The 15+ Best Werewolf Anime Of All Time

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Hailing in as the supernatural counterpart of the vampire, the werewolf is the ever-transforming, furry, human-wolf shapeshifter. Although these classic beasts are seriously underrepresented in Japanese media, the werewolf anime that does exist out there range from silly, sci-fi shorts to badass and bloody sagas. The characters in their werewolf forms switch between human bodies and full-blown wolves, and sometimes stick around as demonic half-humans whose appearance rests somewhere right in-between.

Whatever form these beasts are in, the best werewolf anime brings these typically dark and brooding lycans to cool, new bodies and environments - transforming the otherwise gnarly fur-balls seen wreaking havoc in B-movies and horror films into contemporary cartoons that anime-lovers can binge on.

Some examples of anime with werewolf characters include Spice and Wolf, Dance in the Vampire Bund, and Wolf's Rain. Vote up your favorite anime with werewolves, and add any good werewolf anime to the list if it's not here already!

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Wolf Children
1,259 votes
Wolf Children is a 2012 Japanese supernatural anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda. After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
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Spice And Wolf
Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
892 votes
Spice and Wolf (CTC, 2008) is a Japanese fantasy adventure anime series based on the light novels written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Ju Ayakura from Imagin animation studio. Kraft Lawrence, a traveling merchant, peddles various goods from town to town with the help of a wolf deity, Holo, to someday make enough money to open his own shop.
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Dance In The Vampire Bund
Supernatural, Romance, Drama
647 votes
Mina Tepes sets out to create a special area for her vampire people to live in peace.
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Blood Lad
Supernatural, Comedy, Action
493 votes
In another dimension, Staz Charlie Blood and his vampire gang find Fuyumi Yanagi, a normal girl.
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5
Hellsing
Action, Horror, Supernatural
535 votes
Vampires Alucard and Seras battle other vampires and the undead on behalf of a secret organization.
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6
Rosario + Vampire
Romance, Supernatural, Fantasy
534 votes
A boy is enrolled at a high school for supernatural monsters and mythological creatures.
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7
Wolf’s Rain
Action, Adventure, Dystopian
133 votes
Hunted to near-extinction, wolves disguise themselves as humans and seek a fabled paradise.
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8
Princess Resurrection
450 votes
Hiro, a young, timid boy, dies while saving a girl on the street from falling construction beams. That girl turns out to be Hime, his sister's new employer, who by resurrecting Hiro makes him into her servant.
9
Overlord
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
665 votes
An online role-playing game takes on a reality of its own and traps its last player inside.
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10
Black Blood Brothers
Action, Comedy, Supernatural
234 votes
Jirou and Kotaro are the last descendants of an elite clan of vampires.

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Shiki
Supernatural, Horror, Mystery
240 votes
Supernatural horrors befall a small town when its population begins mysteriously dying off.
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12
Cuticle Detective Inaba
217 votes
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13
Magical Pokaan
197 votes
14
Wolf Guy
267 votes
15
Soul Eater
Action, Fantasy, Comedy
53 votes
Follows Maka Alburn and her adventures as a student at the Death Weapons Meister Academy.
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16
Tokimeki Tonight
31 votes
Tokimeki Tonight is a Japanese manga series by Koi Ikeno. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Ribon from July 1982 to October 1994. An anime television series directed Hiroshi Sasagawa was adapted from the manga and was broadcast on NTV from October 7, 1982 to September 22, 1983.

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