Comedy is loved by the masses, but you can’t say that for horror. However, when these two genres are blended, they create a synergy like no other. While most viewers like to laugh, not everyone enjoys scary stories.
That’s where the horror-comedy genre comes in; by delivering the best of both worlds, horror-comedies bridge the gap between these two polar opposite genres by making you laugh in the scariest situations.
Like its niche audience, horror comedies are a rarity, but lately, some great horror comedy anime are being aired. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s dive right into the list of top 10 horror comedy anime.
10Princess Resurrection
Studio: Madhouse
Hiro Hiyorimi reaches the address provided by her sister, where she’ll start working as a maid. Upon reaching, Hiro finds an abandoned mansion and goes to look out for her sister. On his way, Hiro saves a girl but loses his life instead.
Thankfully, the girl he saved was no ordinary human; she was the daughter of the King of Monsters. As a reward, the girl named Hime revives Hiro as her servant for eternity. However, his job as a servant is to protect Hime from her siblings who are trying to kill her to climb up the succession ladder.
9Ghost Sweeper Minami
Studio: Toei Animation
Ghost Sweepers are professional exorcists who exterminate ghosts, ghouls, poltergeists, or other evil spiritual creatures. Reiko Mikami is a ghost sweeper known to be the best among the best.
He is assisted by Tadao Yokoshima, a high school student, and surprisingly, a ghost named Kinu Himuro, a friendly teenage ghost, to be specific. Ghost Sweeper Mikami is an exciting tale about the exorcising adventures of Reiko Mikami and her assistants.
8Ghost Stories
Studio: Pierrot
While recovering from the tragic loss of their mother, siblings Satsuki and Keiichirou Miyanoshita have moved to their mother’s hometown. There they come across an interesting rumor that the local school is haunted. While they initially ignored it as a mere rumor, they soon discovered that the school was indeed haunted after witnessing ghosts.
The worst thing is these ghosts are revenge-driven after all of them were banished from the building years ago by a certain student. What makes Ghost Stories one of the best horror comedy anime is its iconic dubbed version.
7Hell Teacher Nube
Studio: Toei Animation
At first glance, Nube looks like a clumsy and kind teacher, but he has a secret. He has the ability to sense ghosts and spirits, and the glove on his left hand isn’t for a show; it’s his monster hand. He protects his students from malignant spirits and ghosts that wish harm with his monster hand. This 90s horror comedy is sure to become one of your favorites.
6Sankarea: Undying Love
Studio: Studio Deen
Since childhood, Furuya is obsessed with zombies. He is so obsessed that he even wants his girlfriend to be a zombie. One day, when Chihiro is trying to revive his dead cat using a potion, he meets Rea Sanka, who wants to give up on life to escape her suffocating life. There she drinks the potion and revives as a zombie. Tada, Chihiro-kun’s wish of getting a zombie girlfriend is granted.
5GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)
Studio: Toei Animation
When humans start turning into gigantic trees, a girl named Mana Inuyama writes a letter to Kitaro, hoping to find a way to stop these supernatural incidents. Mana didn’t believe in yokai until Kitaro appeared before her and exorcised the youkai responsible for the abnormal events. Following this Mana gets involved with Kitaro and his activities surrounding youkai.
4Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Studio: BUG FILMS
Akira starts working at one of his desired companies but soon discovers it’s a black company that exploits its employees to death. Soon he loses the motivation and wants to quit the company but isn’t able to.
One such day when Akira was on his way to work he discovers that the entire country is under a zombie attack. Unlike others, Akira screams joyfully because he doesn’t have to work, and writes a bucket list he wants to complete before becoming a zombie.
3Dorohedoro
Studio: MAPPA
Hole is the experiment lab for the magic users, where they torment and experiment on the non-magic users as they wish without any consequences.
In this hellhole resides Kaiman, an individual with a human body and a reptile head, who kills magic users in search of the person who replaced his human head with a reptile one. Along with his only companion Nikaido, Kaimna is hellbent on solving the mystery along with his only companion, Nikaido, chef and owner of Hungry Bug.
2Mieruko-chan
Studio: Passione
Miko was leading a normal life until she started seeing spirits. On her first day of such an encounter, Miko ignores it and brushes it off as a one-time thing. But soon she starts seeing these spirits everywhere she goes – be it a toilet, bus, restaurant, or changing room. She also realizes that the spirits know Miko can see them and cause trouble when ignored.
1Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
Studio: Lerche
After getting rejected by her love interest, a desperate Nene Yashiro summons one of the seven wonders of the school, Hanako-kun. To her surprise, Hanako-kun is a boy, not a girl, per the rumor. Hanako-kun agrees to grant a wish but demands something of equal value in exchange.
And, somehow, Nene ends up becoming Hanako-kun’s assistant. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun remains one of the most tantalizing horror comedy anime to this day.
Final Thoughts
Horror comedies are a rarity, but there are some great ones if you search more than usual. In this list, there are some 90s as well as some of the most recent horror comedy anime, so you can enjoy something from each era. If you have a better replacement for an anime on this list, let me know in the comment section below.
No Comments on Top 10 Horror Comedy Anime That You Must Watch