Fuichin-san

Visual presentation and exploration of romance or relationships.

Anime series that appeared as manga in shoujo magazines before the year 1970

More info about classic shoujo manga:

https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=84956

1960s - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1630
1970s - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23865

Collection of historical semi-realistic (minimal fantasy) or realistic (no superpowers or fantasy) works that detail the historical events of Japan or daily life of people in Japanese historical context.

Reference:

794 – 1185 - Heian period
1185 – 1336 - Kamakura period
1336 – 1573 - Muromachi period
1336 – 1392 - Nanbokucho period
1467 – 1590 - Sengoku period
1568 – 1603 - Azuchi-Momoyama period
1603 – 1868 - Edo period
1853 – 1868 - Bakumatsu (final years of the Edo period)
1868 – 1912 - Meiji period
1912 – 1926 - Taisho period
1926 – 1989 - Showa period
1989 – 2019 - Heisei period

After Mahoutsukai Sally - the first animated series adapted from a manga that was targeting the "shoujo" demographic (young female audience) - there have been many more works that were targeted to this new market following the initial success of "Mahoutsukai Sally"

This list attempts to collect some of the most important of those works, starting from the beginning. This is done so that people who are interested in or new to the history of "Shoujo" anime can gain atleast some kind of understanding of the history and the development throughout the years.

I will try to write my short spoiler free review/thoughts for each of the entries on this list to explain further why I think the entry is important as far as the history of "shoujo" anime is concerned.

In short these are the series that I think everyone who is interested in shoujo anime, the history of shoujo anime or history of girls entertainment in Japan in general when it comes to animation, should be atleast aware of.

Note: The term "shoujo" used in this list is being used to refer girls entertainment in general and not just adaptations from shoujo manga.

Shoujo Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16071
Shoujo Manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22135
Longest Shoujo Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26291
Classic Shoujo Manga: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=84956

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out in 2004.

2003: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34840
2005: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34951
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34952

Disclaimer: There are a few hentai movies, that could be counted as well:
- Imbalance Girl (2004)

Collection of series that are based on real people or events

明日をつくった男　田辺朔郎と琵琶湖疏水 - (Asu wo Tsukutta Otoko Tanabe Sakuro to Biwako Sousui) was deleted from MAL on the false grounds that it was mostly live action despite being half animated.