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Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
- Angels attacking Tokyo-3
- A final two episodes inside his head
Good for you if
- you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
- you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
- you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 2012
Anime
Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters' struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world.
The sides of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
- A boy waking up fourteen years later
- A ruined Earth and former allies turned against him
- A friendship with the mysterious Kaworu
Good for you if
- you like a story that jumps fourteen years and explains little.
- you can take Shinji alone in a ruined world.
- you like questions left open until the next film.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: depression · guilt · friendship
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² 1998
Anime
A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid decisive weapons called Evangelion, the psychologically maladjusted adults who handle and command them, and the events and forces that affect them or which they take part in as they engage massive hostile invaders known as "Angels."
The sides of EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
- Four teenagers piloting giant robots
- The TV series cut out of order
- Classical music between the battles
Good for you if
- you like reassembling Evangelion from scattered fragments.
- you care about Shinji, Asuka, Rei and the adults who use them.
- you like a recap built around a string quartet and classical pieces.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take depression and trauma in children.
- you need a story told in order with everything explained.
About: loneliness · trauma · fathers and sons
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
- An armed assault on the NERV headquarters
- A boy who refuses to pilot
- The end of humanity as one shared mind
Good for you if
- you can take the end of the world shown without mercy.
- you like giant surreal images, live-action shots and a sea of orange liquid.
- you like a finale you argue about for years.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand soldiers gunning down staff or Eva Unit 02 torn apart.
- a teenager's despair and self-hatred on screen are too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loneliness · the end of the world · the fear of others
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone 2007
Anime
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.
The sides of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
- A boy told to pilot a giant machine
- Angels attacking a rebuilt Tokyo
- A father who only wants a pilot
Good for you if
- you want a purple giant fighting monsters over a city that folds away.
- you like a world with its own rules nobody stops to explain.
- you want a frightened fourteen year old more than the battle.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: fathers and sons · duty · loneliness
Ergo Proxy 2006
Anime
Thousands of years after Earth’s atmosphere was destroyed, adventure blooms in the strangest of places. The domed city of Romdo is supposed to be perfect, but Re-l Mayer, a young female inspector from the Civilian Intelligence Office, knows better. In this place where humans and robots coexist, she receives a strange message: something is awakening!
The sides of Ergo Proxy
- A domed city where humans live with robots
- An inspector chasing a strange creature
- A journey across a ruined Earth
Good for you if
- you like a story you piece together from philosophy and lost memories.
- you like a dark, gray cyberpunk city under a dome.
- you like episodes that drift into dreams and even a quiz show.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't take long detours.
- you don't watch anime.
About: identity · memory · control
Undone 2019
Series
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
The sides of Undone
- A woman bending time after a car crash
- Her dead father guiding her
- Rotoscoped animation over real actors
Good for you if
- you like reality slipping away from Alma scene after scene.
- you like painted animation traced over real actors.
- you like a daughter trying to save the father she lost.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want to know for sure whether Alma's visions are real.
About: grief · mental illness · time
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance 2009
Anime
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Meanwhile, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed with a secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.
The sides of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
- A new pilot in a red suit
- A sea that has turned red
- A rescue against every order
Good for you if
- you want a last battle where a boy disobeys everyone to save one girl.
- you want machines, red oceans and a city that sinks into the ground.
- you want three pilots who cook, argue and fail at living together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: duty · friendship · fathers and sons
Serial Experiments Lain 1998
Anime
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
The sides of Serial Experiments Lain
- A shy schoolgirl who logs on to the Wired
- A classmate's suicide and the emails she sends afterwards
- A world where the network and real life blur
Good for you if
- you like a quiet, eerie anime where the internet starts to feel haunted.
- you like piecing together who Lain really is across thirteen strange episodes.
- you're happy to finish with questions and your own theory.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- a teenage suicide at the very start is too much for you.
About: identity · the internet · loneliness · reality
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011
Anime
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.
The sides of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- A schoolgirl offered a wish
- A small white creature with a contract
- Witches hiding in strange labyrinths
Good for you if
- you like a cute magical girl story that turns dark.
- you can take a story where every wish has a price.
- you like witches' lairs drawn like surreal collages.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a light magical girl show to relax with.
About: sacrifice · hope · despair
Maniac 2018
Series
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
The sides of Maniac
- A drug trial that promises to fix everything
- Two strangers sharing the same dreams
- A computer with feelings running the experiment
Good for you if
- you like each episode jumping into a new dream world.
- you like a retro future with every set carefully designed.
- you like piecing together what is real across the trial.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief and mental illness at the heart of a story.
- you need the science to make sense.
About: mental illness · grief · connection
The Boy and the Heron 2023
Anime
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
The sides of The Boy and the Heron
- A boy who lost his mother in the war
- A talking gray heron
- A tower that leads to another world
Good for you if
- you like a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower.
- you love Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds.
- you like a boy learning to accept a new mother.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a story where every symbol is explained.
About: grief · family · growing up
Interstellar 2014
Película
En una Tierra moribunda, un antiguo piloto de la NASA deja atrás a sus dos hijos para cruzar un agujero de gusano y buscar un planeta donde pueda vivir la humanidad.
Las caras de Interstellar
- El padre y la hija
- Una ciencia en la que puedes creer
- El órgano y el silencio
- La soledad allá arriba
Buena para ti si
- las despedidas te afectan más que las explosiones.
- te gustan los agujeros de gusano, los agujeros negros y un planeta donde una hora cuesta años.
- quieres sentirte muy pequeño en tu butaca.
Mala para ti si
- prefieres no pensar en la relatividad y en el tiempo que se estira para seguir una historia.
- los grandes discursos sobre el amor te hacen poner los ojos en blanco.
- casi tres horas son demasiado para una noche.
Temas: el tiempo · el sacrificio · el hogar · los que se quedan atrás
The Leftovers 2014
Series
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The sides of The Leftovers
- Two percent of the world vanishing at once
- A police chief holding his family together
- A silent cult dressed in white
Good for you if
- you like grief so raw it moves you to tears.
- you can live with never learning where the vanished went.
- you like Kevin and Nora, two broken people trying to go on.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, suicide and despair on screen.
- you need a story that moves fast, not three seasons of mourning.
About: grief · faith · loss
Steins;Gate 0 2018
Anime
Eccentric Rintaro falls into a depression after failing to save Kurisu, but then a neuroscientist offers him the chance to interact with an AI copy.
The sides of Steins;Gate 0
- A scientist broken after failing to save the woman he loved
- An AI built from her memories
- Timelines that fork in Akihabara
Good for you if
- you like timelines that split and loop back on each other.
- you want a story about grief and failing to save someone.
- you like watching Okabe crawl out of his depression.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't wait out a slow first half.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · regret · fate
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 2016
Anime
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.
The sides of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
- A student dropped into a world of magic
- A death that sends him back to an earlier moment
- A silver-haired girl he keeps trying to save
Good for you if
- you like a fantasy kingdom with its own rules of magic and succession.
- you like piecing together what went wrong from one loop to the next.
- you like knowing any episode can end badly and start over.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch deaths filmed in detail, over and over.
- you'd rather not watch a boy's mind come apart.
About: death · despair · second chances · obsession
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya 2010
Anime
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
The sides of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Kyon waking up in a world without the SOS Brigade
- Yuki Nagato as a shy ordinary girl
- A school week before Christmas
Good for you if
- you like piecing together how the world was changed.
- you like long quiet scenes in a cold, empty winter school.
- you like Kyon forced to ask himself what he really wants.
Bad for you if
- two hours and forty minutes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: choice · friendship · normal life
Napping Princess 2017
Anime
Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented mechanic, falls asleep often, anywhere, anytime, entering, over and over, a dream-world where a squad of fantastic motorized contraptions fights against magic, a world close to reality where she will find out the keys of her true past.
The sides of Napping Princess
- A schoolgirl who keeps falling asleep
- A dream kingdom of machines and magic
- A widowed mechanic father with a secret
Good for you if
- you like a dream world full of mechs and magic.
- you like a daughter uncovering her parents' past.
- you like bright, detailed animation of small-town Japan.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you lose patience when dream and reality keep blurring.
About: dreams · family · technology
Paprika 2006
Anime
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
The sides of Paprika
- A psychologist who enters her patients' dreams
- A stolen dream machine
- A parade of objects marching out of dreams
Good for you if
- you like a dream that spills into the waking city.
- you want every frame packed with shifting images.
- you like not knowing whose dream you're in.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a machine to follow rules. This one runs on dream logic.
About: dreams · identity · technology
The Tatami Galaxy 2010
Anime
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”
The sides of The Tatami Galaxy
- A student reliving his college years again and again
- A matchmaking god at a ramen stand
- A friend named Ozu who ruins everything
Good for you if
- you like a narrator who talks at breakneck speed.
- you like a Kyoto campus told in collages and strange colors.
- you like each episode replaying the same years with a new choice.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles that fly by this fast.
About: regret · choice · missed chances · youth