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ぜんまいざむらい

Zenmai Zamurai

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200 years ago, Zenmai Zamurai was a thief by profession. While stealing from a house one night, he fell down a well and died. He was then resurrected by Daifukunokami and a wind-up key was placed on his head. If the key wound down, Zennosuke would die. The only way the key can be wound is by Zennosuke doing good deeds. In order to achieve this end, he is given the Dango-ken, which is a sword with Japanese Dumplings skewered onto it. Whenever Zenmai Zamurai sees people doing injustice or generally being out of control, he uses his sword to shoot the dumplings into their mouths. When the dumplings are eaten, the people suddenly become happy and realize the error of their ways. He helps out the people of his village in many ways, big and small. Whenever he has done well, a rainbow comes out of the sky to wind up his key. (Source: Wikipedia) Note: From the third season onward, the episodes were broadcasted two at a time.

Names

Originalぜんまいざむらい (japanese)
RomajiZenmai Zamurai
English
Chinese發條武士 (traditional · via wikidata)

Facts

FormatTV short · 215 ep · 5 min · 18h total
Aired2006-04-03 → 2010-03-26 (Spring 2006)
StatusFINISHED
StudioA-1 Pictures
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicKids
GenresComedy

Reception

Community score5.33 / 10
Bayesian score— / 10
Composite
On lists283
Favourited1 (0.4%)
Completion56.5%
Drop rate21.5%
In backlog26.2%
Score spread σ2.51

Score distribution

19233445515687128792104

Key staff

DirectorTetsuo Yasumi
Series compositionRyouta Yamaguchi
MusicJun Miyake

AniList id 5821 · MAL id 5821 · record updated 2026-08-03