# The 13 Best Psychological Anime of the 2020s

> Mind games, existential mysteries and slow-burn descents into the psyche define this new wave of cerebral anime. Where do you stand?

*By YPB Team · Published June 21, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-13-best-psychological-anime-of-the-2020s*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Pluto** — 100% (3 votes · score 1000/1000)
   Naoki Urasawa's 2023 sci-fi thriller reimagining an Astro Boy arc as a robot murder mystery about humanity.
2. **Talentless Nana** — 0% (0 votes · score 610/1000)
   The 2020 thriller flipping a superpower-school premise into a tense game of deception.
3. **Wonder Egg Priority** — 0% (0 votes · score 436/1000)
   The 2021 emotionally intense series following girls battling manifestations of trauma to revive the dead.
4. **Heavenly Delusion** — 0% (0 votes · score 435/1000)
   The 2023 post-apocalyptic mystery following two travelers across a monster-filled Japan.
5. **Oshi no Ko** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2023 dark drama blending idol-industry intrigue with reincarnation and revenge.
6. **Odd Taxi** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2021 noir mystery in which a walrus taxi driver is drawn into a missing-person case.
7. **Sonny Boy** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2021 surreal series about students drifting through alternate dimensions after their school vanishes.
8. **Summertime Render** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2022 time-loop thriller about a young man unraveling deadly shadow doppelgangers on his home island.
9. **Vinland Saga Season 2** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2023 season trading battle for a meditative study of trauma, guilt, and redemption.
10. **Re:Zero Season 2** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   The 2020 continuation deepening Subaru's psychological torment through his death-rewind ability.
11. **The Promised Neverland Season 2** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   The 2021 continuation of the orphanage-escape thriller as the children fight to survive outside.
12. **Classroom of the Elite** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   The cerebral school series, revived with new 2022 and 2024 seasons, built on manipulation and strategy.
13. **Tomodachi Game** — 0% (0 votes · score 145/1000)
   The 2022 series trapping friends in a high-stakes psychological game that tests their loyalty.

Tags: 2020s, animation, japan, psychological