Hana-Kimi Gets New Live-Action Series and First Stage Play for 30th Anniversary
Hisaya Nakajo's Hana-Kimi manga will get a new live-action television series and its first stage production for its 30th anniversary this winter. Hana Kawamura plays Mizuki Ashiya and The Rampage member Makoto Hasegawa plays Izumi Sano.
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Why it matters
A 30th-anniversary drama and a stage play opening within weeks of each other put the same cast in front of the same audience twice in one season, which is a heavier push than a single revival would carry.
Key Facts
- Hana-Kimi will receive a new live-action television series and its first stage production for its 30th anniversary.
- The eight-episode series premieres on NTV on December 5 at 2:30 p.m.
- Hana Kawamura plays Mizuki Ashiya and Makoto Hasegawa plays Izumi Sano.
- The stage play runs in Osaka from February 13 to 15, Aichi from February 18 to 19, and Tokyo from March 13 to 22.
- Hisaya Nakajo's Hana-Kimi ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine from 1996 to 2004.
The eight-episode, half-hour series premieres on NTV on December 5 at 2:30 p.m. The stage play runs in Osaka, Aichi, and Tokyo from February 13 to March 22.
The series runs eight half-hour episodes, with Keisuke Shibata and NTV's Shiori Ueno directing and Fumie Koga, Yuka Arai, and Kazumi Oki writing scripts from Yoko Tamura's composition. Koji Endo scores the music. TVer and Hulu stream it in Japan, and Hulu also carries a director's cut.
Shintaro Sugano writes and directs the stage play, which opens in Osaka on February 13 to 15, moves to Aichi on February 18 and 19, and closes in Tokyo from March 13 to 22. Most of the series cast appears on stage.
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- Anime News Network Hana-Kimi Manga Gets New Live-Action Series, 1st Stage Play