Koukyuu no Karasu

anime that have solid female friendship, some aren't part of main theme of the show, but wholesome nonetheless

These anime and donghua feature members of a royal family. They may be rulers, royal heirs, or people who have become royalty by other means, such as marriage, divine decree, or simply taking the throne. In rare cases, an exceptional individual will actually build their own kingdom from the ground up. While some characters enjoy the wealth and privilege their position affords them, others may be trying to distance themselves from their royal responsibilities. More tragic figures include survivors of fallen kingdoms and exiled royals fighting to survive and, in some cases, reclaim what they have lost.

Tags for searchability: Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Emperors, Empresses, Demon Kings, Demon Queens, Maoh

This year there has been more shoujoseis animes than usual, so i think a list would help if someone's interested, i'll say a short thoughts on the animes too.

Avoided a bit of the really obvious ones (The Big 3 and Death Note) and some that were really similar to something already present on this list. Also, enjoy your life a bit more by watching these gems.

Royal family members, aristocrats and children from really rich and influential families

Animes shoujosei (and some seinen/shounen) of romance (not all), with royalty/historical/isekai themes

𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆: These anime feature royalty: members of a royal family such as King, Queen, Prince, or Princess.

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹: The setting of a historical anime takes place at some point in Earth's past. The level of dedication to portraying the lifestyles, societies, and technologies of past periods and peoples accurately or believably can vary greatly between different works.

𝗜𝘀𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗶: Isekai is a fantasy genre where a person from Earth is transported to, reborn, or trapped in a parallel universe or fantasy world.

Historical and historical fantasy anime that takes place in Japan.
Usually during the Taishõ era or the Meiji era.
This typical animes are usually fantasy.

Animes that consist of royalty anime characters. For example: emperor, empress, duke, duchess, archduke, baron, baroness, king, queen, princess, prince, nobles, count, countess, and etc.

These typical animes are usually isekai.

Derived from AniFem's seasonal recommendations and top picks for 2022

See the website for their pros and cons per title:
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-winter-2022/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-spring-2022/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-summer-2022/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-fall-2022/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminists-top-picks-for-2022/

Bee and PuppyCat (2022), a Japanese co-production, was also among the top picks, but isn't listed on MyAnimeList.

See also:
Parts 1-5, 7
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17514
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17515
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18757
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18755
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18995
Manga Recs
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17520
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28358
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28535
Chatty AF
Anime
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22027
Manga
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25862
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25883
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26994
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27949

This interest stack has shows where we don't initially know much about one of the main characters we're watching. They have an entertaining personality, but we don't get a straightforward answer about where they come from, what exactly they want, and what drives them to act the way they do.

These shows do a good job of slowly feeding this information to the audience which enhances the mystery behind the character and keeps us hooked on what's to come from them.

See also:

part 2:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20727

part 3:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20728

Anime made in the last 5ish years between 2018 and 2022 that are absolute bangers but have under 100,000 MAL members who've seen it.

2018-2022

anime with main characters going through new adventures - meeting new people - going new places each episode with their respective story and conclusion while the main plot is flowing withing to a purpose or a goal

Japanese anime that has inspiration from Chinese culture. Some have Chinese setting.

Source: AniDB

See also:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20987
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21319
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32204

Romance as the main plot or sub plot but not set in high school rather in the adult world like workplace, university etc