BAKI

What is BAKI about?

BAKI is an ONA (an anime released online first) of 26 episodes animated by TMS Entertainment, adapted from a manga. It aired from June 25, 2018 to December 17, 2018. AniList classifies it as action and sports. It continues from Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament, which is worth watching first.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Netflix. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Martial Arts, Fugitive, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast, Primarily Adult Cast, Shounen, Gore, Delinquents, Revenge, Crime.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Baki Hanma 範馬刃牙

  Main character

  Baki is the son of Yuujirou Hanma and Emi Akezawa.

  Japanese voice: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Supporting characters

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  Yuujirou Hanma 範馬勇次郎

  Supporting character

  The father of Baki and Jack Hanma. He is the strongest creature in the world, and is known to have mastered all styles of unarmed combat. His repertoire apparently includes all of the well-known fighting styles (such as karate, boxing, taekwondo, judo, jujutsu, wrestling, street-fighting, and so on) as well as some…

  Japanese voice: Akio Ootsuka

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  Kaoru Hanayama 花山薫

  Supporting character

  Fifteen-year-old yakuza leader and strongman. When his father died, he was adopted by his uncle who saw great potential in him. His grip is so strong that if he grabs an opponent's arm, he can usually cause it to explode from restricting the blood flow.

  Japanese voice: Takuya Eguchi

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  Doppo Orochi 愚地独歩

  Supporting character

  A karate master and head of the shinshinkai-kan.One of the only people in the world able to stand toe-to-toe with Yujiro. He whips his students into shape by fighting them regularly, and practices all of his karate techniques at least one thousand times daily.

  Japanese voice: Takayuki Sugou

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  Katsumi Orochi 愚地克巳

  Supporting character

  Yūko Maekawa - A 3rd dan, Doppo's son and current prodigy of Shinshinkai karate.

  Japanese voice: Yoshihisa Kawahara

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  Kiyosumi Katou 加藤清澄

  Supporting character

  A top student of Doppo orochi, who left the dojo after having enough of Doppo's "weak" training regime and trained around the world. He returns to Japan after finding out the Underground tournaments.

  Japanese voice: Anri Katsu

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  Jack Hammer ジャック・ハンマー

  Supporting character

  Jack Hammer is a powerful Canadian pit fighter who appears at the beginning of Season 2 of the anime, the Maximum Tournament Arc.

  Japanese voice: Kenta Miyake

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  Koushou Shinogi 鎬昂昇

  Supporting character

  The younger brother of Kureha, he fights using a technique called cord cutting which involves cutting your opponents nerves so they can't move. He does this because he was over shadowed by his older brother, Kureha, who always came to his rescue when they were children.

  Japanese voice: Takumi Yamazaki

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  Kureha Shinogi 鎬紅葉

  Supporting character

  The older brother of Shinogi, he is very narcissistic and trains to develop the perfect body. He is also a surgical genius able to do surgeries that normally take several hours in only 30 minutes, though he does not have a license.

  Japanese voice: Ken Narita

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  Chiharu Shiba 柴千春

  Supporting character

  Leader of the Kurenai racing gangs, he is a street fighter that doesn't seem to feel pain. He fights Hatanaka Kouhei in round 1 where he severely breaks his own arm as a form of intimidation before viciously beating Kouhei. In round 2 he fights Ian McGregor with shadow bonding and nearly defeats the boxer.

  Japanese voice: Tatsuhisa Suzuki

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  Kozue Matsumoto 松本梢江

  Supporting character

  A girl from Baki's school, her mother is Baki's landlord. Her father fought and died in the Underground arena. She cares deeply for Baki, but denies when asked. She is disillusioned by Baki's violent life as an Underground fighter and begs him several times to quit.

  Japanese voice: Sora Amamiya

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  Oliva Biscuit ビスケット・オリバ

  Supporting character

  An assassin working for the US. He possesses an iron body and is almost invulnerable to anything. He and Yujiro crossed paths while he was sent to assassinate a drug cartel leader.

  Japanese voice: Houchuu Ootsuka

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  Gouki Shibukawa 渋川剛気

  Supporting character

  Master of the ancient jujutsu arts used by the samurai soldier-warriors of feudal Japan. Is just over seventy years of age, and has trained since prior to World War II, in the "old days" of the martial arts. His art makes use of the martial arts principle of aiki, which uses the opponents' attacks against him.

  Japanese voice: Bin Shimada