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Secret Santa

You will receive the name of one random user who has also signed up. It's on you to prepare a gift for this user. The gifts will be in the form of an anime recommendation. This is not like your typical Secret Santa where everyone sends their gift directly to their recipient. In this Secret Santa, once everyone has decided on their gift, I will pool all of the recommended anime together. Users will have to decide on one or more anime to watch from the pool. This means that not every anime may get picked up, but if your original recipient picks up the anime you recommended, consider yourself a winner!

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Recommend any anime that you think your recipient would like. As a donor, it's your duty to take a look at the anime list of your recipient and think of what they would enjoy. Please give a thoughtful recommendation to your recipient, and don't be afraid of missing the mark, as other users may end up picking up your recommendation instead! If you insist on sending additional, direct gifts to your recipient, like graphics or kind words, I will take care of delivering them too.

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How do I sign up?

You have to post in this thread by showing your interest.
For Discord users without a MAL account, you may send me (Mishu) a message on Discord.

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Deadlines:

Sign-ups close on December 14th
Name of recipient given to donors on December 15th
Secretly relay your gifts to Mishu before December 24th
I will open the pool of recommended anime on December 25th
You will choose what to watch before January 1st
You may take the time you need to complete your anime
Sharing your thoughts in the thread is recommended
The donor names are revealed on January 1st


Santas:
1. DenpaNyan
2. Regulus
3. Ohayotaku
4. Bajar
5. Ritslou
6. Lhamatorrinco
7. livingdeadgirlx3
8. mhkr
9. YayakoChii
10. Amjle
11. big_al_23
12. The_Real_Calluma
13. smoltulip
14. Xiaraith
15. Inaba
16. Tugiacat
17. sarakarkki
18. TrueXC
19. Sopina
20. Ericonator
21. 2155X
22. Wicklebee
23. Edking
24. ToruWasTaken
25. Harun
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MishukaxDec 15, 2024 9:11 AM
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Dec 2, 2024 9:38 AM
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Showing my interest :)
Dec 2, 2024 10:01 AM
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Sign me up 😁


Dec 2, 2024 10:26 AM
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Last time we did this I got to watch the lovely Tari Tari and Windy Tales. So comfy. I trust you guys to give some great recommendations again. Consider me signed up!
Dec 2, 2024 10:26 AM
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I'm interested
Dec 2, 2024 10:34 AM
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Me me me me
Dec 2, 2024 11:12 AM
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I'm interested! :D
Dec 2, 2024 11:13 AM
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Just like Bajar said, I also got great anime (Hidamari Sketch and Natsuiro Kiseki) last time so leaving it to CCC members again to give 🐐s. unfortunately I'm not good at recommending to others
Sign me up
Dec 2, 2024 12:18 PM
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I would like to try it too. Thanks.

Dec 2, 2024 12:46 PM

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I'll join too, Kiitos

Dec 2, 2024 12:49 PM

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I would like to participate :)
Dec 2, 2024 4:47 PM

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Sign me up!
Dec 2, 2024 9:08 PM

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This seems fun! I'd love to participate~ ♡



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Dec 3, 2024 12:56 PM

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sign me up too =w=

To the person who ends up having to choose a gift for me: I know it might be tricky, but as long as it isn't longer than two seasons (~26ep) and has at least one basic thought related to my taste put behind it, I will appreciate your gesture dearly!
Dec 3, 2024 6:48 PM

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sign me up!

Surely the person above me's not gonna be my recipient =w=
Dec 4, 2024 8:43 AM
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I would love to participate !
Dec 6, 2024 4:55 AM

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More gifts!! Sign me up
Dec 12, 2024 5:41 AM

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I'd like to join
Dec 12, 2024 6:25 AM

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@Rajidae sing up in this secret santa here, I need to make u watch Yuru Camp kiitos

Mishukax said:
consider yourself a winner!
what will the prize be?

Dec 12, 2024 1:19 PM

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Before I forget, I must sign up. Even if I've failed to fulfill my duties in the past of actually finishing what was given to me.
Dec 14, 2024 7:54 AM

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I'm signing up :yunichristmaspresents:
Dec 14, 2024 8:22 AM
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I would like to sign up
Dec 15, 2024 9:17 AM

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@DenpaNyan @i2egulus @Ohayotaku @Bajar @Ritslou
@Lhamatorrinco @livingdeadgirlx3 @mhkr @YayakoChii @Amjle
@big_al_23 @The_Real_Calluma @smoltulip @Xiaraith @YozoraLepus
@Tugiacat @sarakarkki @TrueXC @Sopina @Ericonator
@2155X @Wicklebee @Edking @ToruWasTaken @xHarun

Thank you everyone for signing up. 25 secret santas is a great number. You will receive your recipient in the course of today with proper instructions.
Have a merry gift wrapping session!

Dec 15, 2024 9:21 AM

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wow we actually got the full 25 santas. Merry early Christmas ^_^
Dec 16, 2024 7:37 PM
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Reply to Mishukax
@DenpaNyan @i2egulus @Ohayotaku @Bajar @Ritslou
@Lhamatorrinco @livingdeadgirlx3 @mhkr @YayakoChii @Amjle
@big_al_23 @The_Real_Calluma @smoltulip @Xiaraith @YozoraLepus
@Tugiacat @sarakarkki @TrueXC @Sopina @Ericonator
@2155X @Wicklebee @Edking @ToruWasTaken @xHarun

Thank you everyone for signing up. 25 secret santas is a great number. You will receive your recipient in the course of today with proper instructions.
Have a merry gift wrapping session!

Mishukax said:
You will receive your recipient in the course of today with proper instructions.

Will you be notifying us by DM/PM? Haven’t seen anything yet.


Dec 18, 2024 8:01 AM
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Mishukax said:
Mishu the elf overslept a bit. Recipients should have been sent to everyone by now. Happy gifting =w=

Got it.

Thanks for overseeing the event 😁


Dec 18, 2024 11:35 AM

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@Mishukax

sorry, i have a question. When we send our gift to you, we can write a thoughtful message, right? its obvious that we cant mention our username, but we cant mention the person's username either to what we are gifting, right?
YayakoChiiDec 18, 2024 11:51 AM

Dec 18, 2024 3:04 PM

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@YayakoChii

You can send a message and feel free to mention the user as well.

The pool of anime as described on the main post is revealed on the 25th, but the custom messages themselves are kept secret until January 1st when they will finally be sent to the user. So in reality, there isn't a problem in mentioning your own name as well in your gift, since the donors are revealed at the same time as I send the complete gifts
Dec 25, 2024 9:41 AM

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Hi everyone and merry Christmas,

As a heads up, one of the gifts is still unaccounted for, and if I don't have it by the end of today (Universal Mishu Elf Time) I will step in to create a gift of my own for the recipient and open the pool once that's done. Then you will have until the end of the year to pick an anime to watch from the pool.

Thank you for your understanding!
Dec 26, 2024 8:15 AM

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@DenpaNyan @i2egulus @Ohayotaku @Bajar @Ritslou @Lhamatorrinco @livingdeadgirlx3 @mhkr @YayakoChii @Amjle @big_al_23 @The_Real_Calluma @smoltulip @Xiaraith @YozoraLepus @Tugiacat @sarakarkki @TrueXC @Sopina @Ericonator @2155X @Wicklebee @Edking @ToruWasTaken @xHarun

Gifts have been prepared, and it's time for the pool of recommendations to be revealed!
Take a good look and choose an anime that feels right for you.
For now, you don't know which one of these was recommended to you specifically, so just go with what you think you will enjoy!
On New Year's, I will deliver to each person the gift that was prepared for them through DMs.
If your gift isn't what you first picked from the pool, it would be polite to try that anime as well.
You are encouraged to use this thread to talk about any anime you watch as a result of this event.

For now, please reply to this thread with one (or more) anime you plan to watch from the pool!


ANIME POOL









Dec 26, 2024 8:26 AM
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I will watch Anima Yell!
Dec 26, 2024 8:36 AM

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wake up girls

Dec 26, 2024 8:47 AM

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Udon no Kuni and Senpai ga Uzai, both I'm planning to watch!
Dec 26, 2024 8:52 AM

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I would probably go for Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi or Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Dec 26, 2024 8:54 AM
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Anne Happy & Love Lab both caught my attention so planning to try them first.
Might also try Nyaruko. I’ve been curious about Long Riders, but currently not available on the streaming sites I’m subscribed to.
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I could literally watch at least half of these but my first pick now would be Yama no Susume.
Then Anime Yell, SoraYori and Azumanga Daioh... and many others xd
Dec 26, 2024 9:34 AM
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Magic of Stella and Wake up girls, been considering both for a while so this is a good reason to get around to them
Dec 26, 2024 10:21 AM

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Nice anime pool once again, right now I can't watch anything but please wait for about ~10 days and even after that I probably finish the ones I'm currently watching so beforehand I'm sorry that I'm not starting things I supposed to watch.
Anyway these anime are the ones I haven't seen from the pool: (btw there isn't anything that I want to avoid so I may eventually watch all of them, tho I planned to do this for the last CC secret santa event and just didn't do it)

From these, there are 4 titles that I "really" want to watch: Love Lab, Flying Witch, Dennou Coil and To Heart; I can say if one of these 4 got recommended to me consider yourself a winner though honestly I can see other titles were the ones "meant to be" for me.
Choosing between these are very hard for me but 99 percent I start with Dennou Coil. Of course I'm going to watch the anime that got recommended to me too.

Hope you guys enjoying these days and it's a bit early but hope you have a great year next year
Dec 26, 2024 3:42 PM

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Whew, of the shows listed I haven't watched, there are like... 2 shows I dropped, 1 show I started but didn't feel motivated to keep going, 3 that I hadn't heard of and then a bunch I had but never bothered to touch. Weirdly enough, one shoe that actually sticks out to me as something I ignored completely while it was airing and think I'd try when someone here is recommending it to someone (even if said person isn't me) is Somali].
Dec 26, 2024 4:00 PM

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I would probably go for Sora yori mo Tooi Basho or Super Cub! I've been meaning to watch both of them for a while now~
These are all really interesting picks, though! ☆



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Dec 26, 2024 7:13 PM

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I know Houkagou Insomnia is well-liked by a bunch of people here and it looks quite good so I will watch that one. I will also watch whichever one was meant for me when that is revealed.
Dec 26, 2024 7:23 PM

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It was actually harder than I thought to pick one since there were a lot here I wanted to watch! I've gone with To Heart but I'll also watch whatever was recommended to me.
Dec 27, 2024 12:13 AM

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Merry Secret Santamas =w=

Hmm, three anime here that I haven't watched. I really don't want to believe that by looking at my list one would make me a shounen gift, thus I'll go with Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru which does look strangely intriguing, will get me into fully unfamiliar waters, and has the Slice of Life genre and Hokkaido setting for good measures.

Wan Sheng Jie is a short anime, can probably watch that one too swiftly.
Dec 27, 2024 12:24 AM

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hmmmm
I'll for sure watch whatever was recommended to me, but if I have to pick one, I'm very interested in Dennou Coil
Dec 27, 2024 2:00 AM

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Loooooong Riders!

Time for some ice cream!
Dec 27, 2024 3:07 AM

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I will likely be checking out Super Cub which has been on my radar for some time already
Dec 27, 2024 8:04 AM

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Personally I'm interested in Figure 17 I might pick it up once the new year rolls in
Dec 27, 2024 4:14 PM

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already feels like a show that you can't really go wrong with if you fancy yourself a lively early-2000s anime experience
Dec 28, 2024 3:49 AM

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After an initial sorting, 3 animes have made the cut for me : Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, and Little Busters!

But I'll go with my gut feeling here and firstly watch Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. I dunno, the cover immediately spoke to me and it seems like a fun no brainer show.
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