Hanayamata
| Hanayamata | |
Cover of the first manga volume published by Houbunsha, featuring main heroine Naru Sekiya.
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| ハナヤマタ | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sō Hamayumiba |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Manga Time Kirara Forward |
| Original run | June 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Atsuko Ishizuka |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | MONACA |
| Studio | Madhouse |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 7, 2014 – September 22, 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Hanayamata: Yosakoi Live! | |
| Developer | Bandai Namco Games |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
| Genre | Rhythm, Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation Vita |
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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 eight tankōbon volumes as of August 2016. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan between July and September 2014.
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.
An anime original band, the Need Cool Quality was the band joined by Yaya, the drummer of the band, Sachiko, Arisa and Yuka before its disbandment due to personal issues of Sachiko, Arisa and Yuka and the failure of the band in a light music band audition.
The original series by Sō Hamayumiba began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine from June 2011. It has been collected into eight tankōbon volumes as of August 2016.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired in Japan between July 7, 2014 and September 22, 2014 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Hana wa Odoreya Iroha ni Ho" (花ハ躍レヤいろはにほ Dancing in the Scent of Flowers?) by Team "Hanayamata" (Reina Ueda, Kaya Okuno, Minami Tanaka, Yuka Ōtsubo, and Manami Numakura), whilst the ending theme is "Hanayuki" (花雪 Snowflake?) by smileY inc. (composed of vocalist Yuka Ōtsubo and musician Yuuyu). The same ending theme is also performed by Team "Hanayamata" in the very last episode (episode 12). Furthermore, an insert song, "Kodoku Signal" (コドクシグナル Signal of Solitude?) by Need Cool Quality (Kaya Okuno, Yuki Wakai, Ayano Yamamoto and Maika Takai) is used in the first episode.
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