Hayate the Combat Butler
Hayate the Combat Butler

Series·2007–2013·4 Seasons

Hayate the Combat Butler

Country

JP

Language

Japanese

Episodes

101

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The Story

Original title: ハヤテのごとく!

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.

Producer

Sayako Muramatsu, Akio Matsuda

Cinematography

Ryo Iijima

Music

Wataru Maeguchi

Themes

haremparodybased on mangashounenanime

Production House

SynergySP
J.C.STAFF
Manglobe
Shogakukan Production
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
TV Tokyo

Audience Score

66%

28 votes

Skip11%
Timepass26%
Go for it38%
Perfection25%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Kana Ueda

Kana Ueda

Sakuya Aizawa

Mikako Takahashi

Mikako Takahashi

Ayumu Nishizawa

Rie Tanaka

Rie Tanaka

Maria

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Nagi Sanzenin

Ryoko Shiraishi

Ryoko Shiraishi

Hayate Ayasaki

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Shion Kuresato

// crew

Crew

Sayako Muramatsu

Producer

Akio Matsuda

Akio Matsuda

Producer

Ryo Iijima

Director of Photography

Tomoki Nagasaka

Editor

Wataru Maeguchi

Original Music Composer

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