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Angel Of Death
 Posts: 176 Location: Harper Woods, MI |
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I'd like a list of licensed R1 anime that can be considered any one of these adjectives: artistically valid, cerebral, character study, "deep", intellectually stimulating, philosophical, profound, psychological mindf*ck, substance > style, thought-provoking.
I ask because this is the type of entertainment I love the most in general (including anime) and I enjoy devoting my brain to the stuff I watch. I actually had an idea that I would write analyses/theses on any cerebral flick I see. Of course, the suggestions are subject for debate and I'm prepared for that. Last edited by Angel Of Death on Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:35 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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TMBounty_Hunter
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End of Evangelion
definitly artisctic, "deep", a mindf**k and thought-provoking. |
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WaR.KiN
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Perfect Blue...
Psychological Mindf*ck |
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Vigilante024
 Posts: 578 Location: back. but not really. |
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well there is BoogiePop Phantom and Lain, lain I find more interesting since it appears to be an attempt to explain Kants theory of God, that would fall into these catagories...
Angel's Egg (not R1) and Cat Soup are mind warps as well as you just wonder what is really going on. |
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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I checked your My Anime list and saw that you had seen some of GitS: SAC, but apparently not GitS or Innocence. Both movies are pretty philosophical and thought-provoking. Dealing with what happens when the line between what is human and what is not is blurred could be nothing less.
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Animefreak08
 Posts: 882 Location: Michigan ftw. |
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FLCL..
Style 
I haven't posted in..how long? |
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Tony K.
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Perfectsword
 Posts: 527 Location: Somewhere in NY |
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Princess Mononoke - One huge underlining philosophy (extremely miss inturpretated into another, just as sensable though.) Aswom Art Work.
Gundam Wing series/movie - Philosphy-war sucks. Good art work too. Samurai x - philosophy #1 - its at the begining and stated by...master...Ryu....war sucks (could also be symbolized through out the OAV.) #2 DO NOT swing you're sword around with your eyes closed  .
FLCL - Philosophy - go out, buy the anarchist cook book, turn your Bass guitar into a gun and go steel the "guitar guns" of an intergalatic pierate. It has good art work. Kenshin Series - war sucks and a sword with a reverse blade cant kill. that all i can think of off the top of my head. |
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v1cious
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Paranoia Agent- this show shoud definitely be watched at least once. it's interesting how something so small can explode into something so big.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Political/Philosophical:
Ghost in the Shell Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Deals with psychological issues brought by technology and people becomming digitized androids or cyborgs. Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Heavy on the politics and deals with the philosophy of a soldier and war in general. Gundam SEED Same as above but throws in the extra issues of morality and superiority in a struggle between Genetically enhanced Cordinators and naturals. -------- Mindtrips: Serial Experiments Lain Perfect Blue Psycho Diver (To a lesser extent than the other two) These all do their darndest to confuse the heck out of you or take you on a nice psychological journey. -------- Thought Provoking: Neon Genesis Evangellion Big O (Mostly Season II) Mostly philosophical and psychological durring the later halves but worth checking out. Last edited by Kruszer on Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:06 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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BoygetsfireD
 Posts: 475 Location: earth |
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wolfs' rain has some pretty cool underlying philosophies
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Dagwood
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Cowboy Bebop is definently artistic, and the music is great. It also makes it into the character study, thought-provoking, style, intellectually stimulating, philosophical, and at times "deep" catagorys. It's a good one!
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Yoshball
 Posts: 99 Location: Portland, OR |
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I would suggest Kino's Journey {Kino no Tabi}. Kino is a traveller who spends three days only in every country she visits. Each country has its own unique culture and traditions. The series is about why people live the way they do and what Kino gets from being a traveller. I've really enjoyed the philosophy that the series explores and I also really enjoy the beautiful artwork.
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frostedsaiyan
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Hmmm, I don't know if this would qualify, but check out Metropolis. Deals with humans and robots living together. The humans begin to grow a hate for the robots because they are losing their jobs to them and creating more poor citizens.
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msi435
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Evangelion / The end of Evangelion would probably be at the top of the list for a good ol' psychological mind f*@#. Perfect Blue, is an other good one, very psychological. Also i highly recommend Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer it may seem cliché now a days but when it came out it was such a new and original work (not that I saw it when it came out). It drags you in and makes you feel as though you live there in that world, it's such a beautiful peice of art.
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