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
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
Solo Leveling
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Gnosia
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
The Darwin Incident
Killed Again, Mr. Detective.
Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!
Liar Game
You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Kaiju Girl Caramelise
Cupid's Chocolate
Kill Blue
Needy Girl Overdose
Haibara's Teenage New Game+
Snowball Earth
Leviathan
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA
Let This Grieving Soul Retire
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Blood+
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Wolverine
Arknights: Rise from Ember
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Attack on Titan: Since That Day
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
World Trigger 2nd Season
Timing
Pokémon: Jirachi — Wish Maker
Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen
LABYRINTH
Area 88
GAMERA -Rebirth-
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima PLUS
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 2
Detective Conan Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians
The Diary of Anne Frank
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Heart Throb - The Rikka Wars
Girls Bravo: Second Season
The Master of Killing Time OVA
Ling Cage
Cyber City
A Will Eternal
Detective Conan Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths
Digimon Movie 02 - Digimon Hurricane Touchdown! Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals.
Maburaho
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Saga of Tanya the Evil: War Report
New Game! Watashi, Shain Ryokou tte Hajimete nanode...
Strange Love
Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole
Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story - The Great Cactus Attack!
Minami-ke Natsuyasumi
Ceres, Celestial Legend
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Chao You Bing
White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake
Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Attack on Titan Season 2
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
Solo Leveling
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Gnosia
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
The Darwin Incident
Killed Again, Mr. Detective.
Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!
Liar Game
You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Kaiju Girl Caramelise
Cupid's Chocolate
Kill Blue
Needy Girl Overdose
Haibara's Teenage New Game+
Snowball Earth
Leviathan
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA
Let This Grieving Soul Retire
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Blood+
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Wolverine
Arknights: Rise from Ember
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Attack on Titan: Since That Day
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
World Trigger 2nd Season
Timing
Pokémon: Jirachi — Wish Maker
Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen
LABYRINTH
Area 88
GAMERA -Rebirth-
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima PLUS
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 2
Detective Conan Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians
The Diary of Anne Frank
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Heart Throb - The Rikka Wars
Girls Bravo: Second Season
The Master of Killing Time OVA
Ling Cage
Cyber City
A Will Eternal
Detective Conan Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths
Digimon Movie 02 - Digimon Hurricane Touchdown! Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals.
Maburaho
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Saga of Tanya the Evil: War Report
New Game! Watashi, Shain Ryokou tte Hajimete nanode...
Strange Love
Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole
Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story - The Great Cactus Attack!
Minami-ke Natsuyasumi
Ceres, Celestial Legend
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Chao You Bing
White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake
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.