“A Girl’s Most Important Event ☆,” the first episode of the My-HiME TV anime aired in Japan on September 30, 2004. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the official common website for the My-HiME and My-Otome series has posted a memorial visual (above) and a celebratory illustration (below) newly drawn by the anime’s original character designer, Hirokazu Hisayuki.
Additionally, special videos featuring the anime’s opening theme song ”Shining☆Days” sung by Minami Kuribayashi and ending theme song “Kimi ga Sora datta” by Aki Misato are now streamed on Sunrise’s official YouTube channel.
My-HiME 20th Anniversary Video “Shining☆Days” Version
My-HiME 20th Anniversary Video “Kimi ga Sora datta” Version
An official X (formerly Twitter) for the 20th anniversary project also opened today. Information about the series, merchandise, events, etc. will be provided sequentially.
The TV anime My-HiME aired in Japan for 26 episodes from September 30, 2004, to March 31, 2005. The second installment in the TV anime series, My-Otome, and its OVA sequel, My-Otome Zwei, followed in 2005-2007. All the episodes in the three series are now available on Crunchyroll.Crunchyroll describes the story of My-HiME:
Mai Tokiha thought she had enough trouble in life between taking care of her ailing brother and transferring to a new school. But when she saves a mysterious girl wielding a sword, everything changes. A power awakens within her and she becomes a HiME, a battle princess! But she’s not alone with this power—eleven other girls share her fate, and the burden is a heavy one.
Sources: “My-HiME/My-Otome” official common website, “My-HiME” 20th anniversary project official X (formerly Twitter) © Sunrise
