Top 10 best anime so surreal that they surpassed the imagination of the audience

Director: Yuichiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Matsuda (season 2)
Country: Japan
Broadcast time:
Season 1: 1/7/2017 – 23/9/2017
Season 2: January 9, 2019 – March 27, 2019
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, School
Status: completed
Simply put, Kakegurui is a good school anime about surreal gambling. However, in more obvious detail, it is a gambling school anime with unusually high odds. The students of Hyakkaou Private Academy become the main focus of the series. They are constantly taking on risky bets, which can either land them in deep debt or cause them to give their freedom entirely to another individual.

Another aspect of the Kakegurui anime is the cast of characters and their personalities. Take the main character Yumeko Jabami, for example; She is so addicted to betting that simply participating in a match motivates her greatly. Of course, there are other characters as well, but regardless, Kakegurui is still an attractive anime that will keep you sitting on the couch to enjoy.

Director: Shinichi Matsumi
Country: Japan
Airtime:
Season 1: 10/10/2019 – 26/12/2019
Season 2: 7/1/2021 – 25/3/2021
Genre: drama, slice of life, anthropomorphism, psychology
Status: complete
After the success of Land of the Lustrous in 2017, Studio Orange returned in 2019 with a completely different surreal anime series called Beastars. This anime is set in an anthropomorphic world where herbivores and carnivores live together as one, accompanied by details of their coexistence defined to the nth degree.

Beastars tells the story of growing up of a shy young wolf named Legoshi and his journey to discover what it really means to be a predator in his society. He needs to go through some big challenges to cultivate his reserved personality, helping himself to think more deeply through each important event.

Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Country: Japan
Airtime: 2/10/2010 – 25/12/2010
Genre: action, comedy, supernatural, ecchi
Status: complete
The story of the "surreal" anime Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt follows the adventures of two former angels named Panty and Stocking. Panty is a dark blonde with an uncontrollable libido, and Stocking is a goth-lolita who likes sweets with questionable tastes. After being kicked out of heaven for improper behavior, the two are tasked with hunting ghosts while collecting heavenly coins.

Widely known for having one of the most popular anime dubs of all time, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is an anime inspired by Western adult cartoons. Therefore, it is closely related to extremely vulgar humor, as well as the art style and stories told in episodic form. 

Director: Baku Kinoshita
Country: Japan
Airtime: 6/4/2021 – 29/6/2021
Genre: mystery, anthropomorphism
Status: complete
Although the essence of the "surreal" anime Odd Taxi is personified, the characters of Odd Taxi are based on reality, so much so that viewers can't help but invest time in what this anime has to offer. It tells the story of an unimpressive taxi driver named Odokawa who is suddenly interfered with in an incident, only to find himself involved with both the police and the yakuza.

The surrealism of the Odd Taxi anime series comes from the way it combines realistic personalities with animal-shaped individuals. The characters possess emotional and intellectual traits that are undeniably human but are portrayed in the form of different animals. In the end, Odd Taxi is a completely interesting anime that is recognized by most viewers. 

Directors: Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Kunihiko Ikuhara
Country: Japan
Airtime: 12/4/2019 – 21/6/2019
Genre: action, fantasy, supernatural
Status: complete
Sarazanmai is the best anime surreal beyond the imagination of the audience, it contains a strange presentation with an even more bizarre plot. The fallen Prince Kappa chooses three young men to handle the sudden appearance of Kapa-zombies, supernatural creatures capable of causing extreme chaos. To fight against these powerful enemies, the boys chosen by Prince Kappa himself will transform into Kappa every time it is time to go to battle.

Even stranger, they must retrieve a ball-like object called a shirikodama from the back of the Kapa-zombie in order to defeat them. Sarazanmai also includes many exotic features; Mysteriously dancing police officers, petty villains with socially questionable motives and a process of transformation with rather sensitive imagery.