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Why is there no horror anime that's actually scary? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/anime@lemmy.ml

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Yeah yeah, this may be a controversial statement, but I would love NOTHING MORE than to be proven wrong.

I genuinely believe that there's no good horror anime out there. Something that actually gives you chills and makes you Avert your eyes from the screen just doesn't exist. Junji ito is creepy and gross, sure, but I wouldn't say it does enough to be considered proper horror

Other horror animes just have a creepy aesthetic or rely on dark story beats like shiki or another. I don't know if it's just the disconnect from being animated in the first place, but I don't think anime is capable of delivering a true horror experience.

Please, if you disagree, prove me wrong, I need to be wrong about this

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[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

I think anime can be quite good at psychological horror, but yeah visual horror not so much. Like you suggest, I do think the disconnect might simply be too much, although I feel visual novels can be pretty good at it (haven't played any, but that's what I hear).

Makes me wonder, are there any western animations that do good horror?