Hand Shakers

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English: Hand Shakers

Japanese: ハンドシェイカー

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 11, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017

Premiered: Winter 2017

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 00:30 (JST)

Producers: Frontier Works, Media Factory, Movic, Sony Music Communications, Medicos Entertainment, Kadokawa Media House

Licensors: Funimation, Crunchyroll

Studios: GoHands

Source: Original

Genres: Action

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 5.32¹ (scored by 27,917 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #10345²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1621

Members: 90,166

Favorites: 210

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Synopsis

Those who receive the Revelation of Babel must overcome many battles and trials. By grasping the hand of their special partner, these "Hand Shakers" transport themselves to the realm of Ziggurat, an alternate dimension where time no longer exists. Each pair of Hand Shakers must battle it out for the right to meet with God, who will reward them by granting them a single wish.

Tazuna Takatsuki, a high school student with a penchant for fixing things, is one of these Hand Shakers. After receiving a request for repairs from Professor Makihara of a nearby university, Tazuna stumbles upon Koyori Akutagawa, a bedridden girl that reminds him of his deceased sister Musubu. Remembering her dying wish to never let go of her hand, Tazuna grasps Koyori's hand and awakens his power as a Hand Shaker. However, Koyori's life is directly tied to her status as a Hand Shaker, meaning if Tazuna was to ever let go of her hand she would die. With meeting God being their only hope for saving her, the duo must find a way to make their unique powers mesh together, overcome the opposing Hand Shakers, and make their wish come true.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Akutagawa, Koyori

Main

Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Takatsuki, Tazuna

Main

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Houjou, Riri

Supporting

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Houjou, Masaru

Supporting

Murase, Ayumu
Japanese

Mitsudera, Chizuru

Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire
Japanese

Awaza, Kodama

Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Moriyama, Hibiki

Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

Makihara, Nagamasa

Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou
Japanese

Break

Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Azuma, Hayate

Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito
Japanese

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Staff

Suzuki, Shingo

Director

Tanaka, Ryou

Sound Director

Rial, Monica

Script

Yanagi, Tamazo

Script

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Opening Theme

"One Hand Message" by OxT (Masayoshi Oishi x Tom-H@ck)

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Ending Theme

"Yume Miru Ame (ユメミル雨)" by Akino Arai

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Reviews

Mar 28, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

MozillaFennekin (All reviews)

499 people found this review helpful

Let us shake hands… with the future. The future of anime, and the future of society.

Friends, welcome. On the third season, The Order has risen once again to free us from our eternal struggle. In an industry that rarely takes risks, Hand Shakers stands above all others to become the most daring, most challenging, and most breathtaking anime ever created.

When Gen Urobuchi broke out in the 90’s with the release of Neon Genesis Evangeliation, the anime community was both equally fascinated and outraged at its unique story and characters. Hand Shakers pushes the envelope much further, challenging the community, the industry, and the entire world.

The read more

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Mar 28, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

ZephSilver (All reviews)

246 people found this review helpful

What's the ultimate sign of a "bad anime?" For some, it's a poorly written script, for others, it's a lack of effort on the audiovisual front. It could even be something trivial, like a personal gripe against certain cliches or tropes. Whatever the reasoning may be, we all have ways of coming to our own conclusion.
As for me, the ultimate sign of a lousy anime is not what that particular work does by itself, but how it forces me to retroactively reexamine other terrible works in the process. When the show in question is so bad that I have to commend the efforts of read more

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Mar 28, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

TuyNOM (All reviews)

153 people found this review helpful

Ladies and gentlemen, greetings!

Two questions first:
Did you think Big Order or Glasslip were the worst series you've ever seen?
Did you think Berserk 2016 and Ajin had the worst animations with CGI you've ever seen?
Negative! Hand Shakers is here to show you the opposite and... believe me, it does it well. Let's look at this together!

- Use of pretentious terms like "Nimrod(o)" or "Ziggurat(o)"?
- Action with lots of explosions and unimaginable powers?
- Main character without goal?
- Main character nice, and weak at first?
- One of the girls is a loli kuudere?
- One of the girls is a loli idol like Nico Yazawa?
- One of the girls read more

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Mar 28, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

CodeBlazeFate (All reviews)

109 people found this review helpful

**DISCLAIMER: This version is outdated, however I will keep it up here as a mark of how I felt a year prior when constructing this review (I spent 50 days). Since then, I have created a superior version of this review that I sadly can't link (it's in my blogs section). Regardless, enjoy!**

“HOLY FUCK; this show has got to be the worst anime I’ve seen in my whole life! I mean, I've seen some dog shit like Big Order, Pupa, Mahouka, Mars of Destruction, and Skelter+Heaven, but this takes the fucking cake, and GoHands will pay with their now abysmal reputation!” -me, now and hopefully read more

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