Favorite short animes

[AyumuKagami]

What are peoples favorite short animes (an anime that is under 30 episodes) My top three are
1. Please Teacher
2. This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
3. Suzuka

I like the short serieses a little bit more than long ones because they dont become lost in their own meaning. Naruto and Bleach are two examples of serieses that just try to prolong themselves. (I am sure people will complain to me that i am criticizing those two animes) They lose their purpose and there is way to much filler. Naruto is terrible with filler because it has like 30 episodes of filler. Bleach has little filler and i like that more.

[loveyourfate]

lol, you consider anything under 30 short? :)
Anyway, my top three under 30 episodes (grrr, I hate to leave Rurouni Kenshin from my top of anything... :p ):

1. Lovely Complex
2. Aishiteruze Baby
3. Junjou Romantica

(Now that I've written them, I'm stunned they're all romance anime...)

[JIMBO.]

Trigun, 26 episodes long
Battle angel, 2 episodes long
heat guy j, 26 episodes long
new first of the north star, 3 episodes long
excel saga, 26 episodes long

I own all these on dvd

anyways I dont like anime as much as manga and the manga I read are long running.

[rikumi]

My only recent top favourites (probably unbeatable by certain yet-to-be-released animes):

1. Code Geass (constant)
2. Code Geass R2 (constant)
3. Seirei no Moribito (manipulable)
4. Kuroshitsuji (manipulable)
5. Macross Frontier (manipulable)

[IFS]

Ouran high school host club
Onegai teacher
Onegai twins
Ray
Trigun
School Rumble season 1
Full metal Panic
Full metal Panic the second Raid
Full metal Panic Fumofu
Yume Tsukai

[Amray The II]

Elfen Lied
Hellsing Ultimate
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu

[AyumuKagami]

Thanks for the replies so far, i have seen alot of show you have said and i do agree that alot of them are really good. I hope to get more people writing about more shorter animes that they really liked. (on a side note, i suppose that 30 episodes really isnt short... whoops)

[wowzabunny]

Tuggen toppa gurren laggan

[StabWound]

I have a lot of favorites under 30 episodes

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Haibane Renmei
Serial Experiments Lain
Boogiepop Phantom
Gankutsuou
Texhnolyze
Ergo Proxy
Mononoke
Mushishi
Kino's Journey
Top wo Nerae!
Berserk
Ghost Hound
Witch Hunter Robin

[Mayonnaise-Senpai]

1. Black Cat
2. Jubei-Chan
3. Gravitation
4. Suzuka
5. Ouran High School Host Club

[Neddog]

Under 30 episodes is too long to consider a "short anime". :D 24-26 episodes is an average anime length, 6-12 epsiodes is a short series, and 48-56 is a common range for a one or two season anime.

Not that I have any problem with your description, but honestly... there's no way I could list all my favorites under 30 episodes, because that's the bulk of the shows I've watched.

To make the list short and reasonable, the best 6 episode series I can think of was FLCL, and Mnemosyne was also pretty good. Even in 12 episode series, I have too many to list... :wacko:

[Akito0o]

Umm most of the great animes are under 30 episodes.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Gurren Laggen
Nadesico
Full metal panic
Trigun
Onegai teacher
ouran High school host Club
Samurai Champloo
Elfin lied
FLCL

It's more rare for an anime to go past 26 episodes

[Van of the Dawn]

Gun X Sword at 26 episodes is my favorite.

[Gjallarhorn]

People, the ~25 episode series are average length anime. Series in the 50s are a handful per year, and series which run into the hundreds are once every few years. Most anime are about 25 episodes. In recent years there has been a rise in the number of 12-13 episode series you'd normally see on a yearly basis.


My favorite short anime are:

Kino no Tabi, 13 episodes
Toshokan Sensou, 12 episodes
Kikaider the Animation, 13 episodes
Kikaider 01, 4 episodes
FLCL, 6 episodes
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, 14 episodes
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora, 6 episodes

[John Watson]

Loveless
Vampire Knight(1st season)
Elfen Lied
Ouran Host Club
Junjou Romantica
Sukisyo

[Saiyuko]

Even though it isn't exactly short, I'll mention ToraDora!(25 eps)

Minami-ke(Season 1, 13 eps)
FLCL

I'd list more but It's been a while since I've watched much =/

[Heinekenrana]

Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
Speed Grapher
Trigun
Gantz
FLCL

[Legend of the Twilight]

I'd consider short only like 12 episodes or something. I guess 26 is sorta short.

Anyway: (they're not in any order)

- Moribito
- Full Metal Panic? Fummofu
- RahXephon
- Trinity Blood

[Funkgun]

wow too many at under 30.
I will go with what a few people have said and trim it too under 13 ep series.

Hi Speed Jecy
Baccano!
Bubble Gum Crisis (original 8 ep OAV's)
Macross Plus
El Hazzard (first OAV series)
Sol Bianca (OAV 2 and 6 part)
Gundam 08th MS
R.O.D. (3 part OAV)
Record of the Lodos War (OAV series)
Iria: Zeiram The Animation

[Cobra Commander]

In no particular order...

Gantz
Full Metal Panic
Ouran
Samurai Champloo

It's late, I can't think of any more. Those are the ones I have in my immediate vicinity. There's several other things, though. My list is the stuff I've seen recently.

Unrelated - I'd like to watch Desert Punk sometime. I will probably see about acquiring it tomorrow or the next day. So, if it's horrible or excessively long, someone please warn me!

[Ashminigun]

I'm agreed with those said series below 15 episodes is consider a short anime.

Mine would be:
Gunslinger Girl (Madhouse production)
FLCL ~ whacked out but entertaining at the same time
SaiKano ~ Although I'm not a fan for romantic, tear-jerking, guilty-pleasure show, this has an interesting and rather original setting.
Macross Plus ~ Top Gun with Itano Circus
RideBack ~ I'm sucker with female lead that developed special bond with her mechanical companion
Hellsing
Zone of Enders: Idolo
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu ~ Teenage version of SaiKano

[Aizen-sama]

<p>Mine would be chrono crusade,moonphase,black lagoon, deseet punk,tatics,noein,gurren lagann,tenjo tenge,tokko,blood plus,trinity blood, gunslinger girl,speed grapher,slayers,jigoku choujo,witchblade,furikuri

[Rorschach']

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Gurren Laggen
Nadesico
Full metal panic
Trigun
Onegai teacher
ouran High school host Club
Samurai Champloo
Elfin lied
FLCL
Chrono Crusade
bubblegum crisis
black cat
code geas
CG-R2
Canidate for goddess

[Rem Nightfall]

My top in order man:

1. Mononoke-12

2. Earth Girl Arjuna-13 episodes

3. Hellsing Ultimate

4. Patalliro Saiyuki-26 episodes

5. Kurozuka-12 episodes

6. Shiguri-12 episodes

And that is it man. Those are my six. And I do agree with the person who made this thread. Naruto and Bleach have gotten way pass their meaning. The story is so contradictory now.

[mimichan1000]

Paradise Kiss
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi
Hellsing Ultimate Edition
Maho Senshi Louie
Ouran High School Host Club

[YujiNaruo]

Golden Boy, Samurai Champloo, Gantz, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Hellsing, Bubblegum Crisis, Bubblegum Crisis 2040, ADPolice, GSC, just to name a few; I'm sure I've got more, but can't remember 'em right now.

[golden girl]

well i have never watched any such anime under thirty episodes and the shortest anime series i have ever watched is digimon frontier it's pretty short and one of my favorites too.

[Lav]

Kino's Journey


I second this one.

[Grim Scythe]

,the best 6 episode series I can think of was FLCL


Woo! Thank you, first one to mention it, i was worried that no one would say it. FLCL has to be one of my favorites.

[yilin]

AIR
I my me strawberry eggs
Please teacher

[naotavespaboy]

FLCL six episodes of pure greatness.

[daft]

Haibane-Renmei is a 13 episode breath of fresh air.

[jennyelric]

Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
Hyper Speed Grandoll
Elfen Lied
Cyber Team In Akihbara
Code Geass

[Seta Souji]

black blood brothers
This is a series that really needs to continue

Full metal Panic fumoffu

Magikano

Minami-ke

[KawaiiKurochan]

Earl and Fairy
Ouran High School Host Club
Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna

[frazelle]

vampire knight.
this anime really needs season 3 because i
cant resist watching it.

[OtakuInu!!!]

1. Ultra Maniac (25 eps. I think and 1 O.V.A.)
2. Elfen Lied (13 eps.)
3. Gundam 00 Mobile Suit Season 2 (25 eps.)

[Oathkeeper-Airo]

Code Geass
Code Geass R2
Busou Renkin
Black Cat

[Cyrus.]

My favorite are

FLCL
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Black Cat
Samurai Champloo
Wolf's Rain
R.O.D the series


but over all FLCL is my favorite

[kajikun16]

boys be
spica and wolf
pretear
d.n.angel
romeo x juliet

[Sparda]

My top 6 are:

1.Please Teacher
2.Please Twins
3.Love Hina
4.Elfen Lied
5.Trigun
6.Fruits basket

im new to anime so there should be a lot more soon

[Gai the Destroyer]

Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
Hakaima Sadamitsu
Darker Than Black
Black Lagoon (season 3 is coming out soon though)

[ichimoku_fanboy]

Elfen Lied
H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Loveless

[Icerain]

Wow 0_0 most of the anime listed here aren't short.
Everything 15 and under is short.
Rosario+Vampire (13) kind of medium
Rosario+Vampire Capu2 (13)medium
Binbou Shimai Monogatari (10)
Ah My Goddess (5)
Kokoro Toshokan (13)
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (2)

[Schizopath]

Wow, I'm surprised no one named Black Lagoon. It's a really good series. Others are:

Gantz
Trigun
S-CRY-ed (also unnamed?)
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo

[Li Xia]

the only short anime i have watched so far is 5 centimeters per second.

[Xx_Azumi_xX]

Would school rumble count?

[DeMoNoFtHeFaLl666]

blue submarine No. 6'
Hellsing

[Zombie Panda]

Golden Boy
Hellsing Ultimate
Onegai Teacher
3X3 Eyes
Negima (either one)
Kanon


That's pretty much off the top of my head. Probably some more I could list, but Panda's feeling lazy right now. :p

[cbchick]

Elfen Lied
Vampire Knight
Fruits Basket
Rosario + Vampire
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (currently watching)

[.Sev]

that does include OVA's, right?
FLCL
And alot of others which i am too lazy to look up now. Fooly cooly just came to mind immediatly...(And alot of my favorite series I haven't finished, so I can't really say i've watched them...)

[Lybra]

I'll go with the 15 and under;

Gravitation
Murder Princess
Rozen Maiden

[Chibi Angel-chan]

Haruhi Suzumiya
Air
Rosario + Vampire
Elfen Lied
Uta Kata
K-On
Vampire Knight
Ichigo Marshimaro
REC
Rozen Maiden

The list goes on for a while, and this is just animes all under 15 episodes.

[Baka]

I don't consider anything over 10 episodes short.

My favorites are:

FLCL - 6 episodes

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Season One - 4 episodes

I''s Pure - 6 episodes

[StarryStarryNight25]

Bus Gamer
Air Gear

[TheSplundPopper]

Most of the series I have seen are under 30 episodes. My favourites:
Basilisk
Elfen Lied
Kanokon
Paniponi Dash
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

[RanChii]

A one episode, 30 minute anime. [I guess this is only the anime's trailer but
I'm not sure so...]

VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR.

A very touching anime about two friends.

Oooh... the drama...

[Gero50]

Well here is a list of mine not in any order of any kind.
Blue Seed
Blue Gender
Strawberry Eggs
Fruits Basket
Peach Girl

I guess that is all I can think of at the moment.

[sataned]

my favorite short animes are (do movies count?)

-FLCL
-AFRO SAMURAI
-PARANOIA AGENT
-MAGICAL SHOPPING ARCADE ABENOBASHI
-ELFEN LIED
-KARAS
-THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA

[ParaParaJMo]

Initial D
Initial D 2nd Stage
Wangan Midnight
Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket
Gundam 08th MS Team
Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Hajime no Ippo New Challenger
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
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