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TV-MA
2014
2 Seasons
6.7 (404)

In the world of Hamatora the Animation, certain individuals possess special abilities known as "Minimums" that allow them to perform extraordinary feats of strength, agility, and other supernatural powers. These Minimum Holders often become involved in a shadowy world of crime and intrigue, where they use their powers to solve mysteries, fight against evil organizations, and protect innocent civilians from harm.

The story begins with the introduction of Nice and Murasaki, a pair of friends who operate a private investigation agency called "Hamatora," which specializes in cases involving Minimum Holders. They are also Minimum Holders themselves, with Nice possessing the power to manipulate sound waves and Murasaki able to boost his physical strength to supernatural levels.

As the series progresses, the duo finds themselves involved in a series of increasingly complex cases, ranging from uncovering a conspiracy involving the government and a dangerous Minimum Holder to tracking down a serial killer who preys on other Minimum Holders. Along the way, they recruit a diverse cast of allies and enemies, including a hacker, a cross-dressing nurse, and a group of rival detectives who work for a competing agency.

Despite its often dark and violent subject matter, Hamatora the Animation also features a healthy dose of humor and lightheartedness, with its characters frequently engaging in wacky hijinks, banter, and slapstick comedy. The series also incorporates several nods to classic detective fiction and is full of references to popular culture, such as science fiction movies, video games, and anime.

One of the key aspects that sets Hamatora the Animation apart from other anime series is its unique visual style. The series features a vibrant color palette, dynamic camera angles, and highly stylized character designs that are both striking and memorable. The animation is also fluid and well-choreographed, particularly during the series' many action sequences.

Another notable feature of Hamatora the Animation is its diverse and engaging cast of characters. In addition to Nice and Murasaki, the series features a wide range of personalities and motivations, each with their own unique backstory and abilities. Whether they are allies or foes, every character in the show is distinct and well-developed, contributing to a rich and engaging world full of complex relationships and dynamics.

Overall, Hamatora the Animation is a must-see series for fans of supernatural detective stories, action-packed anime, and quirky, offbeat humor. With its memorable characters, striking visual style, and engaging storyline, it is sure to leave a lasting impression on those who watch it.

Hamatora the Animation is a series that ran for 2 seasons (24 episodes) between January 7, 2014 and on Sentai Filmworks

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24. Resolution (Ego)

September 23, 2014

The episode begins in a flashback showing Nice, Art and Skill's time in Facultas. When Skill was confirmed to have the potential to develop a Minimum, he was not seen by his friends. Art discovers that Facultas was forcing Skill to use his Minimum to make others receive Minimums regardless of what happened to others. As a result, Skill begged his brother to kill him which he did in shock. Art lost the memories of that event until being nearly killed by Moral. Momoka then revealed Art his brother did not entirely die just as he met him. The episode then moves to the present where Momoka kills herself bored with the world. Nice is revealed to have survived Art's attack. He faces Art in rage because of what he did to Hajime. In the middle of the battle, Skill's battle appears using his Minimum to restore everybody's Minimum. After being defeated, Art jumps from the building in order to kill himself. The next day, Nice, Murasaki and Hajime visit Skill's grave and are approached by Art. Nice punches him claiming that if he commits suicide again he will kill him. In the epilogue, Nice and his friends celebrate Art's return to Nowhere.

23. The Point that Changes the Momentum

September 7, 2014

Summary is not available.

22. Evolution

August 31, 2014

Summary is not available.

21. Symphony in the Moonlight

September 1, 2014

In the Minimum Agency, Doktor becomes concerned with Freemum's actions and states his desire to control Minimum Holders. Meanwhile, all the subjects held in the basement where Hajime was located are being transferred to a hospital. Honey and Three then go to Nowhere Cafe to hire Nice and the rest as actors for The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter to help Three's orphans. Hajime is given the role of Princess Kaguya while the rest aim to take the other leading role. Ratio, Birthday, Murasaki fail the role while Nice only makes her smile. Meanwhile, the members from Freemum aim to make Art an idol for Minimum Holders and make Yokohama their own territory. At the same time, Doktor aims to murder all Minimum Holder causing riot. Later, Three gets the role of taking Kaguya away by default for the play. However, this reminds Nice of Hajime's past in Facultas causing him to improvise and take her hand much to everybody's joy. Later, as Birthday and Ratio reflect on Nice's change of attitude, the former starts suffering symptoms from his illness that once almost killed him. In the epilogue Nice finds a letter from Hajime directed at him.

20. Worst Promise & Best Memory

August 25, 2014

Momoka invites Hajime to her limousine under the promise she knows about her forgotten past. Nice becomes nervous when deducing Hajime left with is Momoka and decides to search for her. Momoka explains to Hajime that she has a power that nullyfies Minimums which resulted in Murasaki being her first victim and the rest suffering from sideffect. Momoka guides Hajime to a basement where she is attacked by berserker people whose musculature was increased. Hajime recognizes them as test experiments performed by Facultas. Hajime was the only one who was not affected by the experiments and remained locked in a cell until a young Nice met her. Upon realizing Hajime's state, Nice invited her to the outside world. After the flashback, Koneko leaks Hajime's location to Nice who goes to search for her alongside his friends. Hajime then remembers how during her escape from Facultas Nice was shot which causes her to unleash her berserker Minimum. Art identifies it as the Nihilist Minimum capable of eradicating other Minimums just as Nice comes to retrieve her.

19. Emergency Room 24hours

August 19, 2014

After realizing Murasaki is still alive, Nowhere's Master calls for an ambulance so that he will be treated. Murasaki manages to recover but it is revealed he has lost his Minimum ability. Birthday, Hajime, Koneko try conforting Murasaki but end up leaving him with more wounds when accidentally throwing him from his bed and Birthday tries reviving him with electricity. Later, Theo and Rei arrive bringing new glasses to him but end up causing more problems. Honey and Three bring weaponry so that he will compensate for his lack of Minimum. Meanwhile, the people from Freenum appear in the hospital for unknown reasons. When leaving Murasaki, Honey, Three, Koneko and Birthday get lost and become tormented due to a possible ghost. They are saved by Master who reveals the "ghost" are actually the former Minimum Holders Art attacked. Nice later arrives to the hospital, bringing Murasaki his own food to have but ends throwing from his bed like the other people. In the epilogue, Moral's former assistant Momoka approaches Hajime.

18. Advent

August 11, 2014

After Gasquet's funeral Nice and his friends start investigating who attacked the prison of Minimum Holders and find his killer. Nice and Murasaki meet local information broker Mao who informs them how Gasquet contacted him to request him information about Saikyo. Although the culprits managed remove evidence of them, the group manage to find a video involving the members from Freenum. They try going to the club to confront them but learn they have already left. As Nice leaves Murasaki, Murasaki has an internal conflict as he admits detesting his own weakness for being always with Nice. He is then approached by Art and Murasaki claims he wants to join him. In Art's hideout, Art realizes Murasaki is just using him to aid Nice and allows Murasaki to beat him up while Freenum records and leak the scene. When Murasaki shoots Art, Freenum's Ishigami Shunichi activates Art's Regeneration Minimum revealing him to the public as a messiah-like figure. Hours later, Nice and Hajime find a bag with Murasaki inside.

17. Buddy's Wishes

August 5, 2014

Nice tries to confront Art but sideffects of his Minimum leave him unable to fight. Art then escapes with Freemium to their club to discuss an alliance with them. Art plans to become their leader and help them reach freedom and in compensation he requires their help. Meanwhile, Gasquet contacts Ratio and Birthday who also started suffering sideeffects. Three also starts losing control on his own body. While being filmed by Birthday, Murasaki's body is also briefly weakened. Gasquet tries gathering information about Saikyo and he learns about an incident from three years ago involving Minimum Holders who lost their powers and how they did not care about them. Art and Freenium attack a prison for unknown reasons but are confronted by Gasquet. The Holders from Freenium overwhelm the policeman as Nice and Murasaki reach the building. When Gasquet dies in front of them, Nice swears he will stop Art.

16. For Whom Talent

July 29, 2014

In his hideout, Art kills himself so that his Minimum would generate his body alongside his life. Meanwhile, Honey is told by her comrades how she lost her senses in the previous night when using her Minimum. Not believing it, she uses her powers, causing her to act like a child again as an apparent sideeffect. Honey later receives a bodyguard request from her father, Doktor, a consultant to the Minimum Agency's medical department who has been pursuing stray Holders. Doktor later cancels the job and an angered Honey remembers how her father aimed to use her powers for assassination jobs. Concerned with Doktor's plans regarding Holders, the people from Freemium kidnap him alongside his daughter. Three receives an alert from his partner and goes to find her with Nice, Murasaki and Hajime. Eventually, Honey uses her Minimum to send Three her future location at the cost of regressing again. Three activates his own powers and saves both Honey and Doktor before their car is destroyed. Meanwhile, BIrthday and Ratio finish his respective jobs but both experiences sideeffects regarding his Minimum (Birthday start licking batteries and Ratio is weakened). Finally, Nice, Murasaki and Hajime are given the culprit's location but they are intercepted by Art.

15. Madness Flower

July 21, 2014

Art faces a samurai who possesses the Wind Minimum and steals his powers. Meanwhile, in Nowhere Cafe the Hamatora and their friends reflect on how Art's victims are behaving optimistically as if things improved without their Minimums. Nice compares this being lighter after losing a wallet and remembers how back in Facultas he told Art he wanted to use his money to live a free life. Later that night, Gasquet has a Minimum Holder, Samura, whose works of art force its victims commit murders. Gasquet has to send him to another prison but on their way they are stopped by people discriminating the Minimum Holders. The Minimum Holder then leaves Gasquet's car with a painting covering his halfnaked body that influences the group of people. Nice and his friends prepare to stop the face as Honey predicts the arrival of Art but suddenly suffers amnesia. When Art appears, he covers Samura in water to stop his powers and confronts Nice. Murasaki, Birthday and Ratio interfere forcing him to retreat. Later, Gasquet's new partner is revealed to be a traitor who leaked Samura to an unknown party simply referred as Saikyo.

14. Art Returns

July 14, 2014

n Nowhere Café Nice and his friends remember how three months ago Art tried killing Nice, shooting him twice in the body but Murasaki escaped with him. Ratio and Birthday go in the search of their friend Chiyu who disappeared three months ago. They eventually find a club named Freemium full of Minimum Holders and Chiyu has been hiding there. Elsewhere, Nice and Murasaki contact officer Gasquet and learn Hikaru has been wounded and is resting in the hospital. Art then goes to the Minimum Holder academy Facultas, entering by force. Nice and his friends chase after Art who attacks a group of students, calling their abilities a sin. Art is confronted by Facultas' tutor Paper who uses his Minimum to deal mortal wounds on him. As Art appears to be killed, his own Minimum is activated and restores his health. He then uses Hikaru's Minimum to trick Paper and steal his own Minimum. Art then leaves the area much to Nice's confusion.

13. Melancholy of Hero

July 8, 2014

The people from the detective agency based in the Nowhere Café in Yokohama mourn the death of their comrade Nice said to have perished during riots three months ago. When a client arrives to request a job involving a stalker, Hajime decides to replace Nice and forms the Hamatora Mark II alongside Murasaki. Meanwhile, the rest of the Yokohama group, Birthday, Ratio, Honey and Three are having less jobs than usual due to the riots involving Minimum Holders. Hajime and Murasaki's job is interrupted by Hikaru, a Minimum Holder who soon becomes a celebrity. When the Hamatora Mark II receives a murder request from a client, they instead become bodyguards of Hikaru through his producer. Hajime and Murasaki learn that Hikaru has attracted several girls but is unwilling to accept or reject them. One night, Hikaru allows himself to be the victim of the girl who wants him dead but she is stopped by Murasaki. The girl brings a group of thugs jealous of Hikaru and Hajime and Murasaki start fighting them. They are aided by Nice who is revealed to have been alive and has learned that the producer wanted Hikaru dead. After defeating the enemies, Nice is welcomed back in Nowhere Café by his friends who stop pretending he is dead. Murasaki then asks Nice why did he reveal himself which he responds is due to somebody's actions. Elsewhere, Hikaru is found by Art.

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Where to Watch Hamatora the Animation

Hamatora the Animation is available for streaming on the Sentai Filmworks website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Hamatora the Animation on demand at Apple TV.