When it comes to grabbing readers' attention, eye-catching titles are perhaps the oldest trick in the book. The reason they’re used so often is that usually, they work. The weirder the title, the more readers are tempted to pick up said book.
Anime, too, is no stranger to creating increasingly bizarre titles every year. Sometimes, this is because the sole attention is to make viewers curious. Sometimes, it’s because the actual title is lost in translation, and sometimes, it’s just because creators like to mess around with their audiences. Mentioned below are 9 anime with extremely bizarre names, all of which will make readers go,” What the hell?”
9 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
The isolated bookworm Haruki finds his bubbly classmate Sakura Yamauchi’s secret diary, through which he learns of her terminal illness. Although initially apathetic, he eventually gets caught up in her life and agrees to stay by her side for the time she has left.
Despite being opposites, the two manage to get into a comfortable relationship with each other. Over time, their bond only strengthens, and Haruki finds himself more and more drawn to this unpredictable young girl.
8 Dogeza: I Tried Asking While Kowtowing
Most fans are unaware of this, but this anime was actually made from a doujinshi. It’s an ecchi series where the show’s protagonist, Suwaru Doge, has only one aim in mind – to kneel in front of pretty girls and ask them to do sexual favors.
Such is his power that the most beautiful girls from his school, expectedly, do whatever he asks them to do.
7 xxxHOLiC
Kimihiro Watanuki has the ability to see ghosts, which proves to be quite bothersome for him. One day whole on his way home, he stumbles across the mysterious Yuuko, a woman who claims she can take away Kimihiro’s supernatural ability for good.
However, she has one condition. She wants him to work at her store and help people grant various wishes of theirs.
6 Durarara!!
Ikebukuro is home to some of the strangest people on the planet, including, well, people who aren’t exactly “people.” With gangs constantly at war with each other, two childhood friends always at each other’s throats, and a Celtic spirit in search of her head, there is never a dull moment in this tiny district of Tokyo.
Newbie Mikado Ryuugamine, of course, has no idea of the things that happen here, and he soon gets caught up in things that are way beyond his control.
5 Samurai Pizza Cats
As one could guess by the show’s name, it is aimed primarily at children. In Little Tokyo, the anime is a blend of the stark cultures of modern Japan and feudal Japan. Of course, the people who inhabit this place are animals that walk and talk like humans!
When Seymour Cheese wants to gain control over Little Tokyo, everybody knows who can save them from this evil dictator - the Pizza Cats!
4 Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?
Being isekai-ed to a new world is nothing new, exactly what happened to MMORPG player Masato Oosuki. But as fate would have it, his mother was dragged into this new world as well.
To make things worse, it’s his mother (and not him) who turns out to the OP protagonist of this game! Her specialty is two-hit multi-target attacks, and expectedly, this is something Masato finds impossible to deal with.
3 Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
The city of Fukuoka is a hub of world-class assassins, one of whom is Zenji Banba, who has semi-retired from his profession. However, his boring life becomes exciting again when one day an assassin is sent to kill him.
However, instead of killing Banba, the assassin (Xianming Lin) joins forces with him and decides to get back at his ex-employer for holding back his payment. However, can Lin really be trusted?
2 Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo
This shonen show is set in an alternate future, where the evil Maruhage Empire is stealing everybody’s hair. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is the only man who can stand up to this empire and save everybody’s lives.
After rescuing the teenager Beauty, the duo sets out together with just one goal in mind – to destroy Emperor Tsuru Tsurulina. Expectedly, the two meet many friends and foes along their journey and go on grand adventures together.
1 Princess Jellyfish
Tsukimi Kurashita has been fascinated with jellyfish ever since she was a child. However, as a 19-year old grown-up NEET, she does not have much hope for her future.
All of that changes when she unexpectedly comes across a stunning young girl at a local pet store. Her confidence and sense of fashion charm her instantly, and for some reason, she decides to indulge in Tsukimi’s fantasies. She starts visiting her apartment every day, but little does Tsukimi know the secret this girl is hiding!