Is Mouryou no Hako good to watch with a friend?
A quiet night. Mouryou no Hako is a TV series from Fall 2008 by Madhouse Inc.: 13 episodes, about 5 hours in total, finished, 7.17/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged horror, psychological, thriller 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
- 13
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Total time
- about 5 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Fall 2008
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Madhouse Inc.
- Score
- 7.17/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- urban fantasy, crime, detective, drama, gore, historical, horror, mythology, mystery, psychological, school, seinen, supernatural, thriller, violence, youkai
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: urban fantasy · crime · detective · drama · historical · horror · mythology · mystery · psychological · school · seinen · supernatural · thriller · youkai.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Mouryou no Hako?
- About 5 hours for all 13 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 7 evenings.
- How many episodes does Mouryou no Hako have?
- 13 episodes of 23 min.
- Is Mouryou no Hako finished?
- Yes, Mouryou no Hako is finished (13 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Mouryou no Hako good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. Mouryou no Hako is tagged drama, psychological; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is Mouryou no Hako listed?
- Mouryou no Hako is on AniList (id 4879) and MyAnimeList (id 4879); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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