The Nightmare Before Christmas
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

Manga that make you question how and why someone created it in this format. Mainly focusing on the adaptations of popular western works/ideas from other media. I tried to somewhat limit the list and included only one manga per franchise/concept.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/69080

Manga that might make you question "why is there an adaptation of THAT?"
Some might be a little more surprising than others but will still make you think "that exists huh?"

Other honorable mentions that didn't make the list:
any Jesus manga, Beauty and the Beast, Blair Witch, Finding Nemo, Frozen, Grimms Manga Tales, Joker, Lollipop Chainsaw, Tangled, Thomas The Tank Engine and Wolverine

This stack is for any manga that primarily revolves around Christmas as a holiday, or Santa Claus as a character.

Note: I did not add overly explicit titles or titles I could not find much information on. Most of this list is one-shots since full-length manga about Christmas are far and few in-between. I also included two light novels since both revolve around Christmas themes.

Otherworldly and/or monstrous features creeping into character design, art style, and/or otherwise general aesthetics; prominent uses of orange, black, and stripes, perhaps even gothic and/or chilling fairy tales—whether or not it's actually set in Halloween, these anime fit the spirit (or at least at any Hot Topics near you!) ⋆

I'm surprised that there isn't a name to this specific kind of aesthetic I've been craving. I seriously want to see more cute anime that embraces the spookiness in ways like Soul Eater or Hells did.


Non-manga examples:
Over the Garden Wall, Coraline, Corpse Bride, Devil's Candy, Tim Burton, Gekidan Inu Curry



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For Cyber✷Stylin' manga aesthetic: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24007

ANIME EDITION: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51975/

September 3 - 7, 2024: thanks for putting this on the Interest Stacks front page <3

Updated as of 06/22/2025

Stories about all types of reanimated corpses!

Not on mal:
-Yes, my lich! (manhua)
-Adventures of an Undead Who Became Paladin (manhua)
-Dokuro-san ga Miteiru (manga)
-Boku no Nakama wa Isekai Saikyou Undead (manga)
-Undead King: Teihen Boukensha, Mamono no Chikara de Shinka Musou (manga)
-Necromancer no Musume (one shot)
-Lv1 Skeleton (Novel)
-Necromancer in the End of the World (Novel)

Manga with Halloween-y October-y themes such as: Horror, Witches/Vampires/Ghosts, Gothic and other spooky, Halloween themes.

Most of these I have red or plan on reading.

Manga/light novels relating to Christmas. Some of the titles are under the erotica genre, but none of them are hentai.

Also, see surprisedspace’s list here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38414