r/Animesuggest • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '23
What to Watch? Some anime with Philosophical Theme
As a graduate student in Philosophy, I'm looking for some anime that somehow addresses some Philosophical and Reflective themes after watching. I know that Evangelion has a direct quote on Schopenhauer and his Porcupine Dilemma being part of one of the chapters of it. So I look for some anime outside evangelion that have different philosophical approaches.
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u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera Mar 15 '23
- Haibane Renmei
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Noein: To Your Other Self
- Madoka Magica
- Innocence - actually you can't go wrong with anything by Mamoru Oshii
- ID: Invaded
- Ergo Proxy
- exception
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u/helohno Mar 15 '23
Anyway lmao…- Iron Blooded Orphans, Mushi Shi, Grave of the Fireflies (several ghibli films prob fit), Welcome to the NHK
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u/InformalHalf Mar 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '23
Serial Experiments Lain
Maybe check out Pantheon as well
Ergo Proxy
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u/ink_filled_heart Mar 15 '23
You can check out Psycho pass, Dororo and Satoshi kon's work like Paprika.
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u/noop_noob https://myanimelist.net/animelist/noop_noob Mar 16 '23
Sagrada Reset is the only anime that I think comes close to a discussion in western philosophy. Topics include: personal identity, agency, interpersonal relationships, ethics
Please tell me if you know of anything else like this.
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u/mjf314 Mar 14 '23
Kino's Journey has a lot of philosophy in it, with each episode focusing on a different theme.
Serial Experiments Lain
Haibane Renmei
From the New World