Seirei no Moribito

- Mainly serious conversations
- Mind games
- Strategy
- Dark concept/Horror
- Urband legends
- Philosophy
- Traditional arts
- Artistic way of delivering a message
- Dark/Gothic aestehtic

Animes set in medieval, ancient, or fantasy worlds that focus on royalty, aristocracy and internal conflicts; kidnappings, rebellions, war, politics, arranged marriages, revenge, assassination attempts, etc.

So you've reached a certain age when shonen shows with never-ending fights between uni-dimensional characters who are only interested in becoming stronger bore you to tears ; when school romances look the same to you again and again with repetitive tropes and characters ; when mechas looks so much the same that you can't actually remember which show you're currently watching. You only want to watch shows with good stories, good characters, good production value and interesting topics, including some possibly disturbing ones, although you don't want cheap horror either with jumpscares and pointless suffering on-screen since there is enough misery in the world.
This list is my proposition to you guys, from a fellow well into his fifties. Some may be imperfect, some may be frustrating in some ways, but they should all provide some interesting watches.
There are some spoilers in the descriptions below so don't read them if you want to avoid them.

Recommended for older viewers that want an alternative to shows and movies set at Anime High School. Casts in these anime are primarily over 18 and most are intended more for adult audiences, even if they're silly or light-hearted in nature. (Big obvious exception: Dragon Ball Z.)

These anime take their time to develop, but once they do, there is no turning back.
Some might appear to have no plot or continuity, taking even entire seasons to develop.

Some of these are tagged as such in AniDB, some others are from my experience watching them.

I am only adding the first season/entry of each franchise

Second part - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34260
For people bored of slowness - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33498

Anime that matches in style to World Masterpiece Theater anime. This stack includes no entries from WMT itself.

WMT Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17

Excellent shows and movies that, despite being well-rated, got pushed far below the surface and are no longer easily visible to those who don't dive deeper into the medium.

All very unique and of high-graded quality, and all equally worth watching to those seeking to deepen their relationship with Anime beyond a surface level.

Animax was a Spanish subscription television channel of Japanese origin, distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment under the international Animax brand. It was launched as a channel on April 12, 2008.

On December 4, 2013, it was confirmed that the channel definitively ceased its broadcasts on December 31, 2013, due to its abandonment in recent months.

Animax Spain broadcast popular series and movies and, in some cases, I dare say that it had better programming than the Latin American version.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35198

Shows in the Shounen/Seinen demographic with female (or n/b) lead or majority female main cast.
See my corresponding stack, Shoujo/Josei with Male Lead. Just found it interesting!

Anime series that covers all of its original source they're based on, with some notes.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16812
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19939
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20122
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20258
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20709
Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20940
Part 7: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21451
Part 8: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21523
Part 9: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29835
Part 11: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39870
Part 12: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41719
Part 13: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42460
Part 14: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46685

Some of these you probably haven't seen in a while. Some of these were popular for a time but faded into obscurity. Some of these you probably never heard of or even forgot about.

Anime where journeys become the main focus of the theme and story. Where one is able to grow and learn about themselves, the people, and the world around them.

The destination, is the result of one’s journey and what they experienced from it. A journey is inherently a learning and humbling experience. Where one doesn't even need to head in the right direction, instead of finding relief and fulfillment within the journey.

from the animelon 'about' page:

"Learning a language can be difficult; often times it is boring and tedious, so we want to help the language learning community by providing a more entertaining and engaging way to learn. The idea of Animelon is to provide interactive tools that assist users in learning Japanese as they watch anime. If you love watching anime, why not make more out of the time spent?"

this is part of a series of stacks on the japanese-language-learning-focused anime streaming site animelon. the anime are listed first in order of difficulty ranking according to JPDB, from the easiest (level 1) to the most difficult (level 10), and then by MAL members of the earliest season listed. I will include include all seasons, entries etc. that are available on animelon, with notes that include information on other series entries.

JPDB:
https://jpdb.io/prebuilt_decks


( AJATT / all japanese all the time / language learning / japanese language / matt vs japan / polyglot / self-study / JLPT / steven krashen / anki / jpdb / immersion / self-selected reading / second-language acquisition / free voluntary reading / comprehensible input / nihongo / 日本語 / 勉強 / 自習 )

A list of anime with FMCs that I enjoy watching. Originally meant only for fantasy, but as long as the list isn't filled up I'll add anime from other genres

A non-exhaustive list of anime series from the 2000's

This stack will likely be updated over time

Modern anime tends to get the understandable reputation that it sucks, thanks to being filled with lowest common denominator isekai and shounen slop, so instead of focusing on that, I'll be celebrating the best anime to have come out since 2007. The following may share any of the following categories:

- Well written plots and characters
- Thought provoking themes
- Mature tone
- Good sound design
- Actually good animation, not just flashy colors over bad storyboarding ala MAPPA
- Unconventional storytelling and visuals

I also tried to avoid including sequels without their predecessors, so something like the Haruhi movie wouldn't count as its series predates the set date.

This is a list of animes which have shotas primarily as the main male protagonist and more commonly paired with an older woman.

At least one main female character is physically strong, preferably the protagonist.

Physical strength applies both to hand-to-hand combat and proficiency in wielding weaponry (marksmanship, swordsmanship, archery etc.) as well as ability and talent in a physical sport.

No magical/supernatural power allowed unless it enhances physical strength.