If You Liked Higurashi: When They Cry, Watch These Next
Finished Higurashi: When They Cry (2006) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Higurashi: When They Cry, most of them are animation, drama, mystery.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Boogiepop and Others(2019)
7.0AnimationMysteryDramaAlso animation and mystery
There is an urban legend that tells of a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. When a rash of disappearances involving female students breaks out at Shinyo Academy, the police and faculty assume they…
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2.Another(2012)
8.3AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
When Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and silent girl.
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3.Dark Gathering(2023)
7.4AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself to society as a private tutor, he meets a genius girl named Yayoi…
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4.Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW(2020)
7.2AnimationMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso animation and mystery
New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that…
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5.Parasyte -the maxim-(2014)
8.3AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso animation and drama
A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming themselves to feed on unsuspecting prey. High school student Shinichi Izumi falls victim to one of…
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6.ERASED(2016)
8.5AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
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7.Classroom of the Elite(2017)
8.4AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.
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8.The Perfect Insider(2015)
6.4AnimationMysteryDramaAlso animation and mystery
Souhei Saikawa is a college professor who is obsessed with genius Shiki Magata’s work. He, Moe Nishinosono, and a group of his other students plan a retreat to the remote island where Magata currently resides, which may put them in danger’s way...
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9.Paranoia Agent(2004)
7.9AnimationMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso animation and mystery
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball…
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10.Tokyo Ghoul(2014)
8.3AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso animation and drama
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
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11.Elfen Lied(2004)
8.3Action & AdventureAnimationDramaAlso animation and drama
The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the…
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12.Kindaichi Case Files(1997)
8.1AnimationMysteryAlso animation and mystery
Kindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which was a great detective.
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13.ID: INVADED(2020)
7.2AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
Sakaido is a genius detective who can track down any criminal. But when his daughter is murdered, revenge lands him on the other side of the law. Now in prison, he helps the police solve mysteries using a system that invades a person’s identity. Little by little, a trail of blood forms, and it all leads back to his…
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14.Flowers of Evil(2013)
6.8AnimationDramaAlso animation and drama
The corrupt pure-love story revolves around Kasuga Takao, a bookish boy who loves the poems of Charles Baudelaire (the original author of the poetry collection "Les Fleurs du mal" or "Flowers of Evil"). One day after school, he discovers and steals the gym clothes of Saeki Nanako, the girl he has a crush on. However,…
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15.Hell Girl(2005)
8.2AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
A supernatural system allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of a mysterious entity and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.
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16.Dance in the Vampire Bund(2010)
6.6AnimationDramaAction & AdventureAlso animation and drama
Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires…
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17.Junji Ito Collection(2018)
8.0AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
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18.Karakuri Circus(2018)
8.1Action & AdventureMysteryCrimeAlso mystery and animation
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three…
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19.Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre(2023)
7.0AnimationMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso animation and mystery
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
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20.Aoi Bungaku Series(2009)
6.8AnimationDramaMysteryAlso animation and drama
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full…
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