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Shows based on Vocaloid originals or involving utaites/producers who are/have been active on Nico Nico Douga (extended to YouTube for newer gens).
While not its own genre, these compositions tend to have a recognisable feel to them.
(Updating as I come across songs, you can poke me to add stuff as well :D)

2nd stack for post-2020 anime debuts: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26372

Actual Vocaloids:
GUMI ~ Joshikousei no Mudazukai / Agukaru: Play with Ibaraki-hen (cv: Megumi Nakajima)
IA ~ Recorder to Randoseru Mi☆ (cv: Lia)
Miku ~ Akikan / Watamote / Yami Shibai / Black Rock Shooter / Kemurikusa / ALFA-X / Aware! Meisaku / Petit Seka (cv: Saki Fujita)
MEIKA Hime & Mikoto ~ Hakata Mentai! Pirikarako-chan (cv: Kotori Koiwai)
Luka ~ Copihan (cv: Yuu Asakawa)
Meaw (possibly) ~ Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei
Go! Go! 575
Zunda Horizon

Prioritising first appearances/multiple artists bc of 50 limit. For composer entries, the singer is only listed if they're
At some point, I'd have been super hyped for any show with a Vocaloid producer but come late 2010s they've been popping up everywhere :')

*List is roughly sorted by anime based on Vocaloid songs > Male utaites > Female utaites > Producers

The complete list of Manga Time Kirara, the god of CGDCT, anime adaptations as of now.
***Only the main series are included because of the limited space.***

If you are in search of an anime featuring a lively female cast that promises an entertaining watch, then this is the perfect choice for you guys. :)

1. Cast is all-girl
2. Not in the romance genre*
3. Only Slice of life shows[so no action/battle shows].


Split up in multiple parts due to number of entries.

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:
Tanaka, Motoko. “Trends of Fiction in 2000s Japanese Pop Culture.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 14:2 (2014).
Uno, Tsunehiro. “Imagination after the Earthquake: Japan’s Otaku Culture in the 2010s.” Verge: Studies in Global Asias. 1:1 (2015): 119-124.
Yu, J.J. The Rise and Fall of Slice of Life Anime. Medium. 23 June 2021.

Animes that are very relaxing to watch and has cute characters doing cute stuffs. Do keep in mind that these series has little to no plot.

A list of anime that I find relaxing and perfect to watch after work. No focus needed, just sit down and enjoy the calm moments.


The list is obviously subjective. Your taste might differ and that's totally fine.

I am only adding the first seasons of each longer series!

PART 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15194
PART 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46073

Made this interest stack to help locate 4-koma based anime for challenges and achievements more easily.

A Yonkoma (literally, "four-cell") Manga, better known as 4-Koma, is a short comic that consists of four panels arranged vertically from beginning to end, often adopting a plot structure known as "Kishotenketsu". Like western comic stripsnote , they are often found in newspapers, magazines, graphic novels, and other places. 4-Koma can be single-shot gags, or tell a story across several strips. (Notice that it isn't shikoma.) Expect nothing short of a Rapid-Fire Comedy from 4-Koma mangas, since they fire at least one joke every four frames.

[Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yonkoma ; https://anime.jhiday.net/hof/challenge/adaptations]

Trope Maker: Sazae-san (1969)

MORE FOUND HERE: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15743

Shows that are adaptations of manga published under the Manga Time Kirara magazines. For shows with multiple seasons/movies/ovas/etc only the first season is included

The Ultimate List for slice of life girls only cast.
Less chaos more cozy.
LONG LIVE MOE

And 261-339. Neat. Going at this pace, only 2 more. Heh, if we're only talking about my completed list.

First part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18851
Second part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18950
(Woah, only 24 minutes made apart and already separated by 99 other interest stacks. Cool.)

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:

Animes that first appeared or were on Manga Time Kirara or Manga Time (Original)

If you're a fan of the type of humour found in shows like Yuru Yuri or K-On!, where Comedy is mixed with Slice of Life, Cute Girls Doing Cute Things or All Female Cast themes, then here is a stack that might interest you.

Clarification: This stack will contain shows that are considered to be comedies and either CGDCT or all female cast shows, even if they don't contain those tags.

Only first seasons will be included.

This stack has a sequel which can be found by searching: 'Comedic All Female Cast/CGDCT Shows (#2)'

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(A couple tags for searchability, sorry D:):
-Comedic CGDCT Shows / Comedic CGDCT Anime / Comedy CGDCT Anime / Comedy CGDCT Shows / Comedy All Female Cast
-Comedic Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Shows / Comedic Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Anime / Comedy Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Anime / Comedy All Female Cast
-Funny CGDCT Shows / Funny CGDCT Anime / CGDCT and Comedy / Comedy and CGDCT / Wholesome CGDCT / Wholesome Anime / Wholesome Comedy

This is a stack of Anime which each have a Main Cast of Only 4 Females, no more, no less, and no males will be in these Main Casts.

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.

Include movies and OVA's. Goes from 2007-2015. Does not include recaps or small specials. Is chronologically ordered.
Edit 28-11-2023: added Hidamari Sketch specials as they are full-length episodes.
Edit 06-04-2024: added Aldnoah.Zero (both parts) as it was published in Manga Time Kirara Forward.

Here also the link for 2016-2025 Manga Time Kirara adaptations: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35142

There seem to be a lot of ways to watch anime but sometimes there are certain outliers that don't make their way to any legal streaming service OUTSIDE OF JAPAN (these criteria are mainly made using LiveChart.me as they list official streaming services to view anime and The Streamable), this stack aims to shine a light on these series, however, some rules are to be followed:

•No 'Kids' demographic, there's a reason MAL makes the distinction for those series, sure they're anime but I don't expect streaming services to lump them with other 'anime' and drown their servers with thousands of episodes (Ojarumaru, Anpanman, Nintama Rantaro). As well as other long-running series that don't fit the demographic rule fully (Sazae-san, Doraemon, Chibi Maruko-chan).
•Avoid recommending retro anime to be added to the stack, we're not counting physical releases or that they used to air in some regions, just that they're currently available in a streaming service (Kinnikuman, Kochikame). Feel free to do an interest stack about them, I'm thinking this one can only go as early as the 2000s for the anime on the stack.
•No lost media, there are better interest stacks for that.
•No series uploaded to Youtube by unofficial channels (Official channels count as legal streaming services, again, outside of Japan that don't require a VPN to view).
•No unofficial doujin anime/fan-made anime.
•No commercials and ads.
•No OVAs or specials, not every OVA such as Hellsing: Ultimate or TV Specials make its way to streaming services as sometimes they're bundled to specific manga volumes, other media, or sold separately from a series.
•No short anime, 5 minutes or less (Gag Manga Biyori, Popee the Performer, Gregory Horror Show).
•No ONA or web anime (Gift ±).
•No donghua (Chinese animation), aeni (South Korean animation), and animation that isn't from Japan, yes we all know many works are outsourced to different studios and animation outside of Japan but this is to make the stack not as loaded and confusing more than it is.
•Sequels not on any streaming services allowed.
•Movies are welcomed albeit sometimes have a similar problem to OVAs, I don't expect things like Gothicmade to ever be on a streaming service let alone outside of Japan. And well... not planning on oversaturating the stack with them.
•Series available as purchase only are not counted on the stack such as Supernatural The Animation: https://thestreamable.com/shows/supernatural-the-anime-series-2011
•If a series seems to be available but it redirects you to a 404 page or simply doesn't appear to be on the streaming service it's eligible for the stack.

As of now Ao No Orchestra (Blue Orchestra) isn't on any streaming service in the West but is available in the French streaming service 'Anime Digital Network' (ADN) therefore isn't considered for the stack.

Why do I use The Streamable for the "Marked as Unavailable" tag? Well, it actually sometimes shows the episode's name and thumbnail so it helps to know if at some point they're available or if there's a record of them being in an streaming service. And it helps a lot in knowing where some shows are available (like Kobato. is in Peacock of all places).

I do not know every anime not on a streaming service and may commit mistakes so please help this stack grow if you know of any series and feel free to call out any and all mistakes I make, I may make changes to the stack in the future as well. This already seems so messy so please bear with any slow progress to the stack and sorry for the inconvenience.

The process to add an anime: Look at LiveChart.me and The Streamable for available streams and purchase-only options (This isn't a promotion of either site in any way they just serve as tools for the process of finding anime not on streaming services), look at ANN for any physical release outside of Japan (if I miss this one let me know though the priority of the stacks is to look for series not in streaming), and look up the Japanese title to see if it's available on the region's streaming services (this one is an extra, usually LiveChart tells you if it's on Japanese Amazon, Hulu or Netflix). If a series gets added to an streaming service it's off the stack. The stack aims to be a mix of different genres and stories so I won't overstuff them with a particular franchise, but rather highlight some series and spread a big franchise not on streaming over other parts of the stack.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29552
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29552
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49195 (made in collaboration with eblf2013)
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52751 (made in collaboration with eblf2013)

Anime taken off the stacks/Examples:
-Katanagatari (on Netflix, some regions)
-Planetes (on ITV)
-Area no Kishi (Youtube Indonesia)
-The Laws of the Universe - The Age of Elohim (Tubi TV)
-Whistle! (Anime Onegai) credit: eblf2013