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ANIME/MANGA

• entries listed here and here scoring 7+, but particularly—
  • angel's egg
  • berserk
  • cat soup
  • devilman (just the original + 80's ovas + crybaby, lmao. neo devilman vol. 2 + 3 are also pretty decent)
  • fooly cooly
  • hunter x hunter
  • litchi☆hikari club
  • monogatari series: second season (related canon material is fine)
  • monster
  • neon genesis evangelion (miss me with the rebuild continuity)
  • one outs
  • oyasumi punpun
  • ping pong the animation
  • princess tutu
  • puella magi madoka magica movie 3: rebellion (watch the anime too, it's good)
  • revolutionary girl utena
  • sailor moon (nostalgic)
  • satoshi kon works (but especially paranoia agent and perfect blue)
  • shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu
  • tatami galaxy, the
  • yoshitoshi abe works (primarily haibane renmei and serial experiments lain)

GAMING

• 4-star rating / 5-star rating, but as for some standouts—
  • ace attorney
  • animal crossing
  • every rhythm game ever, probably (ddr, gitaroo man lives!, hatsune miku: project diva, etc.)
  • cage -open-
  • fate/ (heaven's feel route)
  • final fantasy (vii, ix, x)
  • katamari damacy
  • kingdom hearts (just the first game because i'm biased)
  • mother/earthbound
  • legend of zelda, the (oot)
  • nier
  • off
  • rune factory
  • shingakkou -noli me tangere-
  • suda 51 works (i'm personally inclined towards k7, nmh 1, and tsc)
  • xenosaga

LIVE ACTION/OTHER MEDIA

• highly-rated comics, shows, and films, but also—
  • adventure zone, the
  • american horror story (first few seasons)
  • black mirror
  • charmed
  • king of the hill
  • lost (first few seasons)
  • nbc: hannibal (first season only)
  • orange is the new black
  • walking dead, the (first few seasons)
  • welcome to night vale