Best Studio Science Saru Anime

Summary

• Science Saru stands out with groundbreaking anime like Devilman Crybaby, showcasing unique, exceptional animation.
• The Heikei Story offers a visually stunning reimagination of classic literature, blending drama, supernatural elements, and philosophy.
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken provides a captivating look behind the scenes of anime production, emphasizing creativity and teamwork.

Anime is a vast and saturated form of media that continues to make generational leaps every year with amazing adaptations or original animation. With hundreds of anime studios that have their own unique ways of adapting and spicing things up with their god-like animations, only a few of them manage to stand out from the rest.

Science Saru is one of the most prestigious yet peculiar anime studios, receiving its breakthrough with Netflix’s Devilman Crybaby and some odd adaptations which have set a huge bar in this form of media. From their huge catalog, here are some of the best anime you can watch.

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The Heikei Story

Directed by the beloved A Silent Voice’s director, The Heikei Story is a reimagination of a classic literature with a beautifully esoteric art style, following the story of Biwa, a young girl with heterochromia who holds supreme psychic powers that allow her to predict the future with extreme accuracy.

The tables turn when the power’s word gets out, and she is forcefully taken in by the Taira, a clan known for their stupendous power. Once taken in by the clan, Biwa predicts a future that only holds destruction and terror for the people. With a touch of philosophy and a gorgeous soundtrack, The Heike Story is a criminally underrated anime.

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The Colors Within

A fabulous movie by Naoko Yamada, The Colors Within is a truly colorful ride inspired by the legendary band-related manga Beck: The Mongolian Chop Squad, but it turns the seinen aspect upside down to create a heartwarming and delightful experience. The whole movie focuses on finding your true self with the help of people you love, and the protagonist, Totsuko, can see the next person’s true colors; their emotional states.

The approach that this movie takes to show how harsh the consequences of lies can be is phenomenal, and the dynamic between the band members, specifically between Totsuko and the woman she likes, Kimi, is what makes The Colors Within so special.

6

Ride Your Wave

In recent times, many romance anime have come and gone, but Ride Your Wave is a movie that takes a distinctive look at the genre and adds a unique twist to it. With the hardworking Hinako entering her dream university, she settles herself in a coastal town where a tragedy happens that causes the whole town to submerge in fire.

With this tragedy, she meets the firefighter Minako and this initiates a romantic journey between the university student and a reputable fire fighter, but as they continue their relationship, they do not know what tragedies will continue to unfold.

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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Seeing the production stage of an anime is a sight to behold when creativity reaches its peak, and in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken shows what goes behind the scenes. With the creative mind of the otaku Midori Asakua, she’s an ambitious girl who loves the concept of art and decides to dive deep into the process of anime development, scribbling her sketchbook full of ideas and creating her desired anime world in her mind.

Fulfilling her dream of creating an anime would be an arduous task all alone, and later with the help of her financial enthusiast friend Sayaka and the model everyone loves Tsubame, they form an anime club that marks the beginning of her beautiful journey to develop something never seen before.

4

Inu-Oh

The journey of an individual who was born with uniquely disorienting characteristics as a result of a curse, Inu-oh’s parents decide to cover every part of his body with clothes and his face with an unusual mask to hide how he looks. Remaining positive about his situation no matter how much he’s called out, Inu-Oh meets a blind Biwa player named Tomona.

With Tomona’s supreme talent of playing the Biwa and singing simultaneously, Inu-Oh starts to dance to it which later makes him realize how spectacular of a dancer he is. With this revelation, these two boys continue their endeavor of dancing and singing together as they figure out how to remove their curses.

3

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

An anime adaptation of the cult classic comic that has already gone through a live-action adaptation, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off needs no introduction about its greatness and how impactful the comic is, with its references still being used in the modern media. The plot is basic, yet not so simple as it tries to mix up a lot of genres altogether, but the product it develops is one of its kind.

When the love story between the evergreen Scott Pilgrim and the charming Ramona Flowers suddenly develops a hindrance, Scott learns he has to defeat numerous Ramona exes to date her completely guilt-free. A wild ride with supernatural elements, and most of all, the anime stays wholeheartedly loyal to the comic’s art style.

2

Dandadan

Adapted from a hit, titled one of the best manga to emerge in the new generation, Dandadan is a gold comedy and top-tier battle shōnen anime altogether. The story picks up the pace when our protagonists, Ken Takakura and Momo Ayase, both encounter a Yokai and an alien respectively to prove their points, but things turn out to be rather tragic for the two of them.

With Ken’s balls taken away by a Yokai, the duo sets off on a journey to retrieve what is lost with a unique ensemble cast to support them. One event leads to another, making this journey full of action-packed battles along with hilarious slapstick moments spread all over the anime.

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Devilman Crybaby

A critically acclaimed anime adapted from a legendary manga of the ’70s, Devilman Crybaby was the first anime that put Science Saru on the radar, and it showcases its maximum potential with unique animation, directed by none other than Masaki Yuaasa. The battle between heaven and hell is never-ending, and with the recent awakening of Akira Fudou as a Devilman after an altercation with his demonic friend Ryo Asuka, the battle for death begins.

Devilman has a demon’s body, but the soul of a human, allowing Akira to understand the difference between right and wrong, and with this revelation, he decides to put an end to Ryo’s atrocities as they are gradually revealed.