I have spoken before about my desire to see more horror animation. While there are plenty of anime (and some western animation) that feature horror elements, they are more often than not driven by some other aspects such as action or sci-fi. While thinking about this, I rewatched a web series (whether it counts as animation or not is debatable) called Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared and was reminded how much of what I was looking for could be found in this show.
I discovered the first episode of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared when (like many people I assume) a friend showed it to me. I can remember not thinking much of it at the time, admiring the production value but finding the shock value ending a little tasteless. In 2015 while watching an episode of the Game Grumps playthrough of Bloodborne, Danny compared one of the monsters to a character from Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. Interested, I decided to watch the four episodes that were uploaded at that point and realized that I had seen the first episode years before.
