Anime recommendations: scary, mystery

on 9.01.2009

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One-Line Description Studio
Shigofumi A shinigami who delivers the last words from the dead has a unique situation in that she is the only shinigami that ages.  She also has mysterious past that comes to light when a high school student recognizes her. JC Staff, Bandai, Genco
Kara no Kyoukai ~ Garden of Sinners A string of supernatural suicides baffle police requires an individual with her own super natural powers.  Intriguing cinematrography and beautiful art.  Music by Yuki Kajiura (Mai Hime, Noir, Tsubasa, Aquarian Age).
ufotable, Aniplex, Kodansha, Notes
Ghost Hunt A supernatural detective agency picks up an unlikely assisstant who is unaware of her own powers.  By the same author as Twelve Kingdoms. JC Staff
Shion no Ou A family is brutally murdered, with the only survivor a young girl who loses the ability to talk.  Now in high school, Shion is a rising star in the world of shougi whose past is starting to resurface. Studio Deen
Paranoia Agent A string of attacks by a boy with a bent golden bat, known as 'shounen bat' proves to be not just a simple open and shut case.  Weird and interesting, the opening is particularly ...disturbing! Madhouse
Ergo Proxy Similar to Aeon Flux and Bubblegum Crisis.  In the future, humans are aided by androids, some of which exhibit beserk symptoms and start killing humans.  Real Meyer is a detective for the dome city on Romdeau and is attacked by something neither human nor android, which kickstarts an investigation leading her to question her own reality. Manglobe

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