Top 10 Anime: Psychological
The highest-graded psychological anime we have reviewed, best first.
Death NoteTwo clever people writing rules at each other, staged like a thriller and scored like an opera.Read the review
MonsterSeventy-four episodes of moral thriller that never reach for a fight scene and never lose their grip.
Puella Magi Madoka MagicaThe magical girl show that reads the contract's small print, and turns a bright genre into the defining anime tragedy of its decade.
Steins;GateEleven slow episodes buy the best second half in the medium, and the payoff justifies every minute.
The End of EvangelionAnno answers his own television ending with the angriest film in the medium, and it is magnificent.
Neon Genesis EvangelionThe mecha show that turned its own genre inside out, then ran out of money and got stranger for it.
AkiraDecades on, still the benchmark for what hand-drawn animation is physically capable of doing.
Made in AbyssA gorgeous adventure cartoon that turns out to be the cruellest show on the shelf.
Ping Pong the AnimationEleven episodes about table tennis that are really about talent, friendship and what a person owes their gift.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionMelodrama with a chess metaphor and a body count, and an ending worth the two seasons it takes.
