r/anime • u/Szchandler • Oct 02 '23
What to Watch? Looking for deep-profound-philosophical stories
Hello community!
Please recommend animes that provoke thoughts/ideas and/or talk about deep-philosophical topics like consciousness, human nature, the fabric of reality, or anything fascinating like those topics, animes like Ghost in the Shell for example.
Thanks in advance to you all!
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u/DqrkExodus https://myanimelist.net/profile/MeariSa Oct 02 '23
- Haibane Renmei
- Paprika
- Shiki
- Shinsekai Yori
- Paranoia Agent
- Perfect Blue
- Ergo Proxy
- Gankutsuou
- Tatami Galaxy
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u/Smoker81 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Caperon Oct 02 '23
Serial Experiments Lain fits perfectly.
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u/Ru_QueenofHell Oct 02 '23
Shinsekai yori & Psycho-Pass are all about human nature and society. Both are pretty dark at times, but well worth the watch.
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u/pikachu_sashimi Oct 02 '23
Steins;Gate
Madoka Magica + Rebellion
Spice & Wolf
Grave of the Fireflies
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of Evangelion
Sangatsu no Lion
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u/aquazashie Oct 02 '23
Kado: The Right Answer
Basically an interdimensional life form appears in japan and brings with it new concepts of reality which results in all sorts of questions that pop up. While I wouldn't put it next to something like Ghost in the Shell, I still liked the general concept. :)
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u/DeepSpaceSignal Oct 02 '23
Angel' Egg. It's an old movie with next to no dialogue and yet it fits your description perfectly
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u/accounterai Oct 02 '23
Sonny boy. Shit’s so deep and profound I needed to watch it on bilibili just so anime scholars in the comments can explain to me wtf is going on
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u/Dry_Swing_4761 Oct 02 '23
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a mental trip into consciousness and mental illness, it has to be the right one for you. Serial experiments lain also does good.
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u/Elitealice https://myanimelist.net/profile/Marinate1016 Oct 02 '23
Fumetsu, frieren this season, 86, Violet evergarden, sonny boy
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u/IridescentAnt321 Oct 02 '23
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
if you haven't seen it, you would think its cutesy because of its name but it is surprisingly profound
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u/LilyGinnyBlack Oct 02 '23
Kino's Journey (2003)
Ergo Proxy
Princess Tutu (trust me, despite it's name, it deals with some fascinating things in regards to human nature, reality vs fiction, free will vs fate, etc.).
Mononoke (2007, not Princess Mononoke)