Best anthology anime
65 anime about anthology, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
Highest rated
3.1Run Run Lantern
Special · 2025 · 1 ep
Run Run LanternSpecial · 2025 · 1 ep3.1Special 25th anniversary commemorative promotional video for P.A. Works looking back at the studio's titles they have made. Note: Originally screened at the P.A. Works 25th anniversary Lantern Festival on October 19, 2025. The video was…
3.1Sentimental Journey
TV · 1998 · 12 ep
Sentimental JourneyTV · 1998 · 12 ep3.1Sentimental Journey is a collection of twelve short stories about twelve different girls. Though unrelated, there is one common theme that binds the episodes together: each girl's bittersweet experience of first love. (Source: Anime News…
3.1Ani*Kuri15
Special · 2007 · 15 ep
Ani*Kuri15Special · 2007 · 15 ep3.115 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators". Season One 1) Shinji Kimura - Attack of Higashimachi Ni…
Mature
3.1Seraphim Call
TV · 1999 · 12 ep
Seraphim CallTV · 1999 · 12 ep3.1What's it like to feel like an average girl in everything... except for your one special gift. Eleven young hearts with eleven dreams. Deep in their hearts, each girl has a secret dream of love and sadness. They meet together at…
3.1Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories
OVA · 1993 · 1 ep
Ai Monogatari: 9 Love StoriesOVA · 1993 · 1 ep3.1An OVA based on the work of Kawaguchi Kaiji consisting of nine independent stories, each animated by a different director. With Beatles music involved, somewhere. (Source: AniDB)
3.0Crossing Time
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Crossing TimeFumikiri JikanTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.0The omnibus manga tells a series of short stories about conversations young women have while waiting at railroad crossings. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.0Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
TV · 2014 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2Yami Shibai 2TV · 2014 · 13 ep3.0For the second time, the masked storyteller returns to tell children tales and legends of horror and woe, such as the tale of a ventriloquist's dummy, a locker that grants wishes, a capsule toy machine that returns lost possessions, and a…
3.0Twilight Q
OVA · 1987 · 2 ep
Twilight QOVA · 1987 · 2 ep3.0A Knot in Time - Reflection Mayu found a camera floating in the ocean while she was on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that is not all. The…
3.0Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3
TV · 2016 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3Yami Shibai 3TV · 2016 · 13 ep3.0A young boy silently sketches out the forms of the horrors that dwell in his mind. During this adventure into the occult and mysterious, he tells tales that involve dreams of a person with a muscular arm that you must not look at, a…
3.0Sengoku Collection
TV · 2012 · 26 ep
Sengoku CollectionTV · 2012 · 26 ep3.0Sengoku Collection revolves around many samurai who are accidentally removed from a parallel universe inhabited by well-known historic characters. Unlike the historical war period known to us, all inhabitants in this unique world look like…
2.9Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5Yami Shibai 5TV · 2017 · 13 ep2.9The mysterious masked Storyteller returns to tell more twisted tales of horror. Continuing his particular style of kamishibai inspired storytelling, he now finds that his audience is an eerie crowd of young girls, who eagerly await his…
Mature
2.9The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
OVA · 1990 · 1 ep
The Curse of Kazuo UmezuUmezu Kazuo no NoroiOVA · 1990 · 1 ep2.9"Do not toy with the supernatural." Two stories of the consequences that descend upon humans who venture beyond the safe confines of their ordinary worlds. When a gorgeous girl named Rima transfers into Masami's class, she's not only…
2.9Tabimachi Lateshow
TV · 2016 · 4 ep
Tabimachi LateshowTabi Machi Late ShowTV · 2016 · 4 ep2.9Four episodes with the theme of “goodbyes and journeys."
2.9Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6Yami Shibai 6TV · 2018 · 13 ep2.9Late at night, in a clearing within a dark fog-filled forest, there sits a kamishibai storyboard. A visitor approaches, and suddenly, the fog recedes. A shape begins to take form beside the board—this figure is the masked Storyteller, who…
2.8Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10Yami Shibai 10TV · 2022 · 13 ep2.8The tenth season of Yami Shibai .
2.8Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7
TV · 2019 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7Yami Shibai 7TV · 2019 · 13 ep2.8A rusted door opens to a decrepit apartment filled with darkness. Inside, the masked Storyteller waits to spin more twisted tales of horror, inviting all to listen. In one story, a woman is tormented by her past sins; in another, a man…
2.8Amazing Nuts!
Special · 2006 · 4 ep
Amazing Nuts!Special · 2006 · 4 ep2.8Amazing Nuts! is an anthology of four animated shorts with each featuring its own distinct animation style and music by Studio 4°C. 1. Global Astroliner Gou 2. Glass Eye 3. Kung-Fu Love 4. Joe and Marilyn
2.7Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4Yami Shibai 4TV · 2017 · 13 ep2.7Excited children gather around the enigmatic masked Storyteller once more. His unique kamishibai storytelling draws them into tales of fear and dread. These are dark and foreboding stories, which could happen to anyone... This season has…
2.7Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11Yami Shibai 11TV · 2023 · 13 ep2.7The eleventh season of Yami Shibai .
2.7Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12
TV · 2024 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12Yami Shibai 12TV · 2024 · 13 ep2.7The twelfth season of Yami Shibai .
2.6Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8Yami Shibai 8TV · 2021 · 13 ep2.6Once again, the mysterious storyteller draws in the ears of any willing to listen to his macabre tales of madness—ones that could happen to anyone, no matter who they might be. The ghastly stories delve into the cases of teenagers testing…
2.6Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9Yami Shibai 9TV · 2021 · 13 ep2.6The ninth season of Yami Shibai .
2.66 Lovers
OVA · 2021 · 6 ep
6 LoversOVA · 2021 · 6 ep2.6The July issue of Dear+ has announced that a series of manga serialized in the magazine will get anime adaptations in celebration of the magazine's 20th anniversary. These anime will be collected into an "in motion" animation series titled…
2.5Happy-Go-Lucky Days
Movie · 2020 · 1 ep
Happy-Go-Lucky DaysDounika Naru HibiMovie · 2020 · 1 ep2.5A forbidden crush. An ex’s wedding. Burgeoning feelings for a childhood friend. Happy-Go-Lucky Days tells three universally frank stories about the young people of Japan on the bittersweet journey of adolescence. (Source: HIDIVE) The movie…
2.5Sono Toki, Kanojo wa.
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Sono Toki, Kanojo wa.TV · 2018 · 12 ep2.5The anime will take place in Fukuoka, and will follow the love lives of four female protagonists as high school students, college students, and as working adults.
2.5MIRU: Paths to My Future
TV · 2025 · 5 ep
MIRU: Paths to My FutureMiru: Watashi no MiraiTV · 2025 · 5 ep2.5"未ル(Miru): Paths To My Future", an anthology anime series by five animation studios. A Story of Encounters between Humanity and a Robot. Born in a distant future, MIRU, a weaponless robot, travels across time to support people from…
Mature
2.4Digital Juice
OVA · 2002 · 6 ep
Digital JuiceOVA · 2002 · 6 ep2.4A series of short animations that show different worlds and different characters. These episodes are designed to take the viewer into a psychological world of fantasy and mystery. The shorts are as follows: 1) Keikaku (圭角) 2) Chicken hoken…
2.4KOWABON
TV · 2015 · 13 ep
KOWABONKowabonTV · 2015 · 13 ep2.4In today's world full of wondrous technological innovation, the unnatural and mysterious sometimes appear even more horrifying than usual. But despite how far society has advanced, the fear of the unknown always remains. The unfortunate…
2.0KJ File
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
KJ FileTV · 2022 · 13 ep2.0The story is set in a world where unique kaijuus suddenly begin to appear in various places around the world. Members of the United Nations Monster Observatory will explore a world where kaijuus with great powers and humankind live…