NANBAKA (ナンバカ) is a 2016 anime based on the manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Shō Futamata. It was serialized and published in Futabasha's Comico Japan magazine from October 13, 2013 to July 25, 2022, with a total of 8 volumes.
NHN Play Art announced the anime series in February of 2015. It was animated overall by Satelight, directed by Shinji Takamatsu, and series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota. It premiered the first season in Japan from October 5, 2016 to December 28, 2016, consisting of 13 episodes. The second season was labeled as an ONA, and was released in Japan from January 4, 2017 to March 22, 2017, consisting of 12 episodes.
Crunchyroll began streaming the series with subtitles on their site on the same day, while FUNimation Entertainment produced and English Dub, which premiered on their streaming site on November 5, 2016.[1][2] Crunchyroll added the dub of the series to their site on November 12, 2018.[3]
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season(s). | Ep(s). |
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| Main Characters | |||||
| Uno | Tetsuya Kakihara | Alejandro Saab | 1-2 | ||
| Jyugo | Yūto Uemura | Daman Mills | 1-2 | ||
| Hajime Sugoroku | Tomokazu Seki | Ian Sinclair | 1-2 | ||
| Rock | Airu Shiozaki | Jarrod Greene | 1-2 | ||
| Nico | Daiki Kobayashi | Justin Briner | 1-2 | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||||
| Samon Gokuu | Sōichirō Hoshi | Brandon McInnis | 1-2 | ||
| Seitarō Tanabata | Keito Okuyama | Dallas Reid | 1-2 | ||
| Yamato Godai | Shunsuke Takeuchi | Marcus D. Stimac | 1-2 | ||
| Momoko Hyakushiki | Satomi Akesaka | Marissa Lenti | 1-2 | ||
| Mitsuru Hitokoe | Kenjirō Tsuda | Ricco Fajardo | 1-2 | ||
| Kiji Mitsuba | Kimeru | J. Michael Tatum | 1-2 | ||
| Kenshirō Yozakura | Shōma Yamamoto | Vic Mignogna | 1-2 | ||
| Inori Hakkai | Mitsutaka Itakura | Randy E. Aguebor | 1-2 | ||
| Hitoshi Sugoroku | Eishin Fudemura | Howard Wang | 1-2 | ||
| Tsukumo | Toshiyuki Toyonaga | Sam Biggs | 1-2 | ||
| Musashi | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Jason Liebrecht | 1-2 | ||
| Liang | Yuki Fujiwara | Blake Shepard | 1-2 | ||
| Upa | Yū Kobayashi | Aaron Dismuke | 1-2 | ||
| Qi | Genki Ōkawa | Gabe Kunda | 1-2 | ||
| Trois | Yūto Adachi | Elijah Muller | 1-2 | ||
| Honey | Takao Mitsutomi | Kyle Igneczi | 1-2 | ||
| Recurring Characters | |||||
| Elf | Daisuke Kishio | Austin Tindle | 1-2 | ||
| Kazari Otogi | Shizuka Okohira | Linda Leonard | 1-2 | ||
| Kaguya | Yō Taichi | Rochelle Grimsmo | 1-2 | ||
| Sukegawa | Yūki Yonai | Stephen Sanders | 1-2 | ||
| Kuu | Marissa Lenti | 1-2 | |||
| Tsugumo | Mikaela Krantz | 1 | |||
| Enki Gokuu | Takaya Kuroda | Christopher R. Sabat | 2 | ||
| Hōzuki Sanzō | Fuyuka Ono | Matt Shipman | 2 | ||
| Ruka Gojō | Naozumi Takahashi | Stephen Fu | 2 | ||
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Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Season One | ||||
| Hanzo Hattori | Hiroki Takahashi | Justin Pate | 7 | |
| Director | Mie Sonozaki | Jamie Marchi | ||
| Elder | Kento Fujinuma | Jeremy Inman | ||
| Carpenter | Hiroki Maeda | Jerry Jewell | 10 | |
| Okina Otogi | Hiroshi Yanaka | Jeremy Schwartz | 11 | |
| Man with Scar | Masanori Ikeda | Phil Parsons | 12-13 | |
Additional Voices[]
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Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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November 5, 2016 - January 28, 2017 |
Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 13 Eps. | United States | 
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| February 5, 2016 - April 22, 2017 |
Season 2 | 12 Eps. | ||||||
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November 12, 2018 | Season 1 | 13 Eps. | |||||
| Season 2 | 12 Eps. | |||||||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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2018 |  + 
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Episodes 1-13 | 1 NTSC A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
| Episodes 14-25 | ||||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2019 |
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Episodes 1-13 | A DVB-T | |||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
| Episodes 14-25 | ||||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
| 2021 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||