Patalliro!

A list of anime that have aesthetic appeal or have particularly distinctive art styles...

𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗷𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗚-𝟭𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲
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Collection of series that feature, provide commentary and explore themes heavily related to Cultural, Political, Religious, Sociological or Economic fields and the impact that those fields and processes that they contain have to the general population.

Series that utilize philosophical approach when it comes to their portrayal of society. Usually featuring "outsider" perspective as a main vehicle for the exploration of the "society" and the philosophy.

Essentially a character that acts outside of the "society", that is at focus of the series, as far as the philosophy of the character goes when it comes to approaching the society. This role can also be called as the "observer". A role that acts as a tool for the audience to be able to gain understanding of the contrast of the philosophies of the "observer" and the supposed "society".

This approach enables that the audience is able to experience the contrast of these two philosophical approaches when it comes to the society and is able to experience often both sides the "observer" and the supposed "society" that is approached through the eyes of the "observer".

These series often also propose an alternative approach to the philosophy that is in contrast with the approach of the "observer" and present us an alternative way of seeing the "observer" through the eyes of the supposed "society"

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

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21010

This is a list of anime adapted from manga in the Hana to Yume magazine. I'm only including first seasons. Reboots and adaptations of sequel mangas are counted as separate adaptations.

Please let me know if I'm missing something. :D

Anime series that appeared as manga in shoujo magazines between 1970 - 1979


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

Anime that made you enjoy your life! (Personal favs)

Based on Captain-Nisaka's video "Evolution of shoujo animes - 1966-2021 (COMPLET)" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmrW6NNvnDc

other parts
part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28833
part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28836
part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28839

Collection of series that feature Ondo songs as a theme songs or as part of the series.

Shoujo anime that may contain body horror, cosmic horror and various horror elements, serious topics such as rape and suicide. They might use different kind of storytellings most of other shoujo anime doesn't and more likely to have philosophy. Often well developed main characters, old and completed series.

This series are pieces in the history of the medium, inovating or creating something new in the medium.

Descriptions in progress.

Boys love titles with manga, anime and live-action adaptations (TV series, movie, and/or stage play).

Note: Only titles adapted to all three mediums (and BLCD or audio drama) are included in this stack. Those with only 'manga and anime', 'manga and live-action', 'anime and live-action', or 'manga and BLCD' are excluded; more titles will eventually be included when they get adapted to all three mediums. Only the first anime for each franchise are included in this stack. However, reading order and watch order guides are listed per item. MAL, IMDb, MDL, Wikis are also noted.

Tags: 🏳️‍🌈, BL, Shounen-ai, Yaoi, Franchise, Adaptation

Note: Some of the stage plays are available in Blu-ray and/or DVD (check Amazon Japan) while some can be streamed online on streaming platforms like U-Next. 📀

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Legend:
🧑‍🎨Mangaka
📕Manga
📺Anime
🎥Live-action
(🎭Stage Play)
💿BLCD
🌐Wiki
Bonus! - Not really tagged with the BL genre.

Shoujo--like all demographics--is incredibly varied, featuring a wide mix of stories, genres and themes. Its protagonists are no exception, with different personalities and backgrounds, and having both girls and guys in leading roles. I wanted to highlight some shoujo anime written from a male POV.

Also, I can't attest to the quality of the lower/more obscure series on here (especially since shoujo manga tend to receive pretty trash adaptations). So do keep that in mind.


And I should clarify that Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass are both actually original anime that simply have shoujo manga versions. They both had promotional shoujo manga that began running a few months before their respective anime began airing.

If youre new to being a fujoshi here is some series to better help you understand the community, and these are very popular and well liked in the community. This includes series that have strong male bondings, is fujo-bait or is just boys love. If youre a fujoshi, trust me you will need to watch every single sports anime (Half joking). Some of these are outdated and have problematic elements, but thats what gives them their charm. Theyre very obscene. This list will include a lot of old gen fujo series but also new gen, to balance it out, hope this helps!

ALSO ANY FUJOS FEEL FREE TO SEND ME A FRIEND REQUEST :D

Prominet member of Vancouver anime scenes

based on his YT series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuCjDb3AP-cTKX_jghvRYxLMyQpwihAJR&feature=shared

I made this list because I wanted to start watching more classic anime. In order to make this list, I needed to set my own parameters. For simplicity, I chose 1980 and 2001. After browsing through MAL by season from 1980-2001, these are the ones that looked fun. Some are well known, others have a specific genre tag that I usually enjoy. Therefore, this list contains a variety of genres: mahou-shojo, idol, romance, etc.
Hope you enjoy it <3

Needlessly obscure anime that need their seperate list to not be forgotten.