Magic of Stella Specials - Recommendations

• TV (12 eps)
• 2007

Najimi Osana's goal is to make a fortune in life, but in reality, she hasn't been having much success in her job. Tsuyuri, a doujin artist and a friend of Najimi, takes her to a convention to help her sell her doujin; and after learning that her childhood friend Justice is a very successful doujin artist, Najimi declares that she will make her fortune by creating doujins of her own. However, Najimi has never created anything close to a doujin before, and will struggle through many difficulties. Together with Tsuyuri, Justice, and Sora, they will work together for Najimi’s sake to gain fame and fortune in the doujin market.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2004

Ever wanted to join an anime club but felt its geekiness would hurt your reputation? Sasahara feels your pain. Genshiken, the Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, is an organization of college otaku obsessed with anime, manga and video games. Their daily activities include holding impromptu cosplay photo shoots, braving the crowds and avoiding injury at doujinshi conventions, and tolerating harassment by Saki, a girl irked by her boyfriend's otaku-ness! It's a perfect match for Sasahara's interests, so why is it so difficult for him to join?

• TV (13 eps)
• 2013

It's a new semester at Shiiou University, and for "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture," AKA Genshiken, that can only mean one thing - new freshman recruits! Originally founded as a club for otaku to discuss their unabashed love of anime, manga, and video games with one another, the current president of Genshiken, Chika Ogiue, may have bitten off more than she can chew by recruiting a bunch of yaoi-obsessed fujoshis to join their ranks! Meanwhile, the original members of Genshiken who have since graduated find themselves coming to terms with their new lives as productive members of society.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2007

Genshiken has won its own sales booth at the upcoming ComiFes, and so for the first time they will be participating as a seller instead of navigating through the convention crowds. The club, now with a couple of new members and Sasahara as the chairman, combines the talents of its various members and begins working on its debut doujinshi release. With members having various personal matters to take care of and the deadline rapidly approaching, will they be able to complete it in time?

• OVA (3 eps)
• 2006 - 2007

What's the worst possible way you could introduce yourself to a club full of anime and manga nerds? "I'm Ogiue, and I hate otaku." This bold statement is what tempted Kasakabe Saki, the other "problem" of the club, to recruit her into their fold. Using tactics such as exposure to yaoi manga and cosplaying, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (aka Genshiken) must put Ogiue to the ultimate test, as the start of the next term begins!

• TV (12 eps)
• 2020

First year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. Though she draws a variety of ideas in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. The producer-type Sayaka Kanamori is the first to notice Asakusa's genius. Then, when it becomes clear that their classmate, charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki, really wants to be an animator, they create an animation club to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds.

• OVA (4 eps)
• 2003 - 2004

After failing his examinations, Sendo Kazuki spends his days aimlessly. At the same time, his childhood friend, Taishi, decides to drag Kazuki into the world of fan comics. And then, the heroines such as Takase Mizuki, fan comic artistes, Inagawa Yuu and Ohba Eimi, comic staff member Makumura Minami, are obliged to join in the fan comic project. The gathering of people with the same dreams and goals sets off a success story of fan comic.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2005

In the world of a Japanese otaku, doujinshi – fan made manga – reigns supreme. Kazuki is a would-be famous doujinshi artist who loves nothing more than to create it, but the usual rushed manuscripts and lackluster sales derail him along the way. Together with the spirited Eimi, loud Taichi, bumbling Subaru and the rest of the gang, Kazuki balances his career as an artist with some good old fashioned fun. But the most important question remains: will Kazuki's talents ever get him a spot in the convention’s coveted Kabe Circle?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2017

Just as soon as she enters Sakaneko Private High School, Asagadani Minoa is dragged into the anime club by her classmate, Kamiigusa Arisu, even though she knows next to nothing about anime. A classmate, Kouenji Miko, along with other anime-loving senpais, quickly turn her into an anime fan. Fighting off the incessant shut-down threats of the student council, and completely oblivious to the coming apocalypse, the anime club talks about anime in the club, at Akihabara, at anime Meccas, and at hot springs.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2014

A blush-inducing,​ coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees!! The characters are all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort,​ and work at the comic shop "Uma no Hone.​" On a daily basis,​ they display new releases,​ shrink-wrap comics,​ shudder at their lack of feminine qualities,​ question their love for porn literature.​.. and basically have fun while working hard (?). Girls and guys call each other by nicknames and some begin to develop close relationships!