Image via Hana-Kimi Twitter accountThe official website and Twitter account for the new Hana-Kimi anime adaptation launched today, announcing that an anime for Hisaya Nakajo’s manga of the same name is now in production. A release date, staff nor cast was announced at the time of reporting.Additionally, Crunchyroll is announcing today that the anime will stream on the service when it premieres in the future. The series will stream in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India.
The Hana to Yume editorial department also released a congratulatory comment following the announcement:
“‘Hana-Kimi’ is becoming an anime!This is a project that’s been discussed for a while with Hisaya Nakajo-sensei as we moved things forward. Nakajo-sensei had been watching over the rough drafts of the characters and the scenario, and she was looking forward to seeing the world of “Hana-Kimi” presented in a different way than the manga.It’s very unfortunate that we weren’t able to see the completed product along with Sensei, but because of the passionate support of the readers, ‘Hana-Kimi’ is coming back again in the form of an anime right around the 20th anniversary of when the manga ended, and we are truly grateful for that fact.Hana to Yume editorial department and the production staff have been working together so that we can live up to the expectations of Nakajo-sensei and the readers, so please look forward to the broadcast!”
Hisaya Nakajo originally published the Hana-Kimi manga in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine from 1996 to 2004, with 23 volumes released in Japan. VIZ Media releases the English edition of the manga. Nakajo passed away in October 2023 at the age of 50.Multiple television live-action adaptations of the manga have been produced, including a Taiwanese drama in 2006, two Japanese dramas in 2008 and 2011; and a Korean drama in 2012.VIZ Media describes the first volume of the manga:
Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to a high school in Japan…but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she’s going to an all-guys’ high school…and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they’re more than classmates…they’re roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates–and the school nurse–must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation…
Source: Hana-Kimi Anime Official Website
