Hanasaku Iroha | |
Promotional image of Hanasaku Iroha featuring (from left to right): Minko, Tomoe, Ohana, Yuina, and Nako.
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Genre | Coming of age, Slice of life, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | P.A.Works |
Illustrated by | Eito Chida |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Gangan Joker |
Original run | December 2010 – October 2012 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masahiro Ando |
Written by | Mari Okada |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | P.A.Works |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX |
Original run | April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011 |
Episodes | 26 |
Manga | |
Hanasaku Iroha: Green Girls Graffiti | |
Written by | P.A.Works |
Illustrated by | Jun Sasameyuki |
Published by | Bandai Visual |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Web Comic Gekkin |
Original run | July 1, 2011 – July 2, 2012 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime film | |
Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home | |
Directed by | Masahiro Ando |
Written by | Mari Okada |
Music by | Shiroh Hamaguchi |
Studio | P.A.Works |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 30, 2013 |
Hanasaku Iroha (花咲くいろは?, lit. "The ABCs of Flower Blooming" or "The Blooming Colors"), or Hanairo for short, is a Japanese 26-episode anime television series produced by P.A.Works and directed by Masahiro Ando. The screenplay was written by Mari Okada, with original character design by Mel Kishida. P.A.Works produced the project as the studio's tenth anniversary work. The anime aired between April and September 2011 and had two manga adaptations created. An animated film was released in Japanese theaters on March 30, 2013.
Hanasaku Iroha centers around Ohana Matsumae, a 16-year-old living in Tokyo, who is left in the care of her estranged grandmother, following her mother's elopement with her boyfriend. Ohana arrives at her grandmother's country estate to realize she is the owner of a Taishō period hot spring inn called Kissuisō. She begins working at Kissuisō at her grandmother's request, but finds herself at odds with many employees and customers at the inn. Initially feeling discouraged, she decides to use her circumstances as an opportunity to change herself for the better and to make amends with her deteriorating relationship with the Kissuisō's staff for a more prominent future.
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Eito Chida, was serialized between the December 2010 and October 2012 issues of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine. Square Enix published five tankōbon volumes between March 22, 2011 and December 22, 2012. A spin-off manga with Minko Tsurugi as the main character, illustrated by Jun Sasameyuki and titled Hanasaku Iroha: Green Girls Graffiti, was serialization in Bandai Visual's online Web Comic Gekkin magazine between July 1, 2011 and July 2, 2012. Two volumes of Green Girls Graffiti were released between December 10, 2011 and July 10, 2012.