The Campfire crowdfunding campaign for the Hamidashi Creative visual novel’s anime adaptation project has ended with 113,984,000 yen (~US$777.86 thousand) pledged. The campaign’s goal was 10,000,000 yen (~US$68.24 thousand), over a thousand times less than its achieved amount.
2878 people backed the campaign, which ran from June 30 to August 28 JST. According to the stretch goals listed, making 300% of its original target would allow the anime to be broadcast on TV, and hitting 500% would increase the number of broadcasters. Keiya Nakano (Keijo!!!!!!!!, Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue) was brought on at the start of the project to be the anime’s character designer.
Hamidashi Creative was first released in Japan for Windows 10 PCs in 2020. PS4 and Nintendo Switch ports of the madosoft-developed title were later released in 2021. Steam, which currently only has a Simplified Chinese version of the game published by Sekai Project, describes the premise as:
It’s the end of June, and the summer seems to locked in place.
Tomohiro Izumi, recognized by himself and those around him as an introvert, is spending another quiet day in his little corner of his classroom… or so he thought.
“Congratulations! You’ve been selected as our next student council president!”
The student council president lottery, held on the spur of the moment by the academy.
Tomohiro manages to be the one randomly selected thanks to his ridiculous luck!
Now the spotlight is suddenly upon him, and as a result, rumors about him begin to circulate. With no way out, Tomohiro relies on his advisor to start gathering allies he can rely on.
But none of the candidates his advisor suggests, from his classmate Kano to his underclassman Asumi, and even his little sister Hiyori, are even coming to the campus!? Amidst all of this chaos, even the former president that no one could ever get ahold of, Shio, shows up…!
Is it fate, or is it a foregone conclusion?
The unheard of and unprecedented battles of the “Random Lottery Student Council President” are about to begin!
The visual novel’s heroine cast include Hitomi Yanagi as Hiyori Izumi, Hana Akino as Kano Tokiwa, Yukino Tsumugi as Asumi Nishiki, and Miu Hamabe as Shio Kamakura.
Source: @madostaff
