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Welcome everybody to the top ten most mindf- [QUACK] anime in the market.
My name is Misty/Chronexia,
and I suppose I should clarify what I mean by mindf- [QUACK].
It's not about plot twists or bamboozling the audience.
It's about those anime that just make you go,
"What the f- [QUACK] even is going on here?
Y-You know what I mean! *chuckles*
You definitely... You definitely must know what I mean.
Some of the entries on this list straight-up made me trip major balls,
and I'm a seasoned veteran of anime.
I can't imagine what people would do
if they were on any kind of sense-enhancing components.
Also, all of these shows are incredibly good, too,
but they just bring your mind in a dark alley
and unzip their pants with their...
...over-exaggerated... uh, visual style.
Yeah, that's where I was going with that.
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Number ten - Space Patrol Luluco.
Space Patrol Luluco is one of those anime
you'll just want to trust me and watch it as long as you can.
It starts off super innocently, but it ends with a massive bang.
The episodes are super short - seven minutes on the clock, each.
So you can get it done in a matter of, like, an hour, an hour and a half,
if you skip the opening and ending.
The show is loud and in-your-face for the most part.
It's a Studio Trigger small [work]
that has several episodes being cross-over to different anime they did.
You can see Little Witch Academia, Inferno Cop
and some more obscure reference they didn't pass.
The story's about Luluco, whose dad's got frozen,
and she tries to rescue him...
...and she also transform in... in a gun.
It's dumb, chaotic fun, but it's worth the ride, for sure.
Number nine - Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.
I think at this point,
most people are familiar with Panty and Stocking.
Probably one of the anime that has a better version dub
than its original sub counterpart.
The show's incredibly vulgar. It swears a lot,
and there's just something about Japanese that's just too... polite,
so the show works best for me in English.
The story is about two potty-mouthed angels
who got kicked out of heaven,
and they must defeat ghosts in order to regain their access.
Garterbelt is a priest who's there to guide them.
The show has a very cartoony look at first sight,
but it bounce back with utter style,
going into conventional anime looks, or even clay model exploding.
It's wacky, but it works.
Number eight - Kyousou Giga.
This story begins in a world
where the monsters and the human lives together.
There, no one ever dies,
since it's under the protection of three people.
But, one day,
three siblings walk into that world from another dimension,
searching for their mother.
The show is hard to follow at first.
Not much is gonna make sense, and... and it's okay.
Just lay there... and let it happen.
It'll be over soon.
Wow. That sounded oddly rapey.
Characters are rich,
and it makes the story that much more thriving.
Also, visually, the anime is super stimulating.
The soundtrack is good,
and if it wasn't for how much better the next ones are,
it would be a lot higher on this list.
But, you know, sometimes,
you gotta settle for the eighth position,
and that's just fine, too!
Not everyone can be number one.
That's what my mom told me.
Number seven - Mawaru Penguindrum.
If you come in and watch merely a few episodes of Mawaru Penguindrum
and then drop it halfway through,
you'll come back to me and be like, "What the hell, Misty.
There's nothing messed up about this anime."
Well, Mawaru Penguindrum is one of those show
you have to stick out till the end
so that final piece of jigsaw falls into place and illuminate the whole picture.
It also benefits from a surreal ambience, heavy theme, clever symbolism -
I wouldn't recommend it to newcomers only seeking thrilling entertainment,
but for those who want to enjoy a bigger picture,
well, please, oh please, try this one out.
It'll be worth its weight in gold.
I don't want to say too much about the plot,
but I hope the clip can sell it to you, nonetheless.
Number six - Kuuchu Buranko. The doctor will see you now.
If we talk about trippy anime, I can't ignore Kuuchu Buranko.
This anime oozes of weirdness,
and the color assault you, and just... plain odd settings.
The storywise, it's an episodic kind of anime,
where each new one focus on a different case.
The plot follows patients who have problems like a thug afraid of knives,
or a businessman who has a constant erection.
They all meet with Doctor Irabu and his assistant, the nurse, Mayumi,
who do their best to cure everyone.
Personally, I have an appeal for anything that's medical,
so I might be a little bit biased in saying how good this show is,
but, if anything, it's definitely wacky.
It might surprise you if you go in with no expectations.
Number five - FLCL.
You probably won't agree with this ranking.
Yeah, even myself,
I kind of hate putting FLCL only on the halfway point of this list,
especially with season two and three coming about in 2018,
but the other anime above are just that much more...
...mindf- [QUACK] -ing to me.
FLCL is a gem - a classic from the past that everyone should try out,
with characters who are real with qualities and flaws.
The story's about Naota, an everyday sixth grader,
whose brother left to play baseball in America,
leaving behind his girlfriend, who now clings onto Naota.
Then, a psychopath girl run him over with her Vespa and a horn grows on him.
Look, it's not an anime you can really describe.
It's a show you have to experience on your own.
If you like Gurren Lagann, you'll love this one just as much.
It's the best comparison I can give you on this one.
Number four - Kill la Kill. Another show that's fairly well renowned at this point.
Kill la Kill's a story about a school with a pretty strict regimen,
lead by the Elite Four. Not the Pokemon version.
Anyway, that's when Ryuko decides to overthrow the power
with the help of a special outfit, which is - oh, God - Klaus.
Look, just go with it.
Anyway, she fights with one half of the scissor,
and the other half belongs to the leader of the school,
and... and the fights are flashy, a-and characters are funny.
I don't think anyone can really dislike this show.
Oh, it's another anime made by Studio Triggering,
so if you like Space Patrol Luluco,
you should really enjoy this one as well.
So, did I interest you into watching it? *chuckles*
It's probably the worst description I've ever made of a show.
Number three - Kaiba.
Not related to Yu-Gi-Oh's Kaiba,
and not to be confused with Kiba, which is another thing completely.
Now, Kaiba's an incredible story made by my boys at Madhouse Studio!
The plot begins with Kaiba,
a man who wakes up in a ruin with no memories.
He's being chased, and finally start to learn about the world.
In this dystopian world, people are now able to digitally store memories,
so when your body dies, you can just swap it for another one,
get your memories back, and boom! New Game Plus!
Of course, there's a wealthy, exploitative side that comes into play,
where people will steal memories and bodies alike,
and Kaiba decides to interfere with it,
all the while trying to find out who's this girl in his pendant he woke up with.
Kaiba is a very good anime,
and if you can get over the trippy visuals, you'll have a blast. I promise.
Number two - Ping Pong the Animation.
Yeah, a sports anime about ping pong
with a very peculiar art style added to that,
and lots of dialogue that are in Chinese instead of Japanese,
and yet everyone loves it.
Might be due to the soundtrack of this show.
No, seriously, this shit is pure fire.
The story is about Smile and Peco,
two talented ping pong players,
although one is an underachiever
and the other one is cocky and overconfident.
One day, a Chinese boy makes his way to them, and he destroys Peco.
But yeah, I'll leave it at that for now.
So if you want to give it a shot, it's an anime I highly recommend.
The art style might be different, but it makes the animation so smooth.
Anyway, hope you'll consider it.
And finally, at number one, we have The Tatami Galaxy.
Welcome to the ultimate mindf- [QUACK] anime.
You don't even need to take any substance on this one.
You'll straight-up feel like you just drank a full bottle of LSD.
Does LSD come into a bottle?
Anyway, the story's about Watashi.
After several bitter years spent harassing people to break up on campus,
Watashi realised he kind of wasted his time.
So, to fix that, he wants to ask out an underclassman,
but doesn't go through with it.
Turns out, he regret how his college life turned out to be,
so then he meet with a God of relationship
and he's sent back in time to the beginning of his college year.
Don't kid yourself. This show might be surreal and mind-boggling;
it's nothing shy than a masterpiece.
I mean, if I put it above Ping Pong, that must be worth something, right?
So those are some of my favorite mindf- [QUACK] anime.
I guess mindf- [QUACK] can sound slightly pejorative.
Maybe I should have called it "Best Trippy Anime" or "Surreal Anime".
It's a bit late for that now, I guess,
but hey, if you have more ideas of titles fitting the genre that you'd like to share,
feel free to do so in the comments section below.
I know there's definitely a bunch of chaotic ones that I had to leave out who are just as good,
like, uh, the potato peeling itself in Dai Mahou Touge,
or anything that happens in Cat Soup,
but, whatever. I'm happy with this list.
I hope I made you discover new shows to try out.
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Thanks a lot for hanging out with me, and I'll see your ecchi face next time.
Yeah, I'm trying out a new catchphrase.
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