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.
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Attack on Titan Season 2
Kill Blue
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Attack on Titan Season 3
My Dress-Up Darling
Mob Psycho 100
Attack on Titan
Bocchi the Rock!
Spirited Away
The Summer Hikaru Died
Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Overlord IV
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Dorohedoro Season 2
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Blue Lock
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Gnosia
Solo Leveling
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Petals of Reincarnation
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester
Case Closed
Tokyo Ghoul
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
The Future Diary
Scum of the Brave
Tokyo Revengers
Shrouding the Heavens
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Marika's Love Meter Malfunction
The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer
Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Attack on Titan Season 2
Kill Blue
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Attack on Titan Season 3
My Dress-Up Darling
Mob Psycho 100
Attack on Titan
Bocchi the Rock!
Spirited Away
The Summer Hikaru Died
Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Overlord IV
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Dorohedoro Season 2
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Blue Lock
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Gnosia
Solo Leveling
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Petals of Reincarnation
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester
Case Closed
Tokyo Ghoul
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
The Future Diary
Scum of the Brave
Tokyo Revengers
Shrouding the Heavens
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Marika's Love Meter Malfunction
The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer
Frequently asked questions
- What anime should I watch when I want something anxious?
- Start with the top pick at the top of this list — it's the title verified fans rated highest for this mood.
- How are mood tags decided?
- Fans tag the mood when they rate episodes. These pages rank titles by how consistently watchers felt it.