Omishi Mahou Gekijou: Risky★Safety

Anime Complex and Anime Complex Night programming blocks from WOWOW and Kids Station, respectively

Collection of series featuring a female main character and a companion creature.

Boy and Creature: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37389
Girl and Creature: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28373

Shinigami, Death Gods, Grim Reapers - personifications of Death itself. Those who decide when and how humans will die, harvest souls, and/or ferry the recently departed to the land of the dead. Such legends have persisted across cultures around the world for centuries. This stack collects anime which feature shinigami.

(Note that only *actual* shinigami are included, not characters simply nicknamed or called 'Shinigami.' For the sake of variety, this stack does not contain sequels or spinoff material. This list may not be exhaustive.)

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60198
Happy Lolis, No Romance: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37228
Unhappy Lolis: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/58065

Disclaimer: The romance may be very unrequited or subtle.

Includes black or dark-colored sailor uniforms. (serafuku/sailor fuku)

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40991

Otherworldly and/or monstrous features creeping into character design, art style, and/or otherwise general aesthetics; prominent uses of orange, black, and stripes, perhaps even gothic and/or chilling fairy tales—whether or not it's actually set in Halloween, these anime fit the spirit while embracing the cartoon medium ⋆

I'm surprised that there isn't a name to this specific kind of aesthetic I've been craving. I seriously want to see more cute anime that embraces the spookiness in ways like Soul Eater or Hells (Angels) did.


Non-anime examples:
Over the Garden Wall, Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Devil's Candy, OMORI (specifically the Ghost Party area and Something), Tim Burton



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For Cyber✷Stylin' manga aesthetic: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24007

MANGA EDITION: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51976

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.]

Part 1 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57182
Part 2 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57183
Part 4 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57185
Part 5 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57186