Denki-gai no Honya-san

A variety of anime featuring female characters in the workforce. They may be paid employees or someone in training who is serving an apprenticeship or unpaid internship.

Literary & library related series, but also just book stuff too.

Bygone days spent as an otaku, often captured in OVA format, have been lost as trends shifted. It’s undeniably melancholic to see the evolving portrayal of otaku in a meta-sense and slowly watching the dwindling importance of Akiba-kei.

This will serve as a continually-updated list of anime that I feel are representative of "otakucore" being a type of show that promonently features otaku characters as one of the main characters, and depictes the zeitgeist of otaku culture/Akiba-kei during the time of airing. Some are less obvious as otaku-oriented, but still contain many elements that are appealing to databasing-types (computers, figures, video games etc.)

Genshiken, Daicon IV and Otaku no Video are the essentials :3

(Still adding WIP)

This is a weird concept for a list, but I think it's worth putting it out there. These are anime which I consider help understand anime better because of their referential humour, commentary on otaku culture (whether it's anime or gaming), exploration of the industry and twisting of classic tropes in self-aware ways that put them in perspective. Also included a couple shows which are not necessarily meta or referential, but they are here for being aggresively "anime" in nature, if that makes sense. With how over the top they are and/or how stereotypically otaku their concepts are, I think they give a good idea of how anime has developed.

Note: If you truly want to understand otaku culture and anime history, I think an absolute essential is a short show called "Blue Blazers". It is live action however, so it can't be added here. I strongly recommend you check it out, even if the humour can be cringy, because of how deep of an insight it gives into the history of anime and the industry.

An anime about the everyday life of adults, from the first steps of young students to the serious work of mature men and women. There are no special rules, you can also find here some historical and moderately science fiction works, as long as they are devoted to the daily life of adults.

I was not a fan of comedy genre, why? because they did not make me laugh, they were not funny. However, after watching few that actually made me laugh I realize that quality comedy is a rarity, so I'm making this stack (random order) as a reminder of which anime actually made me laugh, it could be most episodes or only a couple of episodes, or simply amusing enough. Also yes, I have tried popular comedy anime like nichijou and gintama, they were not funny and I dropped them. You can use this if you have hard time finding funny anime.

Some of my go-to anime series when I'm down or want to chill a little, taking a rest from the highly intense genres I love & always end up choosing to watch! 😅🙈

people need to give these a try or even know these exist

No Harem or Love Polygons/Triangles.

The anime in this stack are all comedy anime with a main cast that isn't just one gender; allowing for more diverse humour and comedic situations.

Romance anime with only 2 characters in the main cast won't be included.

Must watches for the depressed, the anxious and the hopeless. Anime that'll destroy your dissapointment on the human race and surely will restore some forgotten hope you had on this sometimes terryfing world. No matter who you are or where you are, we're all going to make it

Open for suggestions on profile comments or dms

Anime that have Japanese honorifics in the main title.

Honorifics Include: ちゃん/-chan, くん/-kun , お, ご/o-, go-, さん/-san, さま/-sama, し/shi

[Source: https://www.busuu.com/en/japanese/honorifics]



*****PART ONE LINK: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33758

This Interest Stack is directly inspired by Digibro's "250 Anime Recommendations". Everything listed here is directly taken from the original video.
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The reason to create this stack was to not make anyone sit through a 6-Hour long video.
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This is the continuation of Part 1 of the 250 Anime recommendations list (Separated in parts because of MAL's 50 entries per list limit).
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In the words of Digibro herself: "I'm also going to state how much i recommend these show's, So the minimum will be a light recommendation meaning something that i dont necessarily think is amazing but its worth checking out if you're bored, Not all of these are gonna be like 10/10 classics. Some of these are gonna be like OK shows that are just worth checking out. Maybe you'll like it more than i did."
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* = Light recommendation
** = Medium recommendation
*** = Strong recommendation
**** = MUST-WATCH

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Here are how these anime are categorized (In Order)

TEEN MELODRAMA : Angel Beats! - Maria-sama ga Miteru

ADULT CONTEMPORARY : Hataraki Man - The Tatami Galaxy

HORROR : Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Shiki

ROMANCE/ROMANTIC COMEDY: Akagami no Shirayukihime - Zero no Tsukaima

SLICE-OF-LIFE/IYASHIKEI: Aria the Animation - So Ra No Wo To (Continued to Part 3)
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Links to other parts:

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34482

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34485

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34486

Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

The Arts are made up of three types: Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Theater, Cosplaying, Acting, etc.), Visual Arts (Painting, Drawing, Film Making, Animation, Video Game Creation, Photography, etc.) and Literary Arts (Novel/Light Novel Writing, Manga/Doujin Writing, Lyric Writing, Journalism, Magazines, Editing, Dictionary Writing, Ghost Writing, etc.). While Performing Arts and Visual Arts have tags on MyAnimeList, Literary Arts do not, so this interest stack is rectifying that. Literary Arts have a long history with anime like the other two art forms, so this includes a wide variety of them. It may also include some that are about being passionate for literature rather than writing itself. Some series are excluded if they lean more towards Performing Arts or Visual Arts than Literary Arts, such as Kodocha, Saekano or The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. While some series may have major characters who are novelists, it needs to have Literary Arts be an important aspect of the plot in order for it to be included. Also, there will only be one series per franchise for the sake of variety.

As title says, BIG focus on the Fuwa-Fuwa feelings.

A "moeblob" is a loosely defined term used to refer to a certain type of cute character. Sometimes it is used in a negative way to label a character as having no meaningful design or traits. Personally I have a different interpretation. I see the moeblob as a pleasing and unique aesthetic utilized in many comedies and CGDCTs to great effect. Typically the moeblob is designed in such a way that lacks rigid features, has lots of soft or curved lines, is often deformed or chibi, and of course have huge adorable eyes. This is a stack to compile some of the best examples of moeblobs. Ordered by new to old. WIP

Anime which resemble the "Frutiger Metro" aesthetic.
Wiki definition:
"Frutiger Metro (also known as Flat Frutiger Aero, Vector Metro, or Vector Vomit) is a broad design aesthetic that encompasses the "Frutiger" vector-based graphic designs of the 2000s, utilizing glossy textures, abstract flourishes, humanism, nature, gradient blocks, and bloom elements. It combines flat, minimalist graphics with a maximalist design philosophy, typically catering to a pre-teen/teenage demographic. Frutiger Metro shares a lot of similarities with Frutiger Aero and other aesthetics of the time; unlike Frutiger Aero which has a large focus on detailed glossy 3D designs, Frutiger Metro is flat."