Anima may refer to:

• the Latin term for the "animating principle", see vitalism
  • the Latin translation of Greek psyche
  • Aristotle's treatise on the soul, de anima
  • in Christian contexts, the soul 
  • see also spirit
  • Anima and animus, expressions of the unconscious or true inner self of an individual in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology
• Anima, Togo, village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo
• Gum anima or gum animae, a kind of gum or resin

is an internationally published ten-volume manga series by Natsumi Mukai. The story focuses on four "+Anima" characters—humans who have metamorphic abilities, and are shunned by society as a result.