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Banana Fish

★ 8.1 13K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 24 episodes Ended Fuji TV
Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 9/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 8/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Daniel J. KimBrandon McInnisYoshimasa HosoyaJun FukuyamaYuma UchidaToshiyuki Morikawa
Written by
Akimi Yoshida
Starring
Daniel J. KimBrandon McInnisYoshimasa HosoyaJun FukuyamaYuma UchidaToshiyuki Morikawa
Written by
Akimi Yoshida
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
02505007501k

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About

"Tenderness forged in the middle of brutal violence"

Ash Lynx, a teenage gang leader in New York, gets pulled into a dangerous conspiracy surrounding a mysterious drug called Banana Fish that destroyed his brother's mind. When Japanese photographer's assistant Eiji Okumura enters his orbit, their unlikely bond becomes the emotional center of a story that spirals through gang warfare, betrayal, and buried trauma. The pacing is brisk and action-driven, but what lingers is the mood: stylish, tense, and often devastating. It's a show carried by its central relationship and atmosphere as much as its plot, though it doesn't soften the darkness underneath.

Watch it for

the intense, aching bond between Ash and Eiji anchoring a brutal crime saga.

Maybe skip if

you're sensitive to depictions of abuse and violence, or dislike a heartbreaking ending.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12018
8.516K248h 56m
A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1A Perfect Day For Bananafish8.0
80922 min
▶2In Another Country8.2
72822 min
▶3Across the River and into the Trees8.0
70422 min
▶4This Side of Paradise8.1
66422 min
▶5From Death to Morning7.9
65322 min
▶6My Lost City8.7
66222 min
▶7The Rich Boy8.2
62322 min
▶8Banal Story8.3
62422 min
▶9Save Me the Waltz9.5
77122 min
▶10Babylon Revisited9.2
65322 min
▶11The Beautiful and Damned8.6
62322 min
▶12To Have and Have Not8.0
60322 min
▶13The Snows of Kilimanjaro9.1
65722 min
▶14Tender is the Night8.2
58522 min
▶15The Garden of Eden8.0
58922 min
▶16Lo, the Poor Peacock8.3
60522 min
▶17The Killers8.3
58222 min
▶18Islands in the Stream8.7
59422 min
▶19Ice Palace8.2
59122 min
▶20The Unvanquished8.6
59522 min
▶21The Undefeated8.2
59822 min
▶22As I Lay Dying9.0
63622 min
▶23For Whom the Bell Tolls9.1
64722 min
▶24The Catcher in the Rye9.5
90030 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Daniel J. Kim Shorter Wong
Brandon McInnis Ash Lynx
Yoshimasa Hosoya Frederick Arthur
Jun Fukuyama Lee Yut Lung
Yuma Uchida Ash Lynx
Toshiyuki Morikawa Blanca
Jonathan Tanigaki Eiji Okumura
Makoto Furukawa Shorter Wong
Unsho Ishizuka Dino Golzine
Hiroaki Hirata Max Lobo
Masato Niwa Announcer

Crew

Akimi Yoshida

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