The Art of Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

     Dusk Maiden of Amnesia a.k.a.Tasogare Otome x Amnesia is a 12 episode anime that is under the genre of romance, drama, comedy, psychological and horror. It was adapted from Maybe's manga entitled Tasogare Otome x Amnesia. It is a about a boy named Teiichi Niiya, who studies at Seikyou Private Academy and one day got lost on one of the school's old building. On the old school building he met a girl named Yuko Kanoe whom he realized is a ghost and has an amnesia. She doesn't remember any of her past and the reason how she died. Then Teiichi decided that he will help Yuko gain her memory back and he started by investigating the school's seven ghostly mysteries.

The Art of School Days

     School Days is a 12 episode short anime that is under the genres school life, romance, slice of life, comedy, drama, psychological, and tragedy. It was adapted from a visual novel of the same name. It is about a high school guy named Makoto Ito who rides the train everyday to go to school. He saw and fell in love with a girl named Kotonoha Katsura riding on the same train everyday and going on the same school but are not in the same class. Makoto is your typical guys who don't have the guts to talk to a girl they like, so she doesn't know his existence. One day a close female friend of Makoto, Sekai Saionji, saw him viewing the photo of Kotonoha in his cellphone and Sekai decided to help him get close to Kotonoha. Little did Makoto know that Sekai is actually inlove with him. Thus their school life continues with them bounded by their love triangle that would change their life.

The Art of Another

     Another is a short anime that has 12 episodes and is under the psychological, horror, mystery, thriller genre. It was adapted from Yukito Ayatsuji's mystery horror novel of the same name. It is about a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara who just transferred to the school Yomiyama Middle School and was placed in the class 3-3. There he met a girl named Mei Misaki which he finds to be mysterious because nobody in their class seems to see or to know a student of that name even though he sees her in their class. After meeting her, one by one, the students or the people related to the student of class 3-3 begun to face gruesome, horrible and senseless deaths from different events and strange accidents.
     Then he learned about a certain story from the past. The story is about student who was popular and beloved by all, both by teachers and by students, named Misaki during 1972. In the story, Misaki suddenly died partway through the school year. Shocked and devastated by Misaki's sudden death, the teachers and the students treated the class as if Misaki is still in there with them. They keep the act that Misaki was still alive up until the graduation.The principal even arranged to have Misaki's seat included in the graduation ceremony leading to a strange presence appearing in the graduation photo.

What is a short anime?

     The most famous anime of all time is of course Dragon Ball, and probably the preceding are Bleach, Naruto and One Piece (Note: The three are alphabetically arranged). These four are the most famous anime around the world. One of the reasons why they're famous is probably because of the number of episodes they have. Dragon Ball have a total of 508 episodes from several different anime titles. Bleach has 366 episodes, Naruto has 220 episodes and its spinoff Naruto Shippuuden has 281 episodes and is still ongoing and One Piece has 566 episodes and just like Shippuuden is still ongoing.
     The short anime I'll be discussing, is the length of an average anime length. It is actually the length of many anime. It would have 10 to 30 number of episodes and has a short storyline. The anime would have different genres of anime and different concepts.  I'll discuss different short anime with their titles. I will discuss their good point and why and why not would the viewers would want to watch it. I could also give a recommendation to specific types of persons who would want to watch that anime. To make things short, I'm going to give reviews and recommendations on a short anime and what is great art about it.
     Short anime may be short but being short is what makes them good. Because the story is short, viewers would wish for more if it's a really good anime. And that my friends make the short anime amazing. Having viewers want more of the anime makes that short anime great and interestingly awesome. And that is the beauty of the art of making a short anime.