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Existentialist anime and manga

  • Cowboy BebopThe year 2071 stretches across a solar system scarred by a hyperspace gateway accident that rendered Earth nearly uninhabitable.
  • Neon Genesis EvangelionIn 2015, fifteen years after a global cataclysm known as the Second Impact, teenager Shinji Ikari is summoned to the futuristic city of Tokyo-3 by his…
  • The Wind RisesHayao Miyazaki began conceiving the story of The Wind Rises in 2008, marking his first feature film since Ponyo. He published a manga series based on this…
  • Puella Magi Madoka MagicaIn the fictional city of Mitakihara, Japan, a middle school student named Madoka Kaname and her best friend, Sayaka Miki, encounter a small, cat-like…
  • Serial Experiments LainChisa Yomoda sends an email to her classmates from beyond the grave. The message claims she has abandoned her physical form to exist within the Wired, a vast…
  • Space Runaway IdeonSunrise produced Space Runaway Ideon in 1980, immediately following the massive success of Mobile Suit Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino led the project with…