How long does it take to watch all of Banana Fish?

About 8.8 hours for all 24 episodes at 22 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 12 evenings.

Is Banana Fish finished?

Yes, Banana Fish is finished (24 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.

Is Banana Fish good for a group?

Yes. Banana Fish is tagged action, comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.

Where is Banana Fish listed?

Banana Fish is on AniList (id 100388) and MyAnimeList (id 36649); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up — what anime do we watch?Compare two AniList lists →

Anime lists › Best boys' love anime to watch with a friend

Is Banana Fish good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Banana Fish is a TV series from Summer 2018 by Mappa Co., Ltd.: 24 episodes, about 8.8 hours in total, finished, 8.24/10 across the listing sites.

actionadventuremanga adaptationboys' lovecomedycoming of agecrimedetective

Watching it together: easy to drop in. Comedy or action in a short run: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 8.8 hours for the run, 12 evenings at two a night. Rule: episodic, slice-of-life, or comedy/action ≤ 26 episodes → easy to drop in.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type: TV series
Episodes: 24
Episode length: 22 min
Total time: about 8.8 hours — a weekend
First aired: Summer 2018
Status: Finished
Studio: Mappa Co., Ltd.
Score: 8.24/10 across the listing sites
Tags: action, adventure, manga adaptation, boys' love, comedy, coming of age, crime, detective, drama, gore, mystery, politics, psychological, revenge, shoujo, thriller, tragedy, violence

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.

Do you and a friend both want to watch Banana Fish?

Queue Up reads two public AniList lists and shows every anime you both have on Planning — with Banana Fish flagged if it is one of them — then picks tonight's with a weighted roll or a bracket.

Or open it on AniList or MyAnimeList.

More like this: action · adventure · manga adaptation · boys' love · comedy · coming of age · crime · detective · drama · mystery · politics · psychological · revenge · shoujo · thriller · tragedy.

Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Banana Fish?: About 8.8 hours for all 24 episodes at 22 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 12 evenings.
How many episodes does Banana Fish have?: 24 episodes of 22 min.
Is Banana Fish finished?: Yes, Banana Fish is finished (24 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Banana Fish good for a group?: Yes. Banana Fish is tagged action, comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Banana Fish listed?: Banana Fish is on AniList (id 100388) and MyAnimeList (id 36649); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists