How long does it take to watch all of Hanada Shounen-shi?

About 9.6 hours for all 25 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 13 evenings.

Is Hanada Shounen-shi finished?

Yes, Hanada Shounen-shi is finished (25 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.

Is Hanada Shounen-shi good for a group?

Yes. Hanada Shounen-shi is tagged comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.

Where is Hanada Shounen-shi listed?

Hanada Shounen-shi is on AniList (id 2004) and MyAnimeList (id 2004); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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Is Hanada Shounen-shi good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Hanada Shounen-shi (The Record of Boy Hanada) is a TV series from Fall 2002 by Madhouse Inc.: 25 episodes, about 9.6 hours in total, finished, 7.86/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: easy to drop in. Episodic: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 9.6 hours for the run, 13 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: 25
Episode length: 23 min
Total time: about 9.6 hours — a weekend
First aired: Fall 2002
Status: Finished
Studio: Madhouse Inc.
Score: 7.86/10 across the listing sites
Tags: manga adaptation, comedy, coming of age, urban fantasy, crime, slice of life, drama, episodic, fantasy, friendship, ghost, iyashikei (healing), nudity, detective, school, seinen, supernatural, time travel, tragedy, zombie, 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. Also listed as: The Story of Young Hanada.

Do you and a friend both want to watch Hanada Shounen-shi?

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More like this: manga adaptation · comedy · coming of age · urban fantasy · crime · slice of life · drama · fantasy · friendship · ghost · iyashikei (healing) · detective · school · seinen · supernatural · time travel · tragedy · zombie.

Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Hanada Shounen-shi?: About 9.6 hours for all 25 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 13 evenings.
How many episodes does Hanada Shounen-shi have?: 25 episodes of 23 min.
Is Hanada Shounen-shi finished?: Yes, Hanada Shounen-shi is finished (25 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Hanada Shounen-shi good for a group?: Yes. Hanada Shounen-shi is tagged comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Hanada Shounen-shi listed?: Hanada Shounen-shi is on AniList (id 2004) and MyAnimeList (id 2004); 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