Polygon has published a list recommending 10 anime for fans of Christopher Nolan's films, arguing that although Nolan's puzzle-box style is hard to replicate, several anime share his fascination with non-linear storytelling, time paradoxes and psychological complexity. The piece notes that Nolan himself drew visual inspiration from anime, most notably borrowing imagery from Satoshi Kon's Paprika for Inception, making the pairing more than a loose comparison.

Among the entries are Paprika, cited for its dream-infiltration premise and direct visual links to Inception; Heavenly Delusion, praised for dual timelines and puzzle-box mystery akin to Memento and The Prestige; and Planetes, a hard sci-fi series about space-debris collectors that echoes the human cost of ambition seen in Interstellar. The article promises further entries further down the list, including one described as "even trippier than Interstellar."