🧠Best Psychological Anime to Watch in 2026
The definitive ranked list of psychological anime — mind games, dark themes, and unreliable narrators. Every title below is ranked by community score and links to its full page with episodes, ratings, trailers, and one-tap tracking. Create a free account to build your own psychological watchlist and get AI recommendations tuned to your taste.
#1★ 9.1Steins;Gate
TV · 2011 · 24 eps
#2★ 9.0Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
TV · 2026 · 19 eps
#3★ 8.9Monster
TV · 2004 · 74 eps
#4★ 8.8Takopi's Original Sin
ONA · 6 eps
#5★ 8.6Death Note
TV · 2006 · 37 eps
#6★ 8.6Berserk
TV · 1997 · 25 eps
#7★ 8.6Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Movie · 1 eps
#8★ 8.6Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Movie · 1 eps
#9★ 8.6Alien Stage
Music · 12 eps
#10★ 8.6Perfect Blue
Movie · 1 eps
#11★ 8.6The Tatami Galaxy
TV · 2010 · 11 eps
#12★ 8.5Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Movie · 1 eps
#13★ 8.5The Promised Neverland
TV · 2019 · 12 eps
#14★ 8.4Banana Fish
TV · 2018 · 24 eps
#15★ 8.4Pluto
ONA · 8 eps
#16★ 8.4Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
TV · 2024 · 16 eps
#17★ 8.4Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
TV · 2021 · 12 eps
#18★ 8.4Mononoke
TV · 2007 · 12 eps
#19★ 8.4Puella Magi Madoka Magica
TV · 2011 · 12 eps
#20★ 8.4Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Movie · 1 eps
#21★ 8.4Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV · 1995 · 26 eps
#22★ 8.3Parasyte: The Maxim
TV · 2014 · 24 eps
#23★ 8.3Psycho-Pass
TV · 2012 · 22 eps
#24★ 8.3Welcome to the N.H.K.
TV · 2006 · 24 eps
#25★ 8.3Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
TV · 2020 · 13 eps
#26★ 8.3One Outs
TV · 2008 · 25 eps
#27★ 8.3Erased
TV · 2016 · 12 eps
#28★ 8.3Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
Movie · 1 eps
#29★ 8.3Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
TV · 2021 · 13 eps
#30★ 8.3Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Movie · 1 eps
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