Hand Shakers
Japanese anime television series
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- Hand Shakers ( ハンドシェイカー , Hando Sheikā ) is a Japanese action anime television series produced by GoHands with collaboration of production company Frontier Works and publisher Kadokawa.
- Reception towards the anime was largely negative, with criticism being directed at its overall quality.
- A sequel named W'z , which is set a decade after the events of Hand Shakers , premiered on January 5, 2019.
- The story revolves around Tazuna Takatsuki, a high-school student with a knack for mechanics, who accepts a certain repair request and visits a university research facility.
- As though being led by something, Tazuna touches her fingertips—and a voice flows into him from a place unknown.
Hand Shakers (ハンドシェイカー, Hando Sheikā) is a Japanese action anime television series produced by GoHands with collaboration of production company Frontier Works and publisher Kadokawa. It aired from January 10 to March 28, 2017.
Reception towards the anime was largely negative, with criticism being directed at its overall quality. While the animation was noted for its complexity and fluidity, many critics felt that the overall saturated visuals and unorthodox camera angles made it hard to enjoy, as it can cause serious health issues for some viewers with epilepsy.
A sequel named W'z, which is set a decade after the events of Hand Shakers, premiered on January 5, 2019.
Plot
Hand Shakers takes place in Osaka in "AD20XX". The story revolves around Tazuna Takatsuki, a high-school student with a knack for mechanics, who accepts a certain repair request and visits a university research facility. There, he meets Koyori Akutagawa, a lone girl asleep on a bed. As though being led by something, Tazuna touches her fingertips—and a voice flows into him from a place unknown. Tazuna is left bewildered as a new world, Ziggurat, lies before him. Now together as Hand Shakers, the duo must fight to earn the right to confront God, where they will be able to make a wish. With "Nimrods", powers born from one's psyche after holding hands, the many groups of Hand Shakers must battle to defeat God.
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