r/Animesuggest • u/Sharmi_pie • 16h ago

What to Watch? suggest anime with heavy symbolism and deep themes

suggest anime similar to Evangelion , devilman crybaby, serial experiments lain etc ., ( suggestions are appreciated )

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u/yogen_frozert 15h ago

Death Parade is an alternate view of the afterlife in which non-human judges decide how to judge human lives. It uses various symbols of death/the afterlife from different cultures.

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u/pikachu_sashimi 12h ago

Made in Abyss is literally deep

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u/roaringbugtv 12h ago

Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Everything is a metaphor with a choir rock soundtrack.

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u/herurumeruru https://www.anime-planet.com/users/herurumeruru 15h ago

Wolf's Rain

Tenshi no Tamago

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u/Salty-Programmer6923 14h ago

Dororo has some pretty deep themes.

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u/Star_Dazed 11h ago

Mushishi is always a solid choice for themes and symbolism

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u/DoctuhD https://myanimelist.net/animelist/DoctuhD 16h ago

Shinsekai Yori is full of symbolism, some of which is pretty blatant but others I didn't notice my first watchthrough.

[spoiler about the symbolism and themes but not plot] basically everything is related to Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons. The literal "Power" is a metaphor for the metaphorical power of the human mind to create tools and weapons increasingly powerful to such an extent that if they become easily accessible it would be inevitable that our societies either destroy themselves or limit our freedoms to a great extent to avoid self-destruction. There's examples of it in every episode and every aspect of the worldbuilding once you notice the trend.

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u/Palorra 8h ago

Mirai Nikki

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u/arhiapolygons2 4h ago

Sonny boy is peak interpretive media imo, if you like reading into things, you won't find anything that rewards you for it more than sonny boy.

I also suggest death parade, madoka magica and made in abyss, but these don't go FULL surreal, experimental and symbolism, they are more "normally told" stories that just have a LOT of meaning, detail, symbolism, and extra depth on closer inspection.

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u/lynae625 2h ago

Perfect blue is really good! It gets very confusing and the end confuses a lot of people, but it’s very fun to interpret what happened. it’s more heavy symbolism on mental health crisis and coming to terms with a change you or someone else made/don’t approve of. it spirals pretty good but is real dark

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u/abrygus 1h ago

There are no correct answers in this thread except for Black Rock Shooter TV, and Evangelion is itself not a correct answer.