Can anyone recommend any good dark anime besides Serial Experiments Lain and Hellsing? I'm looking for another good series to get into but don't have any real good ideas. If you have any ideas about any good anime besides the obvious main ones (Eva, Cowboy Bebop, Nadesico).

I still dont understand the concept of "dark" anime...

Dark would be one with endings that aren't always happy and have a dark bent ot them. Like in Hellsing where the hero is a vampire or in Lain where the evil is hidden and eventually take control of the main character.

That depends...does it have to be bloody? If so, i'd recommend Blue Gender. Otherwise, how about Key the Metal Idol, or Figure 17 or- not quite "black-dark" but definately not happy endings.

If you don't mind a stand-alone dvd, try Alien Nine the time-investment is minor, and boy, is it unique!

Thanks Blondie4Ever. I doesn't have to be bloody just not on the beaten path. I've had too much mecha, magic, and cute anime. Just looking for some "different" anime.

Quote by kylewassonI doesn't have to be bloody just not on the beaten path. I've had too much mecha, magic, and cute anime. Just looking for some "different" anime.

I dunno, Blue Gender does involve mecha... Well, there are the latest ultraviolence pop-faves: Gantz & Elfen Lied...

Or...
For an interesting mystery/thriller/horror title you could try: Paranoia Agent.
For an "inkblot test" anime (you can into it as deeply as you'd like or just take it's surface humor) there's always FLCL.

I loved flcl. Is Gantz any good? I have thought of getting Elfen Lied but don't know if its any good.

Witch Hunter Robin [good animation, nice atmosphere [goth] but it's abit boring], Gilgamesh [little jerky animation, nice gothic atmosphere and a good story with earth destructive forces]. Elfen lied is one of the top series in the genre but don't let the "kawai" girls fool you.

Elfen Lied (Okay not that much dark, but more of a gorey feeling)was dark at times and so was Neon Genesis Evangelion.

evangelion....i think...

Elfen Lied is really cool and GANTz totaly rocks but you could try Basilisk or Trinity Blood. Gunslinger Girl and Saikano are must-seen. But personally I always recommend Vampire Hunter D: Bloodust

Elfen Lied rocks. But I'm not really sure about your concept of...dark anime. How dark?
I think Petshop of Horrors is my type of a dark anime - horror series.
Plus, there are many types of "dark" anime out there - don't really know which you want. How about a cup of coffee, everyone?
*gives out mugs of coffee to everyone who enters this topic*

I like Gantz. well i prefer the manga gantz rather than the anime.

Does Bastard!! consider to be a "dark" anime?

you can try full metal alchemist or black cat <-- really good

as mentioned above Elfin Lied , Trinity Blood and Basilisk are good series if your after "dark" anime

another series that i found interesting was Wolfs Rain and Gungrave

FMA, Wolf's Rain that's about all I can think of at the moment

Oh yes gungrave to the bone. You must see it. Well not so dark but cool like hellsing. Brandon rocks. Watch for the overdose ova.

Evangelion. Ayashi no Ceres.

Alien 9 has a wierd ending.

Im sure Elfen Lied has already been mentioned, also check out berserk...if u dun want a happy ending that Berserk will be great for u.

hm......i guess "Blame!" is pretty dark too.i don't think that one has been mentioned yet.
it's also kind of weird and confusing if you're doing something else while watching
(i learned that the hard way )

I'd have to say X-TV was a "dark" anime, and a very good one, at that.

Elfen Lied, Gantz, Witch Hunter Robin, Blood the Last Vampire, Basilisk, Wolf's Rain, Gungrave, X TV and/or Movie.

Sorta Dark: Chrno Crusade, Spiral, Gunslinger Girls, Argento Soma

If you like dementia: Boogie Pop, Tehxnolyze, Paranoia Agent

Hellsing and Chrno Cursade surely. Dark and awesome.