By Length

If you’re like me, you have a hard time dropping out of something; even if it isn’t that good, you need to know how it ends. Or you’re the flip side: once you get started on something good you eat and breathe it until it’s gone and can’t focus on anything until you finish.

That’s why it’s nice to know ahead of time what you’re getting into. That way when those pesky cliffhangers rear their head and turn your planned two episodes into a binge of two seasons, you don’t lose your job because of it.

Because season lengths vary anywhere between a 10 episode single cour to a 26 episode double-cour with five OVA episodes, I will be listing entries by number of episodes rather than seasons. Order is shortest to longest, starting with movies, then short episode series, then normal episode length series.

MOVIES (Times are approximate)

45 Minutes: The Garden of Words

60 Minutes:

75 Minutes:

80 Minutes:

90 Minutes:

100 Minutes:

110 Minutes:

120 Minutes :

130 Minutes: A Silent Voice

140 Minutes:

160 Minutes: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

200 Minutes: Kizumonogatari Trilogy (Three movies, 60, 60, and 80 minutes)

665 Minutes: The Garden of Sinners (Kara no Kyoukai) (Ten movies, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours each)

SHORT EPISODE SERIES (Categorized by length of episode, then number of episodes)

2-3 Minute Episodes

12:

13: Love is Like a Cocktail

25: Re:Zero – Shorts (Break Time & PETIT)

5-6 Minute Episodes

1: Shelter

24: Bonjour Sweet Love Patisserie

8 Minute Episodes

24: My Wife is the Student Council President

10-13 Minute Episodes

9: Anime Crimes Division

12-15 Minute Episodes

10:

11: Aggretsuko (Season 2)

12:

13: Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family

24: Isekai Izakaya

NORMAL SERIES (22-24 MINUTE EPISODES, INCLUDES STREAMABLE OVAS)

4:

5: Hanamonogatari

6:

7: Owarimonogatari (2nd Season)

10:

11:

12:

13:

14:

15: Bakemonogatari

20: Ghost Stories (English Dub)

22:

24:

25:

26:

27:

28: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

39: Overlord

40: Working!! (Wagnaria)

41: K-On!

51: Soul Eater

61:

69: Yakitate!! Japan

144: Toriko

220: Naruto