Toshokan Sensou

Fuji TV's noitaminA (ノイタミナ) late night programming block which currently broadcasts on Fridays from 00:45 to 1:45.

Books, libraries and more:

- readers & bibliophiles
- writers & publishers
- book stores & bookselling
- libraries & library themes
- books & mysteries

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!

they say the best kind of love takes time for it to grow

Literary & library related series, but also just book stuff too.

Anime that portray characters heavily influenced by words. This could be anything from a librarian, a writer, editor, etc.

As well as characters who have troubles with speech, writing, or using words to express themselves properly.

Some anime listed may be included because the book / words themselves take on a life of their own.

Basically anything related to the subject will be included.

Please feel free to contact me if there are any more anime that need to be added. Thanks!

~~~Honorable Mention~~~
- Junjou Romantica, novelist
- Tokyo Ghoul, avid reader
- Mysteria Friends, magical books
- Gosick, Library
- Shadows House , notes and diaries

I created this interest stack to show you some of the gems that are hidden here, it's not always easy to find these animes or get a recommendation to watch some of them, I hope you like them as much as I do, thank you for those who read this far and good anime.

The characters are doing their best here, we can also learn with them

Fairly unknown animes that have a very good story, animation, and soundtrack that you might like.

No open end (to some extent, in some)
No harem, ecchi, bl or gl
*They are tagged as romance genre in general, the degree of romance content varies and some blooms in sequels which will require patience.
!After completing the anime it's recommended checking out the sequels, movies and/or source materials, if they have those, to confirm couples getting together and/or for further developments.
*Please do specified research before giving your time to watch.

Upcoming romances:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22655

Top student romances:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22438

Hi, hello, and welcome! This is mostly a personal list, but I decided to make it public - after all, finding serotonin boosters can be difficult, specially if usual recommendations don't work for you. All of the stuff here makes me happy (some more than others, of course), and a lot have been watched more than once, more than twice, etc.

The reason why I created this stack is because I started rewatching a specific anime after 3 or 4 years, and found out it was 100% comfort material. I had forgotten that, though.
And I do not want to repeat that mistake!

If you like some of the entries here, chances are you may like the rest! But you also may not, we are all different!!! I generally adore idiot characters and found family tropes, so that's the closest to a theme that can be found here. But it is something!

Feel free to recommend me stuff if you liked what's here and think there is something similar I'd enjoy! But be warned, my PtW is enormous and I sometimes start watching things on a whim.

No further ado, lets get to it!

Anime series which feature an active or ex-soldier and/or mercenary main character.

May include mecha entries when appropriate.

Only first season to keep list simple.

Adaptations of manga that were published by Shojo Beat. No second seasons or sequels are included, however remakes are. Some of the manga are adaptations of visual novels or light novels but this is composed of any manga that has a counterpart anime.

Animes that explore themes around books, bookworms, literature, classics, authors, bookstores, libraries, mangakas, words in general

okay maybe you heard of a couple

If you get tired of the same old mainstream romance series and are looking for something fresh and new, there’s a show here every romance fan can enjoy. Ordered from least amount of people who have it in their MAL to most.

I know that underrated/under-appreciated anime is subjective, therefore I am going by the following:

a) series with ~200-400k viewers or less on MAL.
b) if they’re newer (2020-2024) the above rule is used more loosely
c) my own personal judgement which I will explain minimally, so as not to spoil anything

I haven’t seen some of these in a while, so I’ll just put something brief like “a) applies” if I don’t remember the plot much or can’t explain it without spoiling. All of these I have watched, and originally rated an 8 or above. I included what I think I would rate them now.

SOL = slice-of-life.