Best Horror

[saladesu]

Best Horror Announcement!

The results are in for the first Anime Awards Ceremony (2010) at long last! The moment you have been waiting for, has finally arrived! [Drum rolls]

But first, our thanks. We thank everyone for their participation in nominating, voting, discussing, critiquing, and suggesting ideas for future Awards Ceremonies. This wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of the staff and most importantly our cherished members and loyal fans of anime!

but secondly, let's review of how we got to the winner(s) of the Best Horror Category.

The Official Nominee Winners:

1. Shiki
2. Higurashi no naku koro ni
3. High School of the Dead
4. Monster
5. Elfen Lied

and finally, what you all have been waiting for, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Members' winner choice [Drum rolls]:

Spoiler: The Winner of Best Horror

Elfen Lied

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[Tsukisama]

Nominations are over! Now that the nominations are set, it is time to vote for which one you think should win this category! Cast your vote before the deadline to decide the winner!

 

[Zeltrax]

Spoiler

Vote for higurashi..or else Rena will keel you

Anyway, I voted for higurashi and I urge everyone to give it a try if you haven't. I was scared at some parts, even more than Shiki.
For me, shiki uses visuals and animation to create scary moments but Higurashi does it differently, so much that I can't erase the scenes from my mind..

 

[saladesu]

Maybe this vote is a little biased as I haven't watched all on this list, but I voted for Shiki. I thought Elfen Lied was great too, but maybe because I watched it too long ago (5 years?), I can't really remember much of it at all, whereas Shiki is fairly fresh in my memory. There are a good number of scenes from Shiki that I remember quite vividly, such as

Spoiler

Toshio experimenting on his wife, all the hackings that the desensitized villagers were doing in the later episodes, Megumi's death... I thought they were all very well (read:horrific/gruesomely) done, with creepy music to accompany it.

 

[kamakazi_1996]

High school of the dead for me but only because i havent seen all the others

 

[destiny4ever]

My vote for this category goes to Shiki. Terrifying scenes + epic ost + thought-provoking situations = an awesome horror anime!!

@ Salad: I still remember very vividly the first scene you mention inside the spoiler tag, that scene was… + . It was like watching a train wreck. You wanted to look away but you couldn’t!

 

[CBlitz]

Higurashi owns this entire genre...really while Shiki was great and all, Higurashi is what really defines anime horror. Although in all reality, the first season is horror while the second is more thriller. Higurashi is based on a bunch of visual novels and while there was an element of horror, it was a lot more mystery/thriller focused. When it was adapted into an anime, they decided to focus more on the horror aspect because fitting the source material into 26 episodes meant they had to cut out a significant amount of the mystery and character development. So what you get in the end, is not what I'd call a great adaption, yet the horror aspect was strong enough to get the anime to stand on its own two feet independent of the source material. And by golly, is Higurashi incredibly horrifying. I remember it was the third anime I watched and I couldn't believe what I was watching.

 

[saladesu]

The results are really, really close! Please vote and encourage your fellow members to vote for the nominee each of you thinks deserves to win! Every vote counts!

 

[HegemonKhan]

Best Horror Announcement!

The results are in for the first Anime Awards Ceremony (2010) at long last! The moment you have been waiting for, has finally arrived! [Drum rolls]

But first, our thanks. We thank everyone for their participation in nominating, voting, discussing, critiquing, and suggesting ideas for future Awards Ceremonies. This wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of the staff and most importantly our cherished members and loyal fans of anime!

but secondly, let's review of how we got to the winner(s) of the Best Horror Category.

The Official Nominee Winners:

1. Shiki
2. Higurashi no naku koro ni
3. High School of the Dead
4. Monster
5. Elfen Lied

and finally, what you all have been waiting for, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Members' winner choice [Drum rolls]:

Spoiler: The Winner of Best Horror

Elfen Lied

.