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Hayate the Combat Butler

Hayate the Combat Butler

ハヤテのごとく！ · Hayate no Gotoku!
7.50Score#1,095Ranked#1,614Popularity34.1KOn listsFinished airing
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From Acino, the anime encyclopedia
Contents
  1. Characters
  2. Production
  3. Music
  4. Episodes
  5. Where to watch
  6. Videos and pictures
  7. Ratings and statistics
  8. Related works
  9. Recommendations
  10. References
  11. External links
Hayate the Combat Butler
Trailer
Japaneseハヤテのごとく！
RomanizedHayate no Gotoku!
GenreAction, Comedy, Romance, Harem, Parody, Shounen
TypeTV series
Based onManga — Kenjirou Hata
Directed byKeiichirou Kawaguchi
Written byJunki Takegami, Shinichi Inozume
Character designOsamu Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Komaru
Music byKoutarou Nakagawa
StudioSynergySP
Original runApril 1, 2007 – March 30, 2008
Episodes52
Episode length24 min
BroadcastSundays
Total running time20 hr 48 min
StatusFinished airing
SeasonSpring 2007
Age ratingPG-13 – Teens 13 and older
Score★ 7.50 (#1,095)
On users' lists34,060
Kitsu, Shikimori
StreamingCrunchyroll, Hulu, HIDIVE
Manga
Written byKenjirou Hata
Published inShounen Sunday
DemographicShounen
Original runOctober 6, 2004 – April 12, 2017
Volumes52
Chapters570

Hayate the Combat Butler (Japanese: ハヤテのごとく！, Hepburn: Hayate no Gotoku!) is a 2007 Japanese anime television series based on the manga series by Kenjirou Hata. It is animated by SynergySP and directed by Keiichirou Kawaguchi. It aired from April 1, 2007 to March 30, 2008, with 52 episodes.

Characters

Main characters

Nagi SanzeninNagi SanzeninMainRie KugimiyaRie KugimiyaJapanese
Hayate AyasakiHayate AyasakiMainRyouko ShiraishiRyouko ShiraishiJapanese
MariaMariaMainRie TanakaRie TanakaJapanese

Supporting characters

Risa AsakazeRisa AsakazeSupportingMasumi AsanoMasumi AsanoJapanese
Sakuya AizawaSakuya AizawaSupportingKana UedaKana UedaJapanese
Meito AnizawaMeito AnizawaSupportingTomokazu SekiTomokazu SekiJapanese
Miki HanabishiMiki HanabishiSupportingEri NakaoEri NakaoJapanese
Chiharu HarukazeChiharu HarukazeSupportingAyumi FujimuraAyumi FujimuraJapanese
Yukiji KatsuraYukiji KatsuraSupporting

Hinagiku Katsura · Saki Kijima · Seishirou Klaus · Ayumu Nishizawa · Isumi Saginomiya · Yukariko Sanzenin · Izumi Segawa · Wataru Tachibana · Tama · Eight · Kyounosuke Kaoru · Aika Kasumi · Gilbert Kent · Shiori Makimura · Nabeshin · Mikado Sanzenin · Shun Ayasaki · Mrs. Ayasaki · Ayu · Koutarou Azumamiya · B-Da Butler · Cyborg Butler · Duel Butler · Schmidt hen Bach · Akane Himegami · Mrs. Katsura · Shion Kuresato · Kirika Kuzuha · Maou · Souya Minamino · Mini Yon Butler · Kaede Nonohara · Taiga Ookouchi · Puppet Butler

Voice cast by language

Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.

CharacterJapaneseEnglish
Nagi SanzeninMainRie KugimiyaLily Truncale
Hayate AyasakiMainRyoko ShiraishiMuriel Hofmann
MariaMainRie TanakaCandice Moore
Risa AsakazeSupportingMasumi Asano–
Meito AnizawaSupportingTomokazu Seki–
Miki HanabishiSupportingEri NakaoMuriel Hofmann
Chiharu HarukazeSupportingAyumi Fujimura–
Yukiji KatsuraSupportingHitomi NabatameLily Truncale
EightSupportingRina Satou–
Kyounosuke KaoruSupportingSatoshi Hino–
Aika KasumiSupportingEmiri Katou–
Shun AyasakiSupportingKenji Hamada–
All languages (4)
CharacterJapaneseEnglishFrenchKorean
Nagi SanzeninMainRie KugimiyaLily Truncale–Seo Yeong Kim
Hayate AyasakiMainRyoko ShiraishiMuriel Hofmann–Jeong Hwa Yang
MariaMainRie TanakaCandice Moore–Hyeon Jin Lee
Risa AsakazeSupportingMasumi Asano–––
Meito AnizawaSupportingTomokazu Seki–––
Miki HanabishiSupportingEri NakaoMuriel HofmannSarah CornibertMun Ja Choi
Chiharu HarukazeSupportingAyumi Fujimura––Do Yeong Song
Yukiji KatsuraSupportingHitomi NabatameLily Truncale–Mun Ja Choi
EightSupportingRina Satou–––
Kyounosuke KaoruSupportingSatoshi Hino––Il Kim
Aika KasumiSupportingEmiri Katou–––
Shun AyasakiSupportingKenji Hamada–––
Mrs. AyasakiSupportingKazusa Murai–––
AyuSupportingSaori Gotou–––
Koutarou AzumamiyaSupportingRina Satou––Seok jeong Yang
B-Da ButlerSupportingReiko Takagi–––
Cyborg ButlerSupportingNobuyuki Hiyama–––
Duel ButlerSupportingMutsumi Tamura–––
Schmidt hen BachSupportingDaisuke Namikawa––Seong Jun Bang
Akane HimegamiSupportingMitsuo Iwata––Sang Hyeon Eom

Production

Key staff

Kenjirou HataKenjirou HataOriginal CreatorKeiichirou KawaguchiKeiichirou KawaguchiDirectorJunki TakegamiJunki TakegamiSeries CompositionOsamu HoriuchiCharacter DesignKoutarou NakagawaKoutarou NakagawaMusicJun WatanabeSound DirectorToshiko KaizuArt DirectorSynergySPSynergySPStudio

Staff

StudioSynergySP
Original CreatorKenjirou Hata
DirectorKeiichirou Kawaguchi
Series CompositionJunki Takegami, Shinichi Inozume
ScriptJunki Takegami, Hiroko Fukuda, Michiko Itou, Kouji Ueda
Character DesignOsamu Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Komaru
MusicKoutarou Nakagawa
Sound DirectorJun Watanabe
Art DirectorToshiko Kaizu
Chief Animation DirectorYoshihiro Nagamori, Masaaki Sakurai
Director of PhotographyHiroki Tsubouchi
Color DesignChiho Nakamura
EditingKeiko Onodera
Theme Song PerformanceIKU, Shizuka Itou, KOTOKO, Mami Kawada, MELL, Ryouko Shiraishi and 3 more
ProducerNaohiko Furuichi, Shiniichi Iwata, Ryousuke Sakurai

Music

ComposerKoutarou Nakagawa

Opening themes

Ending themes

Songs, performers and episodes from AnimeThemes.

Episodes

52 of 52 episodes aired
No.TitleOriginal air dateStatus
1“In English, "Unmei" Means Destiny”運命は, 英語で言うとデスティニーApril 1, 2007Aired
2“A New Beginning with Nagi Sanzenin's Estate”April 8, 2007Aired
3“The Beast, the Robot and the Butler that Shouted or Maybe Didn't Shout Love at the Heart of the World”April 15, 2007Aired
4“My First Errand - This Is Snake. No Response”April 22, 2007Aired
5“Thoughtless Jokes and Kindness Bring Misfortune”April 29, 2007Aired
6“You Say You Can See Time. But That Is Probably Your Life Flashing Before Your Eyes”May 6, 2007Aired
7“A Man's Fight”May 13, 2007Aired
8“Going to Hell in Cat-Ear Mode”May 20, 2007Aired
9“Elohim. Essaim. Mr. Cow. Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?”May 27, 2007Aired
10“The Strangest High-Deflation Ever. Play Your Games and Don't Build Up a Backlog”June 3, 2007Aired
11“The Value of My Life: Priceless”June 10, 2007Aired
12“Long Ago, We Learned from a Space Sheriff that Being Young is About Not Looking Back”June 17, 2007Aired
13“I Hear That Those Whole Rule the Summer Rule at Entrance Exams”June 24, 2007Aired
14“Hey, hey! I hafta go to a party. Hurry up, seriously”July 1, 2007Aired
15“Samurai, the Way of the Warrior, Van Damme in Action”July 8, 2007Aired
16“Even in the Defeat, Kendo Rage”July 15, 2007Aired
17“For You, I will Mow Them Down with Every Ounce of My Being!”July 22, 2007Aired
18“The Rare Cards Are Swimsuits”July 29, 2007Aired
19“Miss Saki's Little Preoccupation (National Edition) 2007”August 5, 2007Aired
20“I Like Books, But Sing It Great Palace of the Dragon King”August 12, 2007Aired
21“A Big Bother, Even for Peter”August 19, 2007Aired
22“I Wonder Who Came Up with the Sound Effect 'Kapoon'. It's Awesome”August 26, 2007Aired
23“A Non-Kiddy Genius Teacher Appears”September 2, 2007Aired
24“I've Never Had the Trouble of Being Too Popular”September 9, 2007Aired
25“Hearts Wavering”September 16, 2007Aired
26“The Delivery Was Made in 29 Minutes, So Please Pay the Stipulated Fee...Is a Thing of the Distance Past”September 23, 2007Aired
27“Hayate Rising”September 30, 2007Aired
28“Black Hayate”October 7, 2007Aired
29“Match-Making Meeting”October 14, 2007Aired
30“The Beautiful Rich Great Young Detective Lady Saw It! The Case of the Murdered Female Teacher Amidst Clouds of Steam”October 21, 2007Aired
31“Do you Like Pretty Rich Big Sisters?”October 28, 2007Aired
32“Devil Hunter Welcome Yoko Isumi, and Nabeshin”November 4, 2007Aired
33“Why?! Academy Culture Fest - Part 1”November 11, 2007Aired
34“Why Dead?! Academy Culture Fest - Part 2”November 18, 2007Aired
35“Must-See! Complete Autumn 2007 Guide of the Latest Fashionable Date Spots for the Young and Hip”November 25, 2007Aired
36“Klaus Is Japanese Because His Name Is Written "Kurausu"”December 2, 2007Aired
37“I Want to Go Back to Being an Ordinary Girl, But Buy My Character Songs, Okay?”December 9, 2007Aired
38“Hayate in Peril! All Functions Shut Down!!”December 16, 2007Aired
39“Hurray for the Butler-in-Debt, Friend to Good Children!”December 23, 2007Aired
40“New Year's Food is Good. but Have Some Hayate, Too”January 6, 2008Aired
41—Aired
42—Aired
43—Aired
44—Aired
45—Aired
46—Aired
47—Aired
48—Aired
49—Aired
50—Aired
51—Aired
52—Aired

Where to watch

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Videos and pictures

Trailers and music

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Ratings and statistics

7.502,937 ratings#1,095 by score in Acino

Score distribution

1011%
99.4%
825%
725.9%
614.2%
58.1%
43.3%
31.2%
21%
11.1%

On users' lists

  • Plan to watch5,908
  • Watching972
  • Completed5,940
  • On hold647
  • Dropped1,060

Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList.

Audience

How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.

34.1KOn users' lists
5.9KCompleted
972Watching
5.9KPlan to watch
97Favorites
SiteMembersWatchingCompletedPlan to watchDroppedFavorites
Kitsu19,533————97
Shikimori14,5279725,9405,9081,060—
Original workHayate no Gotoku! (Manga)
SequelHayate no Gotoku!!: Atsu ga Natsuize - Mizugi-hen! (OVA, 2009)
OtherShounen Sunday CM: Hayate no Gotoku! (Commercial, 2007)

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References

  1. “Hayate no Gotoku!”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  2. “Hayate no Gotoku!”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  3. “Hayate the Combat Butler”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  4. “Hayate the Combat Butler”. AnimeThemes. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  5. “Q15949405”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.

The facts on this page come from the databases listed above. The article text is written by Acino with AI assistance, using only those facts.

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