
Hayate the Combat Butler
16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. Because his unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste what money they have on gambling, Hayate had to start working at a young age to help out his family. Although such experience has made him inhumanly fast and tough and skilled at things boys aren't normally skilled at, it has also left him in an awkward position, as his parents have racked up such a huge gambling debt that they have sold Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a "bad guy" and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets. When he helps save the (as it turns out) ultra-wealthy 13-year-old Nagi from real kidnappers, she takes him in and gives him a job as her new personal butler (and love interest) until he can pay off his debt. But Hayate is more attracted to Nagi's beautiful teenage maid Maria, and head butler Klaus is initially disapproving of a boy with such a poor look. And then there's Nagi's pet Tama, who is also a force to be reckoned with.
First aired
April 1, 2007
Status
Finished
Seasons
4
Episodes
101
Characters
Episodes

1. 'Unmei' In English Is 'Destiny'

2. Nagi Sanzenin's Mansion And A New Journey

3. The Beast, Robot, and Butler that Kinda Shout Love at the Center of the World

4. First Mission: This is Snake. No One's Responding

5. Unneeded Gags and Kindness Bring Misfortune

6. You Said You Can See Time, But That's Probably Your Life Flashing By

7. Man's Flight

8. Cat Ear Mode Sends You to Hell

9. Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?
Cast
Crew
Yuki Kanezawa
Director
Youhei Suzuki
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Masaaki Sakurai
Animation Director
You Satou
Animation Director
Yoko Kutsuzawa
Animation Director
Park Dae-yeol
Animation Director
Katsuhiro Kabuto
Music Director
Kenjiro Hata
Comic Book
Hiroyuki Oshima
Key Animation
Eri Ishikawa
Key Animation
Ron Kamiya
Key Animation
Takashi Tsuge
Key Animation
Moyu Takagawa
Opening/Ending Animation

First aired
April 1, 2007
Status
Finished
Seasons
4
Episodes