To Watch/Play (Subculture)

This list is not conclusive, and rather subjective. In any case, here it goes – general recommendations from me that are relevant to what the forum is about. With these, and all other media that comes up in this space, I’m putting them out there with the assumption that they will be taken in with a reparative approach.

Films

  • 5 Centimetres Per Second (2007), dir. Shinkai Makoto
  • Ghost in the shell (1995), dir. Oshii Mamoru
  • Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), dir. Mizushima Seiji
  • Bubble (2022)
  • Son of the White Mare (1981), dir. Jankovics Marcell

Series

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995 and beyond), dir. Anno Hideaki
  • Bocchi the rock (2022)
  • FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
  • Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
  • Angel Beats! (2010)

Games

  • Air (visual novel from 2000, but has an anime adaptation from 2005 – yes it looks weird, you have to approach it with an open heart)
  • Heaven Burns Red (2022-ongoing)
  • Undertale (2015)

Here is a playlist of stuff I think is relevant/cool.

Submitted by others:

Awaiting your submissions and recommendations! Email them over at Petra.Szeman@ncl.ac.uk ~