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7	''Short Peace'' is a five part anime anthology, and the fourth anthology created with Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo after ''Anime/RobotCarnival'', ''Anime/NeoTokyo1987'' and ''Anime/{{Memories}}''. Uniquely, instead of another anime short, the fifth part is a video game developed by Creator/{{Suda51}}'s Creator/GrasshopperManufacture. It was released in 2013.
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9	It contains the following parts:
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11	* ''Possesions'', directed by Shuhei Morita. A traveller shelters from the rain in an abandoned temple and encounters a group of ''very'' strange spirits. Nominated for the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm.
12	* ''Combustible'' directed by Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo deals with a boy from a wealthy family in Edo-era Japan who becomes a firefighter against his family's wishes, his childhood friend and their tragic love.
13	* ''Gambo'' directed by Hiroaki Ando is about a village terrorized by an Oni. A little girl prays for help and a white bear arrives to help.
14	* ''A farewell to arms'' directed by Hajime Katoki is about a salvage crew in a futuristic ruined city encountering a SpiderTank controlled by a rampant AI.
15	* ''Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day'', directed by Yohei Kataoka is about a schoolgirl assassin who is on a mission to kill her own father.
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18	!!''Short Peace'' contains examples of:
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20	* AnimateInanimateObject: The spirits in ''Possesions''
21	* AIIsACrapshoot: ''A farewell to arms''.
22	* AttackDrone: Used against the SpiderTank in ''A farewell to arms'' [[spoiler: to no effect]].
23	* BearsAreBadNews: Averted in ''Gambo''.
24	* BodyHorror: The female victim of the Oni in ''Gambo'' ends up horriby distended and with a transparent body that shows multiple [[FetusTerrible demon offspring]]. She begs for a MercyKill.
25	* {{Determinator}}: At the end of ''A farewell to arms'', [[spoiler: Marl is still trying to destroy the GUNK by smashing it with rocks. Getting his clothes destroyed doesn't stop him.]]
26	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The background in a ''A farewell to arms'', looks suspiciously like Iraq.
27	* {{Expy}}: The crew from ''A farewell to arms'' resembles the salvage crew from ''Memories'' a lot.
28	* {{Karakasa}}: Show up in ''Possesions''.
29	* MarsNeedsWomen: The Oni in ''Gambo'' rapes human women to reproduce.
30	* PoweredArmor: The salvage crew in ''A farewell to arms'' wears powered armor.
31	* {{Retirony}}: One of the crew in ''A farewell to arms'' is going to retire shortly after the mission. [[spoiler: He doesn't survive the mission.]]
32	* RevealShot: In ''A farewell to arms'' [[spoiler: the ruined city is revealed to be Tokyo in the final shot]].
33	* SpiderTank: The antagonist in ''A farewell to arms''.
34	* StarCrossedLovers: Owaka and Matsukichi in ''Combustible''.
35	* TheTokyoFireball: One starts up in the events of ''Combustible''.
36	* WouldNotShootACivilian: The SpiderTank in ''A farewell to arms'' doesn't kill [[spoiler: Marl, the SoleSurvivor of the salvage crew, after he drops his dog tags and the SpiderTank scans him and determines that he's a civilian.]]
37	* {{Youkai}}: ''Possesions'' features ''Tsukumogami'', the major antagonist in ''Gambo'' is a red Oni.

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