1362 Short anime under 13 episodes anime, ranked by the median score the listing sites give them (every one scores 6.5 or better). Type, episodes and total hours on every row, so the two of you can see what fits tonight before you argue about it.
Twelve episodes or fewer is about a weekend, the easiest length to agree on when neither of you wants homework. Much of the top of this list is later seasons, so Attack on Titan Season 3 and Demon Slayer Season 2 only make sense after the earlier ones: check each page's related anime first. Bocchi the Rock! and Takopii no Genzai stand on their own.
| Anime | Type | Episodes | Hours | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2019 | 9 |
| Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season (Frieren at the Funeral Season 2) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2026 | 8.9 |
| Steel Ball Run: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run) | ONA | 1 | 0.8 h | 2026 | 8.82 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Short Films (Heaven Official's Blessing Short Films) | ONA | 3 | 0.4 h | 2025 | 8.82 |
| Haikyuu!! Karasuno Koukou vs. Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou (Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2016 | 8.75 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2 (Attack on Titan The Final Season) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2022 | 8.75 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen (Demon Slayer Season 2) | TV | 11 | 4.8 h | 2022 | 8.73 |
| 86 Part 2 (86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2021 | 8.71 |
| Boku no Hero Academia: Final Season (My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON) | TV | 11 | 4.2 h | 2025 | 8.71 |
| Gintama. (Gintama Season 4) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.71 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2014 | 8.71 |
| [Oshi no Ko] 3rd Season (My Star Season 3) | TV | 11 | 5 h | 2026 | 8.7 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou (Mushi-shi: Next Passage Part 1) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2014 | 8.69 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2018 | 8.68 |
| Bocchi the Rock! | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2022 | 8.67 |
| Takopii no Genzai | ONA | 6 | 2.6 h | 2025 | 8.67 |
| Guimi Zhi Zhu Specials (City of Silver) | ONA | 3 | 1.1 h | 2026 | 8.64 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen | OVA | 4 | 1.9 h | 1999 | 8.64 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (Gintama Period: Silver Soul Arc) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2018 | 8.63 |
| Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2 (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Part 2)) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2021 | 8.63 |
| Shiguang Dailiren II (Link Click 2nd Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2023 | 8.61 |
| Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen (JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2026 | 8.6 |
| Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2020 | 8.6 |
| Haikyuu!! To the Top Part 2 (Haikyu!! 4th Season (Part 2)) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2020 | 8.59 |
| Shiguang Dailiren (Time Agent) | ONA | 11 | 4.2 h | 2021 | 8.57 |
| [Oshi no Ko] ([Oshi no Ko] Mother and Children) | TV | 11 | 5.5 h | 2023 | 8.55 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Er (Heaven Official's Blessing 2nd Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2023 | 8.55 |
| Mob Psycho 100 III (Mob Psycho 100 3rd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2022 | 8.54 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 (Attack on Titan 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.54 |
| Bungou Stray Dogs 5th Season | TV | 11 | 4.2 h | 2023 | 8.53 |
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | ONA | 10 | 4.2 h | 2022 | 8.53 |
| Mo Dao Zu Shi: Wanjie Pian (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Final Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2021 | 8.53 |
| Dandadan | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 8.52 |
| Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou (MADE IN ABYSS: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun) | TV | 12 | 5 h | 2022 | 8.52 |
| Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen (Showa and Genroku Era Lover's Suicide Through Rakugo 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.52 |
| Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2 (Dr. Stone 4th Season Part 2) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2025 | 8.51 |
| One Punch Man | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2015 | 8.5 |
| Spy x Family (Spy Family) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2022 | 8.5 |
| Yakusoku no Neverland (THE PROMISED NEVERLAND) | TV | 12 | 4.4 h | 2019 | 8.5 |
| Grand Blue Season 2 (Grand Blue Dreaming 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2025 | 8.49 |
| Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi (Natsume Yuujinchou Season 7, Natsume's Book of Friends Seven) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 8.48 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Special (Heaven Official's Blessing Special) | ONA | 1 | 0.3 h | 2021 | 8.48 |
| Fate/Zero 2nd Season | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2012 | 8.46 |
| Mob Psycho 100 (Mob Psycho One Hundred) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2016 | 8.46 |
| Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2 (Re: Life in a different world from zero 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 5.8 h | 2021 | 8.46 |
| Dandadan 2nd Season | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2025 | 8.45 |
| Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2 (Jobless Reincarnation: It Will Be All Out If I Go to Another World 2 - Part 2) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 8.45 |
| Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2021 | 8.45 |
| Kamisama Hajimemashita: Kako-hen | OVA | 4 | 2 h | 2015 | 8.43 |
| Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2 | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2025 | 8.43 |
| Chainsaw Man | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2022 | 8.42 |
| Chou Kaguya-hime! (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!) | ONA | 1 | 2.3 h | 2026 | 8.41 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku (Attack on Titan Specialfolgen 4+5) | OVA | 2 | 0.9 h | 2014 | 8.41 |
| Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War) | TV | 12 | 5 h | 2019 | 8.4 |
| Kaijuu 8-gou (Monster #8) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen (Demon Slayer Season 3) | TV | 11 | 5.1 h | 2023 | 8.4 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2) | TV | 7 | 2.8 h | 2021 | 8.4 |
| Ling Long 2nd Season | ONA | 12 | 7.6 h | 2025 | 8.4 |
| Medalist 2nd Season | TV | 9 | 3.5 h | 2026 | 8.4 |
| Ore dake Level Up na Ken (I Am the Only the One Who Levels Up) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
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