Ousama Ranking (Ranking of Kings)

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Synonyms: King Ranking

Japanese: 王様ランキング

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Type: TV

Episodes: 23

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 15, 2021 to Mar 25, 2022

Premiered: Fall 2021

Broadcast: Fridays at 00:55 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Kadokawa, Bandai Spirits

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Wit Studio

Source: Web manga

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Duration: 22 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.51¹ (scored by 338,706 users)

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Ranked: #128²

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

Popularity: #326

Members: 641,417

Favorites: 12,634

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The people of the kingdom look down on the young Prince Bojji, who can neither hear nor speak. They call him "The Useless Prince" while jeering at his supposed foolishness.

However, while Bojji may not be physically strong, he is certainly not weak of heart. When a chance encounter with a shadow creature should have left him traumatized, it instead makes him believe that he has found a friend amidst those who only choose to notice his shortcomings. He starts meeting with Kage, the shadow, regularly, to the point where even the otherwise abrasive creature begins to warm up to him.

Kage and Bojji's unlikely friendship lays the budding foundations of the prince's journey, one where he intends to conquer his fears and insecurities. Despite the constant ridicule he faces, Bojji resolves to fulfill his desire of becoming the best king he can be.

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The sign language depicted in Ousama Ranking is supervised by the Tokyo Foundation of the Deaf. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD from January 12, 2022 to July 20, 2022.

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Adaptation:	Ousama Ranking
Other:	Oz., Ousama Ranking Movie
Side story:	Ousama Ranking: Yuuki no Takarabako

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Characters & Voice Actors

Bojji

Main

Hinata, Minami
Japanese

Kage

Main

Murase, Ayumu
Japanese

Hiling

Supporting

Satou, Rina
Japanese

Despa

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Desha

Supporting

Shimoyama, Yoshimitsu
Japanese

Ouken

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Bebin

Supporting

Ueda, Youji
Japanese

Dorshe

Supporting

Tadokoro, Hinata
Japanese

Daida

Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki
Japanese

Miranjo

Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

Producer

Okada, Maiko

Producer, Production Manager

Herek, Samantha

Assistant Producer

Hatta, Yousuke

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Opening Theme

	"BOY " by King Gnu
	2: "Hadaka no Yuusha (裸の勇者)" by Vaundy (eps 12-23)

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Ending Theme

	"Oz. " by yama
	2: "Flare" by milet (eps 12-23)

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Mar 11, 2024

wallus81

Recommended

Love this show, its really great. I shouldn't really write a review ngl but I wanted to anyways. I might have possibly put the show on hold almost exactly a year ago to watch other stuff and didn't pick it up until like 3 days ago. But I'm happy I finished it I guess.

The show is really nice, I love the art style and the animation, I love the characters, I love the music, I love the story.
Oh something big, I love both the openings and endings for this show, the first set was my favorite but the second ones kinda grew on me ...

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May 18, 2023

AgonyOfTheGarnet

Mixed Feelings

Osama Ranking is a disappointment with a lot of wasted potential. It is a show with a nice premise and a strong opening trio of episodes that slowly descends into an average revenge story and bad Deus Ex Machina.

Let me explain:
(Minor spoilers ahead)

Bojji is a mute-deaf Prince in a medieval European setting with the dream of being the best King in the world.
The first impression is that the story is going to be about the emotional journey of Bojji overcoming abuse and prejudice of society and family, doing the best for his kingdom despite his disabilities. The first emotional aspect is that Bojji is ... incredibly aware of the mockery he is submitted to, which he can tell by not only the physical language of others but also through reading lips. Now, I get that Bojji knows he is being abused but how can a Mute-Deaf know exactly what people, and even animals say about him if he never heard a single word in his life? Not that I was expecting realism but the shows opens with heavy emphasis on Sign Language, so one would expect that this would a reoccurring element of the show, but the moment other characters learn that Bojji can read lips sign language gets thrown out of the window and characters that know it stop using it completely. The author/show had the opportunity to teach something to the audience but instead just ignore one of the distinguishing elements of the story.

The biggest problems I have with the story is that the show had the opportunity to show how medieval people lived with disabilities, build a long arduous story of overcoming the odds and becoming the best King in the world but after a few episodes Bojji starts getting thrown into the sidelines and a succession conspiracy starts taking place but instead of him being directly involved in unfolding the mystery, he goes into a Training Arc while the mystery slowly unfolds regardless to him. The mystery has indeed something to do with him and he gets involved but it doesn’t feel like he truly contributes heavily nor did it feel like his accomplishments and power were truly earned.

Just to add a final note on presentation and music:
The art style is highly reminiscent of Princess Knight, Heidi of the Alpes and anime from the World Masterpiece Theater. Personally I love it, I grew up in Europe in the 90’s and these anime were popular on TV, the style is Old School but not necessarily bad.

Music is great, it is very medieval with orchestral elements and a lot of 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures which are part of the Medieval/Renaissance style of composing.

All in all, Ousama Ranking anime could have brought a lot fresh air to the anime landscape with it’s Old School style and standout premise but went to an unsatisfactory fantasy mystery I personally did not find necessary or interesting.

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Dec 11, 2023

EvaFotia

Not Recommended

Boring. Cliche. Lame. Ousama Ranking is extremely predictable and has zero stakes involved, a majority of the show are flashbacks where it just drags and drags and bores the viewer with "character development" for characters you don't care about.

The author failed to tell a coherent story past the first part and it inevitably ends up as a convoluted mess where nothing matters in the end. Every character is as bland as wet toilet paper. The premise of the story gets thrown away halfway through and the idea of "Ranking of Kings" just ends up being an Bojji powercreep journey

Do not watch this show if ...

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