How long does it take to watch all of Hikari to Mizu no Daphne?

About 9.6 hours for all 24 episodes at 24 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 12 evenings.

Is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne finished?

Yes, Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is finished (24 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.

Is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne good for a group?

Yes. Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is tagged action, comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.

Where is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne listed?

Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is on AniList (id 1082) and MyAnimeList (id 1082); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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Is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is a TV series from Winter 2004 by J.C. Staff, J.C.Staff Co., Ltd.: 24 episodes, about 9.6 hours in total, finished, 6.75/10 across the listing sites.

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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 9.6 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: 24 min
Total time: about 9.6 hours — a weekend
First aired: Winter 2004
Status: Finished
Studio: J.C. Staff, J.C.Staff Co., Ltd.
Score: 6.75/10 across the listing sites
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, crime, detective, drama, ecchi, mystery, nudity, post-apocalyptic, psychological, sci-fi, seinen, time travel, tragedy

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. Also listed as: Daphne in The Brilliant Blue.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Hikari to Mizu no Daphne?: About 9.6 hours for all 24 episodes at 24 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 12 evenings.
How many episodes does Hikari to Mizu no Daphne have?: 24 episodes of 24 min.
Is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne finished?: Yes, Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is finished (24 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne good for a group?: Yes. Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is tagged action, comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Hikari to Mizu no Daphne listed?: Hikari to Mizu no Daphne is on AniList (id 1082) and MyAnimeList (id 1082); 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