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Why you loved it

Shows like Maniac

Not everyone loves Maniac for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Maniac

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like each episode jumping into a new dream world.

  2. You like a retro future with every set carefully designed.

  3. You like piecing together what is real across the trial.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Russian Doll2019

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like a New York that bends in strange ways.

  • Undone2019

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world
    • a retro future with every set carefully designed

    Good for you if you like reality slipping away from Alma scene after scene.

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion1995

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.

  • Serial Experiments Lain1998

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world
    • piecing together what is real across the trial

    Good for you if you like a quiet, eerie anime where the internet starts to feel haunted.

  • Severance2022

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world
    • piecing together what is real across the trial

    Good for you if you like piecing together what Lumon really does.

  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time2021

    • a retro future with every set carefully designed
    • piecing together what is real across the trial

    Good for you if you like a story you have to piece together from everything that came before it.

  • Wilfred2011

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like Elijah Wood talking to a man in a cheap dog costume.

  • The Midnight Gospel2020

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like psychedelic worlds where anything can melt or explode.

  • Paranoia Agent2004

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like Satoshi Kon blurring dream and reality.

  • Paprika2006

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world
    • a retro future with every set carefully designed
    • piecing together what is real across the trial

    Good for you if you like a dream that spills into the waking city.

  • Pluribus2025

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like a strange premise where happiness is the threat.

  • The Amazing Digital Circus2023

    • each episode jumping into a new dream world

    Good for you if you like a bright cartoon world that turns unsettling.

Reasons taken from Maniac's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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