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“Orphaned Tarou inherits mansion and fortune, served by hundreds of devoted maids.”
Hanaukyou Maid-tai
花右京メイド隊
6.63
7,446 rank · 35,487 viewers · 43 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
Harem
Shounen
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Synopsis
Orphaned Tarou inherits mansion and fortune, served by hundreds of devoted maids.
Having recently lost his mother, middle schooler Tarou Hanaukyou is now supposed to go live with his grandfather in Tokyo. When the boy arrives at his grandfather's supposed place of residence, however, he is met with a surprise—the house turns out to be a massive mansion tended to by hundreds of maids! After a warm welcome, the head maid Mariel presents Tarou with a short video message from his grandfather, insisting that his grandson inherit his whole fortune. Though unsure about the situation, Tarou begins settling into his new life, in which the maids of the mansion will do anything for their young master.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
5.6
/10
What 7 viewers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.59
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.59 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.3
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No
Score over time
↑ 0.57
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Well, this was my first Harem anime and it was actually quite surprising at what I was watching, it was a lot better than i had expected, the humour was good with the many embarrassing situations...”
- 6 “Tarou Hanaukyo, a typical nebbish, becomes the heir of his insanely wealthy grandfather and must move into the family mansion inhabited by hundreds of identical maids, who bathe him, rub their...”
- 4 “"Hanaukyou Maid-tai" is a surprisingly entertaining Ecchi flick. And by "entertaining" I don't mean it in the "it's so bad it's entertaining" sense like those terrible Onegai series. It's still a...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 29%
Long · 43%
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- Format 12 × 14′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2001 – Jun 2001 Spring 2001
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0380 catalog
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