Shadows House (Seasons 1–2)

Shadows House (2021) is a gothic mystery anime you can watch online on iFILM. Deep in a sprawling mansion lives a clan of faceless nobles — the "shadows," beings with no features whose bodies constantly leak black soot.

Every shadow is paired with a "living doll," a human girl who serves as their face: mirroring expressions, speaking on their behalf, and scrubbing the endless grime off the walls. Young, sunny Emilico is assigned to the moody Kate and throws herself into the job, thrilled to be useful. The further she wanders into the corridors, though, the clearer it becomes that the ceremonial "debuts" and flawless etiquette mask a system where dolls are not meant to ask questions. Who is the master and who is the reflection becomes the show's central riddle.

Adapted from Somato's manga by studio CloverWorks, it trades on uneasy beauty — Victorian rooms, ringing silence, and soot that might be dust or might be someone's will. Akari Kito voices Emilico. It's for fans of a mystery that looks cozy on the surface and turns quietly sinister, unspooling its secrets one room at a time. Stream Shadows House online on iFILM.