Hamatora
Also known as Hamatora The Animation
ハマトラ THE ANIMATION
"Minimum" - a special inborn power found in a limited number of human beings, known as "minimum holders." In Yokohama, the detective team Hamatora, formed by two minimum holders named Nice and Murasaki, comes across information connected to a serial killer being pursued by their old friend Art. It turns out all the victims are minimum holders like them. Unwillingly at first, the two detectives become involved in the investigation.
TV anime, 12 episodes, Winter 2014, NAZ. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio NAZ. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery. Season: Winter 2014.
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Characters and voice cast
- Nice (ナイス) - main character, voiced by Ryouta Oosaka (逢坂良太); English dub: Adam Gibbs
- Murasaki (ムラサキ) - main character, voiced by Wataru Hatano (羽多野渉); English dub: David Wald
- Hajime (はじめ) - supporting character, voiced by Emiri Katou (加藤英美里); English dub: Christina Kelly
- Art (アート) - supporting character, voiced by Ami Koshimizu (小清水亜美); English dub: Leraldo Anzaldua
- Koneko (コネコ) - supporting character, voiced by Kiyono Yasuno (安野希世乃); English dub: Nancy Novotny
- Ratio (レシオ) - supporting character, voiced by Sanae Kobayashi (小林沙苗); English dub: Andrew Love
- Birthday (バースデイ) - supporting character, voiced by Jun Fukuyama (福山潤); English dub: Blake Shepard
- Honey (ハニー) - supporting character, voiced by Eri Kitamura (喜多村英梨); English dub: Margaret McDonald
- Three (スリー) - supporting character, voiced by Katsuki Murase (村瀬克輝); English dub: George Manley
- Master (マスター) - supporting character, voiced by Atsushi Ono (斧アツシ); English dub: Carl Masterson
- Gasquet (ガスケ) - supporting character, voiced by Yousuke Akimoto (秋元羊介); English dub: Luis Galindo
- Mao (マオ) - supporting character, voiced by Takuya Eguchi (江口拓也); English dub: Mike Yager
- Theo (セオ) - supporting character, voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto (岡本信彦); English dub: Greg Ayres
- Rei (レイ) - supporting character, voiced by Ayaka Oohashi (大橋彩香); English dub: Juliet Simmons
- Azusa (アズサ) - supporting character, voiced by Yuki Takao (タカオユキ)
- Moral (モラル) - supporting character, voiced by Yuuki Ono (小野友樹); English dub: Chris Patton
- Shinji Toyosaki (豊崎シンジ) - supporting character, voiced by Natsuki Hanae (花江夏樹); English dub: Clint Bickham
Staff
- Original Creator: Yukinori Kitajima (北島行徳)
- Original Character Design: Yuuki Kodama (小玉有起)
- Chief Director: Seiji Kishi (岸誠二)
- Director: Hiroshi Kimura (木村寛)
- Series Composition: Jun Kumagai (熊谷純)
- Series Composition: Touko Machida (待田堂子)
- Character Design: Yuu Wazu (和図悠)
- Art Director: Kouki Nagayoshi (永吉幸樹)
- Music: Makoto Yoshimori (吉森信)
- Script: Touko Machida (待田堂子)
- Script: Jun Kumagai (熊谷純)
- Project Composition: Yukinori Kitajima (北島行徳)
- Chief Character Design: Eriko Itou (伊藤依織子)
- Photography Supervision: Yoshihisa Ooyama (大山佳久)
Production: NAZ (animation), DIVE II Entertainment, Madman Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks.
Rankings on AniList: #76 highest rated 2014, #55 most popular 2014, #12 highest rated winter 2014, #9 most popular winter 2014.
AniList members score Hamatora 69/100. On their lists: 2,723 watching, 32,814 completed, 21,805 planning to watch, 3,298 dropped; 569 favourites.
Related titles
- Re: Hamatora: Season 2 - TV, 2014
- Fw:Hamatora - Movie, 2015
- Mini Hama: Minimum Hamatora - TV, 2015
- Hamatora The Animation: Saishuukai Chokuzen! Mao ga Okuru - OVA, 2014
- Mini Hama: Minimum Hamatora Movies - Movie, 2015
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Episodes
- Episode 1: Egg of Columbus
- Episode 2: Beloved Bastard
- Episode 3: Those With and Those Without
- Episode 4: The Wandering Totem Pole
- Episode 5: Sweat, Muscles, and Me
- Episode 6: The Prophet's Torment
- Episode 7: Black Cosmos
- Episode 8: The Blood-Soaked Bitter Melon
- Episode 9: Little Beauty and the Beast
- Episode 10: March of the Weak
- Episode 11: Flight of the Victor
- Episode 12: Resolve (Ego)