In the anime Kuuchuu Buranko ("Trapeze"), the extremely eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Irabu, his multiple personalities (or are they?) and the beautiful nurse Mayumi who literally blurs the line between 2D and 3D help people overcome all sorts of crippling psychological issues all with a single vitamin shot, like a journalist with OCD who's unable to work because he believes a stove left on or a lit cigarette in his trash will set fire to his building at any moment, a guy with a permanent raging erection due to massive stress and a man who constantly has to keep his urges to randomly destroy shit around him in check. Each and every episode deals with a different patient with a different issue and goes through their entire past and journey towards rehabilitation, and all those stories which are seemingly disjointed and random are actually subtly and tightly interwoven from the very start as they play out non-linearly over the course of ten days, from December 16th to December 25th. An example of this is the very first episode, where the yakuza dude who fears pointy objects appears in a scene even though he isn't introduced until episode 7, where the very same scene plays out with full context. There's also proper explanations of whatever ails our characters done by the charismatic Dr. Fukui who pops out from the side of the screen and all kinds of medical and psychological trivia to be found.
The anime's visual style is incredibly unique. Combining traditional animation with shots of live action actors and objects all painted in bright colors, its almost psychedelic style wears its emotions on its sleeve. You might think it's a pretentious, artsy anime but it's far from it. Kuuchuu Buranko has no pretensions aside from filling you with genuine happiness with its optimistic, upbeat nature. You won't be able to stop smiling once the (very good, just like the OP) ED theme starts playing prematurely whenever a character's story reaches its conclusion and their real lives finally begin. But how does Irabu accomplish all of this only with a vitamin shot, which he's always hot and bothered for and excited to give? Always very, very creatively, as he gets people to truly embrace their flaws and overcome their problems before they can even notice instead of running away. This moral is what the anime is all about and it does it very well.
Kuuchuu Buranko is a goddamn genuine masterpiece (possibly the very best modern Toei work) and it excels in every field (especially when it comes to narrative, I really wish there was more anime where the lives of various characters who've never interacted slowly mix and intermingle like this) with tons of heart poured into it. Even if you don't seek media specifically to feel good, watch this, because it WILL make you feel good anyway.
