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Hayate the Combat Butler!

Hayate the Combat Butler!

Alternative Titles

English: Hayate the Combat Butler
Synonyms: Hayate no Gotoku!
Japanese: ハヤテのごとく!

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 52
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 1, 2007 to Mar 30, 2008
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.101 (scored by 13109 users)
Ranked: #2692
Popularity: #93
Members: 25,955
Favorites: 696
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

action comedy parody romance

Synopsis

16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. Because his unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste what money they have on gambling, Hayate had to start working at a young age to help out his family. Although such experience has made him inhumanly fast and tough and skilled at things boys aren't normally skilled at, it has also left him in an awkward position, as his parents have racked up such a huge gambling debt that they have sold Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a “bad guy” and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets. When he helps save the (as it turns out) ultra-wealthy 13-year-old Nagi from real kidnappers, she takes him in and gives him a job as her new personal butler (and love interest) until he can pay off his debt. But Hayate is more attracted to Nagi's beautiful teenage maid Maria, and head butler Klaus is initially disapproving of a boy with such a poor look. And then there`s Nagi's pet Tama, who is also a force to be reckoned with.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Hayate The Combat Butler!
Sequel: Hayate the Combat Butler!!, Hayate the Combat Butler!! OVA

Characters & Voice Actors

Maria
Maria
Main
Tanaka, Rie
Japanese
Tanaka, Rie
Ayasaki, Hayate
Ayasaki, Hayate
Main
Shiraishi, Ryoko
Japanese
Shiraishi, Ryoko
Sanzenin, Nagi
Sanzenin, Nagi
Main
Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese
Kugimiya, Rie
Tama
Tama
Supporting
Kosugi, Jurota
Japanese
Kosugi, Jurota

Staff

Kawaguchi, Keiichiro
Director
Watanabe, Shinichi
Episode Director, Storyboard
KOTOKO
Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics
MELL
Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics


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Sep 27, 2007
Leuconoe
As you might expect from an adaption of a comedy manga, Hayate the Combat Butler is a comedy show. It flirts with other genres - most notably action and romance/harem - but it is, through and through, about laughs. This presents a good reviewer with a particular problem: comedy is very personal - we don't all agree on what's funny. Given that, I shall give an overview of Hayate's particular brand of humour. But before I do, let me just say that I personally think this is a very, very funny show.

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Apr 14, 2008
OtakuFreak
Here is an anime that's not like many others. Hayate the Combat Butler is a colaberation of all kinds of Anime thrown into one, in order to make fun of it of course. What I mean is that Hayate is one of those Animes that make fun of Anime in general. I first herd of this series when it came out as a manga and so I got the manga and read a few books. Now even more intrigued, I began my search of the animated version. To my surprise there it was and began to watch it with my good friend from campus, Edge. read more
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Recommendations

They both parody or make references to other Animes in a comedic manner.
Not very similiar storywise, but they are both very random, hilarious and both feature a ton of parodies.

Opening Theme

#1: "Hayate no Gotoku! (ハヤテのごとく!)" by KOTOKO (eps 1-26)
#2: "Shichiten Hakki ☆Shijou Shugi! (七転八起☆至上主義)" by KOTOKO (eps 27-52)

Ending Theme

#1: "Proof" by MELL (eps 1-13)
#2: "Get my way!" by Kawada Mami (eps 14-26)
#3: "Chasse" by Kaori Utatsuki (eps 27-39)
#4: "Ki no Me Kaze (木の芽風)" by IKU (eps 40-52)

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