What is the most thought - provoking Anime in your opinion?

NiTsukiOutlaw · Post by **NiTsukiOutlaw** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:24 pm

-Akira is good to me, as far as the creation of the Universe goes.

-If anyone says DBZ, I will personally ban you from my mental fanclub

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:28 pm

Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell II are right up there.

Eva, in a "...WTF?" manner.

Interlude, too. I had to watch that one twice before I really understood what it was getting at.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:36 pm

DBZ IS THE GREATEST!

just kidding....

I felt that Fooly Cooly was really deep, but wasn't obvious about it. It has great things like

SPOILERS! wrote: Naota learning to act for himself and "swing the bat" breaking away from the possesive Mamimi who, feeling rejected moves on to the other Takkuns (the cat, who later leaves her for another cat, and the Robot dog who is the terminal core) all of which bring Mamimi further into her Madness.

there are more, but that's all I'll tell you for now.

Also, another hidden deep title is Magcal Shopping Arcade: Abenobashi. once again, like fooly cooly, it's deep, but is lighthearted enough for a casual viewer to not think anything of it.

SPOILER! (again) wrote:Sasshi has to decide wether to go home an let Arumi move to Hokkaido, or travel together forever in worlds where they don't know what could happen next (at first..)

this, in my opinion was a very deep series.

Dave_911 · Post by **Dave_911** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:48 pm

FLCL all the way

Im guessing serial experiments lain is also in this category but i really have only seen 1-4 i think

NiTsukiOutlaw · Post by **NiTsukiOutlaw** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:53 pm

Oh yeah, definetely EVA, I haven't yet had a chance to see Ghost, it's not got a very large following in my circles, but I've been looking for a copy. Same thing for FLCL. I think the thing is that these films have more thought put into them, then say, standard television series or movies, because the author / director / producer, is not trying to appeal to a certain demographic, they are trying to appeal to somebody who wants to think, and wants to listen to what they want to say.

-Wow, i think i'll remove the soap box now, talk to you guys tomorrow.

kunaiinyourback · Post by **kunaiinyourback** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:22 pm

Tekken. No wait, I can do better.

Perfect Blue always made me think about how much people will sacrifice to please others.

Matticans · Post by **Matticans** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:31 pm

Dave_911 wrote:FLCL all the way

Im guessing serial experiments lain is also in this category but i really have only seen 1-4 i think

Deffinately LAIN. That series will make you think so hard you crap in your pants, and on top of that you have to watch it at least a few times before you even start to kinda understand what is going on.

AmazonMandy · Post by **AmazonMandy** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:58 pm

Matticans wrote: Deffinately LAIN. That series will make you think so hard you crap in your pants, and on top of that you have to watch it at least a few times before you even start to kinda understand what is going on.

So...do you crap in your pants EVERYTIME you watch it, or just that first one?

bobbarker31 · Post by **bobbarker31** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:58 pm

Two that bear up to multiple viewings are Revolutionary Girl Utena and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Utena has layers upon layers with the motivations of the characters... When you find out why they do what they do you can go back and the rest of their actions make sense. It is a series in which you can watch the very last episode and then go back to the very first one and see the seeds of the end being sown into a complicated pattern. The personalities of the characters are well developed and nuanced... Yes guys, it is a Shojo but the story is not for small children... It is a fairy tale that of the old style... the ones that do not necessarily have a happy ending.

Evangelion... well... everyone knows why you should see Eva... It is not the angels and Eva battles that deliver the power of that series....

Urda The Third Reich made me think for weeks... unfortunately the only thing I thought was that I spent wasted money and time on it...

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:17 am

Personally, I always thought that people were always exaggerating when they claimed to get a headache from thinking to hard. But then I rented Boogiepop Phantom.
I actually did give myself a headache from trying to fit everything together and just reflecting on the various messages and symbolism of some episodes.