Narutaru: Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko

Animes that examines how the humans relates to each other from different points of view. Some are more focused on individuals and some explores bigger groups or societies.

Second part of this stack
1st part - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33443

These anime take their time to develop, but once they do, there is no turning back.
Some might appear to have no plot or little plot continuity. A few of these anime might take 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

Anime with asexual (ace) and/or aromantic (aro) characters. Most are headcanons.

Manga version: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29210

Strong gradients; metallic, unsaturated or cold colors (greenish yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet); blobs, shiny textures, 90's futurism, robotic or serif fonts. Trends are towards Sci-Fi, Mystery, Action and Suspense.

Do not mistake with Frutiger Aero of which made a stack too: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39021

A stack dedicated to a certain kind of tragic, elegic anime that makes you mourn for a time you didn't exist or a place you've never been to.

Anime with "out-there" concepts.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47151

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51198

Time for the spooky ones!
Gore, psycho-drama, classical terror, supernatural, thriller, splatter, slasher, all horrors & etc!

Grumpy Jii-san was an anime reviewer and hiking enthusiast. Many of us were fond of him. This is the first 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

Chiaki J. Konaka is a Japanese writer and novelist. He was the head writer of anime series such as Serial Experiments Lain, Digimon Tamers, and Hellsing, as well as the television drama Ultraman Gaia.

Anime that require reading the source material or a non-anime prequel in order to be understood or enjoyed.

Also known as the worst way to adapt a story.

List of dark or depressive anime from the 2000s.

Anime with Yandere and Yangire characters. Some are played for horror, some are played for comedy.

The Early 2000's brought onto the anime scene a stage experimentation where dark, psychological and philosophical themes such as the human condition, existentialism, nihilism and isolation where explored on front and center, such themes are developed in a way which they question and explore the ideals and morals of the characters and society itself. They have heavy world building, with mostly an unique art style and muted colors and symbolic imagery that complement their themes, its uniqueness is highlighted with the low-resolution quality that was distributed on the early days of the anime community on the internet remarking the era it composed, such works are considered Avant Garde.