| I'd say Neon Genesis Evangelion is my favorite avant garde anime at the moment, with Perfect Blue just after it. I'd love to hear some of your favorite avant garde anime and why you like them. Open to avant garde anime suggestions too. For those who need a reminder, here is MAL's definition of anime considered to be avant garde: Experimental fiction which shunned conventional storytelling at the time it was created. These stories often invoke unsettled feelings because they reject traditional ways in which we prefer to view (or escape from) the world. Narrative is avant garde works is often of higher importance than the content. Deconstructions often fall into this genre. Note that simply being darker, edgier, or cynical doesn't mean the work is avant garde. |
c_caelynnJul 9, 2022 9:43 PM
| I haven't seen many Avant Garde anime, but Yami Shibai and Paprika are probably my favorites. |
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| aint nobody know what this is how hard is it to put the definition of avant garde |
| I don't even know what an Avant garden anime is, but how can you like this trash called Evangelion? You should watch Gundam the war machine from 1491 |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| Easily Serial Experiments Lain. Little to no other avant garde or psychological anime can match it imo. |
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Phosphophyllita said: I don't even know what an Avant garden anime is, but how can you like this trash called Evangelion? You should watch Gundam the war machine from 1491 Because I am mere trash myself of course |
| I'd have to pick either Kuuchuu Buranko or Mind Game. They're only really avant-garde in their presentation though. Otherwise, they have very grounded stories with fleshed out realistic characters at the core. |
| Mine is Perfect Blue, Mononoke. I also watched Angel's Egg but absolutely hate it. |
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| Whats avant garde ? Do u mean elitist anime ? If i saw evangelion on the list then i prefer to dislike it |
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| I haven't watch all of the season but Higurashi, well I miss when it still called as dementia... |
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| I'm pretty into anything from the progressive genre, except for the three minute shorts that are a waste of time |
| Kanashimi no Belladonna Neon Genesis Evangelion Devilman Crybaby Perfect Blue Avant Garde anime are hit or miss. I like them when they tell an interesting story with interesting visuals and sound, not when they just focus on metaphors and long silences. |
| Paprika and Perfect Blue so far, haven't watched Serial Experiments Lain yet but I'm sure it's gonna be one of my favorites of the genre too. |
| not really my cup of tea. I like anime because it feels safe and comfortable, not because it pushes boundaries. |
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| 1. Bakemonogatari: It is the show that got me into the genre and holds a special place in my heart. Prior to this series, I thought anime was a fun escapist media with pretty visuals and great animation. This show blew my mind with how creative anime can be. It was so different from anything I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to describe what I felt while watching this show other than saying it felt like I’m in a very lucid dream. It’s a show where the characters drive the story. Sometimes the dialogue feels aimless, but that’s what I like about this show. It’s what makes the show dreamlike because dreams have no aim nor reason. It sets its self free with what it wants to discuss. This show is heavily complimented by its unconventional cinematography and directing. It makes the show far more interesting and kept me entertained through out the course of the series, which I don’t think many shows can pull off easily. 2. Serial Experiments Lain: This show was very intriguing. It had an eerie vibe to it thanks to the outstanding sound design. What I liked about the show was how well it predicted the future of the internet. It predicted how the internet will become integrated into our lives and how our identity on the world wide web would differ from our identity in the real world. Being anonymous on the internet means we can be our true selves without any social Consequences. But doesn’t that mean our self in the real world is fake? If say, I meet someone on the internet and become friends with them and we decided to meet each other in the real world would we be acting like our internet self or our real world self? Which one is our true self? That’s what I found interesting about this show. There is so much to talk about but I don’t have the means nor words to keep typing. I also loved the opening. 3. Mononoke: This show has to the most visually complex yet beautifully colored show I’ve ever seen. I’ll admit The main selling point of the show for me was the art-style. But it wouldn’t do it justice to only talk about that. The show has so much to offer, everything from the amazing directing to the eerie soundtrack. It is essentially a show that dives deep into the psyche of its characters and exposes the tainted hearts of man in ways never explored before. In a murder-mystery-esque style with a horrifying twist. |
-Kugeki-Nov 24, 2022 4:26 AM
epidemia78 said: not really my cup of tea. I like anime because it feels safe and comfortable, not because it pushes boundaries. Devilman crybaby was a great comfort watch. The rest of the category on the other hand just seems to consist of 2deep4you stuff, and literal garbage. |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other than that I mostly dislike Avant-garde. |
JaniSIr said: epidemia78 said: not really my cup of tea. I like anime because it feels safe and comfortable, not because it pushes boundaries. Devilman crybaby was a great comfort watch. The rest of the category on the other hand just seems to consist of 2deep4you stuff, and literal garbage. You have a pretty funny idea of comfort dont you? |
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| Kaiba is my favourite if the show is included in avant garde. |
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epidemia78 said: JaniSIr said: Devilman crybaby was a great comfort watch. The rest of the category on the other hand just seems to consist of 2deep4you stuff, and literal garbage. You have a pretty funny idea of comfort dont you? I would in fact describe that nightclub scene with satanic electronic music, tits flying around everywhere, people getting stabbed, and turning into demons, as a comfort watch. I once started watching Senko-san, that just kind of invoked second hand embarrassment. Kind of a failure for an iyashikei. Also I think before Devilman Crybaby I watched Yosuga no Sora, which is easily the most uncomfortable I've ever been while watching anime, and the second place is not even close. |
| that'd be Kanashimi no Belladonnaㅤ |
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| I don't understand MAL's 'definition'. What's so avant-garde about Devilman Crybaby for example? Or FLCL? Or Yami Shibai? But Kaiba or Tatami Galaxy don't count? It makes no sense to me. It's a stupid genre/category tbh. A random mix of experimental shorts and a more or less random collection of somewhat ambitious and critically acclaimed movies or TV series. There's plenty of anime with that tag that I like, but I refuse to acknowledge the category as it is because it's just too random. Happy to see people mention Kanashimi no Belladonna tho. I feel like I was right and all it needed to lift that movie out of complete obscurity is to remove the damn 'hentai' tag it had for 10+ years. If I recognized the 'avant garde' category, this would definitely be up there. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Pljeskavica said: From the ones I watched, I liked Mind Game the best. It was a very funny and lovely movie. Your username is making me hungry :> |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Huh didn't know avant garde was my second favorite genre according to anime.plus. But I don't really get what mal decides is avant garde and what isn't, since I'd throw Junk Head there and Violence voyager and Burning Buddha man if this fucking pos website counted them as animation. It's just a genre tag they throw to short experimental animations, because no one knows what to call them. Maybe just a bit better label than dementia... Belladonna of Sadness has been in my favs for years now and so has Paranoi agent, so obviously those two. Others I have rated high are 1001 Nights, L'Œil du cyclone, Summer's Puke is Winter's Delight, Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition, Picotopia, Propagate, Rhythm, Rinkaku, Yokoo's 3 Animation Films. Yes over half of those are short animations. And yes I don't give a fuck what people say about short animations, I personally love them. |
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| Mononoke, Kaiba, Ghost Stories (English dub): surely this counts as avant garde |
| I really loved serial experiments lain, and also haibane renmei (from the same creator). I also consider space patrol luluco avant garde, it’s really good and short! |
| desu desu binches |
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