Alternative Titles Japanese: カイバ Information Type: TV Episodes: 12 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Apr 11, 2008 to Jul 25, 2008 Premiered: Spring 2008 Broadcast: Unknown Licensors: Discotek Media Studios: Madhouse Source: Original Theme: Psychological Duration: 24 min. per ep. Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity Statistics Score: 8.151 (scored by 45,141 users) 1 indicates a . Ranked: #4462 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1519 Members: 153,024 Favorites: 3,732 Available AtResources | Interest StacksLooking to expand your horizons? This list will introduce you to a few anime with unconventional art styles that will surely take you on an unexpected journey. Worldbuilding - "the process of constructing a world, originally an imaginary one, sometimes associated with a fictional universe." These kinds of shows are usually set in a fantasy and/or sci-fi world, and excel at establishing & showcasing the rules/history/economy of their fictional universe. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what shows are considered to have great world building. Critics & Connoisseurs was a club that was founded in 2008 and ended club activities on the 31st of 2022. Anime that contain the otherworldly and enigmatic beings from space! Anime with great worldbuilding, or the development of the fantastical environment and world! None of these anime take place in what you would call 'our universe', rather taking place in an alternative universe or fantasy/ sci-fi setting with amazingly well-tailored and fitting details in technologies and architecture that makes every world unique. Darker and sadder animated shows that exceeds in not being edgier. Juxtaposing the aestetic, atmosphere and theams to acomplish a broadher human perspective. anime featuring liminal spaces and which may or may not also embody the liminal. a transitional space, unsettling un-belonging, altered reality "Elitist" has been a very generic and broad term to generalise many types of not-so-mainstream or "deep" anime, so this list is very diverse and it's criteria are not always clear cut and objective. Nonetheless I try to provide a proper explanation for why each entry is included. Generally speaking these are shows that fit one OR more of these adjectives: Experimental, Avant-Garde, Psychological, Philosophical, Obscure, Classic, Critically Acclaimed, Artsy, Old, etc... List of anime for "elitist". These anime have been considered as "deep" animations by various critics and analysts. Surreal anime that have an upbeat tone! Art house, in relation to cinema, is a genre of films that are intended to be serious artistic works rather than merely popular entertainment but the descriptor can also be applied to anime. Furthermore, avant-garde refers to innovative, experimental, radical or unorthodox concepts and techniques. This can of course also be used in reference to anime and manga. |