Short anime you can finish in a weekend

Finished series with 13 episodes or fewer, about five hours each. Ranked by community score among titles with a real audience, so a perfect score from ten votes does not make the list. Each series counts once, by its first season. No waiting for a second season: these are complete as they are, or close to it.

Number one right now: BOCCHI THE ROCK!.

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BOCCHI THE ROCK!
Bocchi the Rock!
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
4.3 / 5
Hitori Gotou, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she…
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Journal with Witch
Ikoku Nikki
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
Reclusive novelist Makio Koudai has always preferred the company of books—but when her sister and brother-in-law pass away, Makio unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her 15-year-old niece, Asa Takumi. As they navigate grief, clashing…
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Link Click
Shiguang Dailiren
ONA · 2021 · 11 ep
4.3 / 5
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 actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil…
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Takopi's Original Sin
Takopii no Genzai
ONA · 2025 · 6 ep
4.3 / 5
A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi…
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Ping Pong the Animation
TV · 2014 · 11 ep
4.3 / 5
Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko). They're both in the table tennis club and are very good at it, though Smile's personality prevents…
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Violet Evergarden
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA · 2022 · 10 ep
4.3 / 5
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an…
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Witch Hat Atelier
Tongari Boushi no Atelier
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
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. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic…
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ODDTAXI
Odd Taxi
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
The taxi driver Odokawa lives a very mundane life. He has no family, doesn't really hang out with others, and he's an oddball who is narrow-minded and doesn't talk much. The only people he can call his friends are his doctor, Gouriki and…
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Lord of Mysteries
Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian
ONA · 2025 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
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 darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and…