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ハンドシェイカー

Hand Shakers

⚡ Polarizing🚪 Often abandoned

In Osaka in the year "AD20XX," Hand Shakers are partners who can summon "Nimrodes," weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In order to grant the pair's wish, the Hand Shakers compete with and fight other Hand Shaker pairs. The top pair will then meet and challenge "God." (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalハンドシェイカー (japanese)
RomajiHand Shakers
EnglishHand Shakers

Facts

FormatTV series · 12 ep · 23 min · 5h total
Aired2017-01-11 → 2017-03-29 (Winter 2017)
StatusFINISHED
StudioGoHands
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresAction
ThemesBattle RoyaleCGISuper PowerFull CGISurreal ComedyUrbanUrban FantasyCosmic HorrorBullyingSlaveryKuudere
StreamingCrunchyroll · YouTube

Reception

Community score4.35 / 10
Bayesian score4.80 / 10
Composite17.1
On lists26,716
Favourited152 (0.6%)
Completion57.9%
Drop rate31.4%
In backlog31.7%
Score spread σ2.52

Score distribution

11,66221,11431,05441,16751,21261,15979328475936710258

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioGoHandsE33 of 33
Broadcast seasonWinter 2017E73 of 73
Year2017E376 of 376
Season (all years)WinterE1,556 of 1,557
Source materialOriginal workE1,730 of 1,732
EraLate 2010sE1,862 of 1,863
LengthSingle-courE2,666 of 2,668
GenreActionE2,763 of 2,765
FormatTV seriesE3,320 of 3,322
OriginJapanE7,153 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorShingo Suzuki, Ken Naitou, Ryou Tanaka, Takayuki Uchida, Makoto Furuta
Series compositionHiromitsu Kanazawa
Character designTakayuki Uchida

Franchise — ハンドシェイカー

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ハンドシェイカー: Go ago Go
Hand Shakers: Go ago Go
2017Special39.3
E⚡🚪
W’z《ウィズ》
W'z
2019TV series29.7
W'z OVA
2019OVA (home video)

Related

RelationYearTitle
prequel2017Hand Shakers: Go ago Go
sequel2019W'z

AniList id 21731 · MAL id 32981 · record updated 2026-08-27