Short Anime List - 2 to 15 Minutes

Traditional anime are 22 minutes long, but there are some short anime that are around 2, 5 or 11 minutes. In this article, we are going to see a list of the best short anime for you to watch in no time.

Generally people don't like these fast anime because they are usually generic, weak, without story or focused on fan service. Some end up being very nonsense, doesn't have much time to develop the story.

Not to mention that recently, all seasons have been short anime that are actually hentai disguised, which further degrades the image of these short animations. Fortunately there are many 3 to 11 minute anime that have salvation.

Most short anime have comedy and are of slice of life with a pinch of romance and drama. For this reason we will not separate by genres, but by anime duration. Hope you like the article!

There are more short anime than you think. At the end of this article we will leave a list of more than 300 short-lived anime. Don't forget to share the article with your friends!

Short anime with 1 and 2 minutes

Ketsuekigata

• Episodes: 48
• duration: 2min

As silly as the characters' image may seem at first glance, Ketsuekigata-kun! is actually a pretty clever representation of personality traits according to the blood type, which are particularly popular in Japan.

Certainly a lot of this is based on stereotypes about blood types, but that's exactly how people who believe this characterize others. Cute, funny and surprisingly informative.

Aggressive Retsuko

• duration: 1min

Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who works at her dream company, but is forced by her supervisors to do increasingly difficult and impossible jobs. To decompress, she sings death metal in karaoke.

Teekyuu

• Episodes: 74
• duration: 2min

They are simply a group of friends who play tennis and engage in awkward conversations and situations. It is very reminiscent of a teenager's mind in its chaos and non-linear development.

Short anime 3 minutes long

Chi's Sweet Home

• Episodes: 104
• duration: 3min

Chi's Sweet Home is about a kitten who strays from the cat family and gets lost. Instead of the brutal reality that usually happens with stray kittens, she is picked up by a boy and his mother and taken to her new home.

Yama no Susume

• Episodes: 36
• duration: 3min

This 3-minute anime is an adorable representation of friendship and adventurous spirit. As the girls take up rock climbing as a hobby, they find new friends, discover new things about themselves and explore nature.

Recorder to Randoseru

• Episodes: 38
• duration: 3min

Recorder to Randoseru Do♪ is a hilarious depiction of the life of an 1.80m tall 11 year old boy and his 17 year old sister who is only 1.37m tall.

Can you imagine how many inappropriate situations he finds himself in when he's surrounded by girls that make him look like a pervert?

Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san

• Episodes: 13
• duration: 3min

When a cat lover and a dog form an attraction for each other, sparks fly as the two girls from Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san try to get close!

Danchigai

• Episodes: 13
• duration: 3min

Danchigai is the story of a brother and his four sisters, who make it their daily goal to give talks on how he lives his life and the people he hangs with. What begins as a story of a family that is not 'regular', turns into an adventurous journey through the world of the brothers.

Mangirl!

• Episodes: 14
• duration: 3min

A group of girls with zero experience in the world of manga, decide to risk their passion alone to create the biggest manga magazine in Japan! The journey is difficult, stressful and full of failures, but the girls of Mangirl! have no intention of giving up!

Oneechan ga Kita

• Episodes: 13
• duration: 3min

A remarriage brings a new sister to the family for the unprepared Tomoya Mizuhara. Her overwhelming love for him is often too much to handle, and her friends sure aren't making it easy! See what happens when two families combine in this short and funny anime.

Ojisan to Marshmallow

• episodes: 12
• duration: 3min

Hige is a fat old marshmallow addict, and he spends his day being teased by his co-worker Wakabayashi, a woman who is in love with him. The story shows the day to day of the two in the most diverse situations. Is old Hige so fond of marshmallows that he's unable to understand Wakabayashi's feelings for him?

Gregory Horror Show

• Episodes: 88
• duration: 3min

Half comedy, half horror, the Gregory Horror Show tells the story of a man who arrives at a hotel after work. The hotel's owner, Gregory, invites him to stay for a while, and so the man is pulled into a bizarre purgatory from which he tries to escape.

4 and 5 minute anime

A Vida Desastrosa de Saiki K.

• Episodes: 120
• duration: 5min

Gifted with a wide variety of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, Kusuo Saiki finds all these abilities a curse, fraught with inconvenience caused by his powers.

Hetalia Axis Powers

• Episodes: 135
• duration: 5min

Hetalia Axis Powers is one of the most popular short anime series of all time, and for good reason, because it's hilarious! Each character represents a different country, with all the stereotypes that go with it, and their mutual interaction makes for an exceptionally fun 5 minutes!

Senyuu

• Episodes: 26
• duration: 4min

Senyuu follows the journey of the hero Alba and his assistant Ross in order to defeat an evil being that has unleashed demons on the world. Each episode is very short and full of adventures, laughter and action, this is an absolute must in the short anime genre.

Nyanpire The Animation

• episodes: 12
• duration: 4min

A lost kitten is saved by a vampire before almost dying, and has now become Nyanpire! He's adorable, fun and very relaxing to watch. It may not have the most complex plots, but the idea of a vampire kitten is priceless.

Aiura

• episodes: 12
• duration: 4min

What do you do at school when there's nothing to do? Aiura has an endless supply of ideas to help you! Whether just in the classroom or on the school grounds. The story follows a group of very unmotivated high school girls who just want time to get through school a little faster.

Makura no Danshi

• Episodes: 13
• duration: 4min

Need someone to whisper sweet words in your ear? Makura no Danshi dedicates each episode to a 'pillow boy', who will tell you about his life and hobbies, and then continue 'whispering' as a sort of ASMR.

Miss Monochrome: The Animation

• Episodes: 39
• duration: 4min

Miss Monochrome tells the story of an aspiring Idol who hates all colors and prefers everything in the world to be black and white. His quirky character and the facial expressions of those around him who are trying to understand his reasoning in life make for some hilarious moments.

Super Seisyun Brothers

• Episodes: 14
• duration: 4min

Super Seisyun Brothers is a very relaxed anime about the friendship of two pairs of brothers. There's not a lot of emotional impact, but there's certainly a fair amount of humor. This is the perfect anime for a quick break.

Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

• Episodes: 26
• duration: 5min

The anime follows the daily life of a woman named Kaoru and her otaku husband who is fully immersed in a certain blog.

Kaoru starts trying to figure out some method of getting to understand her lover. This anime has a lot of parodies and nonsense jokes, as well as hilarious characters.

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6 to 10 minute anime

Space Patrol Luluco

• Episodes: 13
• duration: 7 min

This story takes place in Ogikubo, an area of the Milky Way where earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a high school student and lives with her father. No matter where she is, Luluco is an ordinary girl, she is “super normal”.

One day in her normal life, a mysterious transfer student abruptly appears before her. This event will change Lulu's destiny.

Wakaba*Girl

• Episodes: 14
• duration: 7min

Supercharged with cuteness with Wakaba*Girl, which follows the life of a rich, cute girl who really wants to adopt the Gyaru style! With frequent setbacks and confusion, her friends try to help her become the perfect Gyaru girl!

Tonari no Seki-kun

• Episodes: 21
• duration: 7min

Seki spends most of his time in class creating paper wars, sets, and little inventions on his school desk to pass the time. Though he doesn't notice her, Rumi Yokoi is intrigued by her creativity, which often gets her in trouble with her teacher.

Oshiete! Galko-chan

• episodes: 12
• duration: 7min

The story is a comedy that revolves around the daily lives of Galko, Otako and Ojou, three high school students who are close friends. Galko is a somewhat foul-mouthed girl, but good-natured, and popular in her class. Otako is a girl who sits in the corner of the classroom, but for some reason is good friends with Galko. Ojou is an airhead who often talks to Galko and Otako.

Okusama ga Seito Kaichō!

• Episodes: 24
• duration: 8min

Hayato Izumi is the perfect respectable student and is running for student council president. However, her rival Ui Wakana, promises sex education and free condoms, winning the election.

Still frustrated by his loss, things take a turn for the worse when Ui moves in with him. Apparently, their parents made a drunken promise for their children to get married. As deputy, can he keep his life a secret and the student council in line at the same time?

Short anime over 10 minutes

Mangaka-san to Assistant-san

• Episodes: 12 + 6
• Duration: 13min

A little bit of wickedness, a lot of passion and even more humor can be found in Mangaka-san to Assistant-san. It revolves around the story of a mangaka who is trying to break into the very competitive world of manga, and his side issues of not knowing how to talk to girls!

Eve no Jikan [Time of Eve]

• episodes: 6
• Duration: 18min

Eve no Jikan is set in a future where mechatronics has reached an incredible level of perfection capable of manufacturing robots practically identical to human beings, with the difference that they are only used as mere tools.

The plot unfolds when the owner of one of these androids Rikuo notices that his android Sammy is acting strange. Trying to find out the cause, he ends up finding a "cafe", called Eve no Jikan, whose rule was that there was no discrimination between human and android.

Starry☆Sky

• Episodes: 26
• Duration: 11min

The anime shows 13 zodiac signs coming to life as boy students at an idol school melting any girl's heart.

Detroit Metal City

• episodes: 12
• Duration: 13min

Soichi Negishi is a calm and pacifist boy who dreams of one day forming a Swedish pop band and singing happy and romantic songs. However, for unknown reasons, he ends up becoming the lead singer and guitarist for Detroit Metal City.

This death metal band stands out for their aggressive shows, heavy songs and hateful lyrics. Negishi hates his life as Krauzer II and the violent shows, and soon his split personality begins to clash, complicating his life.

Nijiiro Days

• Episodes: 24
• Duration: 13min

Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi and Tsuyoshi are high school students and friends. The four boys spend their days having fun. Natsuki has an unrequited crush on Anna, a girl from another class, and her friends intrude on their relationship. But they all have something about the anime's theme: love.

Sakigake !! Cromartie Koukou

• Episodes: 26
• Duration: 12min

Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou (literally translated “Get Ready!! Cromartie High School”) chronicles the entry of Takeshi Kamiyama, a 16-year-old high school student, into Cromartie High School, which has a bad reputation as the most dangerous teaching institute. of Tokyo city.

Complete List of Short Anime

This giant list has over 300 short anime. Some are specials, OVAs and some reruns from other seasons of the same anime. I've tried to purify the list a bit by deleting specials and second seasons, but there should still be some.

• A Piece of Phantasmagoria
• Accel World: Acchel World;
• Africa Salaryman
• Agukaru: Agriculture Angel Baraki
• Aho-Girl
• Ai no Wakakusa Yama Monogatari
• Oh Tenchi Muyo!
• Ai wa KAT-TUN
• Aishen Qiaokeli-ing…
• Aiura
• Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge: Go Forth! Evil Empowering Gals
• Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge: Absolute Justice Love Pheromone
• Akiba-chan
• Akindo Sei Little Peso
• Alice SOS
• Beloved Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers
• Amazing Nuts!
• Ane Log: Moyako Nee-san no Honpen wo Tobidashite Tomaranai Monologue
• Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai!
• Ani Tore!
• Anisava
• Ao Oni The Blue Monster
• Just Escape
• Assassination Classroom: Extracurricular Lesson
• Ayumayu Theater
• Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts: Spinout! That's Our Everyday Life
• banana
• BAR Kiraware Yasai
• Barakamon: Mijikamon
• Batman: Gotham Knight
• Beast Saga
• Além da Fronteira: Idol Trial!
• Além do Limite: Mini Teatro
• Bihada Ichizoku
• Bikini Warriors
• Binchou-tan
• BLAME!
• Bloody Bunny
• Boku no Imouto wa "Oosaka Okan"
• Bonjour♪ Sweet Love Patisserie
• Bottle Fairy
• Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV
• Buddy Go!
• Busou Chuugakusei: Basketball Army
• Busou Shinki Moon Angel
• Candy Boy
• Catman
• Chain Chronicle
• Charady no Joke in Mainichi
• Cheating Craft
• Cheburashka Arere?
• Chi's New Address
• Chi's Sweet Adventure
• Chi's Sweet Home
• Chiba Pedal: Yowamushi Pedal to Manabu Jitensha Koutsuuanzen
• Chibi Devi!
• Chiruran: Nibun no Ichi
• Chitose Get You!!
• Chocolate Underground
• Chou Shounen Tanteidan NEO
• Chou Yuu Sekai: Being the Reality
• Chrono Crusade: Azmaria's Extra Lessons
• CoCO & NiCO
• Colorful
• Copihan
• Cosprayers
• Crane Game Girls
• Crayon Shin-chan Side Story: Lone Wolf and Family
• Cromartie High School
• Cyclops Shoujo Saipuu
• Damekko Doubutsu
• Danchigai
• Dark Side Cat
• Dekiru ka na
• Detroit Metal City
• Di Gi Charat
• Horizon Day (Kabu)
• Diabolik Lovers
• Diabolik Lovers More, Blood
• Digital Juice
• Dogtato-kun
• Donyatsu
• Double Hard
• Double-J
• Doujin Work
• Ebichu
• Encouragement of Climb
• Enoshimans
• Eureka Seven Ao Final Episode: One More Time -lord don't slow me down-
• Final Approach
• Forest Fairy Five
• Floresta Fada Cinco: Conto de Fadas
• Funny Pets
• Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy
• Fushigi na Somera-chan
• Gag Manga Biyori
• Gakkatsu!
• Gakuen Handsome
• Galaxy Angel
• Gan Gan Ganko-chan
• Gene Diver
• Genius Party
• Getsuyoubi no Tawawa
• Girl Friend Note
• Girls' Last Class
• GJ8 Man
• Glamorous Heroes
• Gohan Suki
• "Gokujo. Gokurakuin Joshikou Ryou Monogatari" doesn't need translation as it is a Japanese title.
• Gregory Horror Show
• Gudetama
• Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia
• Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyoudai
• Haitai Nanafa
• Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani
• Haiyoru! Nyaru-ani: Remember My Love (craft-sensei)
• Hakone-chan
• Hakuouki: Otogisoushi
• Hal & Bons
• Halo Legends
• Hanamaru Kindergarten: Panda Cat Exercise
• Hanaukyo Maid Team
• Hanoka
• Happy Kappy
• Hen Zemi TV
• Henkei Shoujo
• Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Hetalia: The Beautiful World
• Hetalia: The World Twinkle
• Hetalia: World Series
• Hey, President Trap-kun!
• Hi-sCool! Seha Girls
• Higanjima X
• Higepiyo
• High Score
• HiGH&LOW g-sword
• Hikaru Utada: Fluximation
• Hipira: The Little Vampire
• Hitori Kurashi no Shougakusei
• Honobono Log
• Honto ni Atta! Reibai-sensei
• I Can't Understand What My Husband is Saying
• I'm stuck!! ～life of the dead～
• Ikemen Sengoku: Toki wo Kakeru Koi
• Iketeru Futari
• Inagawa Junji's Incredibly Scary Stories
• Inazuma Eleven: Outer Code
• Hell Cop
• Insufficient Direction
• Ippatsu Kikimusume
• Ishida and Asakura
• Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo
• Jewelpet Attack Chance!?
• Jigoku Youchien
• Jingisukan no Jin-kun
• JK Meshi!
• K-On! Ura-On!
• Kagewani
• Kagewani: Shou
• Kaijuu Girls
• Kaito x Ansa
• Kamigami no Ki
• Kanbee-kun ga Yuku
• Karada Sagashi
• Kare Baka: Wagahai no Kare wa Baka de R
• Karen Senki
• Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys
• Ketsuekigata-kun!
• Kid Icarus
• Kikou Sennyo Rouran
• Kimagure Robot
• Kimoshiba
• Kodoku no Gourmet
• Kogepan
• Koitabi: True Tours Nanto
• Komori-san Can't Decline!
• Koro-sensei Quest!
• Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun
• Kotatsu Neko (Web)
• Kowabon
• Koyomimonogatari
• Kremlin
• Kurayami Santa
• Kurogane Communication
• Kuruneko
• KY-kei JC Kuuki-chan
• Kyou no Asuka Show
• Kyoufu! Zombie Neko
• Legend of DUO
• Let's Go! Tamagotchi
• Let's Nupu Nupu
• Lights of the Clione
• Amor é como um coquetel
• Love Kome: Nós Amamos Arroz
• Love Love?
• Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
• Lovely Muuuuuuuco!
• Lychee DE Light Club
• Macross Fluff
• Magic Wars
• Magical Play
• Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu
• Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls
• Otaku Maji na English! Ribbon-chan: Eigo by Tatakau Mahou Shoujo
• Majin Bone
• Majokko Tsukune-chan
• Makeruna!! Aku no Gundan!
• Makura no Danshi
• Mangirl!
• Marie & Gali
• Meitantei Rascal
• Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
• Meow Meow Japanese History
• Military!
• Milpom
• Mini Moni the TV
• Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen
• Minna Atsumare! Falcom Academy SC
• Senhora Bernard disse;
• Miss Monochrome
• Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku
• Miyanishi Tatsuya Theater: You Are Umasou
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Character Theater
• Mobile Suit Gundam-san
• Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V
• Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G
• Momokuri
• Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls! Naughty Videos
• Monster Strike
• Morita-san wa Mukuchi TV
• Mouse
• Muromi-san
• Musashino!
• Minha esposa é a presidente do conselho estudantil!
• Okusama Gekijou
• Naked Wolves
• Nameko: Sekai no Tomodachi
• Nanami-chan
• Nandaka Velonica
• Nazotokine
• Neko mo, Ondake
• Neko Nanka Yonde mo Konai;
• Neko no Dayan
• Neko Pitcher
• Neko Ramen
• Neko to Mata
• Nekojiru Gekijou
• Neo Ranga
• Netsuzou Trap
• Ninja Girl & Samurai Master
• Ninja Slayer From Animation
• Nora, Princess, e Stray Cat
• Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyoudai
• Nuwa Chengzhang Riji
• Nyanbo!
• Nyanko Days
• Nyanpire The Animation
• Nyoron! Churuya-san
• Ocha-ken: Chokotto Monogatari
• Oh! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
• Omakase Mamitasu
• Omiai Aite wa Oshiego, Tsuyoki na, Mondaiji;
• Onara Gorou
• One Off
• One Room
• Onee-chan ga Kita
• Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪
• Onigiri
• Ontama!
• Onyankopon
• Ooya-san wa Shishunki!
• Oreca Battle
• Orenchi no Jijou Furo
• Oretacha Youkai Ningen
• Oshiri Kajiri Mushi TV
• Oshiri Tantei: Mine to Machi no Tuk-tuk Chase
• Osiris in Tenbin
• Osomatsu-san: The Story of the Sextuplets and the Horse
• Osomatsu-san: Short Film Series
• Overlord: Play Play Pleiades
• Ozmafia!!
• Pacusi
• Bread of Peace!
• Panda-Z: The Robonimation
• Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat
• Passionate Detective Agency
• Inverted Path: Beginning of the Day
• Peeping Life
• Peeping Life: This is Fate!
• Penguin Musume Heart
• PES: Peace Echo Smile
• Petit Eva: Evangelion@School
• Petit Throat
• Phantom Thief Reinya
• Piace: Watashi no Italian
• Pingu in the City
• PiNMeN
• Piroppo
• Pittanko! Nekozakana
• Place to Place Youchien
• Plastic Nee-san
• Platonic Chain
• Platonic Chain: Web
• Popee the Performer
• Post Pet Momobin
• Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
• Psychic Academy
• Puchimas! Petit iDOLM@STER
• Puchimas! Petit Petit iDOLM@STER
• Pugyuru
• Pupa
• Pupipo!
• Q Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns
• Q Transformers: Saranaru Ninkimono and no Michi
• Ragnastrike Angels
• Rainbow Days
• Rainy Cocoa
• Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color
• Rainy Cocoa: Love-con!!
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
• REC
• Rizelmine
• Robot Carnival
• Room Mate
• Saishuu Shiken Kujira
• Sanjougattai Transformers Go!
• School Shock
• SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors
• Sekiei Ayakashi Mangatan
• Sekkou Boys
• Sengoku Choujuu Giga
• Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Otsu
• Sentai Hero Sukiyaki Force
• Senyuu;
• Sexy Commando Side Story: Amazing!! Masaru-san
• Ela e Seu Gato: Tudo Flui
• Shi Xiong
• Shiba Inuko-san
• Shibawanko no Wa no Kokoro
• Shina Dark
• Shokupan Mimi
• Shounen Ashibe: Go! Go! Gum-chan
• Show By Rock!! Shorts!!
• Shrine of the Morning Mist
• The translation to English is: "There was a Beast Inside the Skirt."
• Smash Hit
• Soul Buster
• Souryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni…
• Space Patrol Luluco
• Sparrow's Hotel
• Starry☆Sky
• Steel Angel Kurumi
• Stray Sheep Poe's Little Adventure
• Super Seisyun Brothers
• Sushi Police
• Suzakinishi The Animation
• Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy
• Sweet Valerian
• T-sensei
• Tabi Machi Late Show
• Taiko Drum Master
• Taishou Mebiusline: Chicchai-san
• Takamiya Nasuno desu!
• Tales of Gekijou
• Tama and Friends: Do You Know My Tama?
• Tama-Pawns
• Tanaka-kun wa Kyou mo Kedaruge
• Tantei Team KZ: Jiken Note
• Tayutayu -Pure my Heart-
• Teekyuu
• The Animatrix
• O Comic Artista e Seus Assistentes
• The Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor
• Este garoto é um feiticeiro profissional