user27: I've noticed we're getting more and more of these questions.

I've seen anime X and really liked it! What similar animes are there for me to watch?

or

I'm looking for an anime about Y to watch, any suggestions?

or

What anime should I watch next? I'm bored and I like the Z genre.

So I think it's just about time we give it its own off-topic close reason, because apparently "primarily opinion based" just doesn't cut it.
So we're deprecating the very rarely used "Questions about making your own anime/manga" in favor of "Questions about recommendations".
The following phrasing is proposed:

Questions about watching or reading recommendations are off-topic
  because they tend to attract opinionated answers and clutter.  For
  more information, see Should we allow recommendation
  questions?

This transition will happen in approximately a week, to let people voice their opinions/objections/suggestions/comments. This is the place to do it.
Answer this question with anything you've got, that includes, but not limited to:

Suggesting alternative phrasing.
Suggesting a different meta post to link.
Objections (With actual arguments please)
Comments regarding the deprecation of the "Questions about making your own anime/manga" reason.

Please voice your opinions!

user274: 
This is now status-completed. The following phrasing was adopted and is now live.

I support this as questions about making anime and manga have become few compared to recommendation questions. While "primarily opinion-based" is technically correct, I feel like it doesn't highlight well enough exactly what is opinion-based about the question. Many people coming to the site do not necessarily have experience with the Stack Exchange Q&A mentality.
I'll reiterate earlier comments I made:

I think the "clutter" part of the close reason might not be the best, and particularly wouldn't mean anything to those asking these questions. Perhaps something like:

"Questions about watching or reading recommendations are off-topic because they tend to attract discussion and opinionated answers. For more information, see Should we allow recommendation questions?


The only issue I take with the meta post is that the answer is not accepted, but this is not a critical issue.

And since I feel like this message is too short, here is an image of an anime character approving this post.

27: <p>I've noticed we're getting more and more of these questions.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I've seen anime X and really liked it! What similar animes are there for me to watch?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>or</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I'm looking for an anime about Y to watch, any suggestions?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>or</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>What anime should I watch next? I'm bored and I like the Z genre.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So I think it's just about time we give it its own off-topic close reason, because apparently "primarily opinion based" just doesn't cut it.</p>

<h3>So we're deprecating the very rarely used "Questions about making your own anime/manga" in favor of "Questions about recommendations".</h3>

<p>The following phrasing is proposed:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Questions about <strong>watching or reading recommendations</strong> are off-topic
  because they tend to attract opinionated answers and clutter.  For
  more information, see <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/117">Should we allow recommendation
  questions?</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>This transition will happen in approximately a week, to let people voice their opinions/objections/suggestions/comments. This is the place to do it.</p>

<p>Answer this question with anything you've got, that includes, but not limited to:</p>

<ul>
<li>Suggesting alternative phrasing.</li>
<li>Suggesting a different meta post to link.</li>
<li>Objections (With actual arguments please)</li>
<li>Comments regarding the deprecation of the "Questions about making your own anime/manga" reason.</li>
</ul>

<p>Please voice your opinions!</p>
 274: <blockquote>
<p><strong>This is now <a href="/questions/tagged/status-completed" class="post-tag moderator-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;status-completed&#39;" rel="tag">status-completed</a>. The following phrasing was adopted and is now live.</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I support this as questions about making anime and manga have become few compared to recommendation questions. While &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; is <em>technically</em> correct, I feel like it doesn't highlight well enough exactly what is opinion-based about the question. Many people coming to the site do not necessarily have experience with the Stack Exchange Q&amp;A mentality.</p>
<p>I'll reiterate earlier comments I made:</p>
<ul>
<li>I think the &quot;clutter&quot; part of the close reason might not be the best, and particularly wouldn't mean anything to those asking these questions. Perhaps something like:
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;Questions about <strong>watching or reading recommendations</strong> are off-topic because they tend to attract discussion and opinionated answers. For more information, see <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/117">Should we allow recommendation questions?</a></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>The only issue I take with the meta post is that the answer is not accepted, but this is not a critical issue.</li>
</ul>
<p>And since I feel like this message is too short, <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NMCAq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here is an image of an anime character approving this post</a>.</p>
