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Hana-Kimi Season 2 Promo Reveals Theme Songs, July 1 Premiere

The second season arrives only six months after the first season's January 2026 debut, an unusually fast turnaround for a manga adaptation that spent decades without an anime.

Key Facts

  • The second season of the Hana-Kimi anime premieres on July 1, 2026, at 24:30 JST on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11.
  • The trio Omoinotake performs both the opening theme 'Flashbulb' and the ending theme 'Hanataba.'
  • The first episode will stream on Amazon Prime Video in Japan one week ahead of the terrestrial broadcast.
  • The first season of the anime aired in January 2026, only six months before the second season.
  • The manga ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1996 to 2004, and its author Hisaya Nakajo died at age 50 in October 2023.

Reporting from 5 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, Anime Corner, Anime Trending, and 1 more.

Hana-Kimi Season 2 Promo Reveals Theme Songs, July 1 Premiere

The second season of the Hana-Kimi anime will premiere on July 1, 2026, at 24:30 JST on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11. The date and theme songs were revealed in a promotional video released during a special program on May 23. The trio Omoinotake performs both the opening theme "Flashbulb" and the ending theme "Hanataba." The season will stream on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, with the first episode available one week ahead of the terrestrial broadcast. The first season of the anime, based on the late Hisaya Nakajo's manga, aired in January 2026. Crunchyroll streamed the first season with English subtitles and a same-day dub in multiple regions. The manga ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1996 to 2004 and previously inspired live-action series in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Signal.MD returns for animation production, with Natsuki Takemura directing. The cast includes Aki Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya and Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano.

The special program that aired on May 23 featured five cast members: Aki Yamane (Mizuki Ashiya), Taku Yashiro (Izumi Sano), Yuichiro Umehara (Minami Nanba), Reiji Kawashima (Chisato Nakatsu), and Kouki Uchiyama (Daiki Kayashima). Omoinotake provided a comment on the theme songs, saying they "poured all our feelings from the work into each song: the dazzling brilliance into 'FLASHBULB' and the hidden feelings of love into 'Hanataba.'"

The full staff list for the second season includes several returning roles. Natsuki Takemura directs, with Shigeru Ueda as assistant director. Takao Yoshioka handles series composition, Shiyi Su is character designer, and Masaru Yokoyama composes the music. Signal.MD returns for animation production.

The cast roster includes a large ensemble: Kikunosuke Toda as Shuichi Nakatsu, Jun Fukuyama as Hokuto Umeda, Reiji Kawashima as Chisato Nakatsu, Wataru Komada as Kyogo Sekime, Ana Furuyama as Shinji Noe, Satoshi Hino as Shingo Kagurazaka, Masaaki Mizunaka as Megumi Tennoji, Junya Enoki as Itsuki Kujou, and Takehito Koyasu as Masao Himejima.

The first season of the anime had its episode 1 world premiere at Anime NYC on August 23, 2025, and premiered on Tokyo MX on January 4, 2026. The manga, Nakajo's defining work, ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1996 to 2004. Nakajo published a short continuation in 2011, a special chapter in 2014, and a later update titled "Himitsu - Hana Zakari no Kimitachi e After School" in 2021. She died at age 50 in October 2023 due to a heart condition.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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