Anime recommendations please!

[pleb-hates-the-modern-web]

does anyone have any recommendations for horror and/or psychological anime (preferably with as little fanservice as possible)? i really enjoyed madoka magica and psycho-pass, and am planning to watch serial experiments lain after i finish higurashi (2006).

edit: bonus points for cyberpunk elements

[MrsMoe]

Gonna be incredibly self-indulgent and recommend Evangelion (my personal favorite anime and a huge obsession of mine). There's some nudity and sexual themes, but those elements get played for drama as the story goes on.

But something else I highly recommend is Paranoia Agent. It's an anime by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Paprika) and it has all of his trademarks. It's a really great dissection of mass hysteria and escapism.

[pleb-hates-the-modern-web]

oooh paranoia agent sounds really interesting

and this might be an unpopular opinion, but i couldn't get into evangelion; i didn't get more than a few episodes in when i tried to watch it because i couldn't stand the protagonist for some reason i can't remember now. maybe i'll try again someday.

ty for the recommendations!

[MrsMoe]

I understand. It gets much darker and more complex as it goes on, but it's admittedly not for everyone, I guess.

It's kinda awkward that you hated Shinji though since he's one of my highest kins, but you didn't hear that from me

[pleb-hates-the-modern-web]

nooooo omg

my bad 💀💀💀

[creaturefeature]

I mean ´ve been rewatching Nightwalker: the midnight detective...
I mean there is some nudity (warning: it involves a teenage character, just a heads up) But not overwhelming so.

It´s basically a vampire detective show. It was sorta of an obscure anime from the 90s.

[wilhelm]

I'd recommend:

-> Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
-> Genocyber
-> M.D Geist
-> Hadashi no Gen
-> Kite
-> Youjuu Toshi
-> Elfen Lied


Mixed levels of gore, nudity and mind-twisting madness. Hope you like it!

[wizard]

my personal favourite anime is alien 9! i actually have all the episodes uploaded on youtube in good quality, theres only four as its an ova spinoff. this is the link to the playlist i made :omg:k: very similar in tone to madoka magica so i hope you enjoy it if you watch! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL--EXNXRDP1Jkakkfhu5mIAJ-85B8DFIZ

[Absentmind]

Been watching Escape to Neverland. Very dark!

[Nines]

have you seen texhnolyze?

[xolta]

Revolutionary Girl Utena. A Series about a School Girl named Utena who wants to become a prince who get into the world of duling for the rose bride and the  power to bring revolution to world(best way to describe it as a power/magic to fundamentally change reality in some way.)  Get Ready for Visual metaphors, good music, psychological abuse, And wacky comdey.