Anime fans are not only teenagers or youth, but they also include mature and adult audiences. With the busy schedule, it gets difficult for a such audience to engage with the anime world in their free period as some animes are vast with episodes. To offer these busy fans, short animes with around 10-16 episodes are available to them. There are many short television series, mainly from the first season. A top ten list of short anime series is presented here.
1. Erased
Erased is one of the best shows with a dark mystery revolving around 29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma. To stop some past events, Satoru is sent back in time 18 years. In addition, to look into his mother's disappearance and other incidents, he also tries to stop his classmate's murder. With only 12 episodes, this suspenseful anime beautifully draws out the thrill.
2. No Game No Life
Sora and Shiro are siblings who are the best duo in the fantasy game world. They can fight anyone with their reputed team name, The Blank. No Game No Life will introduce us to the legendary brother-sister players who dominate their game, unlike the severe struggle to cope with the demon powers. With 12 episodes, this anime has well-developed the action-fiction and storyline.
3. Death Parade
Only 12 episodes of Death Parade will ride you through psychology. Quindecim is a mysterious bar where two dead souls arrive, and Decim is the only bartender who makes the two pairs play games and judge their way to heaven or hell until a girl questions the bartender's judgments. This anime address concepts and deals with stories of creative interpretation of the afterlife that are emotionally and psychologically attached to the situations of life & death and void & reincarnation.
4. Devilman Crybaby
The anime gets around an incredible plot with only ten action & dark fiction episodes. In the series, the world gets taken over by ancient demons. Akira; by changing into Devilman; a person with demon-like abilities but with a human soul, unites with demons. Akira saves other demon-human hybrids like him as humanity falls into violence. The anime is not just a terrifying action but gives anti-war lessons.
5. Angel Beats
13-episode Angel Beats is an afterlife story set in high school. Yuzuru Otonashi, a 17-year-old, receives an immediate response to his urgent concern about what happens to one's soul after death. He learns the reality of the afterlife after awakening in the afterlife dimension with the loss of his memories.
6. A Place Further Than The Universe
High school girls join up for a trip going to the Antarctic. The friendship between four different, attractive high school girls who strive to accomplish something extraordinary in their lives is the baseline of the story. Mari Tamaki is one of the main characters in this 13-episodic slice-of-life anime.
7. Baccano
Baccano! is a must-see because it skillfully combines the essence of the plot and nonstop craziness into each of its episodes. It is a fantastic multi-decade fantasy adventure featuring alchemists, immortals, gangsters, criminals, and an elixir of immortality. In conclusion, despite having only 16 episodes, it is an engaging story that continues to draw viewers.
8. Given
Mafuyu Satou appears from his apartment carrying his Gibson guitar as he starts another day of high school. Ritsuka had begun to lose interest in music in his day-to-day life until he first heard Mafuyu sing. They get connected with the love of music. The anime carries out the 11 episodic BL manga series.
9. Yuri! On Ice
It's a sports anime with a romantic touch relating BL (Boy's Love)theme. This gay anime is about the Figure Skating sports game and the passionate, competitive nature of the characters. Yuri on Ice gives more of a realistic viewpoint to watch this anime even if you are not into gay romance or sports genre. It's an incredible compilation of 12 episodes and an OVA.
10. Paranoia Agent
This mystery series is a 13-episodic fictional horror drama. Detectives Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa start to look into who the attacker is while Shounen Bat keeps up his attack on the people of the town of Musashino City. It is a short psychological anime to binge-watch the engagement of every character in it, may it- Tsukiko Sagi, stuffed animals, detectives, or the attacker.
