Comic Party

Aquaplus/Leaf visual novel adaptations.
https://vndb.org/p87
https://vndb.org/p21

Ordered by release date of the first VN title of each franchise:
- To Heart
- White Album
- Comic Party
- Utawarerumono
- Tears to Tiara

Includes all OVAs/specials on MAL.

Anime that were referenced in the iconic masterpiece that is The Anime Club

Bygone days spent as an otaku, often captured in OVA format, have been lost as trends shifted. It’s undeniably melancholic to see the evolving portrayal of otaku in a meta-sense and slowly watching the dwindling importance of Akiba-kei.

This will serve as a continually-updated list of anime that I feel are representative of "otakucore" being a type of show that promonently features otaku characters as one of the main characters, and depictes the zeitgeist of otaku culture/Akiba-kei during the time of airing. Some are less obvious as otaku-oriented, but still contain many elements that are appealing to databasing-types (computers, figures, video games etc.)

Genshiken, Daicon IV and Otaku no Video are the essentials :3

(Still adding WIP)

Anime aired in Spain's TV channels (public or private), listed with the Spanish title. Might be missing some or be messy: I wanted to add the most important but also the less obvious. Excluding most sequels & movies.

IMPORTANT: Check part 1, 2, 4 and 5 + OVA.

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ES: Anime emitido en los canales públicos o privados de la televisión de España, con sus títulos en español. Pueden faltar algunos animes o estar desordenados: he querido añadir lo más importante pero también lo menos obvio. Excluyendo secuelas y películas.

IMPORTANTE: Ver parte 1, 2, 4 y 5 + OVA.

key words: canal sur, animax, k3, tve, neox, clan, tele5, jetix, buzz, boomerang, tvc, cuatro, lasexta, antena 3, cartoon network, castilla la mancha tv, televisió de catalunya, canal plus, autonómica, local, canal 9, locomotion.

part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7348
part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7353
part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7562
part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8140
OVA: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8137

This is a weird concept for a list, but I think it's worth putting it out there. These are anime which I consider help understand anime better because of their referential humour, commentary on otaku culture (whether it's anime or gaming), exploration of the industry and twisting of classic tropes in self-aware ways that put them in perspective. Also included a couple shows which are not necessarily meta or referential, but they are here for being aggresively "anime" in nature, if that makes sense. With how over the top they are and/or how stereotypically otaku their concepts are, I think they give a good idea of how anime has developed.

Note: If you truly want to understand otaku culture and anime history, I think an absolute essential is a short show called "Blue Blazers". It is live action however, so it can't be added here. I strongly recommend you check it out, even if the humour can be cringy, because of how deep of an insight it gives into the history of anime and the industry.

Anime based on games from Leaf / Aquaplus.

Forgotten comfy gems of the early-digital era of animation. Specifically series from the 2000s that might still have been produced in a 4:3 aspect ratio but this is not a requirement. The series I picked for my list are generally more absurd comedies or meta-commentaries with a lot of heart since that's what I gravitate towards, though is not necessariy representative to describe everything here. Not all of these shows were the most successful during airing but severely overlooked. Everything here is worth watching!

Work in progress

One short anime from each year of 21st century.

The Arts are made up of three types: Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Theater, Cosplaying, Acting, etc.), Visual Arts (Painting, Drawing, Film Making, Animation, Video Game Creation, Photography, etc.) and Literary Arts (Novel/Light Novel Writing, Manga/Doujin Writing, Lyric Writing, Journalism, Magazines, Editing, Dictionary Writing, Ghost Writing, etc.). While Performing Arts and Visual Arts have tags on MyAnimeList, Literary Arts do not, so this interest stack is rectifying that. Literary Arts have a long history with anime like the other two art forms, so this includes a wide variety of them. It may also include some that are about being passionate for literature rather than writing itself. Some series are excluded if they lean more towards Performing Arts or Visual Arts than Literary Arts, such as Kodocha, Saekano or The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. While some series may have major characters who are novelists, it needs to have Literary Arts be an important aspect of the plot in order for it to be included. Also, there will only be one series per franchise for the sake of variety.

NOT an exhaustive list. 50 TV anime adapting visual novels/ eroge with a male protagonist, usually with romance or a harem. Went for a generic sample, excluded series too exceptional/ distinct (Higurashi, Fate/Stay Night, ef: A Tale of Memories., etc.). 5k members minimum.

Grumpy Jii-san was an anime reviewer and hiking enthusiast. Many of us were fond of him. This is the fourth part of a list of the anime he reviewed in video order from oldest to newest. They are presented without his score as mild encouragement for you to watch his reviews.

https://www.youtube.com/@GrumpyJiisan

Anime that are NOT available to watch outside of Japan LEGALLY through streaming services.
Stack made in collaboration with ReSeinen. The criteria for addition are found in the former three parts. But a TLDR:

- Only Japanese anime.
- Anime from 2000 onwards.
- Must appear as unavailable both in TheStreamable and LiveChart.me
- Must not be a purchase-only anime.
- No kids demographic.
- It must NOT be available to stream OUTSIDE of Japan.
- Official YouTube (or similar) uploads, free streaming services (Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi) and official websites available OUTSIDE Japan count as legal streaming services, in these cases it doesn't get added to the stack.
- Must not be lost media (Example, Kick Off 2002)
- If the anime gets licensed for streaming, it gets removed from the stacks.
- Not mandatory, but the anime should be preferably done by a relevant studio. (Down there we see anime made by Madhouse, OLM, Studio DEEN, ACGT, J.C.Staff or Shaft for example).
- It is recommended that the anime has full-length episodes, that is, 20 minutes or more.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29552
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29610
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35755
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52751

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Anime taken off the lists:

- 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)
- Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe (Anime Onegai)
- Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe Wieder (Anime Onegai)

Anime that I can only assume are untapped kino

Anime with various degrees and types of "moe" aesthetics that began after Neon Genesis Evangelion and before Azumanga Daioh. Moe and moe-adjacent aesthetics do exist before this time period, but they are not included in this this because I wanted to specifically focus on the aforementioned time period (maybe I'll make a "proto-moe" stack that includes them).

Entries are listed in chronological order.
This is not an exhaustive list.
Hentai are not included even though there are many that fit the criteria.

[The first entry, Saber Marionette R, actually aired before Eva but the rest of the Saber Marionette series aired after and I wanted its image for the stack's cover.]

Animes with the classic moe artstyle or very smiliar to it.