I love horror but my recommendation isn't dark or gory. UMA MUSUME: PRETTY DERBY! I loved horses and ponies as a kid, I miss going to the race track and watching the races. This series reignited my love for horse racing as a sport. The uma musumes are all based on real life Japanese race horses. They got permission from the owners to make them characters and if you learn about the characters and their real life counter parts, you can tell they put SO MUCH LOVE AND CARE INTO THEM, honoring their legacies. It's amazing, I can't recommend it enough.