Planet With

An Interest Stack version of the challenge as found in the Anime Watching Challenges Club in the AWC Staff Collections

Anime Watching Challenges Club - https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=70446

AWC Staff Collections Post - https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1800705

Only series that are ranked below 2,000 in 'Popularity' on MAL.
Check out part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8280

These are the anime that have been nominated for Best Director. Please not this category didn’t exist for the first two Crunchyroll Awards.

Anime in which characters have delusional personas, or believe they are a fictional character. Others may think they are out of touch with reality.

Chūnibyō (中二病) is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and who have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. It translates to "second year syndrome" (i.e., middle-school second-year), and has been called "eighth-grader syndrome" in English-speaking countries. [Wikipedia]

Reference: https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/tags/chuunibyou?page=1

Derived from AniFem's General Recommendations, Queer Representation Recommendations, Top 25 Anime of the Decade and Family-Friendly Recommendations

See the website for their pros and cons per title:
https://www.animefeminist.com/anifem-recommends/general-feminist-friendly-recommendations/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anifem-recommends/queer-anime-recommendations/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminists-top-25-anime-of-the-decade/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anifem-recommends/family-friendly-anime-recommendations/

See also:
Parts 2-7
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17515
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18757
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18755
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18995
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18999
Manga Recs
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17520
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28358
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28535
Chatty AF
Anime
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22027
Manga
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25862
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25883
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26994
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27949

what the scallop?

aka 'weird-or-unconventional-shows'

Source: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/02/16/winners-of-the-2019-anime-awardsupdated-live

Shows that give me a certain vibe I really like.

Mostly sci-fi, sometimes in space.
From the futuristic cityscape's dark alleyways, to foreign planets, crazy tech and giant mechas.
Doomed dystopia, hidden under the presence of utopia.
Rough raw emotions, the fragility of the human heart.
Cool looking shit.

anime i have found on mal
is it good? is it bad? YOU MUST DECIDE

Original sci-fi anime, one entry per series/franchise.

Part 1:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46768

Part 2:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46791

Part 3:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46796

This stack lists various anime with coastal, oceanic or maritime settings. They may be "ocean worlds" or just involve shoreside locations (e.g. a seaside town); however, they all share a setting characterised by proximity to a marine environment. Naturally, each series has varying levels of emphasis on these nautical elements.

A plan to watch list of random original anime I found on MAL! Varied in terms of popularity and reception