Top 15 anime about the exorcist
Top 15 anime about the exorcist | Full of horror and thriller
Exorcists are those people who face demons and curses. They fight these evil presences and protect humanity from their negative effects. In fiction, exorcists are quite popular, even more so in anime. There are many excellent anime about the exorcist that should be checked out if you are a fan of the supernatural and dark genres. In this article, we rank the exorcist anime that are full of horror and thrills.
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Top 15 anime about the exorcist
15) Ayakashi Triangle
| Anime Name | Ayakashi Triangle |
| MAL ratings | 6.26 |
| Number of episodes | 12 |
| Gender | Action, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural, Ecchi |
| Studio | Connect |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
The Ninja Exorcists' main task is to destroy Ayakashi who seek to harm humans. Matsuri Kazamaki is a young ninja exorcist from an elite clan, spending idle days with his childhood friend and Ayakashi medium, Suzu Kanade.
One day when Shirogane, the "King of Ayakashi", attacks Suzu to eat her, Matsuri protects her by beating him. In retaliation, Shirogane transforms him into a girl. With no way to go back, Matsuri must adapt to her new life as a girl.
14) The night beyond the three-cornered window
| Anime Name | Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru |
| MAL ratings | 6.73 |
| Number of episodes | 12 |
| Gender | Boy Love, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural |
| Studio | Zero-G |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
The story's protagonist, Kousuke Mikado, is able to see spirits all his life. He is afraid of them and tries not to see them by wearing glasses. But when he meets the simple and flirtatious medium Rihito Hiyakawa, his life finds itself immersed in the midst of spirits.
As Kousuke and Rihito's bond deepens, they encounter a few malevolent spirits, all of whom point to an unknown woman: Erika Hiura.
13) The reincarnation of the most powerful exorcist from another world
| Anime Name | Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki |
| MAL ratings | 7.18 |
| Number of episodes | 12 |
| Gender | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Studio | White Studio. |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
In this exorcist story, we follow Haruyoshi Kuga, known to be the most powerful exorcist, whose thirst for more power leads to his death. Thanks to the spell he cast at the time of his death, he is reincarnated, this time as Seika Lamprouge, the illegitimate son of a noble family.
Although in this life he is mostly looked down upon due to his lack of magic and his parentage, he is determined to use the knowledge from his past life to move forward.
12) Spiritual pact
| Anime Name | Ling Qi |
| MAL ratings | 7.18 |
| Number of episodes | 32 (2 seasons) |
| Gender | Action, Boy Love, Comedy, Supernatural |
| Studio | Haoliners Animation League |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
This one centers on You Keika, a young man who has suffered from misfortune and poverty all his life. One day he meets a strange white-haired man, then wakes up to find himself dead and transformed into a spirit.
After meeting the man again, he learns that he is Tanmoku Ki, a member of a prestigious family of exorcists. Tanmoku offers you a pact in which he will protect you from humans and you must be his shadow spirit and guard him at all times.
11) Twin Star Exorcists
| Anime Name | Sousei no Onmyouji |
| MAL ratings | 7:30 a.m. |
| Number of episodes | 50 |
| Gender | Action, Fantasy, Romance |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
The impurities give rise to monsters known as Kegare, leading exorcists around the world to fight and destroy them in a parallel realm called Magano. As Kegare gets stronger, the exorcists have a harder time dealing with him. But there is a prophecy about a Miko destined to rid the world of all impurities.
Twin Star Exorcists follows the story of the exorcists destined to become Miko's parents. Rokuro Enmadou is a talented exorcist with a troubled past, and Benio Adashino is a prodigious exorcist. When they cross paths one day, their lives become intertwined forever.
10) The Morose Mononokean
| Anime Name | Fukigen to Mononokean |
| MAL ratings | 7.42 |
| Number of episodes | 26 (2 seasons) |
| Gender | Comedy, supernatural |
| Studio | PierrotPlus |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation |
Poor Hanae Ashiya is terrorized by a cute, fluffy yokai that has stuck to him, leading him to spend his school days in the nurse's office. When his health declines, he seeks help from a yokai exorcist whose pamphlet he came across one day.
To meet the exorcist, he goes to the Mononokean and meets Haruitsuki Abeno, the morose exorcist. Abeno exorcises Ashiya's yokai, but demands payment in return. When Ashiya can't pay, he finds himself forced to become an employee at the Mononokean to repay his debt.
9) Blue Exorcist
| Anime Name | Ao no Exorcist |
| MAL ratings | 7.49 |
| Number of episodes | 37 (2 seasons) |
| Gender | Action, Fantasy |
| Studio | Photos A-1 |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix |
spends his life normally with his adoptive father and his twin brother until one day his life collapses around him. Demons kill his adoptive father, a priest who is actually an exorcist, and he learns that he and his twin are originally the sons of Satan, the ruler of the demon realm.
Filled with a desire for revenge and to honor the memory of his adoptive father, Rin decides to become an exorcist himself, despite being a half-demon with enormous power.
8) Saiyuki
| Anime Name | Gensoumaden Saiyuuki |
| MAL ratings | 7:55 a.m. |
| Number of episodes | 50 |
| Gender | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Where to watch | HIDE, Netflix |
Set in a world where humans and demons lived side by side in harmony, Saiyuki begins its plot when the demons betray the humans by attacking and planning to release the dangerous evil demon, Gyumao, who has been imprisoned for thousands of years .
It is then that the rogue priest, Genjo Sanzo, teams up with three demons, Son Goku, Cho Hakkai and Sha Gojo, to stop Gyumao's release and return the world to its previous harmony.
7) Kekkaishi
| Anime Name | Kekkaishi |
| MAL ratings | 7:60 a.m. |
| Number of episodes | 52 |
| Gender | Action, Adventure, Supernatural |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
The story of Kekkaishi follows Yoshimura Sumimura, a "kekkaishi" with special powers who can kill demons called "ayakashi" who come to the human realm to wreak havoc.
When the ayakashi next target his hometown, Yoshimura prepares to defeat them all to protect his school and hometown from dangerous demons. His friend and neighbor, Tokine Yukimura, joins him on this mission.
6) Beyond borders
| Anime Name | Kyoukai no kanata |
| MAL ratings | 7.73 |
| Number of episodes | 12 |
| Gender | Action, Fantasy |
| Studio | Entertainment in Kyoto |
| Where to watch | HIDE |
This underrated exorcist anime revolves around Mirai Kuriyama, the sole survivor of an elite clan known for killing Youmu, the personification of negative human emotions. One day, she meets Akihito Kanbara, a half-youmu and immortal hybrid. After trying to kill Akihito several times and failing, they develop a friendship that soon includes two other spirits: Hiroomu and Mitsuki.
With her new friends, Mirai fights the malicious youmu around them, while waiting for the most dangerous youmu of all: Beyond the Border.
5) Noragami
| Anime Name | Noragami |
| MAL ratings | 7.95 |
| Number of episodes | 25 (2 seasons) |
| Gender | Action, Fantasy |
| Studio | Bone |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix |
This hilarious and entertaining exorcist anime revolves around , a minor god wearing a tracksuit and accepting all kinds of requests for the price of a single yen. Once the god of war, Yato left the days of blood and slaughter behind to earn his sanctuary through honest labor.
Hiyori Iki, a teenager whose soul keeps leaving her body after meeting Yato, and Yukine, the spirit of a boy filled with bitterness towards life, join him in his adventures.
4) D. Gray-man
| Anime Name | D. Gray-man |
| MAL ratings | 8.02 |
| Number of episodes | 116 (2 seasons) |
| Gender | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation |
The evil Millennium Earl puts the souls of the dead into machines to create his deadly mechanical weapons called Akuma. Akuma can only be exorcised by Innocence, the anti-Akuma weapon.
The protagonist, , joins the Black Order organization to become an official exorcist and fight Millenium Earl and his Akuma. He may look ordinary, but he has a special eye that allows him to see the suffering souls inside the Akuma. Armed with his eye and his innocence, Allen joins the battle against evil.
3) Mononoke
| Anime Name | Mononoke |
| MAL ratings | 8.43 |
| Number of episodes | 12 |
| Gender | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Where to watch | Crunchy roll |
If we talk about anime about the exorcist, we have to include Mononoke as one of the best in the subgenre. The series follows Kusuriuri, a mysterious man who travels the country exorcising evil spirits, known as the titular Mononoke. But his way of exorcising is not so simple; this requires him to understand the Form, Truth and Reason of the mononoke so that he can exorcise it.
When he arrives at an old inn, he discovers that one of the rooms, lent to a pregnant woman, is actually full of malicious mononoke, known as Zashiki Warasi. Kusuriuri must now learn Form, Truth, and Reason from Zashiki Warasi before his destructive rampage begins.
2) Mob Psycho 100
| Anime Name | Crowd Psycho 100 |
| MAL ratings | 8:49 a.m. |
| Number of episodes | 37 (3 seasons) |
| Gender | Action, Comedy, Supernatural |
| Studio | Bone |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix |
aka Mob is an introverted teenager with enormous psychic powers. But Mob considers his powers dangerous and tries to suppress them as much as possible. To learn how to control his powers, he works for Reigen Arataka, a fraudster who claims to be an exorcist, and uses Mob's powers to exorcise spirits.
As Mob suppresses his powerful powers, circumstances soon lead him to unleash his potential.
1) Jujutsu Kaisen
| Anime Name | Jujutsu Kaisen |
| MAL ratings | 8.63 |
| Number of episodes | 29+ (2 seasons, ongoing) + 1 movie |
| Gender | Action, Fantasy |
| Studio | MAP |
| Where to watch | Crunchyroll, Funimation |
The best exorcist anime in recent times has to be Jujutsu Kaisen. The story follows an athletic boy whose life is turned upside down when he meets a boy and comes across a cursed object.
While trying to save Megumi and himself from malicious cursed spirits, Yuji ingests the cursed item, inadvertently becoming the vessel of , known as .
This concludes our ranking of the 15 best anime about exorcists. Give them a chance if you like this stuff, and after that, if you're in the mood for anime from other genres, check out more suggestions.
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