
Baki Hanma
Taste attributes: action & adventureanimationactiondramafastlightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life animated series that is accessible, sweeping and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
8.1 /10
TMDB · 322 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Baki Hanma in the US right now.
Seasons
Season 1
· 2021 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
1The World's Strongest Senior30 Sep 2021
The world is shaken by news of a man taking down a monstrous elephant with his bare hands. Back in Japan, Baki is confronted by a knife-wielding child.
2Mixed species' martial arts30 Sep 2021
To train for his eventual battle against his father, Baki spars against an imaginary giant praying mantis he’s created in his mind.
3Prison and Hell30 Sep 2021
In the middle of a heavily guarded parade, the President of the United States is kidnapped in plain sight by an unknown young man.
4The Second30 Sep 2021
Baki comes across a man known as “Mr. Second,” a powerful inmate who seems to enjoy special privileges within the prison.
5Terrible Triplets30 Sep 2021
With just a few weeks left on his sentence, Iron Michael is attacked by triplet hit men hired to make sure the ex-boxing champ never fights again.
6Man of the Sea30 Sep 2021
Just as the Mouth triplets are about to finish their attack on Iron Michael, Guevaru rolls in and instigates a fight.
7Hyper male and Hyper male30 Sep 2021
Guevaru refuses to believe that Biscuit Oliva, the most notorious inmate in the prison, is comfortably serving his sentence in the company of his lover.
8Gilberto Style30 Sep 2021
The match between Guevaru and Oliva begins, and the rules are simple: They both hold onto the same piece of cloth and the first one to let go loses.
9Decision Time30 Sep 2021
Guevaru is fighting for the people of his impoverished homeland, and he won’t go down so easily. Later, Oliva makes a discovery.
10Can't you laugh?30 Sep 2021
Baki is surrounded by guards with their guns pointed right at him, but he doesn’t seem worried at all — he seems to be planning something.
11The Prison Guard talks about it30 Sep 2021
Oliva inadvertently kicks off a major incident when he enters Baki’s solitary confinement cell to challenge him to a fight in two weeks' time.
12Beyond the Brawn30 Sep 2021
Baki learns the hard way that he might not be ready to fight the man known as “Mr. Unchained” — Oliva’s power and technique are on another level.
Episodes (1)
- 1Episode 126 Jul 2023
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What lines up
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
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Details
- Genre
- Action & Adventure
- Year
- 2021
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- Baki Hanma Film Partners
- Taste scores
- How we score
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