Pastel Memories

For the inner masochist in you! The 40 lowest rated, completed, full-length anime on MAL of at least 10+ episodes, updated at the end of every season. Minarai Dive is considered a + because of it's borderline anime status and odd length episodes, and Dimension high School is a + for being partially not anime.

This is a stack of Anime which each have a Main Cast of 6 or More Females, no less, only more, and no males will be in these Main Casts.

If you like the types of shows featured in this stack, feel free to check out this stack series: Comedic All Female Cast/CGDCT Shows, as it might contain more anime you would like.

This stack will only contain the first season of each series.

The YouTube channel Mother's Basement has released a number of "Worst Anime of <year>" videos wherein the host roasts (and often demolishes) the worst anime of the subject year. This interest stack is a compilation of those anime from the years 2018 thru 2022.

As formatting and links are frowned upon in interest stacks, you can find the actual review videos in my corresponding blog post. You can also just search YouTube.

Shows are listed in historical order. The year is noted and if appropriate or helpful or amusing, one or more selected quotes from the review are included as well. [I will also interject when the need/desire arises. -ed.]

2018 through 2021 are presented as a list of five worst of the year 1 (worst) > 5 (least worst)

2022 is presented as an "awards" show - not the kind of award to hope for.

I only use these reviews to help eliminate, or at least decrease the priority of, shows on my watchlist. Sadly, I'd already watched a number of these shows before I saw the reviews. I offer this stack in the hopes that some of you may spend more time watching entertaining shows by avoiding some real stinkers. Or if you enjoyed some of these, more power to you.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35206

Cute girls doing action things/Newer entries/more female-focused/2 or more girls that fight/Primarily girls doing action things


Fighting Female Protagonist
part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34135
part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34283

Part 1 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57182
Part 2 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57183
Part 4 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57185
Part 5 -> https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57186

No idea why some of these shows aren't tagged with the magical girl theme.

Now including magical boy anime since there really is no tag for that.

Rules
1. No Magical Girlfriend shows (Except for Valkyrie and Dokuro-chan)
2. No International shows (MAL hosts Chinese and Korean productions but in order to save space, only Japanese shows will be included. I may make an international version in the future)
3. No regular fantasy with a female protagonist (ie. My Next Life as a Villainess and Frieren. Shows in a fantasy world with MG like tropes like Rayearth and Leviathan are fine)
4. ABSOLUTELY NO HENTAI! (While Magical Canan began as a Hentai OVA, the TV series version suitable for general audiences will appear. Ecchi like Cutie Honey and Moetan are fine though due to not showing explicit sex/pornographic material)
5. In order to save room, only the first installment of each show will appear. (In terms of Precure, only Futari wa will appear as a representation for the franchise as a whole.)

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/70049
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/70095
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/70096

When I say "full length" I'm referring to the length of the episodes, not by how many there are.

Magical Girls literary genre that centers both around the concepts of girls coming of age and possessing power through their femininity. Being empowered by various means with fantastic powers that both assist and complicate their lives, but manage to persevere despite this. Starting from 1966 until 2025.

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/75421 Part 1
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/75423 Part 2
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/75680 Part 3
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/75683 Part 4
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/75685 Part 5
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/76227 Part 7