Best dark & gritty Japanese web series on JioHotstar in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
20 web series on JioHotstar in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.4. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
Web series · Japanese · 5 seasons · U/A 16+ · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.5 (2.4L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
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2. JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 8.5 (2.2L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most
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3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Web series · Japanese · 6 seasons · A · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.6 (62.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
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4. Tokyo Revengers (2021)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.7 (35.2K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up be
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5. Moriarty the Patriot (2020)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 8.0 (6.2K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can s
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6. Black Butler (2008)
Web series · Japanese · 5 seasons · A · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.6 (11.5K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyMatureTwisty
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
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7. Golden Kamuy (2018)
Web series · Japanese · 5 seasons · Action & Adventure, Animation · IMDb 8.1 (4.0K votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatTwisty
A Russo-Japanese War veteran partners with an Ainu girl to find a treasure stolen from her people, but they’re not the only ones pursuing the gold.
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8. Goblin Slayer (2018)
Web series · Japanese · 2 seasons · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.3 (13.7K votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
"I'm not saving the world. I just kill goblins." Rumor has it that, in a certain guild in the middle of nowhere, there is an extraordinary man who has climbed all the way to the Silver rank just by killing goblins. At the same guild, a priestess who's just become a new adventurer has formed her first party... and the
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9. The Fable (2024)
Web series · Japanese · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.7 (2.1K votes)
Visually stunningMatureFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.
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10. Blast of Tempest (2012)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.4 (1.9K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
The Kusaribe family is a family of sorcerers under the protection of the ‘Tree of Origins.’ Their princess, Hakaze Kusaribe, was the greatest sorceress of their family. But Samon Kusaribe, a member of their family seeking to resurrect the ‘Tree of World's End,’ a tree that opposes the ‘Tree of Origins’ and controls the
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11. Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo (2026)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.8 (879 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
A live-action adaptation that translates this deep legacy to the screen. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, the story depicts the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi - the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan's shogunate - through spectacular action and a bold interpr
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12. Cells at Work! CODE BLACK (2021)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (979 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatVisually stunningFast-paced
Alcohol, smoking, and stress—in the body subjected to these irritants, the cells responsible for maintaining life seem to fight a war that never ends. Due to a severe shortage of workers, Red Blood Cell AA2153 has to quickly learn to deliver oxygen and collect carbon dioxide, even in dangerous conditions. Meanwhile, Wh
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13. Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
Web series · Japanese · 2 seasons · Action & Adventure, Animation · IMDb 6.8 (4.6K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
Being just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a wonderful high school life, it's a ticket to despair, because the only way to graduate from Hope's Peak A
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14. Dark Gathering (2023)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · A · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (1.1K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seat
The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself to society as a private tutor, he meets a genius girl named Yayoi Houzuk
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15. Berserk of Gluttony (2023)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (3.0K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyVisually stunning
Fate Graphite was born into a world where magical skills shape your destiny. His skill is Gluttony, a seemingly useless curse of unending hunger that has left him shunned and looked down upon. Until one day, after he takes the life of a thief, his true power awakens: he can devour the skill of anyone he kills to feed h
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16. Junji Ito Collection (2018)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (2.8K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedMatureTwisty
A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
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17. Talentless Nana (2020)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 6.9 (1.8K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of
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18. ChäoS;Child (2017)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 5.7 (234 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureCold & detached
ChäoS;Child takes place in October 2015, six years after the events of ChäoS;HEAd. Abnormal events begin to occur in Shibuya district, including mysterious deaths.
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19. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Animation, Mystery
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
Hope's Peak Academy is a special school, recognized by the government, that was established in order to gather and nurture top-class students who excel in various fields. This school has two courses: The main course, and the preparatory course. Anyone with the money can enter the preparatory course, even if they don't
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20. Diabolik Lovers (2013)
Web series · Japanese · 2 seasons · Animation, Drama · IMDb 4.8 (2.3K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detached
Based on a visual novel of the same name by Rejet and Otomate, for the female market. Komori Yui is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her second year in high school, she transfers to a new school — a night school for entertainers and cele
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