Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku

Anime that have important characters that are monstrous or that differ from a regular human.

A comprehensive watch order of the Mushishi series, which includes every entry of the Mushishi franchise.
Original Guide: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1882708

AEGC Interest Stack index: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2017008

The world is not beautiful. And that; in a way, leads to some sort of beauty.

To explore; means to understand the beauty as well as the accepting the faults, reality and uniqueness of your world.

A compilation of anime that began airing during the month of May.

this month is most notable for its two samurai shows, samurai champloo directed by Cowboy Bebop Legend Shinichirou Watanabe, and Afro Samurai starring Samuel L Jackson.

See Also:

January: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15005
February: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15006
March: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15017
April: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15029
June: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15041
July: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15044
August: ttps://myanimelist.net/stacks/15051
September: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15053
October: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15101
November: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15102
December: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15104

Anime series that covers all of its original source they're based on, with some notes.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16812
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19939
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20122
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20258
Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20940
Part 7: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21451
Part 8: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21523
Part 9: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29835
Part 10: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35847
Part 11: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39870
Part 12: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41719
Part 13: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42460
Part 14: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46685

Anime to relax to, *mostly* featuring Iyashikei, CGDCT, Slice of life and minimal drama

"iyashi" (癒し) means healing, and the term "iyashikei" refers to anime and manga that "heal" the audience by instilling a calming feeling or evoking emotional carthasis. Almost always, Iyashikei stories have peaceful, somewhat mundane, and nostalgic atmospheres. The settings are idyllic with little or no conflict, and the narratives focus on personal reflection, heartwarming moments, a vague sense of melancholy, and/or an appreciation for the small things in life.

CGDCT - "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things"

A list of films that puts cinematography and timed auditory/musical cues to the forefront, creating "movie magic" moments in the way they're shot, composed, framed, scored, edited etc. Gorgeous set design. Crafted with finesse. More than just silver-screen placeholders.

Basically a Letterboxd vs MAL comparison for 2023.
It's an interesting look into how normal people view anime.

no recaps no short films basically
"Most Popular Anime Film" aka more than 100k watched and how popular it is right now (March 2023) on Letterboxd (as that's how sorting by Film Popularity works and I'm lazy)
I've also labelled movies with less than 5k ratings as "niche" so now you can blend in with normal people.

11 (22%) of the movies were produced by Studio Ghibli.

The only entry you wouldn't expect is Comet in Moominvalley.

Shoutout to the bunch of movies I had to remove when I realized I missed a few stuff (Redline and Aria the Benedizione)

I couldn't think of a good title, but I think you can see the theme of this stack.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
〖 Game • title 〗
〖 Manga • Chapter 〗
〖 Light &/ Novel • Volume 〗
〖 Visual/Kinetic Novel • vndb 〗

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
Main Series with Multiple Entries
No Sequel or Remake if unclompleted
Chronological Order based from Number
add latest Aniseries「Kanketsu-hen/𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍」

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
animefillerlist.com (for long-run anime)
chiaki.site (for chronological watch order)
mangaupdates.com (for chapter and volume)
purarue.xyz/dbsentinel (for database on MAL)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
★ (Same Setting)
◖◗ (Separated Series)
✖ (either watch or skippable)
▣ (𝘌𝘟𝘵𝘳𝘢 about youtube playlists)

𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (mandatory, ignore other)
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (context before main event)
𝘚𝘶𝘣-𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (in between two-main story)
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𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (extended Main event, filler)
𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (mostly Movie, shortertime)
𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (non-canon/exist in adaptations)
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𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (mini-character parody)
𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (music&production studio)
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 (CM/Promotional Video)
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My Animanga Stacks on MyAnimeList
myanimelist.net/profile/OverHitMan/stacks

My Music Playlists on YouTube
youtube.com/@overhitempest
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𝘌𝘟𝘵𝘳𝘢 AMV/GMV/MAD/MMV fanmade
YT ▣ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8DGMrJed_6jgIRMEFzsaGS9Vm96siOP3

A list for all anime movies that have reached the Top 10 Movies section. Found with the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/), with the earliest crawl on November 7, 2006.

Note: On December 13 2006, a "movie" called AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture reached the Top 10. It has since been pruned from MAL due to just being a compilation of fanmade anime clips with various songs over them, however I think it's still worth looking into. It's an interesting piece of the western anime fandom's history. You can read more about it on the AMV Hell website (https://www.amvhell.com/) and watch the videos themselves on their Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@amvhell).

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42648
This list, but for all anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35061

Shows in which parts of the natural world such as its landscapes, flora and fauna and the people who live harmoniously alongside it are portrayed with a particular focus and reverence.

癒し系 (lit: "healing") is a sub-genre of the slice of life series. according to paul roquet in '"Ambient Literature and the Aesthetics of Calm: Mood Regulation in Contemporary Japanese Fiction". The Journal of Japanese Studies.', the term was coined in the 1970s, but only became big in the mid 1990s after the region experienced both a natural disaster and terrorist attack in a 3 month span.

thanks to wikipedia for that ^

Anime that (at the time of editing) adapt the entirety of their source material

It's so rare that anime actually get adapted to completion without skipping major segments of the story, so the times that that's not the case should be celebrated!

You can be sure that if you decide to watch any of these, by the end of them you will be satisfied and not told to "Go read the manga"

- By default, original anime are non-eligible. This list will strictly be discussing adaptations, though not purely manga adaptations.

- I will only be including the "final" entry of any franchise featured

- Side stories do not count, only what is considered the "final" entry in their series

- I do not want to include series that majorly stray/skip source material