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though there are some actual demons in anime, like in Black Butler or demon lords in rpg-inspired stuff (which seem to have some western influence to the evil characters). for example, the word maou (typically translated as demon king) uses the character for evil spirit or thing, but often gets applied to "devil" or "demon"
Jul 6, 2016 · If the Bible's anything to go by, demons and devils are real - also, the Earth is 6000 years old and you must never wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. Maybe take that stuff about demons being real with a pinch of salt then. Regardless, these demon boys and devil girls in anime do exist and they're also cool as all hell. Check out ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Vote on the demon anime with the most entertaining entities. Latest additions: The Foolish Angel Dances With the Devil. Most divisive: Rage of Bahamut: Genesis. Over 8.6K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 25+ Best Demon Anime Series Of All Time. HOW RANKINGS WORK.
- Anna Lindwasser
Yeah no, the anime and Hinokami Chronicles laugh in the face of the effects not being real and then some. There's numerous examples of attacks that are just full on impossible no matter what excuses you pull, such as Tanjiro's water wheel in season 1 iirc cutting the green hand demon when Tanjiro was quite a few feet away from the actual part the water itself cut, and that's just a small example.
- The Skull Reaper
- Earth Demon
- Ophelia, An Awakened Being
- Bengé
- Kaonashi
- Shiboroba
- Bunny Beast
- Genocyber/Vajra
- Smiling Titan
- The Menos Grande: Gillian
From: Sword Art Online
Bugs are terrifying enough as it is. Don't get us started on the giant variety you sometimes encounter in anime. As a general rule, the more legs a giant bug has, the scarier it gets. And when it comes to the Skull Reaper on Floor 75, it has endless appendages protruding from its horrifically shaped, skeletal form. What's worse, the Skull Reaper doesn't just look like a bug. It moves like one, too. When it first appeared in "Sword Art Online", it was scurrying across the ceiling in a way that...
From: Demon City Shinjuku
The Gothic nature of "Demon City Shinjuku"just screams "Spooky as hell!" Basically, every character in this anime is creepy to some degree. But the actual monsters are what truly terrorize the senses. Out of the three major creatures summoned by the dark lord Rebi Ra, the Earth Demon is definitely the most squirm-inducing. Why? Because it's modeled after a specific eight-legged monstrosity known as the spider. Ever heard of Arachnophobia? This is surely every sufferer's worst nightmare: a dem...
From: Claymore
This could just as easily be about the Yoma creatures from "Claymore" as it is about the Voracious Eater/Awakened Being Ophelia. Yoma, alone, are terrifying anime monsters that feed on human flesh. But what's truly unnerving about Yoma is that they can shape-shift into human form, allowing them to intermingle with the human population. As you can imagine, this generates paranoia and distrust among members of any village. However, while Yoma are scary, everyone of them is essentially identical...
From: Vampire Hunter D
Part of what makes Bengéso creepy is due to his close resemblance to clowns. (He's a Mutant jester from the village of the Barbarois.) Who isn't scared of clowns? Bengé is also deranged. So you've got a deranged, clown-like mutant. Yes, that's quite terrifying. His hair-raising voice, a sound that's especially chilling whenever he cackles, adds to his horrific persona. Bengé's face doesn't help ease the faint of heart, either: it's completely white, a color that only accentuates his strangely...
From: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi/Spirited Away
Before it transforms, the spirit Kaonashi (No-Face) is less terrifying than it is disturbing. Even though you can sometimes see the spirit's pulsating organs from its semi-transparent "body," No-Face isn't really scary. It's just strange. The creepiest things about the spirit in this state are probably its ominous white mask and the way it motions towards its mouth, signifying that it wants food. Those short, accented "ah, ah, ah!" noises and obscene gestures are pretty darn creepy. However,...
From: Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront
Shiboroba from "Kekkai Sensen"looks scary as all heck and is pretty much the complete package; both the way it looks and the things it does are scary as hell. It has a creepy stance, long, bony, twisted fingers and a complete other-worldly countenance (the word "face" can't be used here). Its whole facial region basically looks like a cluster of suction cups from an Octopus, and is bound to trigger sufferers of trypophobia. This beyondian, along with Yahabio and Udeshiubo, also uses the Ghost...
From: Blood-C
The Bunny Beast from "Blood-C"is basically just an over-sized bunny! How adorable. But don't let appearances fool you; these bunnies are stone cold killers. Just watching that final episode will immediately change your image of the Bunny Beast from a cute, innocent, cotton-tailed creature into one of the most horrific anime monsters of all time.
From: Genocyber
Genocyber, also referred to as Vajra by its creators, is an ultimate biological weapon that's very much like Bunny Beast, in that its inexplicable homicidal rampages are what defines its terrifying nature. The overt depictions of gore and bloodshed in "Genocyber"can be classified as "hyper-violence" or "ultraviolence," due to the completely over-the-top and gratuitous ways it (and other characters) completely eviscerate their victims. The Genocyber has multiple forms, too -- all of them unple...
From: Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan
It's safe to say that pretty much every single Titan in "Shingeki no Kyojin"is creepy. Looks and actions aside, these anime monsters have been able to accomplish the task of "scarifying" the typically absurd, almost comical man-eating giants from popular myths and fables. And trust us when we say that these guys are legitimately terrifying. Even the highly trained members of the military, such as those in the Garrison Regiment and the Survey Corps, express what can only be described as sheer...
From: Bleach
Out of all the Hollows (or Menos) in "Bleach", the scariest one is, ironically, the weakest: the "Gillian." What makes this particular monster so much more menacing than the other more stronger of its kind is a combination of both its towering height (they're normally 2-6 stories tall) and their slow-like movements. There's something eerie about large giants plodding around aimlessly. The simplicity of the Gillian is also unnerving. From their pointy noses that jut out from their white masks...
Sep 12, 2023 · As a general rule, the anime genre dictates how the demons come across. For example, shonen anime tends to play demonic characters straight, while isekai anime tends to have elements that make them unique. Either way, demons can be either protagonists or antagonists. Here are my picks for the best anime series about hell, Satan, and demons ...
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Consider that in Japan less 1% of the people there identify under any faction of Christianity. Also when you live on an island where for hundreds, if not thousands of years, there are stories of ogre demons (oni), kappas, one-eyed umbrella monsters, and bunch of other stuff, you realize that maybe the idea of holy divine beings being a counter force to these spirits is not a 100% concept.
