Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau

Worldbuilding - "the process of constructing a world, originally an imaginary one, sometimes associated with a fictional universe." These kinds of shows are usually set in a fantasy and/or sci-fi world, and excel at establishing & showcasing the rules/history/economy of their fictional universe. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what shows are considered to have great world building.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1001
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1003
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18214

Every animated media that has been made, in some way has the idea to tell a story, and to express a feeling onto the watcher. But then, there are some series which has a particular way to evocate it's emotions, and they use different tools to do that. Thought provoking writing, displaying the characters' internal monologues, their struggles and fears, using very particular cinematographic angles, and using contrasting styles of animation, colouring and highly symbolical and metaphorical imagery - these are some of the few hallmarks that the said animation is having psychological themes, and that it is avant-garde in it's approach. This is not limited to any genre, as well.

I do realize that animation like this may not be for everyone, but I do firmly believe in it's artistic merits and integrity. Media like this allows us to peek into the human psyche and probably our own too, and it does provides us with often interesting viewpoints of our world, even if fractured through the prism of the animated fiction. Shows like that also likes to ask us questions without answers, to give us moral dilemmas without solid conclusion, or to put it short, to make us think.

The shows that were picked follows a pattern, the ones which are more straightforward, less abstract and easier to get into will be first, while the list goes down, the more complex and obscure the works will get.

The scent of the sea, the smell of chlorine from the pool, and the tears that roll down your cheeks. The sea is as abundant as the sand. Below are animes where the MC is associated with the theme of water, or entities that belong to the sea. Water can be raindrops, the sea, the pool, and tears. It is the foundation of water that leads them to love, find purpose, compete, live or just have fun


More: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RokkanShojo/stacks

100% purity here! Not a single bit of nonsense relating to sex.

I can't believe I had such a hard time making this stack >:'[ I'm a poor Christian boy


((If you find anything here with a sex joke please contact me immediately I want this place to be a light in the ecchi-filled darkness ahaha))

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11405

When I first started watching anime, I thought anime was basically a kind of animation with a unique art style. But now I am seeing that most anime comes with a lot of tropes, and a lot of people see these tropes as part of anime. I am not a fan of these tropes, so I am making a list of anime that I like, and I feel have a relatively low amount of tropes, at least compared to most other anime. I still haven't watched a lot of anime, for example - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. But I will add more anime as I watch them.

Link to part 2 -
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22994

//List of shows that (to my knowledge) have an italian dub

Lista di tutti i titoli che trovo doppiati in italiano.
Per risparmiare spazio metterò solo la prima stagione e specificherò nella descrizione se delle eventuali stagioni successive sono state doppiate.

//dubito di riuscire a includerli tutti, quindi includerei solo quelli nella mia anime list, ci proviamo insomma, faccio del mio meglio//

Animes set in desert or isolated areas

These are anime with unique settings and interesting world-building. Some of these are longer and have more time to flesh out the world-building, while others are shorter but very unique.

Anime with visually appealing and unique art style and animation that make them stand out as "eye candy." Their vibrant and colorful aesthetics are just as charming as actual sweets too!

This is a list of anime with the sci-fi/fantasy theme of cosmic horror. It commonly features monstrous beings or great leviathans. It's sometimes complimented by biopunk, a sci-fi genre about the use of biotechnology.

Cosmic horror features Lovecraftian themes of eldritch otherworldly influences. They may have control over humanity, or have driven us to near extinction. There is often little hope for a better future. The true nature of the world is commonly hidden and revealed as the story unfolds.


The anime on this list embody this trope to varying degrees. I'll be adding to this list as time goes on.

This is every anime series I could find on US Netflix that wasn't an original; originals will be placed on a separate list. Marked are the specific entries included. Specials, OVAs, recaps, and summaries will not be included unless marked. Movies will also be placed on a separate list, regardless of categorization unless Netflix has broken them into episodes.

Please note: In regards to entries with missing episodes, I may not be able to provide an explanation as to which episodes are missing or why. If you have any useful information, please let me know.

DISCLAIMER: This list has not been edited since February 2023. I will update it eventually, but it will take time.

This collection of series, movies and shorts represent a specific mood, expressed within the anime media. Their pace is most likely slow, and are usually focused at the complex emotional web that surrounds the worlds and characters within them.

In each of them, the feelings which are translated onto the viewer are those of comfort, but also anxiety, of affection, as well as sorrow. The balance and the depth at which we're affected from these shows does depends from our personal worldviews, as well as our empathy.

These selected series presents us relatable, even if based on fiction, stories - which even within it's bleakness and darkness, does hold a silver of hope and warmth, or which holds within their bright and vivid colors sublime, gentle, but ever present feeling of despair and sadness.

Series that I consider to be more than just a dumb animation.
(I could forget many series, especially the old ones)

Shows I think everyone should watch

Key theme being emotions - whether a character is learning them for the first time, rediscovering how to feel them, or studying them in some way.