Link: https://collider.com/darkest-anime-series-ranked/

• Bookiepop Phantom
• Ergo Proxy
• Higurashi
• Haibane Renmei
• Shiki
• Talentless Nana
• Speed Grapher
• Shinsekai Yori
• Chainsaw Man
• Terror in Resonance
• Elfen Lied
• Psycho-Pass
• Now and Then, Here and There
• Made in Abyss
• Paranoia Agent
• Monster
• Texhnolyze
• Berserk
• Devilman Crybaby
• Evangelion

It doesn’t get darker than NGE? Really?

And they didn’t even mention Inuyashiki or Redo of Healer…

I’d say Deadman Wonderland is up there. Parts of that fucked with me for a while

This list could use some work. Bokurano is basically "what if NGE was even more depressing"?

That's actually a better list than I expected, but Evangelion number 1? Though it is certainly number 1 on the "Anime that people stick on lists" list, so I guess I'm not all that surprised. And right off the bat, Bokurano should pretty obviously be there, along with Casshern Sins. And it's sort of weird that Serial Experiments Lain isn't, especially with its notable ranking on the aforementioned "Anime that people stick on lists" list.

Still though, it's better than I cynically expected, and I'm especially pleased to see Now and Then, Here and There, which tends to get overlooked.

Most part that fucked me up about that show was the part where:

no takopi, no madoka, no Lain?

Some classics in there. I could not stomach Now and Then, Here and There. Just so fucking bleak. Paranoia Agent is pretty great.

kimi ga nozomu eien aka rumbling hearts

I was lucky enough to be at a panel with one of the Japanese voice actresses and I asked her if it was as depressing when they were recording it.

She told me that that regularly cried

List feels kind of.... tame? I cant think of much off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure I've seen darker stuff.

Parasyte: The Maxim is fairly dark, and parts of the overarching story of One Piece are crimes against humanity.

Having both Haibane Renmei and Texhnolyze but not Lain sure is odd haha.

I would include too, The Day I Became God, Gunslinger Girl, Mahou Shoujo Site.

Inuyashiki and redo of healer arent dark. Just Edgy in the Best and worst ways

Ergo Proxy is dark? Darker than, oh, Mahou Shoujo Site, Deadman Wonderland, Ajin, Promised Neverland, or any of a couple of dozen others? Someone needs to watch more anime.

Now and Then, Here and There, on the other hand, deserves to be at the top of the list. That thing is brutal.

I do recommend the manga. That sure left an impression holy shit