Ani*Kuri15

I can't imagine it's easy crafting a short film for an anthology film under normal circumstances, but Ani*Kuri15 makes the directors play on hard mode due to each film only being allowed to reach 60 seconds in length.

This, in turn, makes Ani*Kuri15 also hard to write about, because everything passes by in a flash, quite literally 15 very short films in 15 minutes. But the sensation of watching them all back-to-back is dizzying in a mostly satisfying way. Some don't really find a voice in the time allotted, such are just visual noise and chaos for 60 seconds, but then a few shine through and either tell a story, get a point across, or simply create a coherent feel, and it's impressive to get such things from just one minute.

Even the ones that are messier can be charming or sort of fun, and I feel like most of what's on offer here has value of some kind. Some are definitely better than others (and I'm not busting my brain to try and remember any specific ones right now), but I think Ani*Kuri15 is overall still worth a watch for anime fans (you might well recognize some artstyles and director trademarks from certain films, too).