2017 Anime Watching Challenge - Sign Up

☭ Watch an ONA or stand-alone OVA [Started: 07-01-17] [Finished: 07-01-17]
- stand-alone refers to no related anime; if it has an adaptation listed that's okay

☭ Watch a Movie [Started: 01-01-17] [Finished: 01-01-17]
- with a duration of 40 minutes or more

☭ Watch a short anime [Started: 06-01-17] [Finished: 06-01-17]
- needs 15 minutes or less per episode AND 6 episodes or more. You can use this club for ideas

☭ Watch a Music type anime [Started: 20-03-17] [Finished: 20-03-17]
- something like these ones here

☭ Watch an award winning anime [Started: 01-01-17] [Finished: 01-01-17]
- you can use any listed in that club. If the one you want to use isn't listed yet, request it's addition there

☭ Watch an anime that is related to something you've previously watched [Started: 02-01-17] [Finished: 02-01-17]
- only use anime listed as Sequel, Alternative Setting, Alternative Version, Side Story, Summary or Spin-Off; state the related series if there's more than one listed (the one you previously watched)

✠ Watch a Korean or Chinese anime [Started: 07-02-17] [Finished: 07-02-17]
- specify the club/country; use anime listed in those clubs. If the one you want to use isn't listed yet, request it's addition there

✠ Watch an anime with someone [director (any), script and/or storyboard] you don't know [Started: 07-01-17] [Finished: 07-01-17]
- state the name and position; no related works already watched, the position of the related works doesn't matter. This means that you need someone that worked on any of those positions and you haven't watched any anime they participated (regardless the position). For example, you want to use someone as script but you watched an anime they were an animator. That won't be valid

✠ Watch an anime with a character voiced by one of your favorite voice actors [Started: 07-02-17] [Finished: 07-02-17]
- state the voice actor

✠ Watch an anime by a studio with 3 to 50 anime in MAL's database [Started: 01-01-17] [Finished: 01-01-17]
- must appear listed as studio for the anime used; state the studio; find them here

✠ Watch one of the 5 lowest scored anime from your favorite studio [Started: 13-07-17] [Finished: 13-07-17]
- state the studio used; must appear listed as studio for the anime used; use already aired/finished airing that is scored. Only count those titles that doesn't require to watch a prequel/related anime UNLESS you have watched that related anime already; you can use any studio from those you like the most. Anime+ can help you with this. If you aren't sure about what anime to use request assistance in the discussion thread.

✠ Watch an anime with/by an artist in the Top 50 People [Started: 10-01-17] [Finished: 17-01-17]
- any anime they participated; anyone listed there no matter their role; state the artist

❀ Watch an anime which began airing the same year you joined MAL [Started: 08-01-17] [Finished: 08-01-17]

❀ Watch an anime which began airing between 1917 and 1959 [Started: 15-08-17] [Finished: 15-08-17]

❀ Watch an anime which began airing between 1960 and 1979 [Started: 15-08-17] [Finished: 15-08-17]

❀ Watch an anime which began airing between 1980 and 1989 [Started: 12-01-17] [Finished: 12-01-17]

❀ Watch an anime which began airing between 1990 and 1999 [Started: 18-04-17] [Finished: 18-04-17]

❀ Watch an anime which began airing between 2000 and 2009 [Started: 05-01-17] [Finished: 06-01-17]

❀ Watch an anime that aired only during 2016 [Started: 05-03-17] [Finished: 05-03-17]
- one that started and ended during 2016

❀ Watch an anime broadcast on a weekday [Started: 05-03-17] [Finished: 05-03-17]
- information should be displayed in the entry

❀ Watch an anime broadcast on a weekend [Started: 06-01-17] [Finished: 24-03-17]
- information should be displayed in the entry

☣ Watch an anime with 11 episodes or more [Started: 05-01-17] [Finished: 05-01-17]

☣ Watch an anime with 22 episodes or more [Started: 15-01-17] [Finished: 18-01-17]

☣ Watch an anime with 33 episodes or more [Started: 01-02-17] [Finished: 01-02-17]

☣ Watch an anime with 50 episodes or more [Started: 26-03-17] [Finished: 08-04-17]

☣ Watch an anime that has been adapted to live action [Started: 12-04-17] [Finished: 12-04-17]
- you can use any listed in that club. If the one you want to use isn't listed yet, request it's addition there


The following items must have the information specified in the source field
☣ Watch an Original anime [Started: 03-01-17] [Finished: 03-01-17]

☣ Watch an anime adapted from a Visual Novel, Card Game or Game [Started: 07-01-17] [Finished: 07-01-17]

☣ Watch an anime adapted from a Book, Picture Book, Novel or Light Novel [Started: 06-01-17] [Finished: 06-01-17]

☣ Watch an anime adapted from a Web Manga, Digital Manga or 4-koma Manga [Started: 05-01-17] [Finished: 10-01-17]

For the following items, "completed anime" refers in case you are using airing, meaning that after it ends the anime needs that score/stats
⚜ Watch an anime adapted from a manga with a score of 8.0 or higher [Started: 20-03-17] [Finished: 21-03-17]
- the manga from which it's adapted needs that score; it must say Source: Manga in the anime page

⚜ Watch a completed anime with a score of or below 6.00 [Started: 30-01-17] [Finished: 17-04-17]
- state the score it had when you finished

⚜ Watch a completed anime with a score of or above 8.00 [Started: 30-01-17] [Finished: 30-01-17]
- state the score it had when you finished

⚜ Watch a completed anime with a popularity of or higher than #601 [Started: 12-02-17] [Finished: 12-02-17]
- placed in popularity as #601 or more (601, 602, 603 and so on); state the rank it had when you finished

⚜ Watch a completed anime with less than 5,000 completed members [Started: 27-04-17] [Finished: 27-04-17]
- check in the stats tab; state the members it had when you started

⚜ Watch a completed anime with more user in "Plan-to-Watch" than "Completed" [Started: 21-02-17] [Finished: 21-02-17]
- check in the stats tab; state the members it had when you started

⚜ Watch a completed anime scored 10 or 9 from another challenger who posted on your sign up page [Started: 18-05-17] [Finished: 18-05-17]
- state the username and their initial post number

⚔ Watch an anime with a main cast primarily of one gender [Started: 12-07-17] [Finished: 12-07-17]
- needs 3 or more main characters; if the main cast is of the same gender it needs 2 or more main characters

⚔ Watch an anime with adults as the main cast [Started: 03-04-17] [Finished: 10-07-17]
- needs 2 or more main characters and they should be 18 years old or older

⚔ Watch an anime with at least one child as a main character [Started: 15-06-17] [Finished: 15-06-17]
- needs 2 or more main characters and at least one should be 12 years old or younger; state the character

⚔ Watch an anime with a main character that doesn't look human [Started: 02-05-17] [Finished: 31-05-17]
- state the character; needs at least 1 main character with traits humans don't have. Includes, but not limited to, animal ears, tails, horns, wings, fur, Ryuk, and so on. If unsure ask in the discussion thread

⚔ Watch an anime with a human main character that is not Japanese [Started: 26-08-17] [Finished: 26-08-17]
- no fictional settings, has to be a real nationality; state the character/nationality

⚔ Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field [Started: 22-04-17] [Finished: 23-04-17]
- state the character/profession; "earns their living from a specified professional activity", like a mushi-shi, lawyer, teacher, doctor, and so on. If unsure ask in the discussion thread

⚔ Watch an anime that mainly takes places outside of Japan, but still on Earth [Started: 06-01-17] [Finished: 31-03-17]
- a real location on Earth; state the country; you can use this blog entry for ideas, but it's incomplete. If unsure ask in the discussion thread

⚔ Watch an anime that combines one of your favorite and least favorite genres [Started: 23-04-17] [Finished: 24-04-17]
- must have both genres listed in the anime page; state them

⚔ Watch a Gourmet, Superhero or Magical Girl themed anime [Started: 12-06-17] [Finished: 14-06-17]
- state the theme; use any of those listed. If the one you want to use isn't listed yet, request it's addition here for Gourmet/Superhero and here for Magical Girl


For the following items, the anime should have a total duration of 16 minutes or more. Specify the genre. The "and/or" refers that it can have just one of the tags or a combination of them
⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Shounen or Seinen [Started: 08-01-17] [Finished: 08-01-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Shoujo or Josei [Started: 02-02-17] [Finished: 06-02-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Action and/or Adventure [Started: 12-01-17] [Finished: 12-01-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Comedy, Harem and/or School [Started: 14-01-17] [Finished: 14-01-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Drama, Slice of Life and/or Romance [Started: 21-01-17] [Finished: 21-01-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Fantasy, Sci-Fi and/or Supernatural [Started: 14-01-17] [Finished: 14-01-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Dementia, Demons, Horror and/or Vampire [Started: 18-04-17] [Finished: 19-04-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Mystery, Psychological and/or Thriller [Started: 29-01-17] [Finished: 01-02-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Mecha, Military, Police and/or Space [Started: 13-06-17] [Finished: 13-06-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai and/or Super Power [Started: 09-02-17] [Finished: 10-02-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Cars, Game, Parody and/or Sports [Started: 01-02-17] [Finished: 01-02-17]

⚔ Watch an anime tagged as Kids, Magic and/or Music [Started: 11-01-17] [Finished: 16-03-17]