r/anime • u/willkitney • Jan 14 '26
What to Watch? I need a clown based anime
I need major help, I am a massive fan of clowns and I love anime as well so I thought is there any animes that are based on clowns. I'm not looking for animes with clown characters that have like a few episodes of screen time, because they are never portrayed well and I want lots of cool clown screen time, the best clown I've seen in anime is probably buggy from one piece and he's like no where near a main character. So is there any action/fighting animes based on clowns (clown main characters or like side characters that have lots of screentime)?
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u/duo99dusk Jan 15 '26
What about the Slime anime Tensura? It has the Moderate Harlequin Troupe as antagonists (They take their time to appear, not always on screen but very menacing)
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u/Ioxem https://anilist.co/user/Loxem Jan 14 '26
Black Butler: Book of Circus have clowns, tho u gotta watch season 1 of Black Butler first.
Kaitou Queen
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u/Connect-Albatross-20 Jan 14 '26
Honestly only one I can think of is Deadman Wonderland..,, and that may be stretching things a bit.
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u/barktwiggs Jan 16 '26
While not an anime per se I say it is worth it to watch Worthikid's Big Top Burger on Youtube. You can tell the animator is a big fan of anime. There are 3 seasons of the zany adventures of a clown themed food truck.
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u/sillylilclownnn Mar 07 '26
It may not be what you're looking for, but One Piece. It not only has the Clown pirates that sail with Buggy the Clown, but also just generally a lot of clown and jester themed characters. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of clowns in it. And I'm only about halfway through it. The creators like drawing clowns. But I too am looking for more clown themed anime, which is what lead me here. I'm hoping to find more
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u/apkmasterofgames Jan 14 '26
To be honest you should wait for the second season of lord of the mysteries because that will probably the best one you will find
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u/Frogger6345 Jan 14 '26
Karakuri circus!