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Baki Hanma
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Baki Hanma (voice)
39 eps
Akio Otsuka
Yujiro Hanma (voice)
39 eps
Rikiya Koyama
Sea King Retsu (voice)
39 eps
Kenji Nojima
Jun Guevara (voice)
12 eps
Toru Furuya
Narrator (voice)
39 eps
Takeshi Kusao
Pickle (voice)
39 eps
Mami Koyama
Maria (voice)
12 eps
Hidekatsu Shibata
Yuichiro Hanma (voice)
39 eps
Megumi Han
Rumina Ayukawa (voice)
12 eps
Takaya Hashi
Gerry Strydum (voice)
39 eps
Tessyo Genda
Saman (voice)
12 eps
Kenta Miyake
Jack Hanma (voice)
39 eps
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Iron Michael (voice)
12 eps
Nobuo Tobita
Albert Payne (voice)
39 eps
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kaiser (voice)
39 eps
Koichi Yamadera
Lips, Teeth, Tongue (voice)
12 eps
Hochu Otsuka
Biscuit Oliva (voice)
39 eps
Kensho Ono
Chamomile Lessen (voice)
12 eps
Ryoichi Tanaka
Warden (voice)
12 eps
Takuya Eguchi
Kaoru Hanayama (voice)
27 eps
Megumi Hayashibara
Emi Akezawa (voice)
27 eps
Tomohisa Aso
Old prisoner (voice)
12 eps
Yusuke Tonozaki
Spectator / Kure-chan / Police / Reporter / Researcher / Sakimura / Tachibana / Worker (voice)
27 eps
Taiten Kusunoki
Vice-warden Samuel (voice)
12 eps
Toru Okawa
President George Bosch (voice)
12 eps
Chado Horii
Spectator / Kasuga / Pupil / Researcher / Worker (voice)
27 eps
Jiro Saito
Huge prisoner (Kent) (voice)
12 eps
Masashi Ebara
Bob McCarthy (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Baki Hanma actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Baki Hanma reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 39 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202112 episodes
8.5IMDbBest episode · S01E02 Mixed species' martial arts
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202327 episodes
9.8IMDbScientists discover a perfectly preserved prehistoric man so powerful, he once preyed on Jurassic dinosaurs — and Baki can’t wait to fight him.
Best episode · S02E01 New History of Mankind
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E01
New History of Mankind
Captain Strydum pays Baki a visit and gives him some shocking news; scientists have discovered a human preserved in a salt slab from the Jurassic era.
S01E02
Mixed species' martial arts
To train for his eventual battle against his father, Baki spars against an imaginary giant praying mantis he’s created in his mind.
- Directed by Masatoshi Hakata
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
S01E01
The World's Strongest Senior
The world is shaken by news of a man taking down a monstrous elephant with his bare hands. Back in Japan, Baki is confronted by a knife-wielding child.
- Directed by Keiya Saito
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E16
New Horizon
S02E18
Turning the Table
S02E14
Dying for Love
S02E15
Feeling the Beginning
S02E17
Legendary Promoter
S02E19
God of Boxing
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kei WatabikiProducer
Writing
- Atsuo IshinoWriter
- Kenichi YamadaWriter
- Tatsuhiko UrahataWriter
Direction
- Kazuomi KogaDirector
- Yusuke OnodaDirector
- Keiya SaitoDirector
- Daisuke ShimamuraDirector
- Hitoyuki MatsuiDirector
- Masatoshi HakataDirector
Cinematography
- Tatsuo NoguchiDirector of Photography
Music
- Kenji FujisawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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