Hand Shakers

A flashy, hyperactive battle anime with saturated visuals and dizzying camera work that overwhelms more than it immerses.

Created by

Hiromitsu Kanazawa, Katsumasa Yokomine

Genres

Action & adventure, Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Soma Saito, Sumire Morohoshi, Daisuke Namikawa

Overview

Tazuna is a high school student, living in Osaka, who loves to fiddle around with machines. One day, he receives a repair request from an university laboratory. He accepts the request and ends up meeting a girl named Koyori, who has been bedridden for a very long time. Suddenly, Tazuna and Koyori get pulled into a whole different world called “Ziggurat”. In this world, there are Hand Shakers, two people who touch hands and create the Nimrod. Their goal is to defeat other Hand Shakers in order to gain an audience with “God”, who will grant them wishes. Protect with your own Hands!

How it feels

Tense, earnest and dark. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Power, fate, identity, friendship

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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