Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Bednorz, Maksymilian. “What is Sekai-kei? It’s Horseshit.” Bednorz: The Weeablogue. 26 July 2018.
Howard, Christopher. “The Ethics of Sekai-kei Reading Hiroki Azuma with Slavoj Žižek.” Science Fiction Film and Television 7:3 (2014): 366-368.
Tanaka, Motoko. “Trends of Fiction in 2000s Japanese Pop Culture.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 14:2 (2014).
Thomas, Stefanie. “‘You Cannot See Yourself Unless There Are Others’: Sekaikei as Exhortation of Societal Participation.” The Phoenix Papers. 2:2 (2016): 31-38.

Characters visiting the beach for an episode is a super common anime trope. This list compiles these episodes and is always being updated.

Think something should be added/edited? Let me know :)

Anime that are NOT available to watch outside of Japan LEGALLY through streaming services.
Stack made in collaboration with ReSeinen. The criteria for addition are found in the former three parts. But a TLDR:

- Only Japanese anime.
- Anime from 2000 onwards.
- Must appear as unavailable both in TheStreamable and LiveChart.me
- Must not be a purchase-only anime.
- No kids demographic.
- It must NOT be available to stream OUTSIDE of Japan.
- Official YouTube (or similar) uploads, free streaming services (Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi) and official websites available OUTSIDE Japan count as legal streaming services, in these cases it doesn't get added to the stack.
- Must not be lost media (Example, Kick Off 2002)
- If the anime gets licensed for streaming, it gets removed from the stacks.
- Not mandatory, but the anime should be preferably done by a relevant studio. (Down there we see anime made by Madhouse, OLM, Studio DEEN, ACGT, J.C.Staff or Shaft for example).
- It is recommended that the anime has full-length episodes, that is, 20 minutes or more.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29552
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29610
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35755
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52751

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Anime taken off the lists:

- Katanagatari (on Netflix, some regions)
- Planetes (on ITV)
- Area no Kishi (Youtube Indonesia)
- The Laws of the Universe - The Age of Elohim (Tubi TV)
- Whistle! (Anime Onegai)
- Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe (Anime Onegai)

On May 29,2024 anime studio Gainax filed for bankruptcy, and thus became the final nail in the coffin of the once great titan of the anime industry. To many this came as no surprise. Decades of bad business decisions had finally caught up to them. But still it was sad to see them go. However, rather than dwell on the depressing aspects of Gainax fall from grace, I would rather look back on the legacy they built.
The studio was formed in the early 1980s as Daicon Film by university students Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Takami Akai, Toshio Okada, Yasuhiro Takeda and Shinji Higuchi. After the success of their first two anime shorts for the conventions of Daicon III and IV, they firmly established themselves as a talented new anime studio. They would later change their name to Gainax in 1985, basing the term "Gainax" on an obscure Tottori Prefecture term for "giant", with the English suffix -x added because it sounded "good and was international"
Gainax presented themselves as a “by fans, for fans” studio and through it’s ups and downs Gainax lived up to that phrase, for better and for worst. Though the studio is now gone, it’s legacy will live on through both studio Trigger and studio Khara. Here is the list of from the house that Gainax built.

Notes: With a few exception, sequel seasons and/or movies will not be included on the list so that there is room for everthing.
Notes: Even though only the last Rebuild of EVA film is on this list you should watch all of them.
Honorable mentions: There are two anime at the end of the list that warrant being a part of the Gainax legacy. Punch Line was directed by Yutaka Uemura, who also directed Dantalian no Shoka, has a style and story that would be right at home with other Gainax shows. Finally, Grendizer U, produced at studio Gaina, formerly Fukushima Gainax, honors old Gainax’s fandom roots.