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Looking for a serious anime.

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Xycolian2332:

* Heavily prefer seinen.
* Would also prefer drama/tragedy
* No ecchi or pantsu or any of that other shit please. Nudity is fine, as long as it doesn't turn into a hentai.
* Serious story/message(s)
* Can be historical, futuristic, sci-fi, fantasy or whatever.
Some examples of what I'm looking for:

GitS
Mononoke
Mardock Scramble
Shinsekai Yori
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Psycho Pass
Monster
Casshern Sins
Ergo Proxy

Things that are already on my to do list:

Texhnolyze
Now and Then, Here and There
Legend of Galactic Heroes
Neon Genesis Evangelion

My anime list: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Goryo&show=0&order=1

Al_Sleeper:
Gilgamesh
Haibane Renmei
Twelve Kingdoms
Mouryou no Hako
Witch Hunter Robin
Alien 9
Narutaru
Princess Arete
Tenshi no Tamago
Anne no Nikki
Barefoot Gen
Shigofumi
Shigurui
Aoi Hana
Earth Girl Arjuna
Basilisk
Kanashimi no Belladonna
Colorful (2010)
Cossette no Shouzou
Dennou Coil
Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi
Hi no Tori
Mermaid Saga
Kemono no Souja Erin
Ringing Bell
Fantastic Children
Furusato Japan
Gankutsuou
Gungrave
Ghost Hunt
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
GTO - despite the abundance of comedy and some ecchi.
Gunslinger Girl
Hanbun no Tsuki
Hitsuji no Uta
Hell Girl
Hotori
Human Crossing
Interlude
Iriya no Sora - despite its bad first half.
Jin Roh
Kaiba
Kemonozume
Kino no Tabi
Kurau
Serial Experiments Lain
Master Keaton
Memories
Millennium Actress
Tokyo Godfathers
Mind Game
Mononoke Hime
Natsume Yuujinchou - if you don't mind some comedy.
Nausicaa
Nineteen
Umi ga Kikoeru
Oseam
Otogizoushi
Pale Cocoon
Paranoia Agent
Perfect Blue
Pet Shop of Horrors
Kumo no Mukou
Rail of the Star
Real Dive
Red Garden TV
Requiem from the Darkness
Honneamise no Tsubasa
SaiKano
Sci-Fi Harry
Scrapped Princess
Shinigami no Ballad
Sky Crawlers
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Utawarerumono TV
Teizokurei Daydream - despite some echhi.
Wicked City
Spice and Wolf
Wolf's Rain
X
xxxHOLiC
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Yugo The Negotiator
Yukikaze
Akira
Animatrix
Baccano! - it is pretty heavy on comedy.
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Flanders no Inu
Genji Monogatari
Night Walker
Piano no Mori
Dallos
Avenger
The Third
GoShogun: The Time Stranger
Ga-Rei: Zero - Watch it at least past Episode 3.
Midori
Infinite Ryvius
Spring and Chaos
Flag
Glass no Usagi
Sarai-ya Goyou

Xycolian2332:

--- Quote from: Al_Sleeper on August 16, 2013, 11:32:49 AM --- (click to show/hide)Gilgamesh
Haibane Renmei
Twelve Kingdoms
Mouryou no Hako
Witch Hunter Robin
Alien 9
Narutaru
Princess Arete
Tenshi no Tamago
Anne no Nikki
Barefoot Gen
Shigofumi
Shigurui
Aoi Hana
Earth Girl Arjuna
Basilisk
Kanashimi no Belladonna
Colorful (2010)
Cossette no Shouzou
Dennou Coil
Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi
Hi no Tori
Mermaid Saga
Kemono no Souja Erin
Ringing Bell
Fantastic Children
Furusato Japan
Gankutsuou
Gungrave
Ghost Hunt
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
GTO - despite the abundance of comedy and some ecchi.
Gunslinger Girl
Hanbun no Tsuki
Hitsuji no Uta
Hell Girl
Hotori
Human Crossing
Iriya no Sora - despite its bad first half.
Jin Roh
Kaiba
Kemonozume
Kino no Tabi


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Sweet! Thanks. Going by the synopsis on some of these, they are solid suggestions.

Looking forward to watching Mouryou no Hako and Gilgamesh especially (out of the suggestions I've read so far)

wolkec:
jezus can't even recommend now
Well here's my two series
Welcome to the nhk (So you'll stop watching anime)
Path of the assassin (So you'll start reading manga)

Showdown:
These are all seinens you should appreciate considering your list/rates, the criterias and examples you provided:

- Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (Mushishi like)
- Pale cocoon (Short sci-fi movie, not big but still good to see)
- Hotarubi no Mori e (Another short movie, with a deep message, one of my favorite)
- Paprika (Movie again, focusing on the conflict between dreams and reality)
- NHK ni Youkoso! (Really good drama about depression and agoraphobia)

Hope i helped ;)

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