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 Ani*Kuri program and as filler between regularly scheduled programs, the shorts were broadcast in three seasons of 5 episodes. Each short was directed by a different director and the episodes were collected and uploaded to the official Ani*Kuri15 website in 2008.
Episodes
Season 1
"Attack of Higashimachi 2nd Borough" - Three aliens come to a cardboard Earth to invade.
"Blaze Man" - A groups of native warriors attack a giant kami in the shape of a bear. The kami sets one of the warriors on fire spiritually.
"Sancha Blues" - An avaricious record-store owner watches greedily as patrons look through his records.
"Invasion from Space - Hiroshi's Case" - Hiroshi tries to read his manga but a small robot is shooting pellets to distract him so the robot can escape.
Season 2
"Project Mermaid" - A fish turns into a mermaid who swims out into post-apocalyptic city.
"Yurururu ~Nichijou Hen~" - An animator spends the whole day animating a 1-second clip of a giant fish in a city.
"Gyrosopter" - A young gyrosopter pilot visits a pool of water and remembers a gyrosopter battle and the death of a friend on a watery planet.
"Supaatsu Taisa" - A super hero 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. Then he imagine about his master scaring the cats. Then he falls into a river, and chased by his sidekick and drifts over a waterfall.
Season 3
"A Gathering of Cats" - The family cat has had his tail stepped on one too many times and dreams of revenge.
"Princess Onmitsu" - A magical girl and her doll must defeat an invading horde of air pirates.
"Okkakekko" - A group of children run across fields and play with a giant scary robot.
"Project Omega" - As an alien force hurtles toward NHK headquarters in Tokyo, the NHK building springs to life as an evangelion-transformer to battle the foe.
"Good Morning" - A young girl gets up from bed and sleepily tries to awaken herself.
