A second season of the Hanazakari no Kimitachi e TV anime has been announced.
The reveal comes shortly after Season 1 aired its 12th and final episode. The first season started airing on January 4 (JST).
Hana-Kimi is based on the Hakusensha-published manga by the late Hisaya Nakajo. Viz Media describes the synopsis as such:
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…
The Hana-Kimi manga ran in the shojo magazine Hana to Yume from 1996 to 2004. It is collected into 23 tankobon volumes and 12 aizoban volumes. The manga has inspired a Taiwanese live-action series (2006), two Japanese live-action series (2007 and 2011), and a Korean live-action series (2012).
Staff (Season 1)
• Director: Natsuki Takemura
• Assistant director: Shigeru Ueda
• Series composer: Takao Yoshioka (2.5 Dimensional Seduction)
• Character designer: Shiyi Su (Dragon Goes House-Hunting)
• Animation production: Signal.MD
Cast (Season 1)
• Aya Yamane as Mizuki
• Taku Yashiro as Sano Izumi
• Kikunosuke Toya as Nakatsu Shuichi
Source: @hanakimi_anime
