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Is Arakawa Under the Bridge good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Arakawa Under the Bridge is a TV series from Spring 2010 by Diomedea, Shaft Inc.: 13 episodes, about 5.2 hours in total, finished, 7.53/10 across the listing sites.

manga adaptationcomedycoming of ageslice of lifeepisodicdetectivelove triangleromance

Watching it together: easy to drop in. Episodic: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 5.2 hours for the run, 7 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
13
Episode length
24 min
Total time
about 5.2 hours — a weekend
First aired
Spring 2010
Status
Finished
Studio
Diomedea, Shaft Inc.
Score
7.53/10 across the listing sites
Tags
manga adaptation, comedy, coming of age, slice of life, episodic, detective, love triangle, romance, samurai, seinen, supernatural, swordplay, 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.

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TV series · 13 ep · 2010 · 7.71/10

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Arakawa Under the Bridge?
About 5.2 hours for all 13 episodes at 24 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 7 evenings.
How many episodes does Arakawa Under the Bridge have?
13 episodes of 24 min.
Is Arakawa Under the Bridge finished?
Yes, Arakawa Under the Bridge is finished (13 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Arakawa Under the Bridge good for a group?
Yes. Arakawa Under the Bridge is tagged comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Arakawa Under the Bridge listed?
Arakawa Under the Bridge is on AniList (id 7647) and MyAnimeList (id 7647); 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