 If you liked
Shinsekai yori
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 ...then you might like
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
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Kids with powers in a calm, different world settingthat gets turned on it’s head
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Recommended by AnimeObasan
Teenagers with powers, mysterious village and civilization, becomes dark rather fast, don't forget that you will cry.
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Recommended by JuusanKitsune
Children of the Whales is like Shinsekai Yori’s ‘dumber’ younger sibling - reflected in the differences in target market between the two shows. They both feature seemingly peaceful worlds and young protgonists that fit in well with them, only to be thrown into much darker reality upon discoveries along the journey. Both shows revolve around an innate human supernatural power that effects society and politics. Expect plenty of world building and plot twists within both.
If you like Kujira no Kora, right here you have a futuristic dystopian world with children, psychic powers and a great mystery hidden by adults. With the difference that it's WELL DONE, no overexposure for kiddies, No emotional manipulation, the world is really well planned and has great villian (or not?), the melodrama is unusual, and technically uses multiple styles of animation as the plot requires.
A true mature story with beginning, development and END. Leave Kujira for the kids.
-Both are led by a protagonist curious about the world outside of their small homes and eager to discover the mysteries hidden by their elders
-Both feature a distinct fantasy world
-Both have supernatural powers which are controlled by the inhabitants emotions
-Both have a oppressive civilization masked by a peaceful front
So far this doesn't seem to have all that much depth, but if you want an anime that's done something similar to this then I'd for sure recommend Shinsekai Yori
- teenagers
- dystopian, psychological setting
- mysterious civilization with similar advancement of technology
- most characters being able to use psychokinesis-like powers (multiple powers instead of one specialized esper power) controlled by emotions
- MC finding out more about his own home hidden by high-ranking people
- fantasy world
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Recommended by Railgun1127
In both animes, characters that know telekinesis investigate about the secrets of the world they live in.
Both shows are about teenagers with powers who live in a closed off, information controlled society and who gradually learn about the outside world.
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Recommended by logan87654321
Both animes have kids as protagonists. They all live in a small world where they do not know the past of it. On both animes, the characters can use telekinesis. Both animes have ED that set the mood of the show (I love them so much!). Shinsekai Yori is one of my favorite anime and Children of the Whales gives the same intriguing atmosphere.
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Recommended by randomanimeseen
So glad to see other people marked Shinsekai Yori as a ercommendation for those who liked Kujira no Kora.
Both of them revolve around children with special powers - the thymia and the cantus work in a similar way - in a weird, bucolic society. They are even a little similar in the art, even though SSY is claimed to have a poor animation, but both are colorful and yet a little faded.
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau is the anime I've been looking for ever since I finished Shin Sekai Yori. Watching SSY afther KnK could be even greater.
The two series share similar fronts and plot themes. Both have a dystopian setting nurtured off of an ignorance promoted via the characters and as the characters later become exposed to people outside of their society, the come to realize the dark nature of their upbringings and civilization. Both also operate on an art style that contrasts the nature of the series.
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Recommended by Gray_apothecary
Both series are dystopian shows and dark fantasies. There are similarities in the plot and general themes.
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Recommended by mimi_neko123
There are a lot of similarities between these two shows, to name a few
-both involve a society that appears at first to be utopian, but very quickly is shown to be dystopian
-despite their art style, both of these anime are pretty dark
-both involve kids with telekinetic powers (cantus/thymia)
-in both there are adults keeping dark secrets from the children
-both anime have a council of elders, which despite what they say, do not have good intentions
-in both societies there are monsters that are hidden in away from view
-the main characters has to rely on someone else to constantly protect them (Satoru/Ouni)
Shinsekai yori has a much sinister
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Recommended by Inter_anime