Mysterious egg, entering other people's dreams and parallel worlds.
Do you like mind games? Complex and intricate plots? Spectacular yet abstract visuals? Then you've come to the right place, because this list features psychedelic anime that will surprise you and make you think about life.
1. Wonder Egg Priority, 2021
A schoolgirl named Ai is going through a difficult time: her close friend Koito committed suicide, and Ai herself has difficulty communicating and suffers from the ridicule of her peers.
One night, while walking near her home, she meets a strange creature who tells her about a wonder egg that can grant any wish. The girl remembers her friend, but does not believe that an egg can bring Koito back to life.
However, she soon finds such a wonder egg, it breaks and a girl emerges from it. But it is not Koito. The stranger is experiencing her own fears and problems, and Ai must save the girl from death.
2. Sonny Boy, 2021
The anime tells the story of how ordinary Japanese schoolchildren suddenly find themselves in another dimension and gain supernatural powers at the same time. Some of the students immediately try to use their newfound powers to strengthen their own authority, while others simply want to return home.
Sonny Boy is one of those anime that have been unjustly denied the attention of the public. But this title can rightly be considered one of the best anime of 2021.
3. Angel's Egg, 1985
The story centers on a nameless Girl who wanders the streets of a dark and deserted world with a large mysterious egg. One day she meets a Boy with whom she discusses the world around her, the past and a possible future.
Angel's Egg is an art performance in its purest form, with a small dose of surrealism and a large portion of philosophy and understatement. If you are looking for something really unusual, but not too surreal, then Angel's Egg will brighten up your evening.
4. Serial Experiments Lain, 1998
A student named Lain, unlike her peers, is not particularly interested in technology until one day, tragedy strikes the school: one of the students dies. However, her classmates continue to receive emails from her.
Lain decides to find out who is writing these messages because the girl received the same one. Could it really be the dead classmate? After all, user data remains online even after death. Or is the reason hidden in something else?
5. Paprika, 2006
DC Mini is a device that allows you to visit other people's dreams. Psychiatrist Atsuko Chiba helped develop it and uses it to help her patients.
One day, several copies go missing: someone is planning not only to enter other people's dreams, but also to impose strange fantasies on people that can drive them insane. Chiba, as the most experienced sleepwalker, must prevent the impending psycho-apocalypse.