Instead of aliens, it’s monsters, ghosts, and spirits that we have to deal with. Rather than balls to the wall action, it’s almost a quiet strangeness where it always feels like it’s just about to dip into the bizarre at any moment and remains visually striking throughout. The Monogatari series is strange, but not quite in the same way as FLCL. They probably win for most beautiful on this list. I mean, many scenes could be mistaken for photographs. Directed by Makoto Shinkai, they have some of the most detailed and intricate art I think I’ve ever seen. I’m almost certain that you’ve seen at least one image or gif from one of these films. And it’s all backed by (in my opinion) one of the best soundtracks ever (this is the dub btw) by Japanese rock band The Pillows.Īlso I feel I should note this series does have some fanservice that might be distasteful to some, but its certainly not disgusting or even the worst offender on this list.ĥ Centimeters per Second/The Garden of Words It often devolves into bizarre and avant-garde styles including manga panels and, I kid you not, South Park at one point. There’s aliens, bass guitars, robots, and pyromaniacs and it’s all tied together with a slick style. I don’t really know how else to describe it. Pardon my French, by FLCL (pronounce fooly-cooly) is fucking weird. One of the best shows ever made in my opinion, just take a look at that opening. Criminals run rampant through the solar system, Earth is abandoned almost entirely, and most everyone is either poor, dirty, or poor and dirty. Bebop takes a pretty grounded look at humanity’s voyage into the stars. That gives you a pretty good explanation of the premise but it’s much more than that. After that, cap it off with the concluding movie The End of EvangelionĬowboy Bebop is a western in space. It’s a series that still holds up incredibly well today, go watch it now. Instead, Evangelion favors very strong writing and direction and an intense psychological emelment to stand out more than almost anything else. It doesn’t have any strange style or bright striking colors. But on this list NGE will probably feel the most familiar. I already wrote about Serial Experiments Lain and The Tatami Galaxy in my last post, but I can’t ignore them for this one too.Ī classic. I do expect people will have seen at least a few of these as they’re decently popular (for good reason). Those kinds of shows people like to make pretty gifs of. Not necessarily very fluid animation or pretty backgrounds (though that can play a part), but more about a distinct feel that is hard to find anywhere else. This is going to be all about works with style. After my last anime rec post I thought it might be fun to do something a little bit different.
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