Anime with "insane" main character

[Atheuz]

My friend wants to watch an anime where the main character is insane and possibly ends up killing himself or herself.

So help?

[GunBladeKid09]

Like psychopath insane where he/she goes on a rampage and tries to kill everything or insane like oh my gosh I can't believe they just did that it was sick!

[Atheuz]

She's looking for an anime where there's a Miss Yomi from Zombie Loan kind of character, that's completely immoderate and wild, but no over the top killing 16 billion people like in Elfen Lied OR an anime where the main character ends up trying to kill himself/herself.

[Cheezy]

Higurashi No Naku Koro ni has lolis that go insane.

edit: wow, i just got a dissaprovement "seriously put your stupid meme out of a suggestion forum at least"
haha, how is this a meme?

[Ice Climbers]

Originally Posted by Cheezy

Higurashi No Naku Koro ni has lolis that go insane.

Not just Lolis lol, i would say they are ALL insane...


Well, the School Days game has some of that, but I'm not sure about the anime, but it looks really promising right now so you might want to check that out

[DanielSong39]

School Days definitely qualifies; Makoto has already gone off the deep end and Kotonoha is ready to snap. And Sekai's not quite right in the head either.

Rin (SHUFFLE!) and Yuuichi (Kanon 2006) can also be viewed that way; not only do their personalities undergo incomprehensible changes over the course of the show, they also go suicidal because they can't handle being dumped.

I'd also argue that Keitaro (Love Hina) is insane. No one with his academic ability would apply to the top university in Japan and become a third-year ronin as a result. And no sane person chase after someone as destructive, malicious, and abusive as Naru - not for long, anyhow.

But if I had to recommend one show in this genre it would definitely be Katsuhiro Otome's Akira. A truly insightful work that explores many aspects of humanity and society.

[7Th]

Perfect Blue.

[Shana]

Death Note - I only watched episode 1 and spoiled myself reading Death Note's forum. But seems Light is really insane.

[Atheuz]

rofl guys this thread is full of suggestions of animes she's already seen, except for Death Note, she refuses to watch that.

Thanks for the suggestions so far though ;p

[DarkBlood]

Hmm... The Hellsing OVA... Alucard isn't really perfectly sane...
Well, Gundam Wing? Heero Yuy is kind of suicidal. Even tried blowing himself up.

[KholdStare]

Maybe Elfen Lied?

[Echoes]

It usually helps to provide a list of what you've already seen, so you don't end up wasting everyone's time, including your own.

If she's yet to see this, I'd be surprised/outraged, but Evangelion more than qualifies.

[Asai]

Hmm, I can't think of anything that has truly nutso chars, though a lot of series have some pretty out there ones. Going through stuff I have on hand (DVDs in sight and series still on drive at a glance)...

I think the toilet fetish in Golden Boy is pretty messed up.

All the chars in Mugen no Ryvius suffer some serious issues.

As already mentioned a few times, Lucy from Elfen Lied is kinda messed up.

Light from Death Note has been touted as being insane (though I rooted for him all the same >.<)

All the Higurashi chars are totally screwed in the head.

Satou in NHK No Youkoso! and his paranoid delusions were pretty crazy.

Bokurano is just screwed up as a whole. Though that's more the overall story than any individual char, so doesn't really qualify.

Was some very questionable sanity in Sola, too.

I could dig through my DVD collection and be reminded of more crazy series, but too much effort for a post where somebody hasn't included stuff they've already seen.

[SeijiSensei]

I was thinking about NHK just before reading Asai's post. Suicide is an issue in this show, and most of the characters have serious psychological issues. I don't think I'd call any of them "insane," however.

[Atheuz]

Originally Posted by Echoes

It usually helps to provide a list of what you've already seen, so you don't end up wasting everyone's time, including your own.

If she's yet to see this, I'd be surprised/outraged, but Evangelion more than qualifies.

I don't know her all that well to know all the animes she's watched(though I could have asked, but wasn't really thinking about it). I provided a list of the animes you members provided and she basically said she had seen them all.

Anyway, she's currently watching NHK and is apparently enjoying it, also Asai I don't think she's watched any of those you listed - So appreciate it <3 and thanks to the rest too!

[FreyaSui]

Jisatsu Sakuru/Suicide Circle
But that's manga or live action movie, and both have different storylines, but I love both... xD She's probably seen if she likes suicide so much though~ ^^;

[wao]

Dude, you need to watch Paranoia Agent then. I think nearly everyone goes batshit at some point or another (I cry for Maniwa.) Plus it's got jawdropping animation and good direction to boot.

[Kaioshin Sama]

In all honesty Zeta Gundam's main character Kamille is a complete loose cannon nutcase with a very questionable moral fibre, despite the things he might say that would make you feel otherwise, same goes for Gundam Wings "heroes" who more often then not start off as villains in Super Robot Wars games.

Code Geass also works as well, as do Death Note and Welcome To The NHK.

[neutralizer]

Evangelion. Pretty much all the characters have psychological problems. The whole series is basically mecha with a psychological spin to it.

[Keirn]

I don't think Light from Death Note is "insane".....it's more based on personal opinion...if you believe in the death sentence he is right, if you don't he is wrong...