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Short-Form Anime: The Best

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byIdeDial
May 15 2024, 5:51 PM | Updated May 18, 2:27 PM
The best anime series that have episodes shorter than the usual 20 minutes.
TV, 1976Finished 127 eps, 25 min

Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad". (Source: ANN)

StudioMadhouse
Source
6.99
2.4K
TV, 1983Finished 130 eps, 10 min

An older woman wears a small spoon around her neck but every now and then, she shrinks to the size of a mouse because of the spoon. She sees the world then from a completely different perspective and has all kind of strange adventures together with Wendy, the mouse and many others. (Source: ANN)

StudioPierrot
SourceNovel
DemographicKids
6.67
2.7K
TV, 1989Finished 103 eps, 10 min

Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...

SourceManga
DemographicSeinen
6.83
7.5K
TV, 1997Finished 156 eps, 7 min

Chou Tokkyuu Hikarian is about a series of bullet trains that are turned into robots. The robots, along with two humans named Tetsuyuki Shinbashi and Minayo Kanda, have to stop an alien invasion. (Source: Wikipedia)

StudioUnknown
Source
DemographicKids
6.15
966
TV, 1998Finished 24 eps, 14 min

In the aftermath of a great and terrible war, Haruka finds herself the last surviving human on Earth. Though humanity may have been wiped out, she is not entirely alone. Advanced robots have survived the apocalypse, and Haruka lives with five who care for her: Spike, a boyish android who is very attached to her; Trigger, hot-tempered with a penchant for firearms; Cleric, the intelligent problem solver; Reeves, whose thoughtfulness overshadows his intimidating appearance; and Angela, a sword wielding recluse with an aversion towards humans. Residing in a high-rise building at the center of the city, Haruka lives a relatively peaceful life with her mechanical family. However, her life is far from a stable one. Not only is a lack of resources a concern, but violent, remnant robots from the war roam free, ready to destroy whomever they meet. Kurogane Communication follows Haruka as she tries to survive in an apocalyptic world while facing many dangers that will challenge her daily life. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioAPPP
SourceManga
6.63
7.0K
TV, 1998Finished 48 eps, 15 min

An ancient God called Ranga awakens on an isolated island in the South Pacific where it has been slumbering forgotten by mankind. Three sisters living in Tokyo—Minami, Ushio, and Yuuhi Shimabara—discover they have inherited this Island Kingdom, along with the huge God. When Ranga shows up in Tokyo, it soon becomes a source of wonder and conflict for the three sisters that control Ranga, the people who want to destroy it, and ones who want to use it. (Source: ANN)

StudioPierrot
SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
6.54
17K
TV, 1998Finished 48 eps, 12 min

In a small town, there is a small pharmacy called Fun Fun Pharmacy. Popuri, a girl who recently moved in downtown, discovers this pharmacy and meets Miss Fukiko, who is actually a witch. Miss Fukiko gives Popuri a mysterious bottle that can create magic spirits.

SourceManga
DemographicKids
7.03
4.2K
TV, 2002Finished 28 eps, 12 min

When the secret occult society, Shiromorishuua, sends a huge monster to attack Tokyo, ASY, a peace-keeping organization in Japan, retaliates with a Gousen (metal faery). ASY's Gousen annihilates the creature after driving it into open ocean. Although successful, a surprise attack follows. A girl, floating in midair and glowing with radiance, strikes with a beam of light. This girl is "Rouran." She knows neither her identity, her origins, nor why whenever she senses the Gousen or Kyoushi (reanimated corpses) she transforms into an avenging angel. As Rouran worries about her mysterious existence, Tetsuya kindly watches over her in Tokyo Arcadia, a settlement of expatriates and dissidents. (Source: AniDB)

StudioZexcs
SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
5.68
2.8K

Naoki Kuzumi, a junior in high school, had lost his parents in an accident five years ago, and is living with his aunt, uncle, and cousin Matsuri. He always thought his life was ordinary, besides the fact that he can't remember what happened in his youth. One sunny day as he is taking a nap on a bench, a redheaded girl -- Mikoto -- literally falls on him from the sky. For some reason, she thinks he's her younger brother. Naoki's time period is a temporal shelter for those in the future, when many are suffering from an incurable disease. When she heard her younger brother Yuusuke had been taken to Naoki's time, Mikoto herself had gone back in time. (Source: ANN)

StudioRadix
SourceVisual novel
6.09
8.9K

Naoki Kazumi's parents died in an accident and since he had nowhere to go, he now is living with his cousin Matsuri Shibugaki. One day up on the school's rooftop a girl falls out from the sky. The girl is called Mikoto Amagasaki, and she comes from 100 years in the future, she went back in time with hope to eventually find her missing brother. However , when Mikoto sees Naoki, she end up mistaking him for her brother. (Source: Wikipedia)

StudioRadix
SourceVisual novel
5.58
1.5K
ONA, 2005Finished 4 eps, 8 min

The four episodes are set in Southtown, the imaginary city well known to all fans as the stage of numerous death matches throughout the KOF series. Many past heroes of the saga make their appearance here, and the four plots intertwine to create a large-scale drama, that is also linked to the story of KOF Maximum Impact 2.

SourceGame
6.28
13K

In C.E. 73, tensions between Naturals and Coordinators continue to persist, eventually leading to another war between the Earth Alliance and PLANT. Sven Cal Bayan is a Natural pilot of the elite EA squad, the Phantom Pain, and carries out his squad's various anti-Coordinator missions without fail. Selene McGriff is a Coordinator researcher at the neutral Deep Space Survey and Development Organization (DSSD) and a developer of the GSX-401FW Stargazer space exploration mobile suit. Though their backgrounds are completely different, the expanding war will nevertheless force their paths to collide. (Source: ANN)

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
7.12
25K
Special, 2010Finished 3 eps, 13 min

Haru Irei, who witnessed the 1/1 scale RX-78-2 Gundam in Odaiba, becomes inspired to build Gunpla, which is a portmanteau of Gundam Plastic model kit. Haru purchases a one of a kind gunpla, the GPB-X80 Beginning Gundam. After building the kit, Haru, now a Gunpla Builder, and the Beginning Gundam enter the virtual world of Gunpla Battle, where players can pilot their customized Gunpla in team matches or one-on-one fights. Haru must rely on the support of his friends if he is to become a Gunpla Battle Champion and attain the rank of Gunpla Meister.

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
6.56
5.9K
TV, 2013Finished 38 eps, 11 min

Beast Saga takes place on a distant planet in our galaxy called Beast where three beast tribes, the Sea Tribe, the Land Tribe, and the Sky Tribe, fight for their honor. Each of the tribes protect an infinite elemental power source called Godlot. (Source: ANN)

StudioSynergySP
Source
DemographicsKidsShounen
5.59
1.8K
OVA, 2013Finished 10 eps, 13 min

Bundled on DVDs with Shogakukan's Terebi-kun (TV-kun) magazine and Kodansha's TV Magazine. (Source: ANN)

SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
5.16
989
TV, 2013Finished 6 eps, 2 min

The anime is based on MegaHouse's line of Ziguru Hazeru (literally, "Jiggle and Pop Out") mecha toys that allow people to remove parts from the joints and add different parts in their place. In addition, if one combines together Hazeru Gokuu, Hazeru Sagojo, and Hazeru Hakkai, the resulting mecha will be Hazeru Seioh, allowing for users to combine their toys together. The ZIGURUHAZERU animated series is based on the upcoming original toy line of the same name from MegaHouse, featuring cool robot toys modelled after characters from the famous Journey to the West tale.

SourceOther
ThemeMecha
N/A
635
ONA, 2017Finished 5 eps, 11 min

This is a dynamic dream battle featuring many types of Gunpla skirmishing in all sorts of situations. (Source: gundam.info)

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
6.76
8.7K
ONA, 2019Finished 26 eps, 10 min

Hot-blooded in nature, Adjust Wrench competes with her team Boltechs in a popular tournament known as the "Fight League," where two teams fight using personalized weapons called "Gadgets" until only one team is left standing. However, despite their best efforts, Wrench and her friends have only achieved moderate success in the Fight League—winning just as often as they lose. Aiming to gain more strength, Wrench installs a mysterious computer chip that her grandfather possessed into her Gadget and inadvertently summons an overwhelmingly powerful girl. Naming herself Mona Chrome, she joins Boltechs, and together, the group starts rising through the ranks with their new teammate's abilities. But as the other teams push themselves to become stronger, everyone begins to question Chrome's identity and the source of her power. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceGame
ThemeMecha
6.05
4.5K
ONA, 2020Finished 1 ep, 11 min

It's the highlight of GBN's anniversary event, the "Gunpla Battle One-Day Battle Royal"! Participants are selected from the Divers who played most passionately this season, and they're fighting in machines randomly assigned mainly from those Gunpla ranked highest by all Divers in the Great Gunpla Ballot! Now the final round is about to begin, with the tough fighters who've won their respective blocks! There, an unpredictable, super special, never-seen-before Gunpla dream battle will... START!!! (Source: AniDB)

SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
6.56
3.3K
ONA, 2021Finished 6 eps, 8 min

After intense fighting, the Gunpla Battle U.S. Championship enters its final round. Here, the figure of a certain fighter appears. A few months later Misa Satsukino, building a new Gunpla in the Ayato Shopping Street, seems to be in a worse mood than usual. As an outlet for her unfocused anger, she sets her completed Gunpla in a simulator and enters battle, but the Gunpla is suddenly restrained. On the eve of the huge GB Festa event, the fates of the Gunpla Fighters are at a critical juncture. (Source: Gundam.info)

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
6.16
4.9K
TV, 2021Finished 12 eps, 2 min

Due to an adorable evolutionary miracle, guinea pigs have become furry automobiles known as "Molcars." Now, drivers can enjoy the fluffy interior of their vehicles while fulfilling their every transportation need. However, Molcars are not simply lettuce-fueled machines; they are also sentient creatures with their own worries and desires. Whether in their drivers' presence or among each other, these motorized rodents are swept up into many wild and eventful situations—the likes of which only a Molcar could wind up in. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceOther
DemographicKids
8.01
18K
TV, 2022Finished 12 eps, 2 min

New series for Pui Pui Molcar.

StudioUchuPeople
SourceOriginal
DemographicKids
7.20
5.5K
ONA, 2022Finished 1 ep, 1 min

Animated special produced as a tie-in to The King of Fighters XV game. Directed by Masami Oobari.

SourceGame
6.56
1.4K
TV, 2023Finished 26 eps, 2 min

The story is set in a town where animals and vehicles live together. They cooperate to protect the townspeople from various troubles that emerge. (Source: Tomica Wiki)

StudiosOLMSignal.MD
SourceOther
DemographicKids
N/A
341
ONA, 2023Finished 6 eps, 10 min

New entry in the Kyoukai Senki franchise.

SourceOriginal
ThemeMecha
5.76
3.8K

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