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“Defeated badminton ace Nagisa must overcome trauma and heal rival Ayano to save her failing high-school team.”
Hanebado!
はねバド！
6.84
5,536 rank · 165,663 viewers · 377 favorites
Sports
School
Seinen
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Synopsis
Defeated badminton ace Nagisa must overcome trauma and heal rival Ayano to save her failing high-school team.
After her crushing defeat of 21-0 at the National Junior Badminton Tournament, Nagisa Aragaki's love for her sport begins to distort. Unable to deal with the shame of loss, she starts to terrorize the members of her high school badminton club. Her grueling drills bring some to the verge of tears while others quit the club outright. With the team losing members and new prospects being too terrified to join, the future of the badminton club looks exceptionally grim. That is, until Kentarou Tachibana joins as the new head coach. Not only is he an Olympic-level player, but he also comes bearing a secret weapon: Ayano Hanesaki, the girl who defeated Nagisa six months ago. However, Ayano is not the rival Nagisa remembers, but a girl with conflicted feelings wanting to distance herself from badminton. With her future in sports now on the line, Nagisa must find a way to face her fears of inadequacy, heal her rival's troubled heart, and bring victory to Kitakomachi High School's badminton club.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 69 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 69 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 7
σ 2.04
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.04 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 3.4
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Mar 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Ayano’s mom sucks so much oh my god. Realizing you mentally ruined your daughter by leaving her at her lowest and then coming back and understanding what you did is “unforgivable”, but not...”
- 10 “The characters are incredibly relatable for anyone who plays competitive sports, each having clear motivations that ring true. While the animation and illustration are consistently on point, the...”
- 8 “Hanebado stands out with its impressive CGI incorporation and immersive sound design that authentically captures the badminton environment. However, the story and character focus jump around...”
Verbosity
Short · 19%
Medium · 42%
Long · 39%
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Oct 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13736 catalog
Produced by
- Kodansha Producer
- AT-X Producer
- Ultra Super Pictures Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Q-Tec Producer
- Sammy Producer
- BS11 Producer
- Contents Seed Producer
- Toho Music Producer
- MediaLink Entertainment Limited Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor