Is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri good to watch with a friend?
A quiet night. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is a TV series from Spring 2016 by Wit Studio, Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.4 hours in total, finished, 7.44/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged horror, thriller, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.
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
- 12
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Total time
- about 4.4 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Spring 2016
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Wit Studio, Inc.
- Score
- 7.44/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- action, adventure, dark fantasy, drama, fantasy, gore, historical, horror, monsters, nudity, post-apocalyptic, revenge, samurai, sci-fi, shounen, supernatural, survival, thriller, swordplay, 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.
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More like this: action · adventure · dark fantasy · drama · fantasy · historical · horror · monsters · post-apocalyptic · revenge · samurai · sci-fi · shounen · supernatural · survival · thriller · swordplay · tragedy · zombie.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Koutetsujou no Kabaneri?
- About 4.4 hours for all 12 episodes at 22 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
- How many episodes does Koutetsujou no Kabaneri have?
- 12 episodes of 22 min.
- Is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri finished?
- Yes, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri good for a group?
- Yes. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri is tagged action, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
- Where is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri listed?
- Koutetsujou no Kabaneri is on AniList (id 21196) and MyAnimeList (id 28623); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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