this is reverent.
this is a curated list of my favorite media. after I do some reading, I will add a list for books.
a spotify playlist version of the music list
[no particular order]
music [album / ep - artist]
— EGO DEATH - ALEPH [2021]
— My Little Ghost - Kidsuke [2014]
— A Little Fable - aspidistrafly [2011]
— Vespertine - Björk [2001]
— Discreet Music - Brian Eno [1975]
— Queen of Golden Dogs - Vessel [2018]
— Hurtbreak Wonderland - World's End Girlfriend [2007]
— Darkened - ZES [2016]
— Acosta - Hainbach & Kilchhofer [2017]
— Lesser Matters - The Radio Dept. [2003]
— Buchla Concerts 1975 - Suzanne Ciani [2016]
— Velocity : Design : Comfort - Sweet Trip [2003]
— Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós [1999]
— Kid A - Radiohead [2000]
— Music From the Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra [1987]
— Nukkuu - Lau Nau [2008]
— Riceboy Sleeps - Jónsi & Alex [2009]
— Niji = 虹 - Ironomi [2015]
— qp - Ichiko Aoba [2018]
— artless - if i die in mississippi [2016]
— 怪談 - Meitei [2018]
— Treasure - Cocteau Twins [1984]
— Pink Moon - Nick Drake [1972]
— Yhä Hämärää - Paavoharju [2005]
— 2000-2004 - Frakkur [2019]
— ICO: Melody In The Mist - Michhiru Oshima & Pentagon [2002]
— Souvlaki - Slowdive [1993]
— Kagayaki - Masakatsu Takagi [2014]
— Effloresce - Covet [2018]
comics/manga [title - writer / studio]
— BLAME! - Tsutomu Nihei [1998]
— Goodnight Punpun - Inio Asano [2007]
— The Haibanes of Old Home - Yoshitoshi Abe [2001]
— Serial Experiments Lain: The Nightmare of Fabrication - Yoshitoshi Abe [1999]
— Robot - Range Murata [2005]
— The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún - Nagabe [2015]
— Chobits - CLAMP [2000]
— Duck, Death and the Tulip - Wolf Erlbruch [2007]
— Uzumaki - Junji Ito [1998]
— Kagerou Days - Jin & Sidu [2012]
tv/anime [title - writer / studio]
— Serial Experiments Lain - Chiaki J. Konaka / Triangle Staff [1998]
— Steins;Gate - White Fox [2011]
— Ergo Proxy - Manglobe [2006]
— Arcane - Fortiche [2021]
— Texhnolyze - Madhouse [2003]
— Psycho Pass - Production I.G [2012]
— From the New World - A-1 [2012]
— Blue Submarine No. 6 - Gonzo [1998]
— Boogiepop Phantom - Madhouse [2000]
— Mononoke - Toei Animation [2007]
— The Tatami Galaxy - Madhouse [2010]
— FLCL - Gainax, Production I.G [2000]
movies [title - director / studio]
— Angel's Egg - Mamoru Oshii / Studio Deen [1985]
— Perfect Blue - Satoshi Kon / Madhouse [1998]
— Paprika - Satoshi Kon / Madhouse [2006]
— Wolf Children - Mamoru Husoda / Studio Chizu [2012]
— Interstellar - Christopher Nolan [2014]
— 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick [1968]
— October Sky - Joe Johnston [1999]
— Blade Runner - Ridley Scott [1984]
— Tetsuo - Shin'ya Tsukamoto [1989]
— Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky [1979]
— Solaris - Steven Soderbergh [2002]
— Cat Soup - Tatsuo Satō [2001]
— Spirited Away - Hayao Miyzaki / Studio Ghibli [2001]
— Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyzaki / Studio Ghibli [1984]
videogames [title - developer]
— System Shock 2 - Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios [1999]
— Hollow Knight - Team Cherry [2017]
— Yume Nikki - Kikiyama [2004]
— Mother 3 - 1-UP Studio, HAL Laboratory [2006]
— LSD: Dream Emulator (Lovely Sweet Dream) - Asmik Ace Entertainment [1998]
— Bioshock - 2K Boston & Australia [2007]
— Jet Set Radio Future - Smilebit [2002]
— Riven: The Sequel to Myst - Cyan [1997]
— VA-11 HALL-A - Sukeban [2016]
— Hiversaires - Rek & Devine [2018]
— Novena - Cecile Richard [2018]
— i am a tree. you are not. ha ha. - angrygeometry [2017]
— t- e ni hтm-are of·`a c ty - Pol Clarissou [2017]
— Narcissu 1st & 2nd - stage-nana [2007]
— Halo 3: ODST - Bungie [2009]
— Pokémon Sapphire - Game Freak [2002]
— Diablo 2 - Blizzard North [2000]
— Limbo - Playdead [2010]
— OFF - Mortis Ghost, Unproductive Fun Time [2008]
— Antichamber - Alexander Bruce [2013]
— The Beginner's Guide - Davey Wreden, Everything Unlimited [2015]