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much to many people's surprise, I am not *super duper* huge into anime; that is to say, I don't follow what's currently being released that closely, unless something just really grabs my eye.

western media has an oversaturation of heteronormative and man-centered stories, and part of what I have long loved about anime are the wealth of stories for girls, about girls, and about relationships between girls, so I tend to gravitate toward that.

that being said, the types of anime I tend to enjoy fall into the following categories:
- [magical girl](#-magical-girl)
- [cute girls doing cute things](#-cute-girls-doing-cute-things)
- [horror](#-horror)
- [everything else](#-everything-else)

growing up poor in the 90's without much access to anime (really just whatever aired on basic cable/cartoon network's toonami block), I basically watched whatever was available whenever. So, for a lot of the things I'm interested in, I've seen *part* of (sometimes even just a middle of an arc), but just never bothered/had the opportunity to finish. hopefully organizing things into this list will help change that! (we shall see...)

![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif) near a title denotes series I've seen part of but haven't finished.

as for ranking, I've chosen to use the same ranking system as one of my favorite mobile games, [love live! school idol festival](https://schoolido.lu/), which is now defunct. ultra rare is the highest ranking, and normal the lowest. I simply did not list things I didn't like, so you can think of anything I assigned a "normal" ranking to as "stuff I enjoyed, but it was kind of meh overall."

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## ![all](/img/sif/All.png) magical girl
if for some reason, you're unfamiliar with this genre, it's about (usually teenaged or younger) girls getting some kind of magical powers and fighting evil; there's usually cute mascots, heavy themes of friendship (and sometimes yuri/shoujo ai), etc. these are very often aimed at children, but I've loved them since I myself was a child. >w< for the sake of simplicity, I've also included any series with magic as a focus and a cast of mostly girls.

### ![ultra-rare](/img/sif/URAll.png) ultra rare
- mahou shoujo madoka☆magica  
*homura, mami, madoka*
- bishoujo senshi sailor moon  
*hotaru, michiru, chibi-usa*
- shoujo kakumei utena  
*utena, anthy*

### ![super-super-rare](/img/sif/SSRAll.png) super super rare
- card captor sakura  
*tomoyo, sakura*
- magic knight rayearth ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*hououji fuu*
- choujigen game neptune  
*pururut/iris heart, compa*

### ![super-rare](/img/sif/SRAll.png) super rare
- star twinkle precure  
*lala/cure milky*
- mahou shoujo pretty sammy  
*sasami*

### ![rare](/img/sif/RAll.png) rare
- little witch academia ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*sucy*
- mahou tsukai tai!  
*akane*
- shamanic princess

### ![normal](/img/sif/NAll.png) normal
- maji de otaku na english! ribbon-chan: eigo de tatakau mahou shoujo  
*garnett*
- mahou tenshi creamy mami ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- full moon wo sagashite ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- demashitaa! powerpuff girls Z ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- cutie honey ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- puni puni☆poemii
- corrector yui ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)

#### want to watch
- kamichama karin
- nurse witch komugi-chan
- magia record series
- sasami☆mahou shoujo club
- mahou shoujo lyrical nanoha
- kamikaze kaitou jeanne
- the other precure series
- tokyo mew mew
- machikado mazoku
- ojamajo doremi
- mewkledreamy
- mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch
- magical suite prism nana
- mahou shoujo? naria☆girls
- sugar sugar rune
- fate/kaleid liner prisma☆illya

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## ![smile](/img/sif/Smile.png) cute girls doing cute things
this name has been applied to many slice-of-life anime with all-girl casts; usually depicting the day-to-day lives of a group of friends. good, wholesome fun, with a dose of yuri!

### ![ultra-rare](/img/sif/URsmile.png) ultra rare
- blend S  
*maika & mafuyu*
- gochuumon wa usagi desu ka?  
*chino, chiya, aoyama*
- nichijou  
*nano & hakase*

### ![super-super-rare](/img/sif/SSRSmile.png) super super rare
- kobayashi-san chi no maidragon ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*kamui kanna*
- bocchi the rock!  
*bocchi & kikuri*
- lucky☆star  
*miyuki & tsukasa*
- yuru yuri  
*himawari, chitose, chinatsu, kaede*
- ARIA the ANIMATION ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*aria-shachou*

### ![super-rare](/img/sif/SRSmile.png) super rare
- penguin musume♥heart  
*mary, sakura*
- demi-chan wa kataritai  
*yuki & satou-sensei*
- chicchana yukitsukai sugar ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*pepper, sugar*

### ![rare](/img/sif/Rsmile.png) rare
- K-ON!  
*azusa & tsumugi*
- love live! school idol project ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*nico, kotori*
- stella no mahou  
*tamaki, ayame*
- plastic nee-san  
*iroe*
- the idolm@ster  
*ritsuko, iori, yayoi, miki*
- hanamaru youchien  
*koume, hiiragi*
- gabriel dropout ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*satania*
- ai mai! moe can change!

### ![normal](/img/sif/NSmile.png) normal
- 22/7  
*sakura, akane*
- kill me baby ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*agiri, sonya*
- shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- himouto! umaru-chan ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- kiniro mosaic ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- shinryaku! ika musume ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- stella jogakuin koutouka c3-bu ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)

#### want to watch
- jinrui wa suitai shimashita
- paniponi dash!
- shoujo shuumatsu ryokou
- non non biyori
- binzume yousei
- yuru camp△
- yama no susume
- di gi charat
- ichigo marshmallow
- love live! sunshine!!
- a channel
- hidamari sketch
- majo no tabitabi
- girls und panzer
- asobi asobase
- nekopara
- maou-jou de oyasumi
- tamako market
- so ra no wo to
- strike witches
- azumanga daioh
- yakunara mugcup mo
- flying witch

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## ![pure](/img/sif/Pure.png) horror
for the sake of simplicity, I am looping horror, mystery, supernatural, and thriller together here under the catch-all genre title of "horror." anything scary, chilling, dealing with poisonous radio waves that alter people's minds, the supernatural, or psychological horror is here.

### ![ultra-rare](/img/sif/URpure.png) ultra rare
- serial experiments lain  
*lain*
- higurashi no naku koro ni  
*rika, hanyuu, miyo, bernkastel*
- steins;gate  
*feyris nyan-nyan, daru, moeka*
- perfect blue  
*mima*
- mawaru penguindrum  
*himari, sanetoshi*

### ![super-super-rare](/img/sif/SSRPure.png) super super rare
- koukaku kidoutai: STAND ALONE COMPLEX  
*tachikoma, batou, major kusanagi*
- shin seiki evangelion  
*asuka, rei, misato*
- paprika
- wonder egg priority  
*frill*
- kamisama no memochou  
*alice, min*

### ![super-rare](/img/sif/SRpure.png) super rare
- haibane renmei ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
- jigoku shoujo  
*enma ai, kikuri, hone onna, tsugumi*
- tokyo babylon
- danganronpa: kibou no gakuen to zetsubou no koukousei  
*touko, chihiro, junko, sayaka, celestia*

### ![rare](/img/sif/RPure.png) rare
- umineko no naku koro ni ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*bernkastel, maria, shannon*
- blood-C  
*saya, nene*
- mahou shoujo ikusei keikaku  
*sister nana, ayana/swim swim*
- nekojiro-sou
- .hack//SIGN  
*subaru, BT*
- black★rock shooter  
*dead master/takanashi yomi*
- bakemonogatari ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*mayoi*

### ![normal](/img/sif/NPure.png) normal
- cossette no shouzou
- dantalian no shoka  
*dalian*
- denpa teki na kanojo  
*ame*
- deadman wonderland  
*shiro, minatsuki*
- no.6
- mamono hunter youko
- gunnm  
*gally*

#### want to watch
- uzumaki
- mousou dairinin
- boogiepop wa warawanai
- another
- happy sugar life
- kyuuketsuhime miyu
- blood+
- mahou shoujo site
- the rest of the monogatari series
- chainsaw man
- dark gathering
- texhnolyze
- ergo proxy
- ookami kakushi
- shiki
- chaos;head
- ayashi no ceres
- pupipo!
- elfen lied
- mirai nikki
- tenshi no tamago

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## ![cool](/img/sif/Cool.png) everything else
sometimes, things that aren't terrifying tales of cute magical girls can be interesting. ![hehe](/img/emoji/mymelolaugh.gif)

### ![ultra-rare](/img/sif/URCool.png) ultra rare
- yokohama kaidashi kikou  
*alpha*
- karigurashi no arrietty  
*arrietty*
- sousou no frieren  
*frieren, fern*
- koe no katachi  
*shouko, yuzuru*
- tonari no totoro  
*mei, makkuro-kurosuke, shou-totoro*
- kidou senshi zeta gundam  
*quattro bajeena, haman, roux luka*
- kidou senshi gundam  
*char aznable, sayla mass, lalah sune, haro*

### ![super-super-rare](/img/sif/SSRcool.png) super super rare
- sen to chihiro no kamikakushi  
*chihiro, makkuro-kurosuke, kamajii, bou*
- mononoke-hime  
*san, moro no kimi, kodama*
- howl no ugoku shiro
- suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu  
*asahina mikuru, nagato yuki*
- gaikotsu shoteinin honda-san  
*honda, pest mask*
- sakigake!! cromartie koukou  
*mechazawa, freddie*
- toradora!  
*yasuko/mirano, taiga*
- poptepipikku/pop team epic ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- popotan  
*mii*

### ![super-rare](/img/sif/SRCool.png) super rare
- coquelicot-zaka kara
- outlaw star  
*melfina, aisha clanclan*
- watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui!  
*tomoko, yuu*
- slayers  
*amelia, lina*
- heppoko jikken animation excel saga  
*hyatt, il palazzo, puchuu*
- koutetsu tenshi kurumi  
*kurumi*
- midara na ao-chan wa benkyou ga dekinai  
*ao-chan, hanasaki*
- tokyo godfathers

### ![rare](/img/sif/RCool.png) rare
- rozen maiden ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)  
*hinaichigo, suiseiseiki*
- gake no ue no ponyo  
*ponyo, risa*
- tenchi muyou!  
*washuu, sasami, aeka*
- back street girls -gokudols-  
*chika*
- denpa onna to seishun otoko  
*erio, meme, ryuuko, yashiro*
- niea under 7 ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- tenkuu no escaflowne  
*dilandau, merle*
- fushigi no kuni no miyuki-chan
- ishuzoku reviewers  
*meidri, piltia, bubulala*
- FLCL
- yuuri!!! on ICE  
*victor, katsuki yuuri*
- chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai!  
*dekomori sanae, yumeha*
- doubutsu no mori  
*master/brewster, fuuko/celeste*
- kuragehime ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)
- fruits basket  
*shigure, yuki*

### ![normal](/img/sif/Ncool.png) normal
- danna ga nani wo itteiru ka wakaranai ken  
*kaoru, hajime*
- ro-kyu-bu ![warning](/img/emoji/warning.gif)

#### want to watch
- lycoris recoil
- kyoukai no kanata
- air
- clannad
- kanon
- tsukuyomi: moon phase
- youjouhan shinwa taikei
- violet evergarden
- kotonoha no niwa
- robotics;notes
- hoshi wo ou kodomo
- chobits
- toaru kagaku no railgun
- key the metal idol
- nagato yuki-chan no shoushitsu
- pitaten
- fushigi yuugi
- mahoromatic
- mitsudomoe
- galaxy angel
- saber marionette J
- majo no takkyuubin
- acchi kocchi