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Oshii clearly cribbed from his own work when conceptualizing the narrative for 2nd GIG and expanded on it. It's a narrative revolving around sociopolitical circumstances being manipulated by duplicitous government officials as well as an idealistic white-haired former soldier.

Dense, cerebral and heavily stylized takes on the theme of human relationships.

Go Nagai's Devilman manga influenced many titles, including Hideaki Anno's magnum opus. They both feature teenage protagonists, Lovecraftian monsters as well as religious and apocalyptic imagery.

These violent, misanthropic anime revolving around teenagers playing host to supernatural entities are modernized takes on seminal manga.

These are both short films that rely primarily on visuals to tell their respective stories, both of which are about memories of a deceased loved one.