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Ideas, philosophy, and mind-bending plots.
Matching anime
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Steins;Gate
Drama · Psychological · Sci-Fi
Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "f...
DARLING in the FRANXX
Action · Drama · Mecha
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland...
Parasyte -the maxim-
Action · Drama · Horror
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh...
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Action · Drama · Mecha
In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for t...
PSYCHO-PASS
Action · Psychological · Sci-Fi
Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl Syste...
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Action · Drama · Fantasy
This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a myste...
Serial Experiments Lain
Drama · Mystery · Psychological
We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and cultu...
Akira
Action · Adventure · Horror
It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret chil...
From the New World
Drama · Horror · Mystery
Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept...
Ghost in the Shell
Action · Psychological · Sci-Fi
2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Invest...
INUYASHIKI LAST HERO
Action · Drama · Psychological
Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him w...
BTOOOM!
Action · Psychological · Sci-Fi
In the blink of the mind's eye, Ryouta Sakamoto suddenly finds himself transported from playing the...
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Sci-fi anime that make you think
Thoughtful anime ask big questions: What makes us human? Can you change the past? How much control should a system have over us? The mix of sci-fi and psychological combines gripping plots with ideas that stay with you long after the credits roll.
This mood is ideal when you're in the mood for something cerebral and enjoy stories you want to analyze after watching. Many of these titles shaped anime and science fiction far beyond Japan.
Our picks
Steins;Gate
A self-proclaimed mad scientist discovers time travel via microwave – with fatal consequences.
PSYCHO-PASS
In a future where a system measures people's criminal potential, the question of justice takes center stage.
Ghost in the Shell
The cyberpunk classic about consciousness and identity that inspired films like The Matrix.