Muybridge no Ito

Art house, in relation to cinema, is a genre of films that are intended to be serious artistic works rather than merely popular entertainment but the descriptor can also be applied to anime. Furthermore, avant-garde refers to innovative, experimental, radical or unorthodox concepts and techniques. This can of course also be used in reference to anime and manga.

As MAL currently sadly only allows a max of 50 entries on interests stacks this list mainly prioritises the stand out and most high quality examples of avant-garde and art house anime television shows, feature films, OVAs and short film compilations. For a more comprehensive list which features the numerous experimental short films on the site as well as manga, I direct you to my accompanying Art house, Avant-Garde and Experimental club of the same name.

Featuring little to no dialogue and/or characters and the experience is carried by the music and/or visual atmosphere.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/311
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5128
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8036
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8173
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9135
Part 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9240
Part 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9448
Part 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9461
Part 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20874

A list of some anime under 10,000 members worth watching

Experimental, surreal, abstract, trippy or just artsy.
A mixed bag of genres, most of these pieces are up for interpretation.
Beware, you are getting at non-conventional and weird grounds here.

More stacks going deeper in this world:

- An introduction to short animations
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29151

- Short animations getting dark
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29194

- Short animations getting scientific
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29216

Let me know your thoughts and suggestions for this stack :)

Gothic art is an aesthetic movement which places heavy emphasis on an atmosphere of mystery, terror and haunting. It is commonly characterised by supernatural entities and occurrences, unsettling and macabre narratives, a preoccupation with the past, bleak and decaying landscapes, claustrophobic and oppressive atmospheres as well as heavy use of metaphors and psychological conflicts. The aim of this stack is to collect notable and defining works which incorporate the Gothic and/or elements of the genre in the medium of anime.

There is no duration limit.
❗Some are sequels.

One Main Character TV: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42870

Ongoing stack, pending completion

hailing around the era of the ussr, alot of animaters started started pumping out extremely esoteric, avante gaarde animation. this stack serves as an accessable guide to japanese productions that, in music and visuals seek to mimic that era. examples that i can include for short comparison: fantastic planet(its french but has clear czechoslovakian influence), Steamed Hams but it was banned in the USSR(no seriously), and any andrey khrzhanovsky film.

what it isn't, is anything that you could watch that is clearly an anime like first-squad. yes its a co-poroduction with russia, but it does not count towards this specific movement.

please feel free to leave a comment on my profile if you find anything similar.

Needlessly obscure anime that need their seperate list to not be forgotten.