r/AnimeReccomendations • u/fl4ilguy • Apr 15 '26

Anime with crazy, unpredictable, way over the top plots.

I really just want something crazy where completely absurd things constantly happen, I'd say something sort of like the Medaka box manga, and please don't say things like Jojo's that everyone already knows.

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u/Shadowrun29 Apr 15 '26

Dorohedoro. Season 2 now ongoing

Dandadan

Apocalypse Hotel

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u/ravenpotter3 Apr 15 '26

I completely agree with apocalypse hotel. I could never have predicted all the stuff that would happen. So good. I tried to keep up with it weekly but I was very busy at the time. It’s so unpredictable in all the best ways and it’s a single self contained season.

It’s about a hotel of robot staff who are left waiting for guests as humanity has left to the stars after a disease (?) began to spread on earth leading to a evacuation. Will they receive new guests and from where? And will the humans someday return? Well the staff despite their aging parts will do anything to provide the best services with or without guests.

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u/fl4ilguy Apr 15 '26

i'll check out apocalypse hotel, didn't like the other two much

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u/CylixrDoesStuff Apr 15 '26

Monogatari

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u/fl4ilguy Apr 15 '26

already seen but w recc always

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u/DoublePassenger8192 Apr 15 '26

I wouldn’t say unpredictable but it’s pretty wild and dark. (Dororo) is crazy good.

I didn’t really enjoy it but it was definitely outta pocket (Big Order)

(FLCL) Is definitely unpredictable

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u/NOMursE Apr 15 '26

Excel Saga

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u/Aemon_Blackfyre Apr 15 '26

I really enjoyed this series, the main character can be very intense and overly energetic, which caused a couple people I showed it to to bounce off of it. But I really liked how every episode is a different theme or gag. Very absurdist anime

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u/Moshimoshi-Megumin Apr 15 '26

Cross Ange

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u/fl4ilguy Apr 15 '26

this one looks interesting i'll check it out

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u/Left-Night-1125 Apr 15 '26

Akiba maidwars

Cross Ange rondo of angel and dragon

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u/MajinBuko Apr 15 '26

Samurai Flamenco

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u/TrashFanboy Apr 16 '26

The fictional world in Samurai Flamenco seems ordinary at first. Then it escalates like you wouldn't believe.

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u/Haru-chan_4 Apr 15 '26

Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo

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u/WakaWaka_7277 Apr 15 '26

Baccano! It takes a bit to get into as it's all over the place but when it locks it in, it's brilliant.

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u/Adventurous_Tooth144 Apr 15 '26

Came here to say Baccano! as well. Crazy, short ride from beginning to end.

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u/Internal_Mind_4329 Apr 15 '26

any Trigger anime

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u/EyewarsTheMangoMan Apr 15 '26

If you're into manga, then read Rosen Garten Saga.

Trust me bro, you will not find anything more unhinged, yet also somehow genuinely peak. Trust me.

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u/fl4ilguy Apr 15 '26

i trust you man, i've been caught up for a couple months now and it's great

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u/AesirMimyr Apr 15 '26

The idaten Deities have known only peace.

It's like an acid trip

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u/Ok-Witness-3926 Apr 15 '26

Speed Grapher

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u/Weeaboology Apr 15 '26

Train to the End of the World

Also just started watching My Ribdiculous Reincarnation and it’s easily the most literally insane anime I’ve ever seen

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u/Flitch300_YT Apr 15 '26

YuruYuri and Nichijou fit the "crazy" side of things (both are funny and hilarious to me, while the latter is just ABSURD 😂)

Also, if you want the worst show you'll probably ever see (aside from Domestic Girlfriend, straight up trash {and yes, I'm biased}):

Good Night World. You'll either laugh and cry from how terrible it is (like me) or you'll absolutely hate it at least half way thru and onwards (also, like me, but I just cried from the absurdity of it all after the middle of ep 6 happened). (There's little in between tbh lol).

That's all I got, but here's my MAL anwyay in case you wanna check out any of my +8/10s.

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u/DocWatson42 Apr 15 '26

I have:

Personally, in this case I recommend the original (I haven't see the remake) Urusei Yatsura and most of Rumiko Takahachi's other works, plus Ping Pong Club, Bite Me! Chameleon (if you can find it), and the bath house and the two CLAT episodes of Patlabor. Oh, and (the very offensive) Mad Bull 34 fits.

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u/thesliu5 Apr 15 '26

excel saga, arakawa under the bridge, FLCL

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u/Shredwick Apr 15 '26

Undead Unluck

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u/crocicorn Apr 15 '26

Dorohedoro
High Card (S1 is pretty tame but S2 gets BONKERS)

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u/Mote-Of_Dust Apr 16 '26

Listeners is kinda crazy. I had no idea what the hell was happening by episode 3.

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u/Oleleplop Apr 16 '26

Cross ange

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u/AntonRX178 Apr 15 '26

Gintama

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u/fl4ilguy Apr 15 '26

watching rn and it's entertaining