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Apr 18, 2019 6:48 PM

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Zombieland Saga was one of the funniest things I'd seen in ages, the story's pretty great too!

Apr 18, 2019 10:42 PM

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Baccano!
Princess Jellyfish
The tatami galaxy
Welcome to Irabu’s office
Usagi drop
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Jun 5, 2022 4:40 PM
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BNA. Studio Trigger furry batman go crazy.
Jun 5, 2022 4:54 PM

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So far, Serial Experiments Lain is my favorite one-cour anime
Jun 5, 2022 9:45 PM

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Ping Pong the animation and Steins;Gate.

Jun 5, 2022 10:52 PM

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Domestic na Kanojo

I mean it expressed so much in so little time. It might not have impressed many with it's execution, but it managed to impress me with how it combined heavy themes and wholesome moments to ease the tension. It was done almost seamlessly.
Jun 5, 2022 11:25 PM
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torsan88 said:
For me I have many, but the best one of them is Overlord, Overlord is really amazing and hype anime I hope we get season 4 very soon, it probably will be better animes in future But right now is Overlord
(I am sorry but you are right, it has more episode, but I was feeling that way)
Who is your favorite anime with 12-13 episodes?


grand blue, kids on the slope, the tatami galaxy, relife, madoka magica
Jun 6, 2022 3:21 PM

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I've also elected to include 11 episode series since they fall into the same general category in my view (and are just less common and something of an "odd duck" out) as well as decided to construct an ordered and hierarchical Top 25 comprised solely of 11 - 13 episode series.

It's interesting, because this 11 - 13 episode format and the running time allotted by it occupies a very specific place where I feel that it's actually been one of my major complaints and sources of dissatisfaction with some more recent series, like several seasonals I've watched from 2020 - 2022. I believe it's very typical and actually the norm for these series to be extremely rushed and shoddily executed compared to what they could be with a higher episode count and longer running time afforded to them. This particularly affects a lot of very plot-centric, drama and action series, as they often either don't have enough time to get more in-depth with the various characters, subjects, and topics covered, or they partially do but it's jumbled and fast-paced enough to feel too messy, artificial, and inorganic in the final result. Because it didn't have time and space to develop naturally as much as it could have and as it should have been allowed to.

And yet some of my top favorites of all time and source of a few of my only 10/10s are series of this episode count. The usual exceptions for me where the length doesn't serve as a hindrance are either super dense and extremely intricate and well-written, auteur directed series that are among the most unique and well-executed anime and media/art period I've seen (and it goes without saying that most aren't written or directed to this fanatically exceptional standard) and Slice of Life + iyashikei and Slice of Life series, where the length can be (but doesn't have to be) just right and doesn't serve as a hindrance in the first place.

My list for now:

1.) Koi Kaze
2.) Haibane Renmei
3.) Serial Experiments Lain
4.) Usagi Drop
5.) Elfen Lied
6.) Kaiba
7.) Happy Sugar Life
8.) Aku no Hana
9.) Sora no Woto
10.) Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (2003 iteration)
11.) Centaur no Nayami
12.) Flying Witch
13.) Kemono Friends
14.) Earth Maiden Arjuna
15.) Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
16.) Subete ga F ni Naru
17.) Hakumei to Mikochi
18.) Goblin Slayer
19.) Ikoku Meiro no Croisee the Animation
20.) Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation
21.) Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
22.) Gakkougurashi!
23.) Saraiya Goyou
24.) Fune wo Amu
25.) Time Travel Shoujo: Mari Waka to 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi
Jun 6, 2022 3:36 PM

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if you’re talking about an anime who has no other season and 12-13 episodes then it’s baccano!, rokka no yuusha and odd taxi
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Jun 6, 2022 10:55 PM

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I really like vivy and odd taxi. Both have clean stories and good characters. All wrapped up into a nice compact series.
Jun 6, 2022 10:58 PM
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- Flying Witch
- Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!
- Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic
- Long Riders!
- ViVid Strike!
- Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita!
Jun 7, 2022 4:37 AM

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The Tatami Galaxy and it's not even close
Jun 7, 2022 6:53 AM

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torsan88 said:
For me I have many, but the best one of them is Overlord, Overlord is really amazing and hype anime I hope we get season 4 very soon, it probably will be better animes in future But right now is Overlord
(I am sorry but you are right, it has more episode, but I was feeling that way)
Who is your favorite anime with 12-13 episodes?


death parade, sonny boy, odd taxi, akudama drive, the promised neverland (you know, since they NEVER made a season 2...)
Jun 7, 2022 7:35 AM
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There are quite some of them

Erased, Another, Charlotte, Anohana, 91 Days, Vivy, Zankyou No Terror, Yuri On Ice, Tsuki Ga Kirei, SK8, Link Click, Elfen Lied, Violet Evergarden, ID Invaded, Darwin's Game, Odd Taxi, Gosick, Usagi Drop, Daily Lives of High school boys
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