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Anima
アニマ
5.19
13,860 rank · 2,569 viewers · 0 favorites
Music
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Synopsis
ANIMA is a dance animation movie representing a human "life." (Source: Official Website)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 2.28
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 2.25
Running avg · Apr 2013 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Anima is an highly emotional short driven by a tormented piano piece, which remember of Ligeti's Études for piano. The music fits perfectly the dance moves of a female figure which struggle with...”
- 7 “To be blunt, I've no idea what did I just watch. At one point, the main character in this short became spider-man from my perspective, at one point somewhat resembling the girl from The Ring from....”
- 3 “It lasts less than 4 minutes, and still it's hard to watch. Pace of the music is annoying, design is disgusted and dance too emotional, so it seems that the character is hysterical woman....”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 04m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2005 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-6974 catalog