Dorohedoro

Worldbuilding - "the process of constructing a world, originally an imaginary one, sometimes associated with a fictional universe." These kinds of shows are usually set in a fantasy and/or sci-fi world, and excel at establishing & showcasing the rules/history/economy of their fictional universe. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what shows are considered to have great world building.

Anime with great worldbuilding, or the development of the fantastical environment and world! None of these anime take place in what you would call 'our universe', rather taking place in an alternative universe or fantasy/ sci-fi setting with amazingly well-tailored and fitting details in technologies and architecture that makes every world unique.


Feel free to DM or message me about any questions, suggestions, or opinions about this stack!

(The list only contains anime which I've been watching or completed. It would be updated constantly. Also, the commentaries would focus on the female characters. Plus my English vocab is lacking, sorry for that if you see "strong" or "unique" so many times...)

Over years, anime and manga have been introducing more and more strong and unique female characters, either as main protagonists/antagonists or as important supporting characters. I hope that with this list, everyone could know, appreciate and love these powerful female characters, regardless of what gender they are.

a.k.a. Anime with hot dominant women (if you insist)

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1001
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1002
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18214

As of yet, 'My Daemon' and 'Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure' haven't been added to MAL. The former is probably because it's a studio (IGLOO STUDIO) that's got too few anime projects, they've done CG work for 'So I'm a Spider, So What?' and that the 'KIDS SEE GHOSTS' Animated show preview. For Gudetama's case, it'll mainly have to do with it being a CG hybrid with live-action, but hey! 'Gal & Dino' and 'Pop Team Epic' both have live-action segments so if we stretch that logic it'll be added... eventually?

These anime have bizarrely unique, wildly niche, or oddly specific concepts. From sentient clothes, to vampires in space, to undead idols, some of these anime may leave you wondering, "who even came up with this idea?..."

Series with no filler, but some series may have mixed filler in one or two episodes, but you probably won’t even notice.

These are the anime that I think have the best English dubs I've heard. Many of them I would vouch for over the sub.

If you want to watch an anime portraying a character with a different vibe from their perspective. If they're a psychopath, murderous, not your typical "good" main character, or makes us go, "oh, that character's so wicked," even for a moment, it's on this list (one entry per series - no sequels).

Halloween Vibes!

Animes with body horror and are gore.

Thanks to the user eblf2013 for collaborating.

Anime with morally gray characters

Shows/Movies of all kinds that are either meant for or can be enjoyed by an older audience. A treasure trove of excellence covering a wide range. Story-driven thrillers, well researched historical shows, brilliant world-constructions, poetic narrations, gripping thrillers, dark comedies, complex future visions, tightly packed action, avant-garde art, solid entertainment, tear-jerking dramas to light-hearted slices of lives.
No big-boob dumdums, high-pitched VAs, fan-/lip-service or plot-around-the-holes-type shows. Teenage angst and school-settings are rarities in these two lists.

List of obscure confusing plot-centered anime from the stone age that will automatically make you have a superior anime taste.

Animes that are on netflix that are either exclusives to Netlfix or not on popular services.

This is a list of anime that Quentin has either watched and liked or anime that he would most likely enjoy, based on his filmography of non-linear narratives and overall taste of foreign movies, for example.





“I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can’t do storyboards because I can’t really draw and that’s what they live and die on.” Quentin Tarantino.

Groups of characters getting up to some wackiness and chaos.

(The use of the word “chaotic” here does not necessarily suggest a genre of slapstick or comedy but rather levels of chaos in characters’ personalities, actions and dynamics.)

Dorohedoro-40, Fire Force-174, Demon Slayer-100, Mysterious Girlfriend X-37
Nisekoi-106, One Outs-82, Pandora Hearts-33, Sasameki Koto-13, Slam Dunk-185
Usagi Drops-25, Bloom Into You-25, Black Clover-270, Bleach-480, Nagatoro-47
Land of the Lustrous-30, Toilet Bound Hanako-36, Girlfriend Girlfriend-36
Rent a Girlfriend-50, Talentless Nana-28, One Punch Men-85, Tokyo Revenger-73
Reincarnated as a Slime-87, Record of Ragnarok-20, God of High School-112
Tower of God-78, In/Spectre-16, Doctor Stone-83, Made in Abyss-26, Haikyuu-291
Vinland Saga-54, Attack on Titan-130, Golden Kamuy-191, JoJo6-47, My Hero-258
To Your Eternity-54, Jujutsu Kaisen-63, Dress-Up Darling-40, Shadows House-47
Ranking of Kings-155, Sasaki to Miyano-32, Duke of Death and His Maid-68
Tonikaku-45, HunterxHunter-340, Girl's Last Tour-33, World God Only Knows-190
March Comes in Like a Lion-89, Hajime no Ippo-556, Teasing Master Takagi-100
Grand Blue-21, Mob Psycho-91, Noragami-38, Bungou Stray Dogs-54