Anime that leaves you feeling anxious, tagged by the fans who watched rather than an algorithm. In a different mood? Try tense picks or chill watches.
Two kinds of picks live here: anime that captures what anxiety feels like, and anime fans reach for when they want to calm down. Both are marked in the list.
Sound! Euphonium 3
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Bocchi the Rock!
Link Click
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Made in Abyss
Mob Psycho 100 III
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
To Be Hero X
Bungo Stray Dogs 4
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
A Place Further Than The Universe
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Liz and the Blue Bird
Monster
From the New World
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Final Arc
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Steins;Gate
Spirited Away
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/legacy-upscaled/160/1407264913.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Summer Time Rendering
Psycho-Pass
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Perfect Blue
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Owarimonogatari Second Season
March Comes In Like a Lion
Redline
Banana Fish
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Attack on Titan
Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Attack on Titan Season 2
Attack on Titan Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Mob Psycho 100
The Promised Neverland
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/160/849743049.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
Parasyte: The Maxim
Suzume
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Dorohedoro Season 2
My Hero Academia Season 6
Monogatari Series: Second Season
The Summer Hikaru Died
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Tsukigakirei
Lord of Mysteries
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
Macross Frontier
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1
Solo Leveling
My Dress-Up Darling
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Erased
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Blue Lock
Spy x Family Code: White
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
My Hero Academia Season 7
Dorohedoro
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Gnosia
Serial Experiments Lain
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
Shadows House 2nd Season
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Pompo: The Cinéphile
The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You - High School Days
Paranoia Agent
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] - Prologue](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/legacy-upscaled/160/1953877899.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] - Prologue
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Bungo Stray Dogs 2 - Walking Alone
Sword of the Stranger
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Sentenced to Be a Hero
86 Eighty-Six
Saga of Tanya the Evil
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Secrets of the Silent Witch
Higurashi: When They Cry
Terror in Resonance
Komi Can't Communicate Season 2
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
CITY THE ANIMATION
Hellsing Ultimate
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Digimon Tamers
Overlord IV
My Hero Academia Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Komi Can't Communicate
Log Horizon
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
School-Live!
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Undead Unluck
Yuri!!! On Ice
Black Lagoon
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Princess Principal
Durarara!! x2 Ten
Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet & Nightmare or Queen
Negative Positive Angler
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Reborn!
Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
Ghost Stories
Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Owarimonogatari
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Paprika
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Welcome to the Ballroom
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Viral Hit
Ergo Proxy
Psycho-Pass 3
Death Parade
Classroom of the Elite II
Food Wars! The Third Plate
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Hot-Blooded
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Steins;Gate 0
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Case Closed
Talentless Nana
Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
Aldnoah.Zero
The World God Only Knows II
Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3
A Certain Scientific Railgun T
Blue Spring Ride
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Durarara!! x2 Ketsu
The Cat Returns
SSSS.Dynazenon
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
Handa-kun
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Stardust Telepath
Initial D Fifth Stage
Slow Start
Akame ga Kill!
Nisemonogatari
Kakegurui××
Prison School
A Certain Magical Index II
Psycho-Pass 2
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
Selection Project
Initial D Second Stage
I Have a Crush at Work
Sanda
My Home Hero
Kageki Shojo!!
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
Dance Dance Danseur
Hinako Note
Penguin Highway
selector spread WIXOSS
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Hayate the Combat Butler
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Tokyo Ghoul
Sword Art Online II
Kakegurui
BEASTARS
Wonder Egg Priority
Fire Force Season 2
Darwin's Game
Mieruko-chan
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai
Kakushigoto
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Durarara!! x2 Shou
Ajin: Demi-Human
Date A Live V
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Gunbuster
Harukana Receive
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
My Clueless First Friend
Spy Classroom Season 2
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Noragami
Goblin Slayer
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Tsuredure Children
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - God's Blessing on This Wonderful Choker!
Train to the End of the World
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
The Eden of Grisaia
Hello World
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
Shrouding the Heavens
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Sound! Euphonium 3
Bocchi the Rock!
Link Click
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Made in Abyss
Mob Psycho 100 III
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
To Be Hero X
Bungo Stray Dogs 4
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
A Place Further Than The Universe
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Liz and the Blue Bird
Monster
From the New World
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Final Arc
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Steins;Gate
Spirited Away
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/legacy-upscaled/480/1407264913.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Summer Time Rendering
Psycho-Pass
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Perfect Blue
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Owarimonogatari Second Season
March Comes In Like a Lion
Redline
Banana Fish
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Attack on Titan
Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Attack on Titan Season 2
Attack on Titan Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Mob Psycho 100
The Promised Neverland
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/480/849743049.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
Parasyte: The Maxim
Suzume
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Dorohedoro Season 2
My Hero Academia Season 6
Monogatari Series: Second Season
The Summer Hikaru Died
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Tsukigakirei
Lord of Mysteries
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
Macross Frontier
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1
Solo Leveling
My Dress-Up Darling
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Erased
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Blue Lock
Spy x Family Code: White
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
My Hero Academia Season 7
Dorohedoro
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Gnosia
Serial Experiments Lain
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
Shadows House 2nd Season
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Pompo: The Cinéphile
The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You - High School Days
Paranoia Agent
![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] - Prologue](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/legacy-upscaled/480/1953877899.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] - Prologue
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Bungo Stray Dogs 2 - Walking Alone
Sword of the Stranger
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Sentenced to Be a Hero
86 Eighty-Six
Saga of Tanya the Evil
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Secrets of the Silent Witch
Higurashi: When They Cry
Terror in Resonance
Komi Can't Communicate Season 2
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
CITY THE ANIMATION
Hellsing Ultimate
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Digimon Tamers
Overlord IV
My Hero Academia Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Komi Can't Communicate
Log Horizon
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
School-Live!
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Undead Unluck
Yuri!!! On Ice
Black Lagoon
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Princess Principal
Durarara!! x2 Ten
Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet & Nightmare or Queen
Negative Positive Angler
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Reborn!
Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
Ghost Stories
Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Owarimonogatari
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Paprika
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Welcome to the Ballroom
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Viral Hit
Ergo Proxy
Psycho-Pass 3
Death Parade
Classroom of the Elite II
Food Wars! The Third Plate
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Hot-Blooded
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Steins;Gate 0
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Case Closed
Talentless Nana
Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
Aldnoah.Zero
The World God Only Knows II
Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3
A Certain Scientific Railgun T
Blue Spring Ride
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Durarara!! x2 Ketsu
The Cat Returns
SSSS.Dynazenon
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
Handa-kun
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Stardust Telepath
Initial D Fifth Stage
Slow Start
Akame ga Kill!
Nisemonogatari
Kakegurui××
Prison School
A Certain Magical Index II
Psycho-Pass 2
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
Selection Project
Initial D Second Stage
I Have a Crush at Work
Sanda
My Home Hero
Kageki Shojo!!
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
Dance Dance Danseur
Hinako Note
Penguin Highway
selector spread WIXOSS
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Hayate the Combat Butler
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Tokyo Ghoul
Sword Art Online II
Kakegurui
BEASTARS
Wonder Egg Priority
Fire Force Season 2
Darwin's Game
Mieruko-chan
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai
Kakushigoto
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Durarara!! x2 Shou
Ajin: Demi-Human
Date A Live V
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Gunbuster
Harukana Receive
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
My Clueless First Friend
Spy Classroom Season 2
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Noragami
Goblin Slayer
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Tsuredure Children
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - God's Blessing on This Wonderful Choker!
Train to the End of the World
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
The Eden of Grisaia
Hello World
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
Shrouding the Heavens
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