| Watching Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex I was really surprised at how much the show worked, on both an entertaining level and a thought-provoking level. The themes on individuality and copies without originals were pretty brilliant and I actually felt like I was learning something from the show. |
mrmook9000Sep 2, 2012 8:29 PM
| Legend of The Galactic Heroes. |
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| Death Note |
| Hmmm. Maybe Texhnolyze? |
| Thought provoking does not mean intelligent. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Monster Death Note I'd agree with Ghost in the Shell, despite the very little I've seen of it. Then intelligent more related to though-provoking: Neon Genesis Evangelion Mawaru Penguindrum Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World And I suppose along those lines, there could be: Nekojiru-Sou Paranoia Agent Perfect Blue ^If one'd consider any of those 'intelligent.' |
| Definitely Kino's Journey. It's a great starting point for further discussion. I disagree about Mawaru Penguindrum though, there's not a single intelligent thought in that anime. |
FastWheels said: Legend of The Galactic Heroes. This. Also Monster. |
| Death Note, Monster |
| Texhnolyze, nothing compares IMO. |
BloodRequiem said: Intelligent is quite an arbitrary word anyways.Thought provoking does not mean intelligent. But I haven't seen many I'd call intelligent. In receny memory I applaud Fate/zero for having various intelligent conversations on kingship and what it means to be one. Also Gilgamesh being the expert psychoanalyst he is on Kirei was some stuff to ponder on. |
| FLCL, Mushishi, Tekkon Kinkreet, Time of Eve. Anything other than Kino no Tabi. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Time of Eve, Haibane Renmei, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Honorable mention to Paranoia Agent. |
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| Just finished Paranoia Agent, definitely another pretty smart show. |
| Utena movie was so intelligent and deep that I had no idea what was going on. |
| Monster. If manga counts I'd also say Liar Game. |
| Death Note,NGE! When LG has an anime it will be in the list too! |
| This world...is rotten |
| Legend of The Galactic Heroes. |
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| Death Note Code Geass Bleach (well aizen's part anyway) But I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "intelligent" do you mean the anime as a whole or characters, the creator maybe? But any the above are my opinion |
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Shane777 said: Death Note oHH yess |
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vCloud said: Death Note Code Geass Bleach (well aizen's part anyway) But I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "intelligent" do you mean the anime as a whole or characters, the creator maybe? But any the above are my opinion The show as a whole and the ideas it brings up mostly, though really it doesn't matter. |
| Texhnolyze Serial Experiments Lain Time of Eve Malice Doll (very overlooked anime) Also, what's with everyone and Death Note? I mean srsly... |
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| The Tatami Galaxy. Fucking brilliant. Wait, if, by intelligent, you mean thought provoking, then Kino's Journey. If you mean intelligent as in well written and directed, then The Tatami Galaxy wins. |
bloodlover said: Texhnolyze Serial Experiments Lain Time of Eve Malice Doll (very overlooked anime) Also, what's with everyone and Death Note? I mean srsly... Read the manga and you'll know. Walls and walls of text. |
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| Yes, Monster. |
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| Serial experiments lain |
mc093Sep 3, 2012 3:55 AM
| Legend of the galactic heroes, Monster and Aoi bungaku series. |
| The tatamy galaxy probably |
| why hasnt anyone mention detective conan? that anime can you teach loads of stuff imo. and its still ongoing. |
| Death note I would say Code Geass and Baccano are well thought and developed! |
| If it was something that made me think of the possibilities that are presented, then it would have to be Kino no Tabi. Somehow, both possibilities are moral to the culture and questionable but plausible to me. It helps that Kino usually doesn't pass judgment on the situation and I'm left with the feeling that things are as it should be either way. There are several heart wrenching moments though simply because you know Kino has to walk one way or another. |
| monster 'im watching right now. |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Dogs eat dog food", indeed. |
| Death Note maybe |
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| I'm sure it'll be LoGH when I get around to it. But I'll say Texhnolyze, Monster |
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| Code Geass probably... |
| Of those that haven't been mentioned, Paprika, Mardock Scramble (Movie Series), and Kara no Kyoukai (Movie Series) are all (in my opinion) candidates as they tackle existentialism and other important philosophical questions. |
 Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. |
mrmook9000 said: Watching Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex I was really surprised at how much the show worked, on both an entertaining level and a thought-provoking level. The themes on individuality and copies without originals were pretty brilliant and I actually felt like I was learning something from the show. Yes, I agree with you about GITS. Also, the Musashi movie by Oshii is incredibly educational. |
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| i thought macross plus was done with subtle intelligence - theres a lot going on under the surface death note is intelligent for sure - it keeps us guessing and thats difficult to do when we are saturated with media that all carries the same narrative structure (i'm referring to the US at least) i'm not sure about SAC. I can't say its not intelligent. it is. but frankly i didn't really enjoy it. I guess that doesn't matter in this thread but had to add. I liked the Innocence film far better - very thoughtful to me, but some hate it. |
| I'd say Steins;Gate, Death Note, and Code Geass. Their plot were all well designed and well executed imo. |
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| Code Geass Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Death Note Bakuman Ghost in the Shell C Spice and Wolf |
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| Death Note,Code Geass,Gallery Fake,Spiral,Monster |
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| LoGH and GitS SAC are definitely the top tier in this. Can't think of any others that comes very close. Texhnolyze, as well as Lain and parts of NGE were intriguing and thought provoking, but I wouldn't call them intelligent, it's more in the way it was portrayed rather than the plot being about intellectual stuff. |
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