Trippy Anime Recomendations

bobbarker31 · Post by **bobbarker31** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:10 am

Dear folks,

At the moment I am looking for some good trippy, psychadelic, or mind bending anime recomendations. I have been suffering from a kidney stone for the past week and the pain has increased until my doctor prescribed some pretty strong muscle relaxants... I am HIIIIIIIGH right now. So to make use of my time confined at home away from heavy machinery and car keys. I am looking for the more mind altering anime.

Serial Experiments Lain comes to mind with its perception of reality and the Wired.

Another would be the last two episodes of Evangelion and the End of Evangelion movie as Shinji explores his conciousness.

Fruit Baskets is warm and cute..... and I like that fine... love Fruit Baskets, but this would not fit into my description of what I am looking for....

Can you guys suggest some titles that might fit into this category and please explain why you would recomend them so.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:36 am

Here are a few:

Cat Soup is out commercially, and even though it's only 30 mins, it's probably your best value for total psychedelia. There's a link in my sig (the line of text that reads like your medication) to a Cat Soup video that barely scratches the surface of the weirdness going on here.
Night on the Galactic Railroad has a similar kind of fever-dream atmosphere, but its commercial availability is kind of low. Some people say it puts them to sleep, but they don't have the volume up high enough; the music is where a lot of the truly messed stuff is hiding (or at least, it seems that way after a couple San Migs).
Twilight Q2 is only on fansub (and probably just VHS, at that), but there is no anime out there that can touch it for sheer skullfucking. God is a two-year-old who wets the bed and turns airplanes into fish.
Super Kuma-san is available digisubbed and is just short of fucking demented. Not really trippy, but way, way, out there.
Princess Tutu is kind of cute and fuzzy in places, but also worships the devil to degrees and in ways that are extremely rare in modern anime. ADV has the first volume out now.

Good stuff, all; might try Otohiko's RPBP videos as well -- just don't review them while chemically modified unless you want to look as dumb as I did.

--K

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:33 pm

If you can find it, there's Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space. I have no idea if it's been liscensed or not, but the R2s of the film have english subtitltes.

atrophiedXlungs · Post by **atrophiedXlungs** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:49 pm

Forgive me if you've seen these already.

Boogiepop Phantom is one of my favorite titles, and many people who've seen it compare it to Serial Experiments: Lain. The artistic style is pretty similar, but Boogiepop uses a lot less color than Lain did, giving the whole series a darker feel. And the plotline is darker...it deals with a bunch of high school students, who have mysterious things happening around them...including the rumored appearance of the Angel of Death, Boogiepop.

Super Milk-Chan is an anime many people dislike. I think it's because most people don't get the humor, because I think it's hilarious, and incredibly sarcastic and at times, very, very dry. The animation is all digital, using very bright colors, so I think it'd fit well with the "psychadelic" you're looking for.

Dead Leaves is a very wacky action / comedy OVA that clocks in at about 50 minutes. Of course, now that I think about it...you may not want to watch this one in your current state, because you'll probably have a seizure or something like that.

I had another title in mind as well, but now I can't recall the name of it.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:55 pm

Texhnolyze - from the creator of Serial Experiments Lain

The Melody of Oblvion - it's a GAINAX/J.C. Staff series, hell the some people who worked on Utena did this - it'll come out this June

Soul Taker- it's VERY sureallistically screwed up, but I can't say too much about the plot

Petite Cosstte - same creator of Soul Taker, but with a better plot execution - Geneon licensed it, but no release date yet

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:58 pm

I second Boogiepop Phantom and Texhnolyze.

Requiem from the Darkness might be a good one.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:11 pm

I'm not sure it counts as trippy enough, but I've been watch Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi on Tech TV recently. This particual series has had me wondering what sorts of medications it's creators were on when they came up with the ideas for each episode.

Vancore · Post by **Vancore** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:51 am

Well I would consider Alien Nine if I was looking for something trippy, especcially the last two episodes which contain a lot of weird 'dream' sequences and illusions. Its like watching a very cute anime wrestle with a dark and twisted teddy bear.

Noverca1is · Post by **Noverca1is** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:12 am

Duckman - somewhat of a trip, very adult-oreinteded undertones

Invader Zim - jhohen Vasquez is the man.. the creator of JTHM
*Johnny The Homicidial Maniac)
I recommend JTHM, but they are 7 comic books... BUT WORTH IT!
its really sick in the head.

Ichi The Killer (anime version and live version)
perfect blue amv with the police... disturbing

cradle of fear (non anime, a cradle of filth movie... disturbing by all means also a B-film!)

hrmm, cant think of psychedelics much, i can think of gore, snuff and things that makes people puke!

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:31 am

I always thought Ghost in the Shell was trippy, in a slightly different sort of way.