Ranking of Kings (2021)

Original title

王様ランキング

Genre

fantasy anime and manga, comedy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 23 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 332 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A deaf and tiny prince named Bojji wants to become a great king. He makes a friend in Kage, a survivor of a wiped-out assassin clan who can understand Bojji when no one else can. Together they face challenges from those who underestimate them.

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What happens

Ranking of Kings (王様ランキング, Ōsama Rankingu) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Tōka. It has been serialized on Echoes' user-submitted Manga Hack website since May 2017 and has been collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Enterbrain. The story follows the adventures of a little prince named Bojji, who was born deaf and tiny in size, and his friend Kage, a survivor of a wiped-out assassin clan, who understands Bojji's words despite him being unable to speak. An anime television series adaptation produced by Wit Studio aired from October 2021 to March 2022 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. The spin-off series Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage aired from April to June 2023. An anime film adaptation has been announced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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