A master list of all my favorites across animated shows and movies, live-action shows and movies, and comparable story-based video game experiences.

Master List

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1. FLCL | OVA, S1
2. The World Ends With You | Game
3. Pluto | Manga
4. Land of the Lustrous | Manga
5. Legend of the Galactic Heroes | OVA, 1988
6. Disco Elysium
7. Blade Runner 2049
8. The Wire | S3-S4
9. Twin Peaks | S3
10. Monogatari | Anime
11. Monster | Manga
12. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Anime (Parts 1-4), Manga (Parts 5-8)
13. Kyousougiga
14. Billy Bat
15. 20th Century Boys
16. Psycho Pass | TV, S1
17. Fargo | TV
18. Gankutsuou
19. Colorful | Anime Movie, 2010
20. Megalobox
21. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
22. Kase-san and Morning Glories
23. Your Name.
24. Back to the Future | 1-3
25. Promare
26. Bloom into You

Japanese Media

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Anime

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1. FLCL | S1
2. Legend of the Galactic Heroes | OVA, 1988
3. Monogatari
4. Land of the Lustrous
5. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
6. Kyousougiga
7. Psycho-Pass | S1
8. Gankutsuou
9. Colorful | Movie, 2010
10. Megalobox
11. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
12. Kase-san and Morning Glories
13. Your Name.
14. Promare
15. Bloom into You

Manga

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1. Pluto
2. Land of the Lustrous
3. Monster
4. Billy Bat
5. 20th Century Boys
6. JoJo Part 8

Live-Action

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1. Blade Runner 2049
2. The Wire | S3-S4
3. Twin Peaks | S3
4. Fargo | TV
5. Back to the Future | 1-3

Video Games

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1. The World Ends With You
2. Disco Elysium
3. Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya