Nanbaka
ナンバカ
“Four escape artists who've broken out of every prison land in Nanba, where their comedic antics torment a desperate supervisor.”
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Four escape artists who've broken out of every prison land in Nanba, where their comedic antics torment a desperate supervisor.
Nanba is the world's most formidable prison, built to incarcerate criminals who are too slippery to stay in ordinary confinement. The four inmates who occupy Cell 13 are particularly cunning on that behalf, having escaped every other prison with a perfect success rate. There is Juugo, a specialist in locks who has spent the majority of his life in prison; Uno, a gambler with great intuition; Nico, an otaku whose body reacts strangely to drugs; and Rock, a bruiser with a love for food. The daily shenanigans of the four prisoners always cause trouble for the building supervisor, Hajime Sugoroku, who desperately tries to prevent them from breaking out of Nanba. Nanbaka follows the comedic, sparkle-filled exploits of these prisoners and their guards. From three square meals a day to sports festivals, prison life in Nanba isn't actually that bad—and it is the closest these four have to a home.
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Community consensus
Derived from 42 sampled reviews
6.5/10
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σ 1.80 · split reception
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4.1 ptsRecommenders 7.9 · others 3.8
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2.52Verbosity
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- 7/10 “Nanbaka nails its comedy and remains breezy enough to binge, but its serious, plot-heavy episodes—especially after the tournament arc—feel merely mediocre rather than compelling. The hidden dark...”
- 7/10 “The first episode hooks you effectively and the show can be entertaining as a comedy. However, it's no masterpiece and suffers from an out-of-place tournament arc that awkwardly shifts it into...”
- 10/10 “Nanbaka delivers vibrant character designs and consistently funny, light-hearted comedy while still offering actual storyline progression and solid fight scenes. Character development is largely...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-10246
- Format
- 13 × 23′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 59m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Oct 2016 – Dec 2016
- Fall 2016
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
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- BS-10246
- catalog