Alright I've been toying with the idea of getting into anime for a long time but the genre is vast and I'm not easily hooked. Pitch me a show or film that's really, REALLY different. Not necessarily out there for the sake of it but artistically or thematically in a class of its own.
Odd Taxi: a taxi driver gets roped into a Yakuza heist
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: 3 girls scrap together an anime for their school's film festival *(sounds like a recipe for pedo shit but the show avoids that)