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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Hayate cover.jpg
| caption         = Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Hayate Ayasaki (left) and Nagi Sanzenin (right)
| ja_kanji        = ハヤテのごとく!
| ja_romaji       = Hayate no Gotoku!
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Harem (genre)|Harem]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Moody|first=Allen|title=Hayate the Combat Butler (Seasons 1-3)|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1849|website=THEM Anime Reviews|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508132144/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1849|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/hayate-the-combat-butler|title=The Official Website for Hayate the Combat Butler|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 4, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312220035/https://www.viz.com/hayate-the-combat-butler|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Slice of life]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hayate the Combat Butler|url=https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/hayate-the-combat-butler|website=Sentai Filmworks|access-date=February 6, 2018|date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518150226/https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/hayate-the-combat-butler|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Kenjiro Hata]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| imprint         = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]
| first           = October 6, 2004
| last            = April 12, 2017
| volumes         = 52
| volume_list     = List of Hayate the Combat Butler chapters
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Keiichiro Kawaguchi]]
| producer        = {{ubl|Naohiko Furuchi|Shinichi Iwata}}
| writer          = {{ubl|Shinichi Inotsume|[[Junki Takegami]]}}
| music           = [[Kōtarō Nakagawa]]
| studio          = [[SynergySP]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]}}
| network         = [[TV Tokyo]]
| network_en      = {{English anime networks
|SEA=[[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax Asia]]
|PH=[[GMA Network]]
}}
| first           = April 1, 2007
| last            = March 30, 2008
| episodes        = 52
| episode_list    = List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes#Hayate the Combat Butler (2007–2008)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = Toshihiko Tsukiji
| illustrator     = Kenjiro Hata
| publisher       = Shogakukan
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = Gagaga Bunko
| magazine        = 
| first           = May 24, 2007
| last            = March 18, 2008
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = Yoshiaki Iwasaki
| producer        = 
| writer          = {{ubl|[[Yōsuke Kuroda]]|Taku Satō}}
| music           = Kōtarō Nakagawa
| studio          = [[J.C.Staff]]
| released        = March 6, 2009
| runtime         = 24 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Hayate the Combat Butler!!
| director        = Yoshiaki Iwasaki
| producer        = {{ubl|Shinichi Iwata|Tomoya Negishi}}
| writer          = {{ubl|Yōsuke Kuroda]]|Hideki Shirane}}
| music           = Kōtarō Nakagawa
| studio          = J.C.Staff
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks}}
| network         = TV Tokyo
| network_en      = {{English anime networks
|SEA=Animax Asia
|PH=GMA Network
}}
| first           = April 3, 2009
| last            = September 18, 2009
| episodes        = 25
| episode_list    = List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes#Hayate the Combat Butler!! (2009)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
| director        = {{ubl|[[Masashi Kudō (animator)|Masashi Kudō]]|Yōichi Ueda (series director)}}
| producer        = {{ubl|Sayako Muramatsu|Akio Matsuda}}
| writer          = Rie Koshika
| music           = Wataru Maeguchi
| studio          = [[Manglobe]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks}}
| network         =  TV Tokyo
| network_en      = {{English anime networks
|SEA=Animax Asia
|PH=GMA Network
}}
| first           = October 4, 2012
| last            = December 20, 2012
| episodes        = 12
| episode_list    = List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes#Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (2012)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties
| director        = {{ubl|Masashi Kudō|Yōichi Ueda (series director)}}
| producer        = {{ubl|Sayako Muramatsu|Akio Matsuda}}
| writer          = Rie Koshika
| music           = Wataru Maeguchi
| studio          = [[Manglobe]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks}}
| network         =  TV Tokyo
| network_en      = {{English anime networks
|SEA=[[Animax Asia]]
|PH=[[GMA Network]]
}}
| first           = April 8, 2013
| last            = July 1, 2013
| episodes        = 12
| episode_list    = List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes#Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties (2013)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = Yōichi Ueda
| producer        =
| writer          = Shinichi Inotsume
| music           = Wataru Maeguchi
| studio          = Manglobe
| first           = June 18, 2014 
| last            = December 18, 2014
| episodes        = 3
| episode_list    = 
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Other
| content         = 
*''[[Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]'' (film)
*''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (2011 TV series)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' (live-action drama)
}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Hayate the Combat Butler'''''|ハヤテのごとく!|Hayate no Gotoku!|{{lit.}} "Like a Gale"|lead=yes}} 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 anime|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.

==Plot==
{{See also|List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters{{!}}List of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' characters}}
[[Hayate Ayasaki]] is an unlucky 16-year-old boy who has worked since childhood to make ends meet due to his parents' irresponsible behavior. On Christmas Eve, he finds out his parents have run away from home while shouldering him with a massive ¥156,804,000 ($1,048,164) debt. The [[Yakuza]] (from whom the money was borrowed in the first place) plan to settle the debt by selling his organs and selling him into slavery. While running away from the debt collectors, Hayate meets [[Nagi Sanzenin]], a 13-year-old girl and the sole heir of the wealthy Sanzenin estate, and her maid Maria. At first, Hayate plans to kidnap Nagi and acquire a ransom of over ¥150 million but due to a misunderstanding, Nagi thinks Hayate is confessing his love to her. After he rescues Nagi from actual kidnappers, she hires Hayate as her new butler.

Aside from performing his ordinary duties as a butler, Hayate must fight to protect Nagi from harm, a difficult task since her life is always in danger because she is the target of individuals who covet her family's fortune, and sometimes must deal with her extravagant requests, oblivious to Nagi's true feelings for him. Later in the story, Hayate must juggle the feelings of several other girls, [[Ayumu Nishizawa]], his former classmate; and [[Hinagiku Katsura]], the student council president of Hakuō Academy. Hayate had a romantic relationship with a childhood friend, [[Athena Tennousu]], who is chairwoman of the board of Hakuō Academy.

Due to the events of [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]], involving Hayate and Athena, Nagi ends up forfeiting her inheritance. With the last of her savings, Nagi and Maria move with Hayate to an old apartment building called "Violet Mansion" owned by her late mother Yukariko, and rents its extra rooms for income: having Chiharu Harukaze, the secretary of Hakuō Academy; Hinagiku, Ayumu, Athena (in child-form), Kayura Tsurugino, an "elite otaku"; and Ruka Suirenji, a pop idol who also develops feelings for Hayate, as its tenants.

After a series of adventures with the tenants, Nagi manages to reclaim her fortune. On an excursion in America, Hayate finally pays off his massive debt, but decides to keep working as Nagi's butler, especially when the battle for the Sanzenin inheritance intensifies. Athena eventually regains full strength and Maria resigns as Nagi's maid. On Christmas Eve, the "misunderstanding" of Hayate and Nagi's relationship is exposed, creating a rift that leads to the final battle. Hayate rescues Nagi from the godly Royal Garden, but she decides to relinquish her status as an heir and concedes the rights to her cousin Hisui Hatsushiba, before firing Hayate to set him free. Two years later, a self-sufficient Nagi reunites with Hayate in the place they met for the first time, where he tells her that despite not being her butler anymore, he still wants to be with her, and that there is "something he needs to tell her", before locking hands and walking together under the starry night sky.

==Media==
===Manga===
{{See also|List of Hayate the Combat Butler chapters{{!}}List of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' chapters}}
''Hayate the Combat Butler'' is written and illustrated by [[Kenjiro Hata]]. It began serialization in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' magazine on October 6, 2004,{{efn|It started in the magazine's 45th issue of 2004 ([[cover date]] October 20),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356053|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2004/10/20 表示号数45|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=April 6, 2017|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407233423/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356053|archive-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref> released on October 6 of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:雑誌発売予定表＞小学館|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_zasshische?sha=1&type=2&mm=1|website=s-book.com|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920054908/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_zasshische?sha=1&type=2&mm=1|archive-date=September 20, 2004|language=ja}}</ref>}} and concluded on April 12, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Ends on April 12|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-03-08/hayate-the-combat-butler-manga-ends-on-april-12/.113137|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517081919/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-03-08/hayate-the-combat-butler-manga-ends-on-april-12/.113137|archive-date=May 17, 2022|date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:畑健二郎「ハヤテのごとく！」13年の連載に幕！久米田康治からメッセージも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/228416|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 24, 2020|language=ja|date=April 12, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024213224/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/228416|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its 570 individual chapters in 52 ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, released from February 18, 2005, to June 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091272711|script-title=ja:ハヤテのごとく! / 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929004617/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091272711|archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091276193|script-title=ja:ハヤテのごとく! / 52|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621082545/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091276193|archive-date=June 21, 2017}}</ref> A 27-volume ''[[kanzenban]]'' edition started publishing on June 16, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ハヤテのごとく！」描き下ろし満載の完全版刊行、全巻集めると大富豪で遊べる|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529091|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616112119/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529091|archive-date=June 16, 2023|language=ja|date=June 16, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Viz Media]] publishes the manga in North America and released the first volume on November 14, 2006.<ref name="Viz Acquired Hayate the Combat Butler">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-05-01/viz-media-acquires-lots-of-manga|title=Viz Media Acquires Lots of Manga|date=May 1, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2007|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=September 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922160537/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-05-01/viz-media-acquires-lots-of-manga|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hayate-the-combat-butler-volume-1/product/806|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026181002/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hayate-the-combat-butler-volume-1/product/806|url-status=live}}</ref> As of February 13, 2024, 43 volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 43|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hayate-the-combat-butler-volume-43/product/7741|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223914/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hayate-the-combat-butler-volume-43/product/7741|archive-date=February 12, 2024|access-date=April 2, 2024|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{See also|List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes{{!}}List of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' episodes}}
The ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' 52-episode [[anime]] aired on [[TV Tokyo]] in Japan between April 1, 2007, and March 30, 2008, produced by animation studio [[SynergySP]] and with music by [[Kōtarō Nakagawa]]. The series also aired on the [[communications satellite|CS]] television network [[Animax]] starting on October 25, 2007, where it received its satellite television premiere, and was shown uncensored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN10000600|title=Hayate the Combat Butler to air on Animax|publisher=[[Animax]]|access-date=2007-10-19|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025053507/http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN10000600|archive-date=2007-10-25}}</ref> The series was licensed in North America by [[Bandai Entertainment]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-04/bandai-entertainment-adds-hayate-anime-tokikake-manga|title=Bandai Entertainment Adds ''Hayate'' Anime, ''TokiKake'' Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2008-07-04|access-date=2008-07-06|archive-date=July 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705150455/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-04/bandai-entertainment-adds-hayate-anime-tokikake-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> but in February 2012, the company stopped releasing titles beyond February 7, and in April of the same year, the rights to the series were dropped, making the releases out of print.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-02/bandai-entertainment-to-stop-releasing-new-dvds-bds-manga|title=Bandai Entertainment to Stop Releasing New DVDs, BDs, Manga|date=January 2, 2012|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 6, 2012|archive-date=January 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103155039/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-02/bandai-entertainment-to-stop-releasing-new-dvds-bds-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sentai Filmworks]] has since re-licensed the series for a digital and home video re-release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-hayate-the-combat-butler|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses Hayate the Combat Butler|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|date=April 20, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422141224/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-hayate-the-combat-butler|url-status=live}}</ref>

An [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was released on March 6, 2009 in DVD and Blu-ray formats. A second anime season of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'', titled ''Hayate the Combat Butler!!'' (an additional exclamation mark) aired 25 episodes between April 4 and September 18, 2009, produced by animation studio [[J.C.Staff]].<ref name="season-2-dated">{{cite web| url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-05/hayate-the-combat-butler-2nd-season-titled-dated| title= ''Hayate the Combat Butler's'' 2nd Season Titled, Dated| date= 2009-03-05| access-date= 2009-03-05| publisher= [[Anime News Network]]| archive-date= March 9, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090309233323/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-05/hayate-the-combat-butler-2nd-season-titled-dated| url-status= live}}</ref> Unlike the first season, the second season [[Retroactive continuity|retcons]] the events of the first season by claiming at the onset that a month has passed since Hayate became Nagi's butler. Furthermore, the second season is more faithful to the manga than the first season. On July 21, 2010, Animax Asia began airing the second season, including the OVA, with English dubbing done again by Red Angel Media along with Cantonese and Mandarin dub. The second season has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-announces-october-2015-release-schedule|title=Sentai Filmworks Announces October 2015 Release Schedule|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-date=June 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624063402/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-announces-october-2015-release-schedule|url-status=live}}</ref>

An anime film adaptation, produced by [[Manglobe]] and directed by Hideto Komori titled ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]'',<ref name="theaterfilm">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-03/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-theatrical-anime-film|title=''Hayate the Combat Butler'' Gets Theatrical Anime Film|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 3, 2010|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=December 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204040338/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-03/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-theatrical-anime-film|url-status=live}}</ref> was released in Japanese theaters on August 27, 2011.<ref name="theaterfilm2">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-14/hayate-negima-films-double-billed-on-august-27|title=''Hayate'', ''Negima'' Films Double-Billed on August 27|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 14, 2011|access-date=May 16, 2011|archive-date=May 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517012045/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-14/hayate-negima-films-double-billed-on-august-27|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was licensed for streaming and home video release by [[Sentai Filmworks]] in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-18/sentai-filmworks-adds-hayate-the-combat-butler-heaven-is-a-place-on-earth-film/.91829|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth Film|date=August 18, 2015|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-date=August 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819083014/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-18/sentai-filmworks-adds-hayate-the-combat-butler-heaven-is-a-place-on-earth-film/.91829|url-status=live}}</ref> A third anime television series, titled ''Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' and produced by Manglobe,<ref name="3rdseason">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-07/kenjirou-hata/hayate-3rd-season-after-summer-movie|title=Kenjirou Hata: ''Hayate''{{'}}s 3rd Season After Summer Movie|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 7, 2011|access-date=April 7, 2011|archive-date=April 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410123042/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-07/kenjirou-hata/hayate-3rd-season-after-summer-movie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-26/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-new-anime-green-lit|title=''Hayate the Combat Butler'' Gets New Anime Green-Lit|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 26, 2011|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917141543/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-26/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-new-anime-green-lit|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-29/completely-new-hayate-the-combat-butler-anime-slated-for-fall-with-manglobe|title='Completely' New ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' Anime Slated for Fall with Manglobe|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703191008/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-29/completely-new-hayate-the-combat-butler-anime-slated-for-fall-with-manglobe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Hayate the Combat Butler Anime Slated for October 3|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-18/new-hayate-the-combat-butler-anime-slated-for-october-3|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 18, 2012|access-date=August 19, 2012|archive-date=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821234513/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-18/new-hayate-the-combat-butler-anime-slated-for-october-3|url-status=live}}</ref> aired 12 episodes between October 4 and December 20, 2012. Instead of being a sequel to the 2009 anime series, ''Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' features a new story written in part by the original creator [[Kenjiro Hata]] and is mostly based on his original ideas that never made it to the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-03/hayate-hata-confirms-new-anime-is-not-3rd-season|title=''Hayate''{{'}}s Hata Confirms New Anime Is Not 3rd Season|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=July 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706214153/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-03/hayate-hata-confirms-new-anime-is-not-3rd-season|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite that, the third season takes place chronologically nine months after the beginning of the first, and six months after the second, eventually becoming part of the main series canon. The third season has been licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]] and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 28, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-18/sentai-filmworks-adds-hayate-the-combat-butler-cant-take-my-eyes-off-you/.82337|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219020503/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-18/sentai-filmworks-adds-hayate-the-combat-butler-cant-take-my-eyes-off-you/.82337|url-status=live}}</ref> A fourth anime television series, titled ''Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties'', aired between April 8 and July 1, 2013, and is basically composed of short stories, each one focused on one of the main characters from the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-21/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-new-tv-anime-series|title=''Hayate the Combat Butler'' Gets New TV Anime Series|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=December 21, 2012|archive-date=December 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231001531/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-21/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-new-tv-anime-series|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth season has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-19/sentai-filmworks-licenses-hayate-the-combat-butler-cuties-anime/.85195|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses Hayate the Combat Buter: Cuties Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=February 19, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220032419/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-19/sentai-filmworks-licenses-hayate-the-combat-butler-cuties-anime/.85195|url-status=live}}</ref> A three-part OVA series produced by Manglobe was released as part of the series' tenth anniversary between June 18, 2014 and December 16, 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-14/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-3-new-original-video-anime| title=Hayate the Combat Butler Gets 3 New Original Video Anime| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=March 14, 2014| access-date=July 7, 2016| archive-date=May 8, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508222036/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-14/hayate-the-combat-butler-gets-3-new-original-video-anime| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Light novels===
A [[light novel]] based on the series, written by Toshihiko Tsukiji and illustrated by [[Kenjiro Hata]], was released on May 24, 2007, published by [[Shogakukan]] under their ''GAGAGA Bunko'' label.<ref name="gagaga">{{cite web|url=http://gagaga-lululu.jp/gagaga/lineup/index.html#03|title=Shogakukan : GaGaGa Bunko : Lineup|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219211742/http://gagaga-lululu.jp/gagaga/lineup/index.html#03|archive-date=2015-02-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> The novel includes a [[doppelgänger]] and barrier that Maria encounters, [[List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters#Saginomiya household|Isumi Saginomiya]]'s magic that happens in front of Nagi's eyes, and the corruption of the building of the Film Analysing Club (You Tobe) that [[List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters#Hakuou Academy|Izumi Segawa, Miki Hanabishi, and Risa Asakaze]] were members of.

A second light novel entitled {{Nihongo|''Nagi is the Familiar!? Let it ★ World Conquest''|ナギが使い魔!?やっとけ★世界征服|Nagi ga Tsukaima!? Yattoke Sekai Seifuku}} was released on March 18, 2008. The title is the combination of ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' and the phrase which is similar to ''[[Lucky Star (manga)|Lucky Star]]'''s first opening theme, {{Nihongo|"Take It! Sailor Uniform"|もってけ!セーラーふく|Motteke! Sērāfuku}}. The cover of this novel features Nagi wearing [[List of The Familiar of Zero characters#Protagonists|Louise]]'s costume.<ref name="gagaga2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gagaga-lululu.jp/gagaga/release/index.html|title=Shogakukan: GaGaGa Bunko: Lineup|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=2008-02-23|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226192453/http://gagaga-lululu.jp/gagaga/release/index.html|archive-date=2015-02-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Insert images are drawn by Kenjiro Hata and [[Eiji Usatsuka]], the illustrator of ''The Familiar of Zero'' light novels.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nagi ga Tsukaima!? Yattoke Sekai Seifuku product page|id={{ASIN|4094510567|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref>

===Video games===
A video game by [[Konami]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] (NDS) titled {{Nihongo|''Hayate no Gotoku! Boku ga Romeo de Romeo ga Boku de''|ハヤテのごとく!ボクがロミオでロミオがボクで|Hayate the Combat Butler! I am Romeo and Romeo is Me}} was released in Japan on August 23, 2007 with an A rating by [[Computer Entertainment Rating Organization|CERO]]. A limited edition of the game was released on the same day which included a Hakuō Academy student notebook and a drama CD.<ref name="hayateDS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20070809/haya.htm|title=Konami, DS Hayate no Gotoku Boku ga Romeo de Romeo ga Boku de|access-date=2007-12-19|publisher=Game Watch|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203162534/http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20070809/haya.htm|archive-date=2008-02-03 }}</ref> The gameplay has the player assuming the role of Hayate Ayasaki and follows a [[Nonlinear gameplay#Branching storylines|branching plot line]] which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction.

A second NDS video game was released in two versions on March 14, 2008 titled {{nihongo|''Hayate no Gotoku! Ojō-sama Produce Daisakusen Bokuiro ni Somare!''|ハヤテのごとく!お嬢さまプロデュース大作戦 ボク色にそまれっ!}} with a B rating by CERO, but the versions differ between their story settings. One game is set at the Sanzen'in's mansion, and the other one is set at Nagi's school. The gameplay has the player again assuming the role of Hayate Ayasaki and focuses on Nagi as the main character who the player trains; she may also learn some attacks or tricks to make an appeal at contests. Players are able to control where characters go and talk to gather information in continuing the story.<ref name="hayateDS2">{{cite web|url= http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/+/shc/0/cmc/4079130/backURL/http(++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main|title=Second Nintendo DS game, mansion setting|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]| access-date=2008-01-23|language=ja|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229102502/http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/+/shc/0/cmc/4079130/backURL/http(++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main|archive-date = December 29, 2007}}</ref><ref name="hayateDS3">{{cite web|url= http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/+/shc/0/cmc/4074250/backURL/http(++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main|title=Second Nintendo DS game, school setting|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]| access-date=2008-01-23|language=ja|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071228065803/http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/+/shc/0/cmc/4074250/backURL/http(++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main|archive-date = December 28, 2007}}</ref> Players may easily trade data with other players using wireless connections (however, the game is not [[Wi-Fi]] compatible). Similar to the 2007 game, there are many Konami parodies included. For both the 2007 and 2008 games, there are a couple of hidden stories or voices that can be made available by passwords. A third video game titled {{Nihongo|''Hayate no Gotoko!! Nightmare Paradise''|ハヤテのごとく!! ナイトメアパラダイス}} was released on March 26, 2009 for the [[PlayStation Portable]] with a B rating by CERO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/083/G008346/20090129010/|title=PSP「ハヤテのごとく! ナイトメアパラダイス」が3月26日に発売。コナミスタイル限定版は"武装神姫ナギ"付き|trans-title=Hayate no Gotoko! Nightmare Paradise Goes on Sale March 26. Komami-style Limited Edition "Armored Divine Princess Nagi" Included|publisher=4gamer|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=March 24, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502023111/https://www.4gamer.net/games/083/G008346/20090129010/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live-action TV series===
{{main|Hayate the Combat Butler (2011 TV series){{!}}''Hayate the Combat Butler'' (2011 TV series)}}
The Taiwanese network [[GTV (Taiwan)|GTV]] aired a live-action television adaptation of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' between June and September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/hayate-manga-gets-live-action-tv-series-in-taiwan|title=''Hayate'' Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series in Taiwan|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 31, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030058/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/hayate-manga-gets-live-action-tv-series-in-taiwan|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music and audio CDs===
{{Main|List of Hayate the Combat Butler albums{{!}}List of ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' albums}}
The first anime series has two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme is {{Nihongo|"Hayate no Gotoku!"|ハヤテのごとく!}} by [[Kotoko (singer)|Kotoko]] released on May 23, 2007 and the second opening theme is "Shichiten Hakki Shijōshugi!" by Kotoko released on October 17, 2007.<ref name="kotoko">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/kotoko/discography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629044309/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/kotoko/discography.html|archive-date=2007-06-29|access-date=2007-07-03|title=Kotoko's discography|publisher=[[Geneon]]|language=ja}}</ref> The ending themes are: "Proof" by [[Mell]] released on May 30, 2007,<ref name="mell">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/ive/mell/discography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629043537/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/ive/mell/discography.html|archive-date=2007-06-29|title=Mell's discography|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=[[Geneon]]|language=ja}}</ref> "Get my way!" by [[Mami Kawada]] released on August 8, 2007,<ref name="Mami Kawada">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/news.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703184701/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/news.html|archive-date=2007-07-03|title=Mami Kawada's web site (news)|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=[[Geneon]]|language=ja}}</ref> "Chasse" by [[Kaori Utatsuki]] released on November 21, 2007, and {{Nihongo|"Ko no Me Kaze"|木の芽風}} by [[Iku (singer)|Iku]] released on March 19, 2008. The second anime series has two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is "Wonder Wind" by [[Elisa (Japanese singer)|Elisa]] and the second opening theme is "Daily-daily Dream" by Kotoko. The first ending theme is "Honjitsu, Mankai Watashi Iro!" by [[Shizuka Itō]] (with Eri Nakao, [[Sayuri Yahagi]] and [[Masumi Asano]]) and the second ending theme is "Karakoi: Dakara Shōjo wa Koi o Suru" by [[Rie Kugimiya]] and [[Ryoko Shiraishi]]. The opening theme of the third anime series is "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by [[Eyelis]], and the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Koi no Wana"|恋の罠|Love Trap}} by [[Haruka Yamazaki]]. The opening theme for the fourth anime series is {{Nihongo|"Haru Ulala♡Love yo Koi!!!"|春ULALA♡LOVEよ来い!!!}} by Shizuka Itō, and there are 12 ending themes by each of the various characters' voice actors.

There are twelve character song albums sung by the main characters from the anime adaptation. The first two were released on May 25, 2007 and feature songs sung by [[Ryōko Shiraishi]] as Hayate Ayasaki and [[Rie Tanaka]] as Maria. The last two, released on July 25, 2007, feature songs sung by [[Rie Kugimiya]] as Nagi Sanzenin and [[Shizuka Itō]] as Hinagiku Katsura. [[Miyu Matsuki]] as Isumi Saginomiya and [[Kana Ueda]] as Sakuya Aizawa was released on September 21, 2007.<ref name="charsong">{{cite web|url=http://hayatenogotoku.com/cd_dvd/02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707060519/http://hayatenogotoku.com/cd_dvd/02.html|archive-date=2007-07-07|title=Character Songs|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=[[Shogakukan]] and [[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja}}</ref> [[Marina Inoue]] and [[Saki Nakajima (voice actress)|Saki Nakajima]] as Wataru Tachibana and Saki Kijima, as well as [[Mikako Takahashi]] as Ayumu Nishizawa was released on November 21, 2007. [[Hitomi Nabatame]] as Yukiji Katsura and [[Sayuri Yahagi]], Eri Nakao, [[Masumi Asano]] as Izumi, Miki, and Risa was released on January 25, 2008. Two duet character albums starring Hermione Ayasaki and Nagi, and Maria and Hinagiku were released on March 21, 2008.

The original soundtrack was released on June 22, 2007 and a drama CD based on the anime adaptation was released on August 22, 2007. On September 21, 2007, volume one of a two-CD radio drama called ''Radio the Combat Butler'' was released.<ref name="radioCD">{{cite web|url=http://hayatenogotoku.com/cd_dvd/05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918231740/http://hayatenogotoku.com/cd_dvd/05.html|archive-date=2007-09-18|title=Radio CD|access-date=2007-09-08|publisher=[[Shogakukan]] and [[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja}}</ref>

===Additional merchandise===
Additional notable merchandises include many school related goods which were released near the start of the anime series in March and April 2007. Many other goods such as clocks, mugs, and posters were released a few months after. In 2008, a 1/8 scale (approx. 21&nbsp;cm or 8.25") [[figurine]] series (entitled, "''Hayate no Gotoku! Collection Figures''"<!--Leave name as Hayate no Gotoku! as that's the official Japanese title..-->) created by Jun Planning was released. Maria was released in March. Hinagiku figurine with Masamune in her hand was released on June 19. Nagi figurine with video game controller was released in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junplanning.co.jp/item/hayate/contents/hayate_prd.html|title=Hayate the Combat Butler goods|publisher=Jun Planning|access-date=2008-02-23|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225152756/http://www.junplanning.co.jp/item/hayate/contents/hayate_prd.html|archive-date=2008-02-25}}</ref> Also, Kotobukiya released a series of 1/6 scale swimsuit figurines. Hinagiku was released in January 2009; Nagi in April 2009, and Ayumu in May 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/kotobukiya/figure_pvc_hcb.shtml|title=Hayate the Combat Butler goods|publisher=Kotobukiya|access-date=2009-03-24|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818024022/http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/kotobukiya/figure_pvc_hcb.shtml|archive-date=2009-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shogakukan released an [[art book]] titled ''Hayate the Combat Butler Official Box'' on November 16, 2007.<ref>{{cite book|title=ハヤテのごとく!公式BOX|trans-title=Hayate the Combat Butler Official Box|id={{ASIN|409159056X|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref>

==Reception==
Over ten million copies of the manga and other ''Hayate''-related books have been sold in Japan by January 2009;<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218220920/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20090116mog00m200007000c.html|archive-date=2009-02-18|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20090116mog00m200007000c.html|script-title=ja:ハヤテのごとく！：１０００万部到達 ４年で大台へ|trans-title=''Hayate no Gotoku!'': Over 10 Million Copies Sold After 4 Years|publisher=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=2009-01-16|access-date=2015-10-26|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> by June 2022, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:畑 健二郎先生画業20周年記念企画が大始動！|url=https://websunday.net/25454/|website=Web Sunday|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=July 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629051918/https://websunday.net/25454/|archive-date=June 29, 2022|language=ja|date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> by September 2023, the manga had over 21 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite tweet|author={{lang|ja|畑健二郎@『トニカクカワイイ』連載中！}}|number=1703356326079004756|user=hatakenjiro|script-title=ja:そういえば『ハヤテのごとく！』の累計発行部数が地味に2000万部から2100万部になっていることを誰か褒めてほしい。Wikipediaとかもこっそり修正してほしい。トニカクカワイイの25巻の帯を見るとトニカクカワイイが2100万部になったと錯覚するがトニカクカワイイは500万部です。それも褒めてほしい。|date=September 17, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> Carlo Santos of Anime News Network gave Volume 14 of the manga a C+, citing Hata's overextension of a complex work with multiple simultaneous plotlines and constant scene changes. He does note that Sakuya's birthday party as an example of the work's strong point.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Santos, Carlo|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2010-03-16|title=Sebastian the Combat Butler – Right Turn Only!!|work=Anime News Network|date=16 May 2010|access-date=7 January 2014|archive-date=March 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317173652/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2010-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris Beveridge of Mania.com gave part six of the anime an overall B rating. Although, in his opinion, the storyline and nature of the anime has not changed much, he was suddenly captivated. Beveridge sums up these feelings for the final episodes by noting that they "had a certain flavor and flow to them that left me pretty happy, which is a surprise after five volumes that left me feeling ambivalent at best."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/hayate-combat-butler-part-6_article_122287.html|title=Hayate the Combat Butler Part 6|author=Beveridge, Chris|publisher=Mania|date=3 August 2010|access-date=15 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804231915/http://www.mania.com/hayate-combat-butler-part-6_article_122287.html|archive-date=4 August 2010}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091221075558/http://www.websunday.net/hayate/ Manga official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://hayatenogotoku.com/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/hayate/ TV Tokyo's website for the anime] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214145030/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/hayate/|date=2020-12-14 }} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025053507/http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN10000600 Animax's website for the anime] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.konami.jp/hayate/game/index.php First game's official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.konami.jp/hayate/game2/index.php Second game's official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|4947}}

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