Tatsuki Fujimoto: 17–26 / 2025

Six different anime studios, together with seven directors, adapted early works by cult Japanese manga author Tatsuki Fujimoto (Look Back, Chainsaw Man). This is an anime anthology: each episode is a short standalone story, all conceived and drawn by the author between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six.

The stories aren’t connected, vary wildly in tone and pacing, and sometimes feel completely unhinged. In the first episode, for example, the planet has been taken over by cannibal aliens, and the last remaining humans pretend to be chickens so they won’t be eaten. Another story follows a guy who keeps getting interrupted — a robber attacks, an alien wants to destroy Earth — but he couldn’t care less, because he’s about to confess his love to a girl.

This anthology is a recent discovery for us, and one we wholeheartedly recommend. Released as ONA (anime series distributed directly online), it flew largely under the radar with little promotion. But in our humble opinion, it’s a real bomb. In a couple of years, this series will be considered cult — and that’s when you’ll remember: we told you so.

All episodes together run for over two hours, but tearing yourself away from the screen is nearly impossible.