Sketchbook: Full Color's

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!

(supposedly child-friendly and pure)
(this list is in no way complete and will be revised over time)

1. Cast is all-girl
2. Not in the romance genre*
3. Only Slice of life shows[so no action/battle shows].


Split up in multiple parts due to number of entries.

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:
Blautoothdmand. “The Appeal of Slice of Life.” The Artifice. 27 December 2017.
Roquet, Paul. “Ambient Literature and the Aesthetics of Calm: Mood Regulation in Contemporary Japanese Fiction.” Journal of Japanese Studies. 35:1 (2008): 87-95.
Zeria. “Iyashikei: The Genre of Healing – An Attempt at a Definition.” Floating into Bliss. 27 May 2017.
---. “The Definition of Iyashikei Isn’t So Simple.” Floating into Bliss. 15 July 2019.

Series where the main character is an artist, or likes to draw enough for it to be significant!

Made this interest stack to help locate 4-koma based anime for challenges and achievements more easily.

A Yonkoma (literally, "four-cell") Manga, better known as 4-Koma, is a short comic that consists of four panels arranged vertically from beginning to end, often adopting a plot structure known as "Kishotenketsu". Like western comic stripsnote , they are often found in newspapers, magazines, graphic novels, and other places. 4-Koma can be single-shot gags, or tell a story across several strips. (Notice that it isn't shikoma.) Expect nothing short of a Rapid-Fire Comedy from 4-Koma mangas, since they fire at least one joke every four frames.

[Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yonkoma ; https://anime.jhiday.net/hof/challenge/adaptations]

Trope Maker: Sazae-san (1969)

MORE FOUND HERE: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15743

This is a stack of Anime which each have a Main Cast of Only 3 Females, no more, no less, and no males will be in these Main Casts.

If you like the types of shows featured in this stack, feel free to check out this stack series: Comedic All Female Cast/CGDCT Shows, as it might contain more anime you would like.

This stack will only contain the first season of each series.

Easy-going shows heavily rely on its music to portray its peaceful/mellow nature.

Sequels aren't included.

CGDCT = Cute Girls Doing Cute Things
This subgenre focuses mostly on cute characters and mundane, slice-of-life situations.
They contain a female cast doing cute things in their daily lives. But with this stack, there are some shows that elevate the subgenre.

Unironically the best shows for "cute girls doing cute things", IN CUTE WAYS!!
It's a win-win for everyone. (I am not including sequels. Though with some of these series, the sequels are better imho)

Anime which craft a relaxing and warm atmosphere through focus on detailed backgrounds, slow pacing, and calming music. The type of show that will put you to sleep, in a good way.

Essential anime for lonely people out there (like me) if you want to feel something in this big big world. To see every color, every character in desperate search for some human warmth, to understand and befriend them as we ourselves are looking for genuine connection.

A parallel to this list in letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/kun/list/befriending-the-lyrical-loneliness

If you're emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed by anxious thoughts, or just want to relax, these anime will help you unwind. Some of them can be viewed before bedtime. Some can be simple or silly, and that's the point. But all of them are calm, quiet, and unhurried.

CGDCT where there just so happens to be three of them(at least mainly).
First seasons only.

These are all series I have used as part of my personal bedtime routine. Some are contemplative, some are funny, some feel like a bedtime story, but they're all relaxed and good for winding down. Some entries have shorter episodes as well for nights where the routine is a little rushed.

I'll only be including 1 entry per franchise to keep the list neat, but know that all related entries are also fitting. Often there are related picture dramas and such that are good for finding less than full-length episodes.

I hope this helps any of you who also have a rough time getting to sleep. Sweet dreams, everyone!

I'll continue to update as I add more to my nightly routines.

Anime based in a club setting that are sweet, funny, and cozy! Mainly slice of life and/or iyashikei.

Not really a dub watcher, just like making lists.

Part 1 :https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53943
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53944
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53977
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53979
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53984
Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/54005