08/05/07 - Most Intelligent Anime

[sothis]

intelligent meaning thought-provoking, mature, etc.

my votes (certain to change once people post more)

Kino's Journey
Haibane Renmei

************ Voting Officially Closed *******************

Tallies for the Week:

1st
Serial Experiments Lain

2nd
Kino's Journey

3rd
Haibane Renmei

4th
Mushishi

5th
Death Note

[v16]

Texhnolyze

Serial Experiments Lain
Pale Cocoon
Haibane Renmei

[Uriel]

Paranoia Agent

[Kastrophee]

Serial Experiments Lain
Haibane Renmei
Kino's Journey
Night On The Galactic Railroad
Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex (Kind of meant for both seasons as 2nd gig is pretty much the same)

[sothis]

No Vote

i just want to add, as well, that intelligent != mindfuck, necessarily. we'll have a list of the week for that someday too, but just in general, keep that in mind.

that isn't to say the votes i'm seeing don't count, but stuff like texhnolyze and cat soup, imo, are more in the mindfuck category than "intelligent" like kino, etc.

[Cythraul]

Twin Spica, Kino's Journey, Grave of the Fireflies, Ghost in the Shell, Now and Then Here and There

I'll save the last vote for later...edit. last vote added.

[Kastrophee]

No vote

I was reffering to Cat Soup as it made me think (That was pretty uesless, but it still did. :p)

Edit: If it doesn't work I will change it, but my other votes should still be good....

[onei_chan]

Haibane Renmei
Mushishi

I'll add more once I sleep on it a little ^_^

[v16]

no vote

that isn't to say the votes i'm seeing don't count, but stuff like texhnolyze and cat soup, imo, are more in the mindfuck category than "intelligent" like kino, etc.

I agree about Cat Soup. However, Texhnolyze is no more mindfuck than Haibane Renmei. It might be a bit difficult to get a grip on, especially the first time, but then it's actually very similar to Lain and Haibane Renmei, complementary, sort of. The only real difference is that Texhnolyze takes on a broader theme, thus giving less time to think during the watching (better don't try taking more than 2 episodes a time). However, it's not just making one think (like typical for "mindfuck" type), but rather speaks its messages. Not as motto-like pronounced and clear as Kino, but still without much obscurity.

[Vincent Alexander]

Ghost in the Shell
Ergo Proxy
RahXephon


Ghost in the Shell is great for existentialism philosophy, and Ergo Proxy is great for philosophy in general. I love when I feel I've just been mind-fucked, and those two certainly raped me a few times.