Oruchuban Ebichu

A collection of shows featuring late-night city vibes.

Anime with shorter than average Episodes that are quick to finish.
Most of them but no exclusively comedy.
Not including sequels.

Anime that star hamsters as the main focus character(s).

The criteria here is simple: Anime released in any year, with under 160,000 MAL Members, and which I've rated a 7 or higher.

I'm also not including anything that I've already included on my Good Stuff list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9517

Pardon my presumptuous and awkwardly worded title meant to shoehorn this into my Obscurities series. In short, if you've seen a lot of the most popular stuff and just need some new recommendations that aren't the most obvious things possible but also not too obscure, here you go.

If you'd prefer to dive deeper, go here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9611

Want to see something life-changing? An amazing anime that's a 10/10 and is widely discussed as a work of art? Well you won't find that here, quite the opposite, I decided to gather up a few animes that I consider to be an anime version of shitposting. Where either the art, plot, or anything else is done bad on purpose. Don't watch these thinking anything serious or profound is about to happen. Go into these for a good laugh and something to help remove you from the seriousness of life.

*FOR THIS INTEREST STACK, GAG/COMEDY ANIMES AREN'T ALL GOING TO FILL THE DEFINITION*
*with that said recommendation will be taken into consideration*

cute cupid always needed

Well, how should I explain this? All the weirdest things in the weirdest box, what do you expect lol
Whether things are weird or not depends on each person's point of view, when you see too many weird things, your mind will consider those things as normal and not as weird as the first time...

Anime with episodes shorter than the usual ~20 minute runtime.

These anime are downright stupid, full of absurdist humor, wreak of surreal humor, and/or are just outright hilarious in rather interesting ways. For most of these entries, nothing makes much sense or the plot is just downright stupid (there are a few exceptions that have parody plots, but are outright absurd). Somehow these anime retain coherence and I'm not sure how.

This stack was created for anime that missed the cut for my other shitshow list, yet they deserve a mention regardless. Most shows here will be either Gag Humor shows or shows that are self-aware (not taking itself seriously). Each one genuinely has elements that make then not suck.

One entry per franchise.

The Bad Stuff:

So Bad It's Good (Part 1): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25499
So Bad It's Good (Part 2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31107

The Good Stuff:

Good Funny Shitshows: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26235

Part Three of the retro sensation that is gripping the nation! For better or worse these are the anime worth your time from days gone by.

Part One: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30488
Part Two: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30490
Part Four: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30811

Note: Moderators had taken down the stacks before, since it was not wholly information based. I will post this as a note as to why such series are essential in order to defend them all as a blanket statement.

Most of the series featured have some sort of significance in terms of first best or darkest for their era which can be categorized by decennium or part of a decennium (early, middle, late). These are mixed around in order in order to give those who subscribed to list a challenge. While I could give an individual breakdown, I think some research is better left up to those who have subscribed to the stacks, since this allows for additional cultural insight into what was popular in Japan at the time, which is sometimes disconnected from the United States, as well as the rest of North America and Europe in many ways. For example, the Crayon Shin-Chan that aired in the United States and Canada is different to the one that aired in Europe, is different to the one that aired in Japan. By recommending to seek out Japanese versions of series, it grows understanding. I am not the first one to have thought of this. In the United States, there used to be a channel called ImaginAsian TV which had the same purpose of informing people about Japanese popular culture through anime. The San Francisco and San Diego PBS stations did the same thing and NHK World Japan carries this on through series like Little Charo and previously Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san.

I think it is agreed upon that retro is a niche, but with handicaps on subject matter like availability.

Anime with a manic, surreal energy that also has comedy that's not necessarily for kids.

This Interest Stack is directly inspired by Digibro's "250 Anime Recommendations". Everything listed here is directly taken from the original video.

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The reason to create this stack was to not make anyone sit through a 6-Hour long video. (Note that the original video is over 7 years old so some Ratings and Episode and Season count may be outdated).

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This is only Part 1 of the 250 Anime recommendations list (Separated in parts because of MAL's 50 entries per list limit).

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In the words of Digibro herself: "I'm also going to state how much i recommend these show's, So the minimum will be a light recommendation meaning something that i dont necessarily think is amazing but its worth checking out if you're bored, Not all of these are gonna be like 10/10 classics. Some of these are gonna be like OK shows that are just worth checking out. Maybe you'll like it more than i did."

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* = Light recommendation
** = Medium recommendation
*** = Strong recommendation
**** = MUST-WATCH

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Here are how these anime are categorized (In Order)

DRAMA : Aoi Bungaku Series - Simoun

COMEDY : Arakawa Under the Bridge - Cromartie High School

SUSPENSE : Gankutsuou - Young Black Jack

TEEN MELODRAMA : Air - Clannad (Continued in Part 2)
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Links to other parts:

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34482

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34485

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34486

Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

Series that are either about or focus primarily on characters that are also animals, this can include anthropomorphic animals

Kemomimi don't count, as those are human characters who just happen to have animal features

For people who are bored of normal anime

anime that when i watched i genuinely went "how is this real"

idk how else to explain but these anime r so weird and hilariously batshit insane . not meant to be comedies but like just are

**utena is only here for the nanami episodes / car scene
**dramatical murder is here for the dub! wath the dub its so funny

will update when i find more

Cel anime with episodes less than the usual 20 minutes.

This is a list of anime that are referenced in FLCL. This is only covering the OVA series from 2000, not the sequels. No dubs.

Message me informing me of any errors or missing items. Remember, this is only covering the 2000 OVA series, and no dubs.

Sources:
FLCL Wiki (Trivia Tabs of Each Episode Page) https://flcl.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://gamerant.com/flcl-fooly-cooly-anime-references-easter-eggs/