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Your Name, the highest grossing anime movie of all time, had a runtime of 106 minutes. Ironically enough, the film’s writer and director, Makoto Shinkai, has also made one of the shortest Japanese anime films to be sold: She and Her Cat, released in 1999. The short black-and-white-film runs for five minutes and follows the story of a cat and his female owner over the span of one year, all told through the cat’s perspective. Shinkai had originally made the film for a romantic interest at the time, and it was meant to help them through a difficult time of their life. Shinkai used his experience of living in an apartment surrounded by electrical wires in order to portray the “vague loneliness of living”, “slight pain”, and “modest warmth”. The film is animated by Shinkai himself using hand-drawn animations, with 3D scenes being rendered with Adobe After Effects and additional effects added using Shade 3D, Adobe Illustrator, and Lightwave 3D. Shinkai explained that he left the film in black and white to minimize complex procedures and to save space on his computer, letting the simplicity speak for itself. She and Her Cat was the film that earned Makoto Shinkai his fame and led to him working for CoMix Wave Films, and eventually, to his later films, including Your Name.
She and Her Cat isn’t the only short film that Makoto Shinkai made, but it is one you can watch on a quick break. The same goes for the best short anime series on this list. Try out Aggretsuko or Tonari no Seki-kun if you want something of similar length, or you can go for FLCL if you want full-length episodes. Eitherway, your break won’t have a SHORTage on anime to watch!
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- #1March 5, 2019"This is another one of those short animes that has been gaining popularity recently. For this particular show, it works great to its favor making for some really hilarious comedic skits that fit perfectly with each episode's time constraint. Funny all the way through and it never felt forced or dragged along."
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Tonari no Seki-kun (The Master of Killing Time) - #2March 5, 2019"This show isn't afraid of making fun of the very genre that it is part of and it results in some really hilarious short comedic skits. There will be plenty of pop culture reference both from other anime and others as well. This won't be for everyone but I personally enjoyed my time watching it."
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Poputepipikku (Pop Team Epic) - #3March 5, 2019"We have all experienced it before during high school. Classes can be boring and we need something to pass the time until the bell rings. This show reminds me so much of that time with a lot of humor and comedy added in. Funny from start to finish."
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Asobi Asobase - #4March 5, 2019"This show has a lot of ecchi elements in it and that alone won't be to everyone's tastes. Give it a chance and you'll see that it goes beyond all the pervertedness to show a lot of passion and of course, plenty of humor to go along with it."
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Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation (The Comic Artist and His Assistants) - #5March 5, 2019"One of the best short anime series and one of the best anime productions to have come out of Netflix, bar none. They did an amazing job of translating the beloved game franchise on to the small screen. Definite recommendation."
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Castlevania - #6March 5, 2019"One of the best shot anime with just 13 episodes in the season. This is also one of the first anime series production by Netflix that got a great reception from audiences all over the world. A must watch for any anime fan."
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Devilman: Crybaby - #7March 5, 2019"I can relate so much to this show, it's painfully funny. It portrays so much of the mundane, often chaotic office life for use desk workers in such a short time per episode. Brilliant. Just brilliantly funny."
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Aggressive Retsuko (Aggretsuko) - #8March 5, 2019"This 6-episode anime series is a gem of a shot that explores the ups and downs of adolescence and somehow manages to do so with the very limited longevity that it had to work with."
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| Rank | Answers | Type | Votes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devilman: Crybaby | TV Shows | 17 | Paid |
| 2 | FLCL | TV Shows | 14 | Paid |
| 3 | Aggressive Retsuko (Aggretsuko) | TV Shows | 5 | Paid |
| 4 | Tonari no Seki-kun (The Master of Killing Time) | TV Shows | 3 | Free |
| 5 | Castlevania | TV Shows | 2 | Paid |
| 6 | Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation (The Comic Artist and His Assistants) | TV Shows | 2 | Free |
| 7 | Asobi Asobase | TV Shows | 1 | Free |
| 8 | Poputepipikku (Pop Team Epic) | TV Shows | 0 | Free |