Hanayamata

Cover of the first manga volume published by Houbunsha, featuring main heroine Naru Sekiya.

ハナヤマタ

Genre

Comedy, Slice of life

Manga

Written by manga

Sō Hamayumiba

Published by

Houbunsha

Demographic

Seinen

Magazine

Manga Time Kirara Forward

Original run manga

June 2011 – April 2018

Volumes manga

10

Anime television series

Directed by

Atsuko Ishizuka

Written by anime

Reiko Yoshida

Music by

MONACA

Studio

Madhouse

Licensed by

AUS: Madman Entertainment
NA: Sentai Filmworks
UK: Manga Entertainment

Original network

TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X

English network

SEA: Aniplus Asia

Original run anime

July 7, 2014 – September 22, 2014

Episodes

12

Game

Developer

Bandai Namco Games

Publisher

Bandai Namco Games

Genre game

Rhythm, Visual novel

Platform

PlayStation Vita

Released

JP: November 13, 2014

Hanayamata (ハナヤマタ, also stylized as HaNaYaMaTa) is a Japanese manga series by Sō Hamayumiba, serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward since June 2011. It has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of February 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan between July and September 2014.

Story[]

Naru Sekiya is an ordinary 14-year-old girl who likes fairy tales, but is worried about her lack of other interests. She has a chance encounter with a "fairy", a foreign girl practicing dance at night. On a spur of the moment, Naru asks to join her and is introduced to the world of yosakoi dancing. The series' title is a portmanteau (combination) of the first two letters of the girls' first names: HAna, NAru, YAya, MAchi, and TAmi.

Media[]

Manga[]

The original series by Sō Hamayumiba began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine from June 2011. It was collected into ten tankōbon volumes from December 2011 to April 2018.

List[]

Volume 1: December 12, 2011
Volume 2: July 12, 2012
Volume 3: April 12, 2013
Volume 4: January 10, 2014
Volume 5: July 11, 2014
Volume 6: September 12, 2014
Volume 7: August 11, 2015
Volume 8: August 10, 2016
Volume 9: June 12, 2017
Volume 10: April 12, 2018

Anime[]

An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired in Japan between July 7, 2014 and September 22, 2014 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.

In September 2015, Sentai Filmworks announced they had acquired the rights to the North American release of the show. Later that month, it was revealed that the DVD and BD of Hanayamata would be released on January 19, 2016, as well as getting an official English dub. The anime has also been licensed in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland by Animatsu Entertainment and in Australasia by Madman Entertainment.

Game[]

Title logo of the game.

Hanayamata: Yosakoi LIVE! (ハナヤマタ　よさこいLIVE!, Hanayamata: Yosakoi LIVE!^?) is a game adaptation of the Hanayamata manga series, developed by Namco Bandai Games. The game was released on November 13, 2014 for PlayStation Vita in Japan. The gameplay consists of 2 parts: mostly Adventure and occasional Rhythm and the plot is set at 10 days before the cultural festival.

Details:

Genre: Yosakoi, Youth, Adventure
Platform: PlayStation Vita
Player: 1
CERO Rating: TBA

A limited edition of the game named "Colorful cultural festival BOX" (カラフル文化祭BOX, "Colorful cultural festival BOX"^?) was also released containing the following extras:

A newly drawn storage box
A Blu-ray disc containing "special content"
Original drama CD
Visual book
Reversible large bromides x5 types

Art book[]

Kaga Amata (華画数多[カガアマタ], Kaga Amata^? lit. "Numerous of Beautiful Images") is the first art book of Hanayamata manga series, illustrated by the author Sou Hamayumiba released by Hobunsha on September 12, 2014.