Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" qualify for this category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| A Traveller's Diary | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
 Adolescence Mokushiroku |
Rent | Utena arrives at Ohtori Academy possessing a very mysterious past. She is presumed to be a boy by many and seems to have a past relationship with Touga. After seeing that he wears a ring she questions of it. Getting a mysterious answer leads her to Anthy Himemiya,the Rose Bride. She unknowingly becomes involved in the Student Council's duels for the Rose Bride. Yet, she seems intrigued about Anthy and her past. |
| Adolescence of Utena | Rent | See Adolescence Mokushiroku |
| Angel's Egg | Rent | See Tenshi no Tamago |
 Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
Rent | This anime by Kunio Kato shows the surreal journey of a stranger, traveling on a Dali-like pig with giant legs and leading us in to an unconscious mixture of nightmare and dream. |
| C | ||
| Chiyoko Millenial Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
 Cossette no Shouzou |
Rent | "Who loves me so much that he would forsake his own dear life... could it be you?" |
| E | ||
 ef - a tale of memories |
Rent | The story revolves around 2 sisters, Kei and Chihiro Shinou. Kei spends her mornings helping her 'Oni-chan' Hiro Hirono get up in the morning. But Hiro has started to see another girl named Miyako Miyamura who is a bit of a troubled student and Kei feels that she is a bad influence on him. But lately Kei has noticed someone following her around. Chihiro just stays at the train station and reads. One day a boy Renji stops by and starts talking to her. Chihiro likes this boy but she has a problem: About ten years ago she got into an accident and now cannot remember the previous day. Her only link to the past is a hand written diary that one of her previous selves has written. |
| F | ||
| Fille Révolutionnaire Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| G | ||
 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
Buy |
A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. Batou is a living doll. His whole body, even his arms and legs are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and memories of a woman named, Motoko. When the boundary between humans and machines has infinitely blurred, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is a promiscuous story of a lonesome "ghost" of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. |
| H | ||
| House of Blocks | See La Maison en Petits Cubes | |
| I | ||
| Innocence | Buy | See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
| L | ||
 La Maison en Petits Cubes |
An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day, the old man accidentally drops his favourite pipe into the lower levels of his home, and decides to rent scuba diving equipment in order to go searching for his pipe. As he descends through his sunken home, the old man recalls memories of the past in each room. |
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| Le Portrait de Petite Cossette | Rent | See Cossette no Shouzou |
| M | ||
| Millennium Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
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