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Paranoia Agent

★ 7.9 17K votes 2004–2005 1 season · 13 episodes Ended WOWOW Prime
Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 9/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 8/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Shozo IizukaToshihiko SekiMamiko NotoMichael McConnohieLiam O'BrienRyûji Saikachi
Written by
Satoshi Kon
Starring
Shozo IizukaToshihiko SekiMamiko NotoMichael McConnohieLiam O'BrienRyûji Saikachi
Written by
Satoshi Kon
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0200400600800

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About

"Urban anxiety turned into a stalking myth"

A mysterious child on rollerblades, wielding a golden bat, starts attacking overwhelmed people across Tokyo, and each assault seems to offer its victims a strange kind of relief. Satoshi Kon's series jumps between an ensemble of stressed office workers, cops, and outcasts, using their unraveling as a lens on collective denial and urban anxiety. It shifts from black comedy to genuine dread to full surrealism, episode by episode, building toward something less like a mystery-solving show and more like a fever dream about a whole city's breaking point.

Watch it for

the way ordinary breakdowns escalate into a citywide surreal nightmare under Satoshi Kon's direction.

Maybe skip if

you want a tidy mystery with clear answers rather than escalating dream logic.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12004
7.98K135h 11m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Enter Lil' Slugger7.6
76524 min
▶2The Golden Shoes8.1
72724 min
▶3Double Lips8.5
76724 min
▶4A Man's Path7.7
64924 min
▶5The Holy Warrior6.8
64824 min
▶6Fear of a Direct Hit8.0
60024 min
▶7MHz7.9
59124 min
▶8Happy Family Planning8.4
72723 min
▶9ETC7.6
56824 min
▶10Mellow Maromi7.8
56024 min
▶11No Entry7.9
54324 min
▶12Radar Man7.8
51824 min
▶13The Final Episode8.4
54424 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Shozo Iizuka Keiichi Ikari
Toshihiko Seki Mitsuhiro Maniwa
Mamiko Noto Tsukiko Sagi
Michael McConnohie Keiichi Ikari
Liam O'Brien Mitsuhiro Maniwa
Ryûji Saikachi Old Man
Michelle Ruff Tsukiko Sagi, Comic Heroine
William Frederick Knight Old Man
Doug Stone Akio Kawazu, Fuyubachi, News Anchor
Daisuke Sakaguchi Shonen Bat, Lil' Slugger

Crew

Satoshi Kon

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