Hanayamata
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Genres: comedy, drama
Themes: school, yosakoi
Objectionable content: Mild
Opening Theme: “Hanaha Odori Reya Iroha ni Ho” by Team Hanayamata
Ending Theme: “Hanayuki” by smileY inc.
Insert song: “Kodoku Signal” by Need Cool Quality
Plot Summary: Terminally average Naru borders on underachiever status and she has few interests. Things change when she meets up with Hana, a very energetic and outgoing American girl who is fixated on forming a club dedicated to yosakoi, the traditional form of Japanese group dancing.
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2014-07-07
ANN Info Page
Official Japanese Website
July 08, 2014 9:15pm CDT
Both CD singles hits stores on August 27
posted on 2014-07-06 17:28 EDT
Series about dancing premieres Monday
July 29, 2014 1:30am CDT
The OP and ED song singles will be both released on August 27
September 02, 2014 1:10am CDT
The CD single hits stores on September 10
January 11, 2015 11:25pm CST
With a newly-drawn box illustration by the original manga creator
February 15, 2015 4:05am CST
Two-disc album “Hanaotome” will be released on April 22
Older Articles
posted on 2013-12-21 11:20 EST
Sou Hamayumiba’s manga about girl who discovers “Yosakoi” dance
posted on 2014-04-13 04:00 EDT
Sakurasou’s Ishizuka directs schoolgirl dancing anime at MADHOUSE with scripts by K-ON’s Yoshida
posted on 2014-05-17 01:16 EDT
Sakurasou’s Ishizuka directs schoolgirl dancing anime at MADHOUSE with scripts by K-ON’s Yoshida
posted on 2014-06-22 11:00 EDT
July series inspires Namco Bandai’s Hanayamata Yosakoi LIVE! PS Vita game
posted on 2014-06-28 18:47 EDT
Studio MADHOUSE’s TV anime to premiere on July 8
Jul 7th 2014
September 17, 2015
posted on 2015-09-17 14:40 EDT
12-episode anime about yosakoi dancing premiered last summer
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posted on 2015-09-22 15:25 EDT
Sentai Filmworks also continues English dub of Hamatora with 2nd series
WooHoo! It’s getting a dub!
That definitely comes as a surprise though.
Hanayamata Hanairodori Yosakoi Festival Second Set CM
Complete Collection Cover/Disc Art
DVD
BD
1/13/2016 10:06:38 PM
Available January 19, 2016
Blu-Ray | DVD
About HaNaYaMaTa
Naru is an extremely average high school girl. Though she has a love for fairy tale heroines, she’s never done anything extraordinary with her life. One day, she sees the transfer student, Hana dancing in the moonlight. Naru becomes inspired by her new acquaintance and decides to learn Yosakoi dancing.
Genres: Shoujo, Comedy,Slice of Life
Director - Christopher Ayres
English Dub Cast
Naru Sekiya - Caitlynn French
Hana N. Fountainstand - Luci Christian
Yaya Sasame - Monica Rial
Tami Nishimikado - Cynthia Martinez
Machi Tokiwa - Carli Mosier
Sally-sensei - Molly Searcy
Masaru Ofuna - John Gremillion
Sachiko Yamanoshita - Brittany Karbowski
Yuka Komachi - Juliet Simmons
Arisa Kajiwara - Margaret McDonald
Naru’s Father - David Wald
Hana’s Father - Leraldo Anzaldua
Hana’s Mother - Tiffany Grant
Tami’s Father - David Matranga
Yaya’s Father - John Swasey
Police Officer - John Swasey
Additional Voices
Leraldo Anzladua
Christopher Ayres
Amanda L. Baird
Joanne Bonasso
Cayla Coats
Episodes 1-12 (Sub) are live at ANO
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April 05, 2018 10:00am CDT
“Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog” explores the 2014 TV anime based on Sou Hamayumiba’s manga about yosakoi dancing
