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
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Princess Mononoke
A Place Further Than The Universe
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai
Monster
Liz and the Blue Bird
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Final Arc
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Steins;Gate
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
![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
Summer Time Rendering
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Psycho-Pass
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Perfect Blue
March Comes In Like a Lion
Owarimonogatari Second Season
From the New World
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Banana Fish
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
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
Mob Psycho 100
Spirited Away
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
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
Suzume
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
My Hero Academia Season 6
Monogatari Series: Second Season
Dorohedoro Season 2
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Tsukigakirei
![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
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
Sword of the Stranger
The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
Macross Frontier
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
My Dress-Up Darling
Erased
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
Blue Lock
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Spy x Family Code: White
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
My Hero Academia Season 7
The Summer Hikaru Died
Dorohedoro
Serial Experiments Lain
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Gnosia
Shadows House 2nd Season
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Pompo: The Cinéphile
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2
Lord of Mysteries
Paranoia Agent
Bungo Stray Dogs 2 - Walking Alone
Digimon Tamers
Brave Bang Bravern!
Mononoke
Solo Leveling
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
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
Hellsing Ultimate
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You - High School Days
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
Record of Ragnarok II Part 2
Overlord IV
My Hero Academia Season 3
Komi Can't Communicate
Log Horizon
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
School-Live!
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Black Lagoon
Yuri!!! On Ice
Undead Unluck
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Princess Principal
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
CITY THE ANIMATION
Durarara!! x2 Ten
Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet & Nightmare or Queen
Reborn!
Negative Positive Angler
Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
Ghost Stories
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Steins;Gate 0
Owarimonogatari
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3
Welcome to the Ballroom
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Ergo Proxy
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Viral Hit
Psycho-Pass 3
Death Parade
Classroom of the Elite II
Food Wars! The Third Plate
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Hot-Blooded
Kakegurui××
Prison School
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Talentless Nana
Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Case Closed
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
Aldnoah.Zero
Paprika
The World God Only Knows II
Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3
Blue Spring Ride
A Certain Scientific Railgun T
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Durarara!! x2 Ketsu
Initial D Second Stage
Sanda
The Cat Returns
SSSS.Dynazenon
Initial D Fifth Stage
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
Handa-kun
Stardust Telepath
Slow Start
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Akame ga Kill!
Nisemonogatari
BEASTARS
Psycho-Pass 2
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
I Have a Crush at Work
My Home Hero
Kageki Shojo!!
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
Hinako Note
Penguin Highway
Dance Dance Danseur
selector spread WIXOSS
My Clueless First Friend
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Another: The Other
Hayate the Combat Butler
The Fable
Mirai
Sword Art Online II
Tokyo Ghoul
Noragami
Kakegurui
Wonder Egg Priority
Fire Force Season 2
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
Mieruko-chan
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Durarara!! x2 Shou
Kakushigoto
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Ajin: Demi-Human
Date A Live V
Selection Project
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Gunbuster
Harukana Receive
Pokémon: Jirachi — Wish Maker
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Spy Classroom Season 2
Arknights: Rise from Ember
K: Missing Kings
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Goblin Slayer
Danganronpa: The Animation
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Tsuredure Children
Darwin's Game
A Certain Scientific Railgun S
Deadman Wonderland
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - God's Blessing on This Wonderful Choker!
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Train to the End of the World
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Orange
The Eden of Grisaia
Hello World
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
One Outs
Shrouding the Heavens
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Ajin: Demi-Human 2nd Season
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
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
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Princess Mononoke
A Place Further Than The Universe
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Higurashi: When They Cry – Kai
Monster
Liz and the Blue Bird
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Final Arc
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Steins;Gate
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
![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
Summer Time Rendering
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Psycho-Pass
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Perfect Blue
March Comes In Like a Lion
Owarimonogatari Second Season
From the New World
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Banana Fish
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
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
Mob Psycho 100
Spirited Away
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
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
Suzume
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
My Hero Academia Season 6
Monogatari Series: Second Season
Dorohedoro Season 2
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Tsukigakirei
![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
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
Sword of the Stranger
The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
Macross Frontier
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
My Dress-Up Darling
Erased
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
Blue Lock
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Spy x Family Code: White
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
My Hero Academia Season 7
The Summer Hikaru Died
Dorohedoro
Serial Experiments Lain
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Gnosia
Shadows House 2nd Season
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Pompo: The Cinéphile
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2
Lord of Mysteries
Paranoia Agent
Bungo Stray Dogs 2 - Walking Alone
Digimon Tamers
Brave Bang Bravern!
Mononoke
Solo Leveling
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
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
Hellsing Ultimate
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You - High School Days
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down
Record of Ragnarok II Part 2
Overlord IV
My Hero Academia Season 3
Komi Can't Communicate
Log Horizon
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
School-Live!
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Black Lagoon
Yuri!!! On Ice
Undead Unluck
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Princess Principal
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
CITY THE ANIMATION
Durarara!! x2 Ten
Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet & Nightmare or Queen
Reborn!
Negative Positive Angler
Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
Ghost Stories
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Steins;Gate 0
Owarimonogatari
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3
Welcome to the Ballroom
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Ergo Proxy
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Viral Hit
Psycho-Pass 3
Death Parade
Classroom of the Elite II
Food Wars! The Third Plate
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Hot-Blooded
Kakegurui××
Prison School
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Talentless Nana
Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Case Closed
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
Aldnoah.Zero
Paprika
The World God Only Knows II
Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3
Blue Spring Ride
A Certain Scientific Railgun T
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Durarara!! x2 Ketsu
Initial D Second Stage
Sanda
The Cat Returns
SSSS.Dynazenon
Initial D Fifth Stage
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
Handa-kun
Stardust Telepath
Slow Start
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Akame ga Kill!
Nisemonogatari
BEASTARS
Psycho-Pass 2
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
I Have a Crush at Work
My Home Hero
Kageki Shojo!!
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
Hinako Note
Penguin Highway
Dance Dance Danseur
selector spread WIXOSS
My Clueless First Friend
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Another: The Other
Hayate the Combat Butler
The Fable
Mirai
Sword Art Online II
Tokyo Ghoul
Noragami
Kakegurui
Wonder Egg Priority
Fire Force Season 2
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
Mieruko-chan
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Durarara!! x2 Shou
Kakushigoto
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Ajin: Demi-Human
Date A Live V
Selection Project
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Gunbuster
Harukana Receive
Pokémon: Jirachi — Wish Maker
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Spy Classroom Season 2
Arknights: Rise from Ember
K: Missing Kings
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Goblin Slayer
Danganronpa: The Animation
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Tsuredure Children
Darwin's Game
A Certain Scientific Railgun S
Deadman Wonderland
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - God's Blessing on This Wonderful Choker!
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Train to the End of the World
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Orange
The Eden of Grisaia
Hello World
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
One Outs
Shrouding the Heavens
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Ajin: Demi-Human 2nd Season
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Frequently asked questions
- What anime should I watch when I want something anxious?
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