Shounen Maid

Boy version of the CGDCT genre. Mainly silly comedies and slice of life.

If you won't judge me I won't judge you...

edit. I realize there are like 50k idol and sports anime that would fit this stack, so for variety sake I'm willfully ignoring most of them

Essential anime for maid enthusiasts.
They are anime that are more maid-focused rather than just including maids in general.
I have roughly ordered them by how good I think they are maid-wise.

All of your butler and maid needs met in one place!

(List is currently work in progress! It'll be updated with more entries soon! DM if you have a suggestion!)

Bromance, Male friendship, Rivalry, Ambiguous ambiance, Fujo-bait you know where it lead. There is a ton of series non shounen-ai/BL tagged that contains "I SHIP THEM" or "SHIP HAS SAILED" moments.
(male) Characters have strong emotional bond that fujoshi particularly enjoy.
Trying to avoid the already Boys Love tagged entries since everyone can find them.
Linked to this stack :
• Part 2 : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/626
• Chineses / Korean/ Danmei - ONA entries : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/875

(Keyword : yaoi, shonen-ai, shounen-ai, danmei, BL, boys love, gay, fujoshi, fudanshi, fujobait, ikemen, bishounen, ambiguous, ship)

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.

they sing and stuff

Anime with lots of cute boys mostly excluding the sports, yaoi, romance or harem genre. Just cute boys doing stuff.
There is a number 2 now https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37404

I think the tittle is pretty self-explanatory.

*not all the tittles are parodies
**they are UNPOPULAR not HIDDEN GEMS so many of them could be pretty bad lmao

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! 😅🙈

some underrater anime that ik ig. lmk if u watched these or if u have never heard of these b4.
no spoilers cuz why not. i wanna see ppl watching em themselves.

The title speaks for itself.

CBDCT, an equivalent of CGDCT (cute girls doing cute things).

The cast of characters consists either predominantly of boys, or only of boys.

Some animes could be BL or have BL hints/fan services.

Work in progress, there are many more I want to watch first before adding :)

Absolutely love cutesy BL-esque anime, none of these are tagged as Boy's Love (but maybe they should be ;p).

In some of these, the relationship between the boys is one of the main foci of the show. In others, it's merely there for the fe/male gaze or to fill time. Either way, it's real cute and I live for it.

Lanky men [❌]
Buff bros [❌]
Haughty pointed chins [❌]

Anime that have cute shotas (short young-looking boys) in it.

A-P shota character custom list:
https://www.anime-planet.com/users/widenosebuttchin/lists/shota-957434?viewAs=grid

Shota as main character stash for male-oriented audience, some has harem themes:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20690

Shota & loli romance: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23125

The Japanese word "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.
Here the top Iyashikei Animes:

not all of them are like light and some of them are a bit dark, but they all have cute boys doing cute things so its okay

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

other parts
part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28829
part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28833
part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28836

This stack is for shoujo, josei or any other female-targeted show with a male protagonist. In case this stack is of interest to any of the guys, I tried to select shows with a non-objectified image of the guys first. But anyway, this stack is meant for any audience, so I didn't rule out fanservice shows or BL. Also, some shows, especially idols, usually have a formal female protagonist, but since most of the focus is on the male characters anyway, I took the liberty of listing some of them too.

because i have a very particular type that apparently everyone needs to know about now. only including characters that are either part of the main cast OR have a major supporting role in the story