these apparitions.

Kemono Jihen(2021)

3.8/5 (with 47 votes)

When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.

Directed by Masaya Fujimori

Youkai Sharehouse(2020-2022)

50min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others, and this causes her to refrain from saying what she really wants to say. She doesn't have any specific things she wants to do. She got a job and eventually dated a man from her workplace. Mio Meguro wanted to marry the man, but he turns out to be a bad guy. Because of him, she becomes penniless and unemployed. Her life descends into a bottomless pit. Mio Meguro then happens to get a sharehouse, where the mysterious creatures known as yōkai live. The yōkai try to solve her problems in radical ways.

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger(1994-1995)

4.6/5 (with 4 votes)

It's been a long time since the great war between the Three God Generals and the Youkais, an ancient race of monstrous spirits. Since then, imprisoned in a cave protected by the mystical Seal Door, their leader Daimaou and his Youkai army wait, planning for the day they can finally strike. That day has arrived and it is up to the Kakurangers, along with the Three God Generals, to defeat the Youkais, before Daimaou's villainy destroys Earth!

Zakuro(2010)

24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

The story takes place during the Westernization Movement in an alternate world where humans and spirits coexist. To solve the problems that arise between the two, human lieutenants are partnered with half-spirit girls to form the Ministry of Spirit Affairs.

The Morose Mononokean(2016-2019)

3.6/5 (with 14 votes)

Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.

My Master Has No Tail(2022)

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Mameda is a tanuki who was born in the wrong era - all she wants is to trick humans, but that age of tanuki shenanigans is over. But one woman, a rakugo master named Bunko, shows Mameda it's still possible to cast magic on humans...only with words, not illusions. Mameda is determined to become Bunko's apprentice, but can she convince the stoic master to take her on...?

Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-(2018)

4.2/5 (with 70 votes)

After losing her grandfather, Aoi—a girl who can see spirits known as ayakashi—is suddenly approached by an ogre. Demanding she pay her grandfather’s debt, he makes a huge request: her hand in marriage! Refusing this absurd offer, Aoi decides to work at the Tenjin-ya bed and breakfast for the ayakashi to pay back what her family owes.

Omamori Himari(2010)

2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The slapstick romantic comedy centers around an ordinary 16-year-old high school boy named Yūto Amakawa who is protected by a spirit—specifically, a beautiful, sword-wielding cat girl spirit named Himari. Yūto is descended from a family that has subjugated demons since time immemorial. The charm that once protected him is now impotent, but fortunately, at that same moment, Himari appears before him as his new guardian.

Cackling Kitarou(1985-1988)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

3rd TV anime of Shigeru Mizuki's "Gegege no Kitarou".

Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid(1989-1991)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

As a baby, Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn.

The Ancient Dogoo Girl(2009)

The Ancient Dogoo Girl is a Japanese comedy tokusatsu series directed by Noboru Iguchi, director of The Machine Girl and RoboGeisha. The show airs on MBS every Wednesday night at 25:25 JST. The ending theme is Denki Groove's "Dareda!". In October 2010, Dogoo Girl premiered its sequel The Ancient Dogoo Girls. The show adds five more Dogoo Girls portrayed by Misaki Momose, Rina Takeda, Manami Nomoto, Maria Yoshikawa, and Haruka Dan. The theme song for the sequel is "Bakuha Seyo! Dogoon V".

Yozakura Quartet(2008)

30min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

In Sakurashin, humans and demons live side by side in peace. But when a series of strange events threatens the delicate balance of their town, it will be up to four superpowered teens to restore order and save the day!

Cackling Kitarou(1971-1972)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

2nd TV anime of Shigeru Mizuki's "Gegege no Kitarou".

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