Sakura Taisen: Ouka Kenran

The Animation Kobe (アニメーション神戸) was an event established by Kobe in 1996 to promote anime and other visual media. The Animation Kobe Awards (アニメーション神戸賞) were given annually until 2015 by Kobe and the Organizing Committee to creators and creations.

The packaged media distributed in Japan from September of the previous year to August of the event year become candidates. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries. However, the committee sees more importance in a point of view promoting young creators of Japan.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Original list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15827
3rd List: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23846

Created to help with challenges

EXAMPLE CHALLENGE: Watch an Alternative Version or Alternative Setting of an anime you've previously completed (listed as such under "Related Anime")


NOTE: Only the first released anime in a franchise will be added.

Finished scanning the first 5 pages of the 2022 Anime Watching Challenge. Adding more as time allows.


~~If you find this stack and wish to contribute please feel free to message me. Thank you!!~~

ADV Films, the former incarnation of Sentai Filmworks, produced most of their English dubs in Houston, Texas. However, from the late 1990s until 2005, ADV also employed a secondary studio in Austin, Texas, known as Monster Island.

Monster Island could be considered ADV's "2nd-string" studio, as many (though not all) shows they dubbed were lesser-known and perhaps lesser quality. Shipping them to MI may have been a cost-cutting move, as many of the dubs are marred by fast-and-loose scriptwriting, questionable name pronunciations, and a general sense of roughness and inexperience.
Still, a lot of them had their own sort of charm, and some are well-regarded. You can find some comments about the dubs from me on some individual entries. Some may be approaching "lost media" status, or are not commonly available online by legal or illegal means.

So if you've encountered an ADV dub from the early 2000s and wondered why the cast was full of names you hadn't heard of, or why it felt different from the average ADV dub, chances are it was a Monster Island show.

*Note: some related/sequel titles dubbed by MI are noted only in the comments, in order to stay under the 50-item limit.

Anime that are based within the Taisho time period. Majority are historical with a couple involving magic/ and or fantasy elements.

The Taisho era marks further Western influences in Japan from clothing to democracy. Still, the country makes a push in China, taking both island territories and areas into the North. There aren't a lot of anime set in the relatively short Taisho-era, but military motifs are almost always present.

Anime with various degrees and types of "moe" aesthetics that began after Neon Genesis Evangelion and before Azumanga Daioh. Moe and moe-adjacent aesthetics do exist before this time period, but they are not included in this this because I wanted to specifically focus on the aforementioned time period (maybe I'll make a "proto-moe" stack that includes them).

Entries are listed in chronological order.
This is not an exhaustive list.
Hentai are not included even though there are many that fit the criteria.

[The first entry, Saber Marionette R, actually aired before Eva but the rest of the Saber Marionette series aired after and I wanted its image for the stack's cover.]

List of mecha anime with female main characters, from oldest to newest. I have excluded sequels for most of these to prevent me from having to make 5 different stacks.

Part 2 (2009 - present): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/58126

If there's a mecha anime with a female MC I've forgotten to list (or an anime that is on this stack but shouldn't be) then message me or comment on my profile and I'll add/remove it.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57297
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61468

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37228
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51425
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61131
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62244
Happy Romantic Lolis: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42419
Unhappy Lolis: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/58065

Sakura Taisen animes in release order and detailing where it fits in the overall series chronology with the games.

Fist game: Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars).
Second game: Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die).
Third game: Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka (Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?).
Fourth game: Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome (Sakura Wars 4: Fall In Love, Maidens).
Fifth game: Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hito yo (Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love).
Sixth game: Shin Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars (2019))