Interest Stacks

Comfy and stylish travelling anime like mushishi and kino no tabi, but much more laid back.

Stunning art complimented by Kenji Kawai OST

Great mystery thriller at the start. Has that eerie early 2000s atmoshpere. Second half is different and weaker, but still worth watching through.

Least talked about anime with ABe's involvement. Much more light hearted than the stuff he's known for. Mostly comfy vibes, but it has it's serious moments and undertones.

So fucking cool and stylish. Background art, character designs and the animation are absolutely stunning. Has some questionable plotpoints but they really might even fit in a show like this.

Mecha fans have probably already seen this. This anime has probably the most realistic mecha designs. The battles are also very well directed and have that realistic feel in them. The arcs separate the show in to segments that are varied in style (in a good way imo). The last one is the craziest.

Votoms spinoff. Can be watched as a standalone. Great man vs mecha formula.

Crazy low budget CGI show that is an absolute blast

Genius coming of age short

Anno's cutie honey OVA and the best Cutie Honey anime. Great animation, resembles Imaishi's earlier works like Dead Leaves. Has that Gainax SOUL

Trippy and gorgerous visuals. Contestor for the best looking Lupin III anime out there.

Beatiful and abstract narrative. Slowburner for sure but a great one at that. Oshii's more underrated work, I can kind of see that tho since this one's especially slow and minimalistic at times. CGI is a bit outdated at the flight scenes, but good directing still makes them engaging.

Gorgerous anime with a plot that's only there for the stunning action scenes.

From the same guy that did Mononoke (TV). Very stylized and fun, quite laid back but still tackles some serious and meaningful themes.

Political drama based on Sengoku period of Japan. Has some fight scenes but they aren't the focus here. It rather shows us tea ceremonies and pottery. Elegant and comfy most of the time.

The production is ghibli quality so it's a blast. Good song also.

Takahata's movie based on Kenji Miyazawa's book. High production quality as you would expect. Very Japanese film.

Rintaro's crazier Truman show

Very different from the other patlabor movies in terms of plot, still quite engaging althought not that philosophical. The cinematography is also great like in the predecessors.

It's Treasure island by Osamu Dezaki, it's fucking great

Gorgerous Dezaki anime that doesn't get talked about. Looks cute but is also quite dark like Dezaki show's often are.

Cool as fuck

This was made by a single person. So much love and soul in this, a must watch.

Possibly the greatest stop motion anime. The props and the characters look great. The movement is also fluid. Funny althought dystopian.

Takahata's fantastic film with gorgerous style and animation.

Kawajiri's more underrated work. Has his trademarks (great action scenes and edgy subject matter)

Movie about a blind shamisen player. Very comfy.

Cgi OVA written by Chiaki J. Konaka. Similiar to Lain but even eerier.

Feels like a tribute to Tiger Mask. Directed by Yuasa so it looks great, especially the movement.

Another Kenji Miyazawa adaption. Dreamlike.

This might be the most popular show on this stack. It's good if you haven't seen it. Great visuals and mood with 2000s madhouse production.