Granbelm

MBS's late night anime programming block which currently airs on Saturdays from 1:53-2:53.

This stack also includes Super Animeism TURBO (formerly Super Animeism), which currently airs on Fridays from 0:26-0:56.

This stack is for shows with either heavily implied or canonical lesbianism, and mecha robots/weapons (mecha here is more of a vibe than a defined concept). If you're looking for action-packed shows with GL elements and weapons then this is the stack for you.

If you have any recommendations for this stack, feel free to send me a message anytime.

Forgive the awkward copy-paste descriptions I had to give explanations on the inclusion of each show to escape the MAL moderators.

To keep track of the dark magical girl shows (mahou shoujo) you've seen or to find more. I've put shows in the same series in the correct watch order so you can just go through them from this list.

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:
Bednorz, Maksymilian. “What is Sekai-kei? It’s Horseshit.” Bednorz: The Weeablogue. 26 July 2018.
Howard, Christopher. “The Ethics of Sekai-kei Reading Hiroki Azuma with Slavoj Žižek.” Science Fiction Film and Television 7:3 (2014): 366-368.
Tanaka, Motoko. “Trends of Fiction in 2000s Japanese Pop Culture.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 14:2 (2014).
Thomas, Stefanie. “‘You Cannot See Yourself Unless There Are Others’: Sekaikei as Exhortation of Societal Participation.” The Phoenix Papers. 2:2 (2016): 31-38.

While the exact definition is vague, "Sekai-Kei" media shares similar themes in reshaping/remaking/changing the world, typically as a result of things on a personal scale such as a relationship or impactful event. This could be literally, but also can be one's perception of the world. There are usually elements that make it not grounded in reality with vaguely explained mystic/religious/magic/fantasy/spiritual elements as opposed to science. Apocalyptic fiction is a common stage setting for sekai-kei, but it is not a condition.

The genre as a whole has existed in some way since the late 70s/early 80s (maybe even before that), but with the release of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" in 1995, the Japanese anime industry saw a boom of Sekai-Kei media with varying degrees of quality. While it was not the first, Evangelion is awarded as being the most influential and brought attention to a super niche genre that did not even have a proper name beforehand.

More non-animanga examples:
https://vndb.org/v7738
https://vndb.org/v97
https://vndb.org/v66
https://vndb.org/v648
https://vndb.org/v913
https://vndb.org/v1660
https://vndb.org/v51
https://letterboxd.com/film/pulse-2001/
https://backloggd.com/games/shin-megami-tensei-nocturne
https://backloggd.com/games/dark-souls

More info:
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1397573383&disposition=i
https://www.para-site.art/programme/there-is-no-such-thing-as-society-the-sekaikei-imagination-and-narrative/

4chan post where I stole all this from: https://files.catbox.moe/hhaaaj.jpg

Entries in this list may include the following:
1. Awesome action
2. Great music
3. Very thick yuri subtext
4. Nana Mizuki

I highly recommend the Nanoha series; Symphogear is basically a spiritual sequel to it.
Also, feel free to recommend more series to add to this collection, I'm always looking for more! Just comment on my Profile or something.
If you're into manga, try "Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san"! Sadly I can't change the type of stack after publishing it lol.

1-3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14457
4-5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14459 <= YOU ARE HERE
6-7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14693
8-9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14694
10 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14695

shows with a maximum of 59,000 and a minimum of 25,000 members

once this passes 50 entries I'll be splitting it between "until 2009" (a new stack) and "since 2010" (this stack)

Derived from AniFem's Top Picks for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019

See the website for their pros and cons per title:
https://www.animefeminist.com/feminist-anime-recommendations-2016/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anifems-top-picks-2017/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anifems-top-picks-for-2018/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminists-top-picks-for-2019/

See also
Parts 1-2, 4-7
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17514
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17515
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

This is a stack of Anime which each have a Main Cast of Only 2 Females, no more, no less, and no males will be in these Main Casts.

There are a couple of GL shows in this stack, but the majority of these shows won't be.

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.

Only one can win, only one can survive, the battle royale, the dark games begin in a fight of all against all.

Anime containing either magical Girls, Singing, Idols, Yuri, Sc-fi, musical, Tokusatsu or Mecha elements.

-and may also share similar characters, designs, VA's and story beats.