After the cliffhanger ending of Season 1, Hana-Kimi fans will be delighted to know that a second season is on its way.
Shortly after Episode 12 “I Was The Same,” Hana-Kimi‘s official social media accounts announced that Season 2 was in production and dropped the PV announcement that same day which showcased various scenes from the first season including Sano’s drunk kiss with Mizuki. A release date and additional information will be announced at a later date.
Created by the late Hisaya Nakajo, Hana-Kimi launched in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume in September 1996 and ran until August 2004. The story follows Mizuki Ashiya who wants to instill hope in a high jumper named Izumi Sano, whose career she has followed for years, after she hears that he wants to quit the sport. Unfortunately, Izumi is all the way in Japan and attending an all-boys school. Therefore, Mizuki decides to chop off all her hair and disguises herself as a boy in the hopes that Izumi won’t give up on his dream.
Since then, the series has received a tremendous amount of love and notoriety and received numerous live-action adaptations beginning in 2006. S.H.E.’s Ella Chen, Fahrenheit’s Wu Chun and Jiro Wang starred in the Chinese television series. The series then was adapted into a Japanese television series in 2007 and 2011 with Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri, and Toma Ikuta as the trio in 2007 and AKB48’s Atsuko Mada, Aoi Nakamura, and Shohei Miura in the 2011 series. Hana-Kimi received yet another live-action adaptation in 2012, this time in Korean, starring f(x)’s Sulli, SHINee’s Choi Minho, and Lee Hyunwoo.
Produced by Signal.MD, Natsuki Takemura directed the anime adaptation with Shigeru Ueda as the assistant director. Takao Yoshioka oversaw the series composition with Shi Yi Su coming on as the character designer, and Masaru Yokoyama as the composer. Yoasobi lent their talents for the opening theme song “Adrena” and ending theme song “Baby.” Season 1 released on January 4.
Season 1 of Hana-Kimi can be streamed on Crunchyroll. The manga is available via Viz Media.
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