Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
2016 2 seasons · 24 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

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Synopsis

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The year is 2205. The "historical revisionists" have begun attacks on the past in their plot to change history. The Saniwa, who have been charged with protecting history, can imbue life into objects. Strongest among these are the Tōken Danshi. The story centers around their cheerful lives.

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The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru holds position #163 of 588 Japan seriess in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan seriess in 2016.

The 3422nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
11th
Review-volume percentile
25th
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
October 3, 2016
Last Air Date
March 25, 2018
Broadcast Span
1.5 years
Total Episodes
24 across 2 seasons
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 9.6 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.6
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,154 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action & Adventure productions specifically: #392 of 743 (top 53%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesDoga Kobo, TOHO, Nitroplus, Marvelous, DMM.com
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes2 / 24
Release DateOctober 3, 2016
Official Sitetouken-hanamaru.jp