Hayate the Combat Butler

Hayate the Combat Butler
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Hayate Ayasaki (left) and Nagi Sanzenin (right)
ハヤテのごとく! (Hayate no Gotoku!)
Genre	Harem[1] Romantic comedy[2] Slice of life[3]
Manga
Written by	Kenjiro Hata
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 6, 2004 – April 12, 2017
Volumes	52 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime television series Directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi Produced by Naohiko Furuchi Shinichi Iwata Written by Shinichi Inotsume Junki Takegami Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Studio SynergySP Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks Original network TV Tokyo English network PH: GMA Network SEA: Animax Asia Original run April 1, 2007 – March 30, 2008 Episodes 52 (List of episodes) Light novel Written by Toshihiko Tsukiji Illustrated by Kenjiro Hata Published by Shogakukan Imprint Gagaga Bunko Demographic Male Original run May 24, 2007 – March 18, 2008 Volumes 2 Original video animation Directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki Written by Yōsuke Kuroda Taku Satō Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Studio J.C.Staff Released March 6, 2009 Runtime 24 minutes Anime television series Hayate the Combat Butler!! Directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki Produced by Shinichi Iwata Tomoya Negishi Written by Yōsuke Kuroda]] Hideki Shirane Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Studio J.C.Staff Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks Original network TV Tokyo English network PH: GMA Network SEA: Animax Asia Original run April 3, 2009 – September 18, 2009 Episodes 25 (List of episodes) Anime television series Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You Directed by Masashi Kudō Yōichi Ueda (series director) Produced by Sayako Muramatsu Akio Matsuda Written by Rie Koshika Music by Wataru Maeguchi Studio Manglobe Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks Original network TV Tokyo English network PH: GMA Network SEA: Animax Asia Original run October 4, 2012 – December 20, 2012 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Anime television series Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties Directed by Masashi Kudō Yōichi Ueda (series director) Produced by Sayako Muramatsu Akio Matsuda Written by Rie Koshika Music by Wataru Maeguchi Studio Manglobe Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks Original network TV Tokyo English network PH: GMA Network SEA: Animax Asia Original run April 8, 2013 – July 1, 2013 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Original video animation Directed by Yōichi Ueda Written by Shinichi Inotsume Music by Wataru Maeguchi Studio Manglobe Released June 18, 2014 – December 18, 2014 Episodes 3 Other Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth (film) Hayate the Combat Butler (live-action drama)

Hayate the Combat Butler (Japanese: ハヤテのごとく!, Hepburn: Hayate no Gotoku!, lit. "Like a Gale") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to June 2017. Viz Media publishes an English edition in North America. The manga is about a boy who starts a new job as a butler and the events he experiences with his employer. The style of the manga has a comedic gag with a slight harem feel and constantly breaks the fourth wall. The series includes numerous references to other anime, manga, video games, and popular culture.

A 52-episode anime adaptation of the manga by SynergySP aired between April 2007 and March 2008 on TV Tokyo. A second, 25-episode anime season by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2009. Bandai Entertainment licensed the first anime series in 2008, but the series went out of print in 2012. An anime film adaption produced by Manglobe was released in August 2011. A third, 12-episode anime television series by Manglobe, based mostly on an original story not seen in the manga aired between October and December 2012. A fourth anime season aired between April and July 2013. Sentai Filmworks has licensed all four seasons of the anime.