LISTENERS リスナーズ
Listeners
🚪 Often abandoned
In a post-apocalyptic future that has been torn apart by shadowy creatures known as the Earless, humanity's heroes are the Players, who pilot mecha known as Equipment to battle their inhuman enemies while earning fame and fortune to boot. Echo is a young tech-head who dreams of working amongst the Players and their Equipment, going so far as to build a makeshift mecha of his own, but he has long since resigned himself to life in the destitute scrap-heaps that cover so much of the world, now. That is, until he discovers an amnesiac named μ (or “Mu”) who has a mechanical port in her back that is the telltale sign of a Player. The pair become fast friends, and they vow to use their skills to fight for the world and defeat The Earless. (Source: Anime News Network)
Names
| Original | LISTENERS リスナーズ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | LISTENERS |
| English | Listeners |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2020-04-04 → 2020-06-20 (Spring 2020) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | MAPPA |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionAdventureMechaMusicSci-Fi |
| Themes | RobotsPost-ApocalypticTravelLost CivilizationEpisodicMale ProtagonistFemale ProtagonistMusical Theater |
| Streaming | Hulu · Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 5.05 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 5.52 / 10 |
| Composite | 27.0 |
| On lists | 23,931 |
| Favourited | 245 (1.0%) |
| Completion | 47.2% |
| Drop rate | 36.6% |
| In backlog | 36.3% |
| Score spread σ | 2.01 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Spring 2020 | E | 61 of 62 |
| Studio | MAPPA | E | 87 of 87 |
| Year | 2020 | E | 293 of 298 |
| Genre | Music | E | 428 of 428 |
| Genre | Mecha | E | 483 of 484 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | E | 1,400 of 1,409 |
| Genre | Adventure | E | 1,528 of 1,534 |
| Era | Early 2020s | E | 1,585 of 1,596 |
| Source material | Original work | E | 1,707 of 1,732 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | E | 1,851 of 1,868 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,643 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | E | 2,738 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,299 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 7,094 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Hiroaki Andou |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Dai Satou |
| Character design | pomodorosa, Hatsue Koizumi, Shuuji Takahara |
| Original creator | Dai Satou, Jin, Taichi Hashimoto, pomodorosa |
AniList id 109856 · MAL id 40165 · record updated 2026-08-26

