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Japanese anime television serial

Hanasaku Iroha
Promotional image of Hanasaku Iroha featuring (from left to right): Minko, Tomoe, Ohana, Yuina, and Nako.
花咲くいろは
Genre	Coming-of-age,[1] romantic comedy, slice of life[2]
Created by	P.A.Works
Manga
Written by	P.A.Works
Illustrated past	Eito Chida
Published by	Square Enix
Magazine	Gangan Joker
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 2010 – October 2012
Volumes	5
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Directed by	Masahiro Andō
Produced by	Kei Fukura Yosuke Wada Shigeru Saito Tsuyoshi Oda Yasushi Oshima Kenji Horikawa Takema Okamura Shuichi Kitada Takahiro Inagaki Hiroshi Kawamura
Written past	Mari Okada
Music past	Shirō Hamaguchi
Studio	P.A.Works
Licensed by	BI MVM Amusement NA NIS America
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Hanasaku Iroha: Dark-green Girls Graffiti
Written by	P.A.Works
Illustrated by	Jun Sasameyuki
Published past	Bandai Visual
Magazine	Web Comic Gekkin
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	July 1, 2011 – July 2, 2012
Volumes	2
Anime film
Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home
Directed by	Masahiro Andō
Produced past	Yosuke Wada Shigeru Saito Tsuyoshi Oda Yasushi Oshima Kenji Horikawa Takema Okamura Kōsaku Sakamoto Shuichi Kitada Hiroshi Kawamura
Written by	Mari Okada
Music by	Shirō Hamaguchi
Studio	P.A.Works
Licensed by	NA NIS America
Released	March 30, 2013
Runtime	66 minutes
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Hanasaku Iroha ( 花咲くいろは , lit. "The ABCs of Blossom Blooming" or "The Blooming Colors"),^[3] or Hanairo for curt,^[iv] is a Japanese 26-episode anime television set series produced by P.A.Works and directed by Masahiro Andō. The screenplay was written by Mari Okada, with original character blueprint by Mel Kishida. P.A.Works produced the project as the studio's tenth anniversary piece of work.^[5] The anime aired between April and September 2011 and had two manga adaptations created. An animated movie was released in Japanese theaters on March 30, 2013.

Plot [edit]

Hanasaku Iroha centers around Ohana Matsumae, a sixteen-year-old living in Tokyo, who is left in the intendance of her estranged maternal grandmother, following her female parent's elopement with her boyfriend. Ohana arrives at her grandmother's country estate to realize she is the owner of a Taishō catamenia hot spring inn chosen Kissuisō. She begins working at Kissuisō at her grandmother'southward 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 ameliorate and to make amends with her deteriorating human relationship with the Kissuisō's staff for a more prominent time to come.

Characters [edit]

Ohana Matsumae ( 松前 緒花 , Matsumae Ohana )

Voiced by: Kanae Itō

Ohana is an energetic and optimistic 16-year-former girl and the protagonist of Hanasaku Iroha. She is sent to live at her estranged grandmother'due south hot spring inn, Kissuisō, afterwards her mother elopes with her young man to evade his debt. Her all-time friend, Kōichi Tanemura, confessed his feelings to her before her difference, which was left unanswered until later in the series. At her grandmother's demand, she works at the inn equally compensation for staying at that place. Afterwards parting with Koichi, she realized that she has feelings for him, though she still hasn't admitted it yet. However, she is e'er dependent on him. She is a potent willed girl who is stubborn and is realistic for her age. She likes to beverage a mix of cola and black tea.

Minko Tsurugi ( 鶴来 民子 , Tsurugi Minko )

Voiced by: Chiaki Omigawa

Minko is a 16-twelvemonth-former amateur chef and resident at Kissuisō. She is a tsundere, and dislikes Ohana from their starting time meeting, nicknaming her balut (she pronounces it hobiron ("hột vịt lộn" in Vietnamese for balut)), but has slowly accepted her as a friend. Against her parents' wishes, her dream is to get a professional chef, resulting in her search for training opportunities. Her search led her to Kissuisō, where Tōru Miyagishi accepted her as an amateur chef. Since then, she has stiff feelings for him and becomes jealous when he talks about other girls.

Nako Oshimizu ( 押水 菜子 , Oshimizu Nako )

Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki

Nako is a shy and timid sixteen-year-old cleaning part-time maid and waitress at Kissuisō. She has iii younger siblings whom she assists her parents in raising. She becomes close friends with Ohana and teaches her how to perform her duties. Nako is very good at swimming, by which she gains since childhood the nickname "Kappapa", after an aquatic mythic creature kappa.

Yuina Wakura ( 和倉 結名 , Wakura Yuina )

Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu

Yuina is the sixteen-year-onetime daughter and heiress to the Fukuya Inn, the rival inn of Kissuisō. She is in the aforementioned high schoolhouse as Ohana, Minko, and Nako, and is seen hanging out with them on several occasions. She is divided on the choice of whether to go along with her family unit's inn-running business, or to find herself a different form of career fulfillment.

Kōichi Tanemura ( 種村 孝一 , Tanemura Kōichi )

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji

Kōichi is a 16-twelvemonth-old teenager and Ohana'due south best friend. Kōichi confessed his feelings to Ohana before her departure, but was besides afraid to hear her reply and ran away. He often offers support to Ohana when she feels down. He feels abandoned by Ohana as she adjusts to her new lifestyle. However, every bit the story progresses, he realizes Ohana withal harbors feeling for him and eventually tries to repair their relationship.

Sui Shijima ( 四十万 スイ , Shijima Sui )

Voiced by: Tamie Kubota, Takako Honda (young)

Ohana'due south 68-twelvemonth-former grandmother and owner of Kissuisō. Backside her tearing and strict composure towards her employees (to the signal of physically reprimand them), Sui eventually reveals herself as comprehensive and caring toward them when virtually needed thus earning not only obedience from them, but likewise respect and devotion.

Tomoe Wajima ( 輪島 巴 , Wajima Tomoe )

Voiced past: Mamiko Noto

Tomoe is the 28-year-onetime head waitress working at Kissuisō. She enjoys hearing gossip almost other employees and customers lodging at the inn. As a single woman near her thirties, Tomoe is usually reminded by her female parent that she should starting time looking for a husband and starting time a family.

Enishi Shijima ( 四十万 縁 , Shijima Enishi )

Voiced past: Kenji Hamada

Ohana's 32-year-old uncle. He was bullied by Satsuki during their childhood. He often calls upon Takako and considers her his partner. The 2 marry tardily in the series. After Kissuisō's closure, Enishi plans to better his direction skills in society to succeed his mother.

Tōru Miyagishi ( 宮岸 徹 , Miyagishi Tōru )

Voiced past: Junji Majima

A 23-year-former junior chef working at Kissuisō. He is very outspoken and easily frustrated. He strictly mentors and supervises Minko's training, oft going besides far with exact abuse. Ohana was initially intimidated by him, but has since developed a dislike to Tōru. All the same, Tōru appears to develop feelings toward Ohana every bit he feels that she is the but 1 who is willing to say she needs him. Afterward, he is often seen looking out for Ohana, much to Minko's jealousy.

Renji Togashi ( 富樫 蓮二 , Togashi Renji )

Voiced by: Taro Yamaguchi

A 42-yr-former cook working at Kissuisō. Renji is Tōru'due south mentor and the caput chef of the Kissuisō kitchen. He has a very gruff appearance, evidenced by a small facial scar, but has been shown to have a light-hearted side on occasion. He gets nervous very easily when under pressure, simply is usually well-focused on his job.

Takako Kawajiri ( 川尻 崇子 , Kawajiri Takako )

Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu

A 30-yr-sometime business consultant adviser for Kissuisō. She attended the same academy every bit Enishi. She often has erratic plans to meliorate the inn and tends to spout out random English sayings. She somewhen marries Enishi late in the series and takes on his family unit name equally Takako Shijima.

Tarō Jirōmaru ( 次郎丸 太朗 , Jirōmaru Tarō )

Voiced past: Junichi Suwabe

A 31-yr-sometime novelist who oftentimes lodges at Kissuisō. He writes erotic novels using the Kissuisō's staff as graphic symbol references. He eventually starts working at the inn later it is discovered that he can't pay his bill. Ironically, his past works include a cooking manga that inspired both Minko and Tōru to become cooks themselves.

Denroku Sukegawa ( 助川 電六 , Sukegawa Denroku )

Voiced by: Chō

A 73-year-quondam janitor working at Kissuisō. He has been working at Kissuisō since its establishment. The staff telephone call him "Beanman".

Satsuki Matsumae ( 松前 皐月 , Matsumae Satsuki )

Voiced by: Takako Honda, Kanae Itō (young)

Ohana's 38-year-old mother. She is a journalist who elopes with her swain to evade his debt. She leaves Ohana to the care of her mother, who claims to accept disowned her daughter. She neglected Ohana as a kid and raised her with the mentality of relying on oneself. She works as a hotel and inn critic, oftentimes asked to write scathing reviews by her higher ups.

Ayato Matsumae ( 松前 綾人 , Matsumae Ayato )

Voiced past: Ryōta Takeuchi

He was Ohana's male parent, who died when Ohana was a baby. He was a photographer and inspired Satsuki to be an editor.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Eito Chida, was serialized betwixt the December 2010 and October 2012 issues of Square Enix'southward Gangan Joker magazine.^[half-dozen] Square Enix published five tankōbon volumes between March 22, 2011 and December 22, 2012. A spin-off manga with Minko Tsurugi as the main graphic symbol, illustrated by Jun Sasameyuki and titled Hanasaku Iroha: Green Girls Graffiti, was serialization in Bandai Visual's online Web Comic Gekkin magazine between July ane, 2011^[7] and July 2, 2012. 2 volumes of Green Girls Graffiti were released between December 10, 2011 and July ten, 2012.

Anime [edit]

The Hanasaku Iroha 26-episode anime goggle box series is produced past P.A.Works and directed by Masahiro Andō. The series aired in Japan between Apr three^[viii] and September 25, 2011 on Tokyo MX.^[ix] The screenplay was written past Mari Okada, and principal animator Kanami Sekiguchi based the character pattern used in the anime on Mel Kishida's original designs. Sound direction was headed by Jin Aketagawa and the music was produced by Shirō Hamaguchi.^[10] The anime series was simulcast in the United states of america, Canada, the U.k., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Republic of finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Brazil, and Portugal by the Cyberspace streaming website Crunchyroll.^[11] The series has been licensed in North America past NIS America under the title Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow. The beginning Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on April 9, 2013 and the 2d role was released on July two, 2013.^[12] MVM Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the championship in the Great britain and Ireland.^[xiii]

An anime film titled Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sugariness Dwelling house was released in Japanese theaters on March 30, 2013, featuring an original storyline.^{[14] [15]} At Anime Expo 2013, NIS America announced the rights to distribute the moving picture in North America.^[16]

Music [edit]

An image song titled "Patricia" ( パトリシア , Patorishia ) past Nano Ripe was used for the promotional videos and anime; the single was released on September 22, 2010 past Lantis.^{[5] [17] [18] [19]} Another promotional video featured the prototype vocal "Yumeji" ( 夢路 , "Dreaming") by Nano Ripe.^[20] For the first xiii episodes, the opening theme song is "Hana no Iro" ( ハナノイロ , "The Color of a Blossom") by Nano Ripe, and the main ending theme is "Hazy" past Sphere.^[21] For episodes 14 onwards, the opening theme is "Omokage Warp" ( 面影ワープ , Omokage Wāpu , "Trace Warp") by Nano Ripe, while the ending theme is "Hanasaku Iroha" ( はなさくいろは , "Blooming Colors") by Clammbon. Nano Ripe provided several more than ending theme songs: "Tsukikage to Buranko" ( 月影とブランコ , "Swing with the Moonlight") for episode 6, "Yumeji" for episodes 8 and 26, "Saibō Kioku" ( 細胞キオク , "Cellular Memories") for episode eleven, and "High Leap" ( ハイリープ , Hai Rīpu ) for episode 22.

Reception [edit]

The series received generally positive reviews. Mania praised Kanae Itō's vocalisation as Ohana, the animation quality, and execution of the plot. The reviewer however commented that the get-go was not new nor innovative.^[22] Anime News Network praised the realism and quality in the animation, score, and opening and catastrophe theme music. The grapheme designs were noted to be attractive yet subtle enough to retain the realism, and also noted how Ohana's design is much better than a moe clone.^[1] As the characters' personality developed, the reviewer highly praised the realistic interactions between them as they are touching and substantial. Ohana's human relationship with her mother and grandmother was noted to exist especially well written with daunting emotions.^[23] After reviewing the 2nd one-half of the series, the reviewer considered Hanasaku Iroha to be one of the best titles in 2011.^[24] Hanasaku Iroha received a Jury Choice award in the Blitheness division of the 15th Nihon Media Arts Festival.^[25]

Yuwaku Bonbori Festival [edit]

Hanasaku Iroha besides had the effect of attracting fans of the bear witness to visit the Yuwaku Onsen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, the inspiration for the show'due south setting.^[26] Increased full general interest culminates in the Yuwaku Bonbori Festival, held yearly around October.^{[27] [28]} In the anime, the preparation and celebration of the fictional Bonbori Festival was a major plot point. In 2011, presently after the show finished airing, the boondocks of Yuwaku decided to bring this Festival into reality where there had previously been no equivalent commemoration.^{[29] [thirty]} In improver to typical Japanese festival attractions, the organizers also included a procession of participants carrying newspaper bonbori lanterns and a burning of ema plaques with participants' wishes written on them, both of which are distinguishing characteristics of the festival as shown in the anime.^{[30] [31]}

During the festival, the town's inns are sold out and attendees number over 15,000 for more recent iterations.^{[29] [30]} Originally, the festival was organized by individuals associated with P.A. Works. More recently, the town has attempted to broaden the appeal of the festival to beyond anime fans, including by inviting traditional musicians.^[29]

References [edit]

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3. ^ "花咲く舞台袖・Q&A① タイトル" [Hanasaku Stage Wings Q&A 1: Title] (in Japanese). P.A.Works. December eight, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
4. ^ 花咲くいろはスペシャルインタビュー第9回 [Hanasaku Iroha Special Interview No. 9] (in Japanese). P.A.Works. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
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27. ^ "／７ 湯涌温泉「花咲くいろは」 アニメ発祥 地域の祭りに". Mainichi Daily News. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2020-07-08 .
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External links [edit]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Hanasaku Iroha (anime) at Anime News Network'due south encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanasaku_Iroha

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