Kick-Heart

Although none of these anime have a tag/theme that denotes them as psychological, they all use cinematographic tactics often seen in psychological media to explore different aspects of the human condition and tackle atypical and philosophical topics.


Feel free to DM or message me about any questions, suggestions, or opinions about this stack!

Animes that have art, animation, music, etc that is not commonly found in anime.

Please suggest more anime to add.

Includes regular anime series, movies, experimental shorts, and even music videos. Anything that can be considered unique in either its art style or method of animation. Probably not every entry in this list will be suited to one's taste, but as we all know, art is subjective.

Also, I've tried to limit the entries to one per style.

Works that aren't here on MAL:
- Our House, by Murata Caori

Masaaki Yuasa is known for his crazy, experimental anime. I personally am a fan and as such I decided to compile them together in one place. I decided to only include the stuff he directed so nothing of the shows he animated and storyboards only.

A compilation of anime that began airing during the month of May.

this month is most notable for its two samurai shows, samurai champloo directed by Cowboy Bebop Legend Shinichirou Watanabe, and Afro Samurai starring Samuel L Jackson.

See Also:

January: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15005
February: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15006
March: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15017
April: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15029
June: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15041
July: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15044
August: ttps://myanimelist.net/stacks/15051
September: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15053
October: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15101
November: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15102
December: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15104

Masaaki Yuasa is a very experimental and often surreal creator and a personal favourite. I put together a list of anime he directed.

There are a few anime listed here he only directed part of: Anime Rakugo Kan; Genius Party; Space Dandy.

Lace up your boots, get your spandex tights and step in the ring with these anime about Professional Wrestling!

avant-garde, surreal, off-beat, abstract and experimental anime.

For people who are bored of normal anime

When I say visually insane, I'm not talking about anime with high quality animation, I'm talking about the ones that have chaotic, psychodelic, stylized, experimental and overall unusual styles.
If a show has multiple seasons I'll just add the first one.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37074

(based on a letterboxd list with the same title)

Masaaki Yuasa is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator working on a variety of anime before turning to directing with the feature film Mind Game (2004), which gained a cult following.

Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, Kemonozume (2006), Kaiba (2008), and The Tatami Galaxy (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film Kick-Heart (2013). During the production of Kick-Heart, Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with increased international distribution, led to mainstream breakout successes in the 2010s and saw Yuasa rise to prominence as one of Japan's foremost independent creators. At Science SARU, Yuasa focused on directing both television and feature film productions, with projects including Ping Pong the Animation (2014), Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017), Lu Over the Wall (2017), Devilman Crybaby (2018), Ride Your Wave (2019), Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020), Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020), and Inu-Oh (2021).