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Shows like Legion 2017
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Legion
Shows closest to Legion
Penguindrum 2011Also contemporary, overwhelming and open-ended
The Leftovers 2014Also contemporary, overwhelming and contemplative
Revolutionary Girl Utena 1997Also grave, open-ended and meticulous
Serial Experiments Lain 1998Also grave, contemplative and open-ended
Kaiba 2008Also contemporary, grave and open-ended
True Detective 2014Also grave, contemplative and overwhelming
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011Also contemporary, overwhelming and grave
Too Old to Die Young 2019Also grave, overwhelming and open-ended
Pluribus 2025Also contemporary, meticulous and open-ended
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- Fever Ray 2009Also contemporary, grave and meticulous
- Shrines 2012Also contemporary, character-led and grave
- Glitch Princess 2022Also contemporary, character-led and grave
Books
De ansatte 2018Also contemporary, grave and contemplative
Veniss underground 2003Also grave, contemporary and overwhelming
Dhalgren 1975Also contemporary, grave and open-ended
Films
Midsommar 2019Also contemplative, contemporary and grave
2073 2024Also grave, contemplative and formally daring
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie 1999Also grave, overwhelming and open-ended
Games
Rain World 2017Also contemporary, grave and demanding
The Void 2008Also grave, contemporary and demanding
Phoenix Springs 2024Also contemporary, grave and contemplative
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