Anime streaming giant, Crunchyroll, released a new trailer for Hana-Kimi’s first-ever anime adaptation. The anime will be arriving on Crunchyroll on Jan 4, 2026.
The anime is based on the famous manga series, Hana-Kimi, short for Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, written and illustrated by Hisaya Nakajo.
The plot follows Mizuki Ashiya, who disguises herself as a boy and enrolls in his exclusive all-male boarding school to get close to her idol, the gifted but retired high jumper Izumi Sano. Now Sano’s roommate, Mizuki must navigate the challenges of school life and try to convince him to jump again, all while desperately trying to keep her true gender a secret.
Check out the new trailer here:
The series will be airing worldwide, excluding Asia, but including India.
The manga was serialized in Japan in the semi-monthly shoujo magazine Hana to Yume by Hakusensha. The series ended with volume 23 in November 2004 and was published in English by Viz Media. The final volume was released in the United States in April 2008.
The production staff included in this project is:
- Assistant Director: Shigeru Ueda
- Series Composition: Takao Yoshioka
- Character Design: Shiyi Su
- Music: Masaru Yokoyama
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Animation Production: Signal.MD
Furthermore, the Japanese voice cast for the anime series is as follows:
- Aya Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya
- Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano
- Kikunosuke Toya as Shuichi Nakatsu
- Yuichiro Umehara as Minami Nanba
- Jun Fukuyama as Hokuto Umeda
- Reiji Kawashima as Senri Nakao
- Wataru Komada as Kyogo Sekime
- Koki Uchiyama as Daiki Kayashima
- Wataru Komada as Kyogo Sekime
- Anan Furuya as Shinji Noe
- Kotaro Nishiyama as Wataru Nihonbashi
- Yuko Natsuyoshi as Julia M. (Maxwell)
Hana-Kimi also received a live-action J-Drama series with the same name, and was a success.
Source: Press Release
