Besides Death Note, I have never found Anime to be deep or intellectually stimulating. Am I missing something, or is Anime a lot closer to being like comic books than novels?
The form doesn't allow as much depth, in the sense that even a 52-episode series can only cover a short novel. But I've found some very thought-provoking works (as, to be fair, I have in comics); particularly:
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