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Serial Experiments Lain
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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Giri/Haji
Carries a strong pull into anime through power and surveillance.
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Baghdad Central
Carries a strong pull into anime through power and surveillance.
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Giri/Haji
2010s
A Tokyo detective searches for his brother in London. Duty, shame, and cross-cultural noir.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
1990s
A man searches for his missing cat, then his missing wife. Murakami's deepest well of strangeness.
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Alien Worlds
2020s
Alien Worlds is a 2020 television work from United Kingdom, shaped by Netflix. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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Psycho-Pass
2010s
In a future where mental states are measured, a detective questions the system. Dystopian crime thriller.
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Baghdad Central
Baghdad Central is a 2020 television work from United Kingdom, shaped by Alice Troughton and Stephen Butchard. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small is a 2020 television series from United Kingdom, shaped by Brian Percival and Freddy Syborn. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.