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Aniplus Asia Airs After-School Hanako-kun Anime on November 12
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The anime premiered in Japan on October 12, and features a returning cast from the Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun television anime.
Masaki Kitamura (Gundam 00 assistant director) is directing the anime at Lerche and Studio Hibari, and Kazuma Nagatomo is in charge of the series scripts. Aya Higami is both the character designer and chief animation director. Mizuho Shimada is the compositing director of photography. Hiroshi Takaki is returning from the Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun anime as music composer. Yen Press released the spinoff manga in English and describes the story:
The ghostly Hanako-kun and his mortal assistant Nene Yashiro usually have their hands full resolving various supernatural incidents in Kamome Academy, but how do they spend their time when they get a break from all that? Come and see what the characters of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun do on their laid-back afterschool days!
Aida launched the manga in pixiv Comic in February 2018, and ended it with the 25th chapter in October 2021. Square Enix published one compiled book volume for the manga in August 2019. Yen Press published the volume in English in April 2021.
The anime adaptation of the main manga premiered in Japan in January 2020. The show had 12 episodes. Animax Asia aired the series as it aired in Japan.
Aida launched the manga in Square Enix's G Fantasy magazine in 2014. Square Enix shipped the manga's 18th compiled book volume on August 26. Yen Press released the 18th volume on July 18.
