2025 MAL Anime Watching Challenge

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Another year, another partially completed anime watching challenge haha I decided to make this a separate post to divide the huge chunks of text of previous years. These types of posts are tagged as anime watching challenge.



 Challenge Start Date: February 03, 2025
⌛ Challenge Finish Date: —


✏️ Legend:Watching - Completed - Inactive/Plan to Watch

 

💬 Challenge List:

MINI-GAME #1: DARTS (9/10)
✧ Complete 10 items and remove 2 items✧



• [Started: February 15, 2025] [Finished: March 30, 2025] (2) Watch an anime from a Stack provided by an active AWC Staff Member (MAL Staff are not AWC Staff)
  My Home Hero
  [AWC Staff Stack Used: Knives & Nightmares]
   
• [Started: April 8, 2025] [Finished: DATE](18) Watch an anime with 22 or more episodes (each episode must be at least 15 minutes)
  Banana Fish
   
• [Started: February 03, 2025] [Finished: February 06, 2025] (22) Watch an anime that began airing between Jan 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2019 (total duration must be at least 16 minutes)
  Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun
   
• [Started: February 15, 2025] [Finished: February 16, 2025] (40) Watch an anime that began airing the same season and year as one of the anime in your MAL favorites (favorite anime must have been completed before item is started)
  The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons
  [Favorite Anime: The Apothecary Diaries | Season/Year: Fall 2023]
   
• [Started: February 9, 2025] [Finished: April 12, 2025] (41) Watch an anime that began airing the same month (eg. July) you joined MAL
  Samurai 7
   
• [Started: March 23] [Finished: April 6] (43) Watch an anime that has a main title starting with the same letter/number as your MAL username
  Sakamoto Days
   
• [Started: February 15, 2025] [Finished: February 15, 2025] (53) Watch an anime with a Review that has at least three different reaction emojis
  Tadaima Okaeri
  [Review Link: https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=525453 | Screenshot: https://i.postimg.cc/bNFvLtBR/awcimg25.png]
   
• [Started: March 22] [Finished: March 22](70) Watch an anime with 3 or more main characters that are of the same gender
  Yuukoku no Moriarty
   
• [Started: February 9, 2025] [Finished: February 24, 2025] (87) Watch an anime Recommended to one of the Anime listed in your MAL Favorites (favorite anime must have been completed before item is started)
  Servant x Service
  [Favorite Anime: Working!!]
   
• [Started: February 7, 2025] [Finished: April 13, 2026] (96) Watch an anime tagged with Music
  Ao no Orchestra
   


MINI-GAME #5: TAROT CARDS (2/15)
✧ Completion instructions listed in each Route ✧
✧ Tiers must be completed in order (Exception: Anime with 45+ eps, 20+ min ep duration ✧


Tarot Ending : #2
ROUTE 1: INTRODUCTION (2/3)
✧ Complete ALL 3 items ✧


• [Started: March 30, 2025] [Finished: April 5, 2025] (45) Watch an anime that has an English number (10, ten) somewhere in the main title
  number24
  [English Number: 24]
   
• [Started: April 20, 2025] [Finished: DATE](103) Watch an anime tagged with either Mystery or Parody (each episode must be at least 16 minutes)
  Baccano!
   
• [Started: April 20, 2025] [Finished: April 20, 2025] (118) Watch an anime tagged with at least ONE of the following: Isekai, Reincarnation, Survival, Time Travel
  Ateuma Chara no Kuse shite, Super Darling Ouji ni Chouai sareteimasu. (The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!)
  
  
  ROUTE 2: CHOOSING TAROT CARDS (0/6)
  ✧ Complete 6 items and remove 1 item ✧
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (10) Watch an anime a 2025 AWC participant has listed in their 'MAL Score vs Anime Score' profile statistics and provide a screenshot
  Samurai Flamenco
  [AWC Participant: Rinis93 | Post Link: link | Profile Statistics Link: link | Screenshot: ]
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (32) Watch an anime that started airing in April(each episode must be at least 16 minutes)
  Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (33) Watch an anime that started airing in July(each episode must be at least 16 minutes)
  Try Knights
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (64) Watch an anime with a score of 6.23 or below (anime must finish airing before you start it)
  Vampire Dormitory
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (100) Watch an anime tagged with either Historical or Horror (each episode must be at least 16 minutes)
  Jigokuraku (Hell's Paradise)
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (110) Watch an anime tagged with at least ONE of the following: Childcare, Gag Humor, Magical Sex Shift, Shoujo
  A Galaxy Next Door
  [Tagged With: Childcare]
  
  ROUTE 2.2: FLIP THE CARD OVER (0/6)
  ✧ Complete 6 items and remove 1 item ✧
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (23) Watch an anime that began airing between Jan 1, 2010 and Dec 31, 2014 (total duration must be at least 16 minutes)
  Barakamon
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (49) Watch an anime that has at least 3 words in the main title that start with the same letter
  Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!)
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (56) Watch an anime with more users in the "Plan-to-Watch" stat than the "Completed" stat (anime must finish airing before you start it)
  Pastel Memories
  [Plan to Watch When Started: 9,307 | Completed When Started: 5,241 ]
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (67) Watch an anime that has an Inanimate Object as a character
  Diabolik Lovers
  [Character: Teddy]
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (76) Watch an afternoon/evening anime (broadcast between 17:00 and 22:59 JST)
  Tasokare Hotel
   
• [Started: DATE] [Finished: DATE] (119) Watch an anime tagged with at least TWO of the following: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
  Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  [Tagged With 1: Action | Tagged With 2: Sci-Fi]