When someone mentions “shojo anime,” most people think of sparkling romances, school days, blushing protagonists navigating first loves, or gentler fantasy worlds, with the leading exceptions being ...

Yet, one series serves as one of the pillars and blueprints for all dark anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion. Few anime fans haven't seen or, at the very least, heard of the popular sci-fi turned ...

Series like Hunter x Hunter and JJK looked like standard shōnen anime until they blindsided their target audience with some serious nightmare fuel.