Alright I've been toying with the idea of getting into anime for a long time but the genre is vast and I'm not easily hooked. Pitch me a show or film that's really, REALLY different. Not necessarily out there for the sake of it but artistically or thematically in a class of its own.
Shinsekai yori (From the New World) (look using Japanese names is pretentious but it's also easier to find that way sometimes) - Kids grow up in a strange world where they learn how to use their psychic powers and follow the rules, and slowly learn how strange their world is. Then the status quo gets blown to bits roughly every four episodes. Definitely content warning but I dunno which.
Kino's Journey (the original is better but the new one is not bad) - Kino quietly adventures from town to town, seeing how they live their life, and refusing to judge them. Some towns are sci fi stories, some are political thought experiments.
Psycho-Pass - Futuristic police have guns that nigh-instantly psychologically profile people and refuse to fire unless they're irredeemable murderers. Problems with this idea are explored.
The Eccentric Family - An honest, down-to-earth examination of what it's like to live your life as a magical shapeshifting racoon in modern day Japan.
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Kino's Journey rules. Whole show makes you feel like you're sitting serenely under a waterfall