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Anime Watch Time

How Long Does It Take to Watch The Great Passage?

Romaji: Fune wo Amu · Native: 舟を編む

The Great Passage takes about 4.2 hours (4 hours 13 minutes) to watch in full, across 11 episodes. Use the watch time calculator for an estimate based on your own pace and playback speed.

About The Great Passage

The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).

Series Context

Score

7.40

Year

2016

Format

TV

Source

Other

Status

Finished Airing

Franchise Guide

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Episode Count and Watch Time

The Great Passage Episode Count and Total Watch Time

Episodes

11

Episode length

23 min

Total watch time

4 hours 13 minutes

Status

Finished Airing

At this length, it's a manageable watch over a single weekend for most viewers.

Binge Watching Schedule

Simple Watch Schedule for The Great Passage

Based on average episode length and normal playback speed.

Episodes per dayDays to finish
25.5 days
52.2 days
101.1 days

Quick Answers About The Great Passage

Does The Great Passage have filler episodes?+

No — The Great Passage has no filler episodes, so the full watch time already reflects the main story only.

What changes if you skip intros and outros?+

Skipping roughly 3 minutes per episode lowers the total watch time to about 3.7 hours, versus 4.2 hours with intros and outros included.

Is The Great Passage worth binge-watching?+

At this length, it's a manageable watch over a single weekend for most viewers.