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Anyone that watches anime can tell you that it can be about anything, and when I say anything, I really mean it. Just to show you what I mean, I have compiled a list of 10 anime that I’m sure no one (or at least very few people) would have thought of unless they were drunk or high.

Anyone who has been to Japan will know that there are vending machines everywhere, and they sell everything from the regular stuff like snacks and drinks, to weirder things like underwear and lobsters. One thing that they don’t sell, however, are girlfriends, but that’s where Akikan comes into the picture. This anime is about soda cans that transform into girls. These soda can girls, which are either steel cans or aluminum cans, then battle it out with each other to determine whether steel or aluminum is better. Did I mention that they also need to be regularly infused with carbon dioxide? I’ll let you guess where the CO2 comes from.

The Training with Hinako anime may have been predictable; after all, there are tons of workout videos out there so why not make an anime version of one. Sleeping with Hinako is an entirely different matter though. The main point of this anime is to have it playing while you sleep. Basically all it is is a girl named Hinako sleeping in bed. Now lonely otaku will never have to worry about sleeping alone because they have Hinako sleeping beside them (or wherever their TV is located).

Most people who follow anime will know what Lucky Star is, so you might be wondering why it’s on this list. Well, rather than try to explain it, let me just ask this: can you summarize the plot of Lucky Star for me? Exactly, think about it and you’ll realize that Lucky Star is an anime about absolutely nothing. Whoever thought that an anime with no story whatsoever would be so popular?

We all want to be close to people we like, but Midori Days takes it even further and physically attaches a girl to a guy. Seiji is a regular, lonely, high school boy that wakes up one day to find a mini-girl named Midori attached to his right arm. By attached, I mean that his hand has been replaced by the top half of a girl (from the waist up). If you don’t think this is a bizarre idea, you’ve probably grown immune to the strangeness of anime.

They’re cats who are also samurai, and they work at a pizza joint. I don’t think I need to say more to justify this title’s placement on the list.

Qwaser of Stigmata is an anime about people called Qwaser who have special powers and use those powers to battle each other. That sounds pretty standard for anime, but the twist here is that Qwasers need to feed off breast milk to replenish their powers. Yes, you read that right, breast milk. Naturally, there is a lot of breast-sucking going on in this anime. This is probably the most “wtf” anime that has come out this year.

I have a feeling that the idea for Unko-san came about while someone was taking a dump on the toilet. The title can be translated as “Mr. Feces” and from that you can probably tell what this anime involves. It’s about a poo fairy that lives on lucky island and brings good luck to all of his other poo friends. Apparently some people find it cute, but I prefer my poo flushed down the toilet and not floating around some island.

Everyone knows who Pokémon is; it’s so popular that even old grannies can identify Pikachu now. Heck, Microsoft Word even recognizes Pikachu as a name. So why have I added this anime to the list? When you think about it, Pokémon in the Pokémon world are no different from animals in our world. We do a lot of things to animals, but most of us don’t stuff them into tiny balls and then force them to fight with each other until one is unconscious. I’m actually surprised that animal rights activists aren’t up in arms about it. Whoever came up with this idea had a sick mind.

Moyashimon is about a college boy that can see and communicate with microbes. I guess no one told the producers that microbes aren’t complex enough to think on the same level as us, not to mention that the microbes don’t look anything like what they’re supposed to. This is meant to be an educational anime too.

There are anime about various sports and board games, but Yakitate Japan is the only anime about baking bread. Most people know the basic process for baking bread: you get some flour and water, knead it into dough, and bake it. Yakitate Japan gets into the nitty-gritty details of bread baking and actually manages to pull off being serious and funny at the same time. It certainly makes baking seem a million times more exciting than it actually is.
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Category: Anime
Tags: Akikan, Anime, lucky star, Midori Days, Moyashimon, Pokemon, Qwaser of Stigmata, Samurai Pizza Cats, Sleeping with Hinako, Unko-san, Yakitate Japan
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42 Responses for "10 Strange Anime You Would Never Have Thought of"
April 27th, 2010 at 12:03
1I actually ♡ Midori no Hibi :)
April 27th, 2010 at 15:55
2I want Samurai Pizza Cats so much!
April 27th, 2010 at 16:54
3Samurai Pizza Cats used to be on Canadian TV during the 90’s.
It is as awesome as it looks!
April 27th, 2010 at 19:23
4Oh man you’re so right ’bout Seikon no Qwaser, every time a new episode come out there’s a wft moment, tho I would added Kiss x Sis as well.
April 27th, 2010 at 19:46
5Actually some Christians/Catholics were against (as in boycotted) Pokemon when it first came out because “it supports the idea of evolution.” -I forget where I found that quote, sorry.
April 27th, 2010 at 19:55
6Akikan looks really cute actually. Moyashimon and Yakitate Japan are both amazing. They may seem really obscure but the stories, art, and characters are all really good. I mean compared to a story about a poo fairy is bread making and chemistry really that strange? owo
April 27th, 2010 at 20:13
7I remember Samurai Pizza Cats! The theme song was hilarious!
“Samurai Pizza Cats! They’re so bad, they’ve got more fur than any turtle ever had!!!” LOL XD
April 27th, 2010 at 23:21
8I’ve been on a breadmaking kick lately, Yakitate Japan sounds perfect
April 28th, 2010 at 13:24
9Good call on Yakitate. Weirdly awesome in it’s own way.
April 28th, 2010 at 13:34
10An anime about baking bread? This I will have to check out! The picture you provided alone has me laughing.
April 28th, 2010 at 23:37
11Yakitate Japan! :D The only one in this list I care about, but then again, it’s my favorite of all time.
April 29th, 2010 at 10:43
12Midori no Hibi is funny but also one of the sweetest animes out there. I read the manga first & must admit it can get pretty emotional towards the end.
April 29th, 2010 at 21:48
13But what about “Puni Puni Poemy”? Doesn’t that apply? THERE IS NO PLOT
April 29th, 2010 at 22:33
14Actually, there is another anime about bread, but I forget what it’s called. Why isn’t Ebichu the Housekeeping hamster on here? Perverted, hilarious, abusive to animals, offensive to women, and looks like it was drawn by a six year old.
April 30th, 2010 at 07:16
15@Dioxide & @dwindle:
Those are actually good anime to add to the list, but they didn’t cross my mind when I wrote this. Since you mention Puni Puni Poemi, I guess you’d also approve of Excel Saga :)
April 30th, 2010 at 19:52
16All of these seem absolutely awesome – but what about Pani Poni Dash? That’s about the craziest anime I’ve ever seen.
May 1st, 2010 at 01:40
17The creator of Pokemon was inspired by when, as a kid, he would force bugs to fight each other.
May 2nd, 2010 at 01:31
18I love Moyashimon!
As addicted I am to anime, I still can’t imagine an anime out of feces! What…
May 5th, 2010 at 15:02
19Some good ones on that list. Moyashimon is one of my favourite comedies, and Yakitate!! Japan is definitely erring on the side of odd, but you’ve forgotten the strangest anime of all (and no, I don’t mean Excel Saga). I’m not so sure about Lucky Star though, as it’s a pretty straightforward show.
Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu (roughly, The Jungle was always peaceful for Hare, then along came Guu), is without doubt the wierdest (and one of the funniest), anime I’ve ever seen, and it’s a prime candidate for strangest anime ever made.
Also, some others:
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (Club to Death Angel Dokuro-chan)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Keroro Gunsou
Potemayo
May 6th, 2010 at 00:08
20@Archaeon:
I’ve heard of Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu, and the only reason it didn’t make it on to the list was simply because I haven’t seen it for myself (yet).
I probably would’ve put Dokuro-chan on the list, but like others, it just didn’t cross my mind at the time.
May 7th, 2010 at 03:21
21Nice list! You should also add Magic Users Club…that show is seriously crazy.
May 7th, 2010 at 04:12
22i’m sorry, but qwaser of stigmata is the most fail i’ve ever seen in an anime. it has everything that’s ever been done in an anime before, it was really disappointing. unoriginal characters, lame ass seiyuu that sound like any other, cliche “race of ass kicking people”, the whole stupid transfer student plot device (that really just was the cherry on top that made me fucking explode), and other shitty things i do not care to remember right now. seriously, are they just getting templates of this shit and passing them around there in japan? god, this destroys all my hopes for the future of anime.
May 7th, 2010 at 04:13
23those other animes look pretty good in all fairness, but ill have to give them a look see
May 7th, 2010 at 05:40
24i love samurai pizza cats
best show ever!
May 7th, 2010 at 18:24
25Someone needs to make an Addicted to Curry anime, it would make this list for sure (as well as it being amazing)
May 11th, 2010 at 07:05
26A couple more that I think you should look at if you haven’t and that I think should be added to this list are;
Kampfer- not even sure how to describe it. Bassically a boy is chosen to be a kampfer, the catch, one has to have the body of a girl to use powers to fight with rival kampfers. Included in this show are entrails animals. These are essentially talking stuffed animals that have intestines hanging out of them and are named for the way they died, the main three being Disemboweled Tiger, Suicidal black rabbit, and Electrocuted Wildcat.
Chu-Bra – quite literally a show about underwear. Oddly educational, though if you tried to turn it into a panty-shots drinking game, then you’d have severe alcohol poisoning by the end of the opening credits.
May 13th, 2010 at 16:27
27lucky star really is about absolutely NOTHING! in the first episode, they spend a full 7 minutes talking about food. the whole show is about the girls having little discussions about random topics. its pretty good though. i agree with your article completely with all of the other anime as well.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:53
28I LOVE SAMURAI PIZZA CATS.
Used to watch that after school every dang day. <3
May 14th, 2010 at 12:58
29I Love Pokémon!
May 14th, 2010 at 19:53
30Okay I didn’t see Nurse Witch Komugi on there, and it’s got to make the list, and if you watch it you will find out why….and Magical Play is not far behind. (basically a magical girl anime where instead of rabbit ears or a fox tail, the girl wears a carp. Yes, a freakin carp!)
Also if you want a serious laugh, watch the out-takes on the Midori disks!
Midori: “Do you like my tiny fun bags?” ROFL!
May 16th, 2010 at 03:23
31Cromartie High didn’t make it? Sad!It has no plot and is hilarious beyond all reason!
May 16th, 2010 at 05:17
32you do know that pokemon is really just a dream world that ash’s subconscious creates while he’s under a coma right?
May 18th, 2010 at 03:45
33Two more:
Eat Man 98: a mercenary that eats metal and materializes weapons with it.
FLCL: this is so bizarre that I did not know how to begin… A kid is hit by a guitar and a horn grows out of his forehead. The horn grows more until a robot goes out of it. And it is only the beginning… I liked it, but is totally insane!
May 25th, 2010 at 00:50
34lucky star is popular for the same reason seinfeld was
May 28th, 2010 at 00:54
35midori days sure is weird but cute enough ^^
July 16th, 2010 at 01:51
36No Ranma 1/2 on the list. Gender swapping and people turning into animals when they dowsed in water is pretty weird stuff in my book. Not to mention integrating a martial arts battle into other activities (ie. figure skating, cooking)
July 18th, 2010 at 12:40
37Umineko no Naku Koro Ni. You have to dive into the VN to understand how truly weird it is. It’s a mystery that takes the unreliable narrator to an extreme: most fans nowadays just assume that any scene that isn’t proven to have happened, didn’t.
July 19th, 2010 at 08:13
38shugo chara is one weird anime too,little versions of the characters come out of little eggs to provide the characters hidden personalities that they have,it may not sound as weird as pizza cats though
July 19th, 2010 at 21:14
39Bobobo Bo Bobobo needs to be on this list.
July 23rd, 2010 at 20:33
40I think Hare + guu should be up there I love that series :3
August 4th, 2010 at 02:57
41only one I don’t know= Unko-san although I didn’t know Hinako made a sleeping video
seikon no qwaser (aka: qwaswer of stigmata) is a very awesome MANGA. not the anime, cause it’s censored… alot.
August 23rd, 2010 at 13:32
42Sleeping with Hinako is part two of a video called training with hinako, when i saw it i though it was an exersise video for fat anime otaku but the video that came after, “sleeping with hinako” was kind of strange, any idea what’s the point of sleeping wiht hinako? its 20 minutes of watching a girl sleep, its kind of sick dont you think? I wonder why bobobo wasnt on this list?
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