BOCCHI THE ROCK!
A painfully anxious guitarist finds a band and a little momentum.
Short anime series around 12 episodes
Tight one-cour anime recommendations for viewers who want a complete-feeling short series.
These are compact series for nights when you can start something focused without committing to a long run.
Short Anime Series Around 12 Episodes
Witch Hat Atelier
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch....
Made in Abyss
The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present...
Link Click
In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's...
Ping Pong the Animation
Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko)....
Journal with Witch
Reclusive novelist Makio Koudai has always preferred the company of books—but when her sister and brother-in-law pass away, Makio unexpectedly...
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy,...
Violet Evergarden
A former weapon becomes a letter writer and learns the shape of emotion.
Oshi No Ko
When a pregnant young starlet appears in Gorou Amemiya’s countryside medical clinic, the doctor takes it upon himself to safely (and secretly)...
ODDTAXI
A taxi driver's ordinary conversations slowly connect to a missing person case.
The Tatami Galaxy
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony.
The Promised Neverland
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the...
Mob Psycho 100
A quiet psychic kid tries to grow up without letting his powers define him.
DAN DA DAN
This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo...
A Place Further Than the Universe
Four girls head for Antarctica and turn restlessness into a real expedition.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing...
86 EIGHTY-SIX
Child soldiers fight a remote war under a system that treats them as disposable.
Lord of Mysteries
In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and...
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