[pjin]

A more extreme example along the same lines as Watchmen is the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. NGE totally rips apart mecha anime and gives its characters psychological issues to tragic effect, mirroring the creator Hideaki Anno's own struggle with depression.

[ekianjo]

While I like NGE very much, the all psychology aspect of it is mostly just nonsense, though. I have never seen anyone being able to explain it from beginning to end without contradicting themselves. That's part of the magic why people find it superb : they don't get it because there's nothing much to get :)