Nayuta

This is kind-of a hidden gem. It presents itself and begins with heavy shoujo vibes, but fairly quickly in it becomes clear this is more of an artistic project with no real anime-conventional limitations. It's a fun action/adventure with some creative directing. The story's a bit convoluted, but it's an interesting take on an alien-invasion "They Live" type of story-line. The story actually draws many comparisons to John Carpenter's live-action movie "They Live".

The characters are grounded enough to feel dynamic in a consistent way, but not too interesting otherwise. However, it's interesting how the story tests them in a literal way and some concepts within ... the story actually have some very interesting ideas. The soundtrack definitely has those 80's vibes, a bit too strong for my tastes in this instance, but I'd say I was okay with it.

I'd give this one a watch.

This...slaps.

This OVA is one movie, but you can think of it in three parts. First, it's a shoujo anime about a tiara that grants psychic powers. Then it turns out that there's many tiaras and they are also the sunglasses from "They Live." And then it commits to the science fiction and keeps doubling down on being delightfully weird as fuck for the rest of it. There's obvious shojo romance overtones to relationships in this, which worked fine even if they were rushed and not the point. The transition to high-concept action from there was smooth, as was the consistent stakes raising.

If it seems a ... little slow at times, I recommend watching it at 1.5x speed or more, but that's not so unusual.

Every so often, an anime reminds you that magic mushrooms used to be legal in Japan. This is one of them.
The plot: humans who have unlocked their inner ESPer abilities in an eternal war with the reptilians who keep us trapped in the reincarnation cycle. Nayuta, the main character, is a teenager girl who stumbles into this war when a little boy wearing a tiara and his dying mom appear before her. The little boy eventually teleports to Pluto and when he comes back, he's 20 and hot. He and Nayuta then lead the rebellion against the lizard men who keep us trapped on ... the prison planet.