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The Best Episodes of Ani*Kuri15

Every episode of Ani*Kuri15 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ani*Kuri15!

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Ani-Kuri 15 is a series of fifteen 1-minute shorts that aired on the Japanese TV station, NHK between May 2007 and 2008. Intended as companion pieces to the AniKuri program and as filler between regularly

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ani*Kuri15 Season 3 Episode 5 - Good Morning
    7.5/10(879 votes)

    S3:E5

    A young girl gets up from bed and sleepily tries to awaken herself.

    Director:Satoshi Kon
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Ani*Kuri15 Season 3 Episode 1 - A Gathering of Cats
    7.1/10(776 votes)

    S3:E1

    The family cat (Chobi) has had his tail stepped on one too many times and dreams of revenge.

    Director:Makoto Shinkai
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ani*Kuri15 Season 2 Episode 2 - Yurururu - Ordinary Chapter
    5.7/10(94 votes)

    S2:E2

    An animator spends the whole day animating a 1-second clip of a giant fish in a city.

    Director:Kazuto Nakazawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Ani*Kuri15 Season 2 Episode 5 - Wandaba Kiss
    5.7/10(97 votes)

    S2:E5

    A young boy and his dog initiate a complex Rube Goldberg machine to steal a kiss from a young girl.

    Director:Atsushi Takeuchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ani*Kuri15 Season 1 Episode 2 - From the Other Side of the Tears
    5.5/10(98 votes)

    S1:E2

    A sad young girl recovers from a heartache.

    Director:Akemi Hayashi
    Writer:Akemi Hayashi

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  6. Ani*Kuri15 Season 3 Episode 3 - The Big Race
    5.4/10(99 votes)

    S3:E3

    A group of children run across fields and play with a giant scary robot.

    Director:Michael Arias
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Ani*Kuri15 Season 3 Episode 4 - Project Omega
    5.4/10(92 votes)

    S3:E4

    As an alien force hurtles toward NHK headquarters in Tokyo, the NHK building springs to life as an evangelion-transformer to battle the foe.

    Director:Shoji Kawamori
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ani*Kuri15 Season 1 Episode 1 - Attack of Higashimachi Nichome, 2nd borough
    5.3/10(101 votes)

    S1:E1

    Three aliens come to a cardboard Earth to invade.

    Director:Shinji Kimura
    Writer:Shinji Kimura

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  9. Ani*Kuri15 Season 1 Episode 5 - Alien Invasion from Space. Hiroshi's Case
    5.3/10(91 votes)

    S1:E5

    Hiroshi tries to read his manga but a small robot is shooting pellets to distract him so the robot can escape.

    Director:Shojiro Nishimi
    Writer:Shojiro Nishimi

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  10. Ani*Kuri15 Season 3 Episode 2 - The Secret Agent Princess
    5.3/10(100 votes)

    S3:E2

    A magical girl and her doll must defeat an invading horde of air pirates.

    Director:Mahiro Maeda
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Ani*Kuri15 Season 1 Episode 4 - Sancha Blues (The Aromatic Tea Blues)
    5.2/10(94 votes)

    S1:E4

    An avaricious record-store owner watches greedily as patrons look through his records.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  12. Ani*Kuri15 Season 2 Episode 4 - Sport Captain Episode No.18: Assassin Descended from the Mountain Hunt!!
    4.8/10(92 votes)

    S2:E4

    A superhero comic book character and Tomoo's idol from Tobira Oda's manga, Danchi Tomoo. Who has his meal stolen by a cat after being attacked by a villain (his master's daughter). Then he imagines about his master (Paul) scaring the cats. Then he falls into a river and chased by his sidekick (The Bear and The Crow) and drifts over a waterfall.

    Directors:Yasuyuki Shimizu, Tobira Oda
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Ani*Kuri15 Season 2 Episode 3 - Gyrocopter
    4.4/10(95 votes)

    S2:E3

    A young gyrocopter pilot visits a pool of water and remembers a gyrocopter battle and the death of a friend on a watery planet.

    Director:Ranji Murata
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Ani*Kuri15 Season 2 Episode 1 - Project_Mermaid
    4.2/10(107 votes)

    S2:E1

    A fish turns into a mermaid who swims out into a post-apocalyptic city.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Ani*Kuri15 Season 1 Episode 3 - Kyottoko - Blaze Man
    4.1/10(95 votes)

    S1:E3

    A group of native warriors attack a giant kami in the shape of a bear. The kami sets one of the warriors on fire spiritually.

    Director:Yasufumi Soejima
    Writer:Yasufumi Soejima

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Best Episodes Summary

"Good Morning" is the best rated episode of "Ani*Kuri15". It scored 7.5/10 based on 879 votes. Directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/10/2007. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Gathering of Cats".