20 anime like Tokyo Loop, ranked by the community. These aren't random picks — they're the shows people watch next when they want more avant garde.
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A collection of the best entries shown at the annual Inter-College Animation Festival from 2001 to 2006. For many animation students in Japan participating in the festival is a chance to start their professional careers. The entries include works made using various animation...
A series of 9 animated shorts based on the Frank comics by Jim Woodring, featuring computer/CGI, traditional cel, stop-motion, and even sand painting techniques. Contributing animators and musicians include COCOA, Eri Yoshimura, Naomi Nagata, TAMAPRO/DROP, Taruto Fuyama, Masaki...
The "story" of an apparitious extraterrestrial and a vertically mobile prepubescent. (Source: ANN)
Sweat Punch is a series of five Studio 4°C shorts collected as a direct-to-DVD package film entitled <i>Deep Imagination</i>.<br><br> 1. <b>Tanpetori Kyouju no Yuuutsu</b> (タンペトリー教授の憂鬱, Professor Dan Petory's Blues)<br> A musical number starring a hand puppet named Junior....
Naota Nandaba is an ordinary sixth grader living in a city where nothing amazing ever seems to happen. After his brother Tasuku leaves town to play baseball in America, Naota takes it upon himself to look after everything Tasuku left behind—from his top bunk bed to his...
After seeing her jump onto a subway at the last second and getting her ankle crushed between the doors, Nishi reconnects with his high school sweetheart, Myon. Nishi is still very much in love with Myon, but is shocked to learn that she is engaged to another man. Nishi agrees to...
The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her...
Somewhere in the desert lies the Wolf Zirkus: a strange circus where Popee, a clown in a pink rabbit jumpsuit, shares the stage with Kedamono, a purple creature who wears a mask. Together, they juggle the whims of performing, practicing their acts, and poking fun at each other....
Compilation of Mawaru Penguindrum, including new scenes.
Floating in a certain ocean is an island called "EGU Island." The sole entertainment on this island is listening to the songstress, "End of the World." Day after day, the islanders are enchanted by her singing. However, this tranquil time is shattered in an instant. Since the...
Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it...
After a stingy man eats some cherry seeds, a cherry tree grows on his head and he gets into a lot of trouble.
Hidomi Hibajiri is a disillusioned young girl who never takes off her headphones. Her whole life consists of going to school, helping out at her mother's cafe, and listening to music. And with nothing else to break the crippling monotony, she keeps her headphones on at all...
In the year 2010, practically one hundred percent of Cat Earth's GDP comes from the megacorporation Catty & Co., which is rapidly spreading across the rest of the galaxy. Here lives Tamala, a beautiful yet foul-mouthed cat, who decides to travel to the planet of her birth,...
A trip on a chartered plane with a number of other thrill-seekers (most of whom are anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables) and hop from island to island, each of which offer their own unique visual delights. (Source: IMDB)
This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing reality, the story develops into a tale of destruction of human beings, turning the existence of the earth into a memory of the...
A new series of anime shorts based on Atsushi Wada's original short film and game My Exercise. (Source: ANN)
The official website for the Pop Team Epic anime announced on Monday that the series' Bobunemimimmi (Bob Epic Team) segments will be compiled into a standalone Blu-ray Disc release. The release will include all 22 previously released segments by the production team AC-bu, plus...
One sunny afternoon, a middle-aged man goes on a walk to feed some ducks.
A collection of short animations, from the revelations Tomoyoshi Joko and Hiroco Ichinose. By Tomoyoshi Joko AFRO - 2006 (1:30) Kumo no Hito Ame no Hito (Mr. Cloud and Mr. Rain) - 2007 (6:35) Buildings - 2008 (5:44) Lizard Planet - 2009 (5:00) Kanagawa Dog - 2009 (00:20) By...
Fans who liked Tokyo Loop tend to recommend The Collected Animations of ICAF (2001-2006), Visions of Frank, Dimension Loop the most. If you're into Avant Garde and Comedy, any of these are a solid pick.
Tokyo Loop has a 5.12 on MAL from 2,624 ratings. Scores are mixed, but plenty of fans swear by it. Worth trying if the premise sounds interesting.
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