Hibike! Euphonium

Spring is in the air and Japanese schools are back in session. What better way to experience the springtime of youth than by joining a club? Between the cultural clubs, sports clubs, music clubs, and more, there's bound to be a club here that catches your eye!

Which club will you choose to join?


Spring 2022 Official Challenge Stack
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To get the limited-time badge:
1. Click the Restack button
2. Complete at least 1 anime by May 31!

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/993

There are many music related anime out there, but music is a rather broad term. Some anime focus more on the singing aspect, others more on the stage show, and some anime are just music videos. This stack is a collection of music related anime where instruments play a larger role. Some characters are simply learning to play these instruments, others play in a band or they use them for special occasions. All kinds of instruments are collected here, such as the piano and keyboard, violins and guitars, brass instruments (trumpet, tuba, trombone, horn, etc.), fluets and others.

A stack of heroine with glasses in anime for those who love glasses.

What I look for the most in an anime above everything else is high-quality writing. That's not to say that manga, visual novel, and light novel adaptations are written poorly; in fact, there are some that have incredible, masterfully-crafted storylines. I have simply personally found that some of the most unforgettable series for me have been novel adaptations.

Given that there currently exists no anime search option for this, the basis of this interest stack is to provide a list of full-length novels that have been adapted into series or movie format.

*Disclaimer: not enough space to add children's classics to this, go check out Nippon Animation's studio page if you want more!

Explicitly Cannon Couples and Hard Subtext Shows. Subtext shows listed here have substantial content and not just a little bit of teasing here and there. Subtext can also be an unspoken focal point of the series. These are shows I can actually recommend and like enough to suggest checking out.

-some popular shows in here simply worth mentioning because it would be criminal not to mention them.

link to part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47086

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:
Drazen, Patrick. “Bushido: The Way of the Warrior.” Anime Explosion. Stone Bridge Press, 2003. 120-125
LightSparker. “What is Spokon?” Forums – MyAnimeList.net. 13 May 2018.
Schodt, Frederic L. “The Spirit of Japan.” Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha USA, 1997. 79-87.

This is a counterpart to the my magical realism coming-of-age stack. Here, I'll be listing my favorite traditional coming-of-age stories, shows about growing up that take place in a down-to-earth representation of the real world without any fantasy elements. Like with the previous list, I'll be using the first season of the show to represent the entire series.

A good Character Development throughout the series.

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(Not adding the Sequels or Ova/Ona of the series)
I know there are more series that characters are well beyond of their greatness, but give me some time to watch more anime to give you More recommendations.

🔧I’ll keep on updating this stack🔧
First Update: Sept 2022
Second Update: March 2023
Latest Update: May 2023
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Last Update will be at the end of May 2023.
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I am done. Goodbye👋🏻

Yes, there is something of a MAL equivalent in Japan.

Anikore summary:
"あにこれβはおすすめアニメ動画を成分タグ・ランキング・レビュー感想や放送時期でさがせるアニメ評価サイト。参加するとアニメ動画をコレクションできるアニメ棚がもらえるぞ。あにこれβで今すぐアニメを棚で管理！おすすめアニメ動画をみんなで教えあおう！"
(More: https://www.anikore.jp/what/)

There's a lot I'd love to know about the site (and share with you) but I cannot understand everything on there and the site doesn't seem to have a Wikipedia page which is wild.

Anyway, here is Anikore's top 50 anime based on score ranking. If you would like to see a stack for 50-100, do ask.

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Notes:
- All top 50 have very high scores (like all of them are 9X.X/100), whether they are as good as the score indicates is another story.
- This stack is in the same order as Anikore's order.
- "Hyouka" is in joint 49th place with "Sword Art Online" and "K-On" but landed on page 3.

Links:
https://www.anikore.jp/pop_ranking/
https://www.anikore.jp/pop_ranking/page:2 - requires account

These shows are my all-time favourites that only feature female characters as main casts. Sure, some of them will just boil down to "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things", but don't let that keep you away from watching these and just relax - just settle down on your chair, wet from your swamp ass.
Also, I decided to just include shows with male characters as well, so the title is kinda clickbait, huh? :P

This is stack of predominantly non-comedic, Slice of Life anime. These anime are not entirely devoid of comedic elements, but comedy features rather sparsely and isn't a key plot-device. Some of the anime featured here uses the opportunity to deal with and provides an insight into complex subject matters, ranging from Depression to Gender-identity, in a realistic and humane way.

Anime based in or around schools, amount does vary from partially to entirely.

A list of anime that revolve around the following topics: Idols, bands and music.
As it is an introduction, I only included the first seasons to some of them. Whether you want to continue watching the later seasons is always up to you :)

Forget the reality and enjoy your dreams.

Slice of life, comedy, romance and sometimes drama without aggressive plot twists. This collection contains lots of titles with moe and school genres.

Information
This category refers to anime with certain characteristics:
- Lively as Natural - these series represent a highly realistic, natural world. The story looks as if these events were seriously happening somewhere.
- Lively as Energetic - a lot of things happen in these anime. They rarely appear scenes here where nothing happens.
- Lively as Emanating with Energy, Life

Otherwise:
- The rich personalities of the characters - the personalities of the characters of the series are full of traits.
- Third-plane characters are not puppets - they have a unique personality and their lives. A series about them might well have been created
- The surrounding world is not empty - it is full of life

Superb animation that we all love, from our dearest Kyoto Animation Studios.