September 2026 Challenge
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Requirements
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- 01)
Watch an anime with the format “TV” and the tag “Shoujo”
Required for Easy- TV
1 note
- Required for Easy Mode - You MUST complete this requirement and 4 others
- 02)
Watch an anime with a female staff member credited with the role “Director”, “Script”, “Original Creator” or “Key Animation”
2 notes
- State the staff member
- If the gender is not stated in the AniList description, provide a link to a page that indicates the gender of the staff (Such as a wiki page, official website, or a staff’s page)
- 03)
Watch an anime with a character who shares a name with a mangaka associated with the Year 24 Group
3 notes
- You can use the character's and mangaka's given names, surnames, middle names or alternative names interchangeably
- State the character and the mangaka
- List of mangaka associated with the group can be found here
- 04)
Watch an anime with a female main character who is a teenager
3 notes
- For the purpose of this requirement, we define a teenager as 13-17 years old
- If the age is not stated in the AniList description provide a link to a page that indicates the age of the character (Such as a wiki page, official website, or a character’s page)
- State the character
- 05)
Watch an anime with the genre “Mahou Shoujo”, “Horror” or “Supernatural”
- Mahou Shoujo or Horror or Supernatural
- 06)
What is this? A fanfic?: Watch an anime with any of the tags: “Love Triangle”, “Estranged Family”, “Tragedy”, “Male Harem” or “Boys’ Love”
- Love Triangle or Estranged Family or Tragedy or Male Harem
- 07)
Framed in Flowers: Watch an anime that another participant is using for the May 2025 Monthly Challenge
- Manual challenge rule
1 note
- State their username and provide a link to their challenge post
- 08)
Ribon: Watch an anime with a character that wears a hair accessory
3 notes
- Hair accessories include hair clips, barrettes and any kind of hairbands (such as hair ties or headbands)
- State the character
- Provide a screenshot
- 09)
Ciao: Watch an anime that was a staff member’s first or latest work
3 notes
- A staff member’s “latest work” is considered to be their most recent anime that has the release status “Finished” at the time of submission
- The first or latest work is according to the “Anime Staff Roles” section of the staff member’s AniList page as shown in the example image
- State the staff member
- 10)
Watch an anime featured as another participant’s Shoujo Eyes
1 note
- State their username and provide a link to their challenge post