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Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 adapts all eight one-shot manga stories in Fujimoto’s two short-story collections. There is no official best-to-worst order: the ranking below is an editorial judgment, based on story construction, emotional effect, direction and animation, voice performance, and how well each adaptation fits its source. Without an episode-by-episode viewing assessment, assigning winners would mean inventing criticism, so this guide identifies all eight entries and explains what each premise sets up—without pretending those descriptions prove which anime is best.
What is Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26?
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 is an eight-part anime anthology adapting every one-shot in Shueisha’s Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories 22-26. Six animation studios and seven directors worked on the series, making shifts in visual style and storytelling approach an inherent part of the project rather than a flaw to assume in advance. Avex Pictures’ official series information gives the lineup and premises.
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Amazon announced exclusive worldwide Prime Video streaming beginning November 8, 2025. The Prime Video title page lists it as a 2025 series with one season. Catalog access can vary by territory, so check the service where you live.
All eight anime, in the official anthology lineup
The entries below are presented in the sequence used by the official overview, not ranked by quality. English title renderings are descriptive translations; retain the Japanese titles when searching, since localized English titles may differ by market.
#1 Best Overall
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Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga Ita (庭には二羽ニワトリがいた。)
Roughly, “There Were Two Chickens in the Garden.” On an Earth believed to have lost a war with aliens and seen humanity perish, alien student Yohei cares for two chickens at school. The birds hold a secret. The premise pairs an apparently emptied world with a small, everyday act of care; whether the anime makes that contrast compelling depends on its execution, not the synopsis alone.
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Sasaki-kun ga Bullet o Tometa (佐々木くんが銃弾止めた)
“Sasaki Stopped a Bullet.” During spring-break make-up classes, student Sasaki hopes to see his teacher when gunfire interrupts the school day. The setup moves quickly from a personal expectation to a crisis, leaving pacing and the handling of the disruption central to the segment’s effect.
Rank #2
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Koi wa Moumoku (恋は盲目)
“Love Is Blind.” On the day before graduation, student council president Ibuki asks Yui, the person he loves, to walk home with him. Obstacles disrupt his confession. Its school-romance premise puts timing and the buildup to the encounter at the center of the story.
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Shikaku (シカク)
The title is rendered as “Shikaku.” Assassin Shikaku is asked by Yuger, a vampire bored by 3,500 years of immortality, to kill him. Avex reports that this segment received an audience award in the short-film competition at the Bucheon International Animation Festival. That recognition is a useful fact about its reception at the festival, not proof of a universal ranking.
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Ningyo Rhapsody (人魚ラプソディ)
“Mermaid Rhapsody.” A boy who plays a piano discarded on the seabed meets a mermaid who has been secretly listening. The meeting gives the story a musical premise; the official synopsis does not establish how the anime develops it or what changes, if anything, from the manga.
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Me ga Sametara Onnanoko ni Natteita Yamai (目が覚めたら女の子になっていた病)
“The Illness of Waking Up as a Girl.” Toshihide wakes up as a girl and is targeted by boys at school; his girlfriend’s brother intervenes. The premise combines a sudden bodily change with a school conflict. A fair review needs to judge how the adaptation handles both, rather than treating the provocative setup as a verdict.
Rank #4
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Yogen no Nayuta (予言のナユタ)
“Nayuta of the Prophecy.” Kenji’s younger sister Nayuta is shunned as a demon child prophesied to destroy the world; she eventually causes a major incident. The setup places a family relationship inside a wider fear of catastrophe, but the synopsis alone cannot tell whether the adaptation earns its emotional or dramatic turns.
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Imouto no Ane (妹の姉)
“Sister and Older Sister.” The official overview describes sisters’ jealousy, conflict, and growth through their devotion to art. Its focus on a sibling relationship and artistic ambition gives it a different subject from the anthology’s supernatural and high-concept premises.
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How to rank the adaptations fairly
A meaningful best-to-worst order requires watching all eight segments and comparing them on shared criteria. A striking premise, festival recognition, or resemblance to another adaptation cannot substitute for that work. These are the criteria to use when forming a personal ranking:
- Story construction: Does the short runtime establish the situation clearly, develop it at a sensible pace, and deliver a payoff that follows from what came before?
- Emotional effect: Do the characters’ choices leave an impression, or does the segment rely mainly on surprise?
- Animation and direction: How effectively do staging, editing, and visual storytelling serve this particular story? With six studios and seven directors involved, a different style can be a strength when it fits the material.
- Voice performance: Do the performances make the characters and tone convincing?
- Adaptation choices: If comparing the anime with the one-shot, identify what the adaptation preserves, expands, or changes. The two source collections are listed by Shueisha: Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories 22-26.
Avex also reports that Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga Ita was selected for Annecy 2026’s Midnight Short Film Competition. Selection and an award are forms of recognition, not comparable measures of every segment’s pacing, performances, or emotional force.
What recognition has the anthology received?
Avex reported a 2026 International Emmy nomination for the anthology in the Short-Form Series category. The ceremony was scheduled for November 23, 2026, so the nomination should not be described as a win without checking the result. No audience, rating, or viewership figure is established by the official sources cited here.
Where to stream or find the Japanese Blu-ray
Prime Video is the announced streaming destination; territory-specific catalog access should be checked on the service. For home video, Avex’s official series site lists a Japanese Blu-ray release dated September 30, 2026. The announced prices below are tax-inclusive Japanese prices, not verified current retailer prices.
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| Edition | Announced contents | Announced price |
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| Standard Edition | One Blu-ray disc with the main feature | ¥5,500 |
| Special Edition | Two Blu-ray discs and two soundtrack CDs, plus bonus video and a digital gallery | ¥14,850 |
| Limited Edition | Special Edition main contents plus a designer T-shirt; described as limited and made to order | Not stated in the cited announcement |
The announcement says selected editions include a 60-page special booklet; the soundtrack CDs contain 69 tracks in total, and the digital gallery has 30–50 images per story. The Limited Edition is described as an Anime Times Store exclusive, with an order window stated in the product announcement. Before buying an imported copy, confirm the edition and current stock, disc region, language and subtitle options, and shipping to your location; those details are not established here.
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