An important update regarding how monthly challenges will be handled has been posted.
It started from August 2025. You must read it.
See the announcement HERE
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VOTING WINNER GETS AN ADDITIONAL 0.50 POINTS FOR THEIR NOV'25 CHALLENGE
Voting Period: October 15th until October 31st
Find below the submissions: Rules, Explanations, Submission Form and info for the Badge Reward for the Winner
NOVEMBER 2025 SUBMISSIONS Send your submission via PMto AWCC_admin to participate.
Submitting period ended.
#1 Theme: All in Explanation: Nobody wins, but I!
Colors:Roulette Red & Dollar Green Items:
Watch an anime with a King or a Queen character The highest poker combination is the Royal Flush.
State the tag and character used. Can be main or supporting.
Watch an anime tagged with your lowest rated genre by weighted score on MAL, or one tagged with the highest rated genre by weighted score of the user who posted immediately before or after you How lucky are you? Place your bet.
You can use genres, themes and demographics. Include a screenshot. Find them under your Profile -> Statistics -> Genres tab.
Watch an anime with the number 7 in its main title, 7 main characters or that aired on the 7th day Hit the jackpot yet?
State the option used; The number can be in English or Japanese (7, VII, seven, nana, shichi), it can be part of another word; The anime must have 7 main characters but it can have any number of supporting characters; It must have aired on the 7th day, can be any month/year.
Watch an anime containing only even numbers in its MAL ID if your post number is odd and watch an anime containing only odd numbers in its MAL ID if your post number is even Red or black? Even or odd? Last call.
Even numbers: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8; Odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. For example, if you made the post #122, which is an even number, you could watch Hikaru no Go, with the MAL ID 135.
#2 Theme:Leftovers Explanation: November is full of big meals — but sometimes it’s the leftovers that hit the spot. Let’s dig into anime that get overlooked, half-finished, or forgotten, and see if they’re secretly the best part.
Colors:Turkey Brown, Cranberry Red
Items:
Watch an anime with 2,000 or moredropped users. The dish everyone tried but left unfinished
Watch an anime with a popularity ranklower than 5000. Buried in the back of the fridge — The series’ listed popularity must be #5001, #5002, #5003, and so on. It cannot be #5000, #4500, etc.
Watch an anime rated lowerthan 6.50. Sometimes leftovers don’t age well
Watch a sequel. Going back for seconds
#3 Theme: Let's Go Dumpster Diving! Explanation: Surely someone threw away a treasure and just didn't know it!
Colors:Dumpster Green and Rubbish Brown Items:
Watch an anime with a score less than 6.00. A screenshot is recommended if you are cutting it close and too scared to go lower.
Watch a Horror or Avant Garde anime. The good ones can be heart-stopping and brain-melting.
Must appear on the tag list.
Watch an anime that has a character with No Sense of Direction or plagued with Bad Luck. Surely their bad luck is our good luck?
State the character and option used. Must appear on the tag list. Can be main or supporting. Alternative listing for "No Sense of Direction": Topographical Disorientation.
Watch an anime with a main character who is more than 60% Trash. State and link the character page from aniDB. Must be listed as Main on aniDB.
Visit aniDB's Character List and look at the furthest field (to the right). There's a listing for how trash they are. You can sort this field as well. Once you pick a character, you must open their character page to validate if they are listed as Main or not.
#4 Theme: There's more out there! Explanation: We all love anime (I hope!) and probably like Japan too, but there are some lovely places outside and really good creators that can make animations as enjoyable and entertaining like anime, so let's show them some love!
#5 Theme: HarvestWhispers Explanation: In November, the world slows to a hush. Forests murmur secrets, moons glow over quiet festivals, and memories drift like fallen leaves, inviting us to wander through stories of hidden truths and soft goodbyes.
Colors:Golden Wheat & Burnt Cinnamon Items:
๐ต Watch an anime tagged with either forest or suspense. Choose between wooded paths that echo with mystery or stories where the air itself feels heavy with unspoken danger.
— State the tag used.
๐ Watch an anime tagged with either autumn or surreal. Choose between finding beauty in falling leaves or in worlds that slip gently between dream and reality.
— State the tag used.
๐ฎ Watch an anime with an episode that has a town festival or a flashback. Now the choice is between celebrating moments under lanterns or stepping back into the past as if it were another season waiting to be harvested.
— State the tag used.
๐ Watch an anime that mentions "moon", "night", "lunar", or "light" in the main title. Seek out titles that glow in the dark.
— Must be included somewhere in the main title. The word can be alone or part of another.
#6 Theme: Autumn Rewrites Explanation: Titles are as fickle as the seasons. Sprouting, changing shape and shedding
Colors:Olive Drab, Orange, Firebrick, Saddle Brown Items:
Watch an anime with a main title of 8 or more words Like early autumn foliage, some titles grow wild and wordy before the pruning begins.
- A word is anything separated by a space, following the rules of the Word Count Challenge.
Watch an anime with a main title that contains a reference to the type As leaves turn orange, titles pick up decorative flair. A “Movie” here, a “Special” there, until they blow away in the wind.
- Refers to the use of words such as Movie/Special/OVA/The Animation or variations in the main title.
Watch an anime with a main title that contains 3 or more non-alphanumeric characters A field of symbols in peak autumn chaos. Each one waiting to be raked away.
- Use the Non-Alphanumeric Challenge as reference for allowed symbols.
Watch an anime with a main title that contains a maximum of 2 vowels Bare as late autumn trees. Pruning season strikes again.
#7 Theme: The Hateful Month Explanation: Life is made of highs and lows. This month will be made of lows.
Colors: Grullo and caca d'oie Items:
Watch an anime tagged with one of your two lowest rated GENRES by mean score on MAL. — Sort by genre only. Find them under your Profile -> Statistics -> Genres tab.
Watch an anime rated less than 6. — 5.99, 5.98, 5.97 and so on. Screenshot is recommended.
Watch a TV anime with no sequel listed. If it has no sequel, it must have been hated, right ?
Watch an anime with a crybaby, coward or perverted main character. Those characters are often hated in communities.
— State the character used; Can be main or supporting; Character must appear listed on the provided tag list and their site (not necessarily on MAL).
All submissions MUST be sent via private message (any posted submissions will be deleted and ignored).
ใ— If you don't see your submission added after voting is open, please contact an admin on this club discord server ASAP.
Jaikeis cannot make a challenge submission for the next month due to winning the current monthly challenge.
Do not submit a bonus in your submission as all bonuses will be removed (regardless of the month).
Remember that your submission should consist of four (4) items.
ใ— All monthly challenges will have a requirement of "anime used must be equal to or longer than 15 minutes (total)".
ใ— Your items can't be restrictive, or require watching a specific anime. They should provide an equal pool of options for everyone, regardless of how much anime they have watched.
ใ— Make sure to read the Rules / Explanation thread for the rest.
Your submission must not contain any item used on the last monthly challenge, as those items are in a one month cooldown.
We reserve the right to request those submitting a challenge to revise their items, as to make it easier for both participants and inspectors.
Voting: Poll numbers reference the submission numbers below. Please vote through the poll.
Comments, suggestions, opinions, etc. are welcomed in this thread, just don't post your submissions here.
SUBMISSION FORM DO NOT CHANGE THE PROVIDED FORMAT
Theme:What does the month means to you? Explanation:Brief information on what it means; Optional
Colors:These will be used on the items; again, what colors do you think of when you think of that particular month? Items:This is the actual challenge. List (it doesn't have to be fancy) what the user must do in order to complete that month's challenge.
ใExamples
Watch 1 TV type series info about the item; any specifics/requirements
Watch a movie that has the word "word" in the title info about the item; any specifics/requirements
Watch an anime with a tag info about the item; any specifics/requirements
Watch an anime about a theme info about the item; any specifics/requirements
Please copy and paste on the PM, with the required information:
Each monthly winner will have the option to request a personalized badge to showcase winning that monthly voting.
ใโ Each badge will need to be claimed during the winning month or it will be void, thus you won't be able to claim it afterwards.
Each winner can pick from one of the provided templates and/or must provide their image of choice to be used.
Winners from previous monthly challenges (before this was available; 2020 or before) are allowed to claim with certain restrictions.
Requests for previous winners will be available for a limited amount of time.