Anime like Gigigoegoe: Sunghyungsoo

Huang Yan

Also known as Face on Lie.

Studio: bilibili , Painted Edge
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Yuxi who was discriminated against based on her looks goes to a plastic surgery clinic for a consultation, giving into the tempting proposal when Huantao, the handsome director, steps in and tells her, "I'll make you beautiful." Thinking that this was the shortcut to happiness, Yuxi accepts... but will she truly be able to obtain happiness by becoming beautiful?

Tags: Full CGI , Idol , Bullying , Medicine , Primarily Adult Cast

Oemojisangjuui

Also known as Lookism.

Studio: Netflix , Studio Mir
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

In a society that favors good looks, a high school outcast leads a double life switching between his two bodies that are polar opposites in appearance.



Tags: Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Body Swapping , Bullying , Urban Fantasy , Urban , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Martial Arts , Hip-hop Music , Dancing , Gangs , Work , Fashion , Musical Theater , Boxing , CGI , Coming of Age , Parody

Saibi

Also known as The Fake.

Studio: Studio Dadashow
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Who is good and who is evil? What is the boundary between them? An animated thriller about the tension between a good-hearted person speaking falsely and an evil-natured person speaking truthfully, and of those that surround them.



Winner of the Platinum Grand Prize during the 2014 Future Film Festival, held in Italy.

Tags: Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Religion , Revenge , Full CGI , Cult , Male Protagonist , Suicide

Dwaejiui Wang

Also known as The King of Pigs.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

After his business goes bankrupt, 30 something Kyung-Min (Oh Jung-Se) kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-Suk (Yang Ik-June). Jong-Suk now works as a ghostwriter for an autobiography, but he dreams of writing his own novel. For the first time in 15 years they meet. Kyung-Min and Jong-Suk both hide their own current situations and begin to talk about their middle school days.

At their middle school, they were classified by their wealth and grades. Kyung-Min and Jong-Suk were at the bottom. They were called pigs. They were bullied by a ruling class called dogs. When they were called pigs they got angry, but couldn't do anything against the dogs. Then a king of pigs appears - Chul (Kim Hye-Na). Kyung-Min and Jong-Suk became to rely on Chul-Yi.

Now, leading Jong-Suk to their middle school grounds, Kyung-Min discloses the shocking truth to Jong-Suk of what happened 15 years ago.



Tags: Philosophy , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Suicide , Denpa , Full CGI , Tragedy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge

Eoneu Nal Jameseo Kkaeeoboni Bagelyeoga Doeeo Isseotda

Also known as Bagel Girl.

Studio: Studio Animal
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Bong Gi used to have dreams of making something of his life. But now all that seems like a distant memory. He has become fat, lazy, unemployed, and altogether unlovable. In the real world, people are grossed out by him. He has never had a girlfriend and he spends his late nights fantasizing about women whose pictures he leers at on the internet. His own life appalls him, but he has one escape – his online life. Gaming has become his everything, and he excels at it. After another long, lonely night of gaming, he wakes up – and is shocked to find that he has transformed into a woman. Or to be more precise, a woman who looks a lot like those he used to lust after online! Confused, he does not know where to turn – so looks for answers on the net. He encounters a young woman in a chat forum named Sae Mi, who offers him advice. He soon falls for her charms – which makes things complicated, to say the least. And things get even more bizarre when he attempts to take revenge on Sang Woo, a school bully who turns out to be Sae Mi’s older brother!

“Bagel Girl” is a 2019 animated South Korean series based on a web-hosted cartoon strip by Tank Guy.

Tags: Gender Bending , Revenge , Body Swapping , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Medicine , Otaku Culture , Love Triangle , Cosplay

PERFECT BLUE

Also known as Perfect Blue.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Rex Entertainment , ONIRO , Techno Sound , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 5, 1997.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Acting , Female Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Meta , Filmmaking , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Nudity , Noir , Feet , Modeling