Chihayafuru

This is just my own take on the "Anime for Beginners" discourse. These are the shows that I've recommended to people who wanted to get into anime or just think they're "Those weird Asian cartoons", with great results! Explanations/Justifications for each one as well. <3 Even long time fans can use this as a recommendation guide for their watchlist!

Romance (+ subtext) anime where a male lead wears glasses.

Morio Asaka is a Japanese storyboard artist and director.

He made his debut as an episode director in episode 40 of Yawara!. He made his chief directorial debut with the 1993 OVA POPS. His noted works include, among others, Cardcaptor Sakura (his directorial anime television series debut), Chobits, Gunslinger Girl, Nana, Chihayafuru, and My Love Story!!. In 1999, he won the Theatrical Film Award in the Animation Kobe awards.

Anime that I can only assume are untapped kino

Coming of age is loosely defined as a story of teenagers/ children/ youths growing up and discovering what it means to be an adult/ the effects of change. It could also deal with themes of character maturity and are often heavily character driven.

Here are some shows that portray the best of characters learning what it means to grow up. (Does include films)

This animes have a character's name or nickname in their titles (no movies and no full romance on this list, for that there's another one).

I know there are not a lot of animes/mangas with actual 'good' female characters. Even if the MC is a female, she is a damsel in distress and relies on the men around her. If the woman is powerful then she has no personality or there are just lolis everywhere and we are not lolis so we can't relate or they are just there for the male gaze.

So I tried making this list of animes where the women stand their own ground and have their own shit going on instead of being only obsessed with love and men and the fan service, if present is tolerable.

Considering my real life experiences, I am not a fan of women being shielded by men at every turn, even though some people do consider being the 'female center' of a male harem 'empowering' but I really am not into that kinda shit at all. So, I'm not going to include weak, cry babies just because they're the main character in a story flooded with bishounen and shoujo troupes. Even if they're not physically the most competent, the characters here are their own person and can fend for themselves and their stories are about themselves and not about the love for a man.

Also, the female characters here are not all main characters but even so, they are definitely relevant and important characters. You will hopefully be able to root for or relate to at least one or more of these characters so watch these animes with ease and comfort!

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

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I tried to put together a list of sports (or sports-style) anime featuring women's and girls' sports that don't lean overly much into fanservice/ecchi stuff. Pickings were . . . Slim.

It would be nice if manga like Crimson Hero, Aozora Yell, Girl Got Game/Power!!, and other girls' sports manga got anime.

A cool list of some Shojo and Josei sports manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55928

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