Harukana Receive" to air in Summer 2018! The first PV and additional cast information will also be released!

The popular comic "Harukana Receive," which is set to be adapted into an anime, will air in the summer of 2018. In addition, the first PV and additional cast information have been released.

Harukana Receive" is a manga serialized in "Manga Time Kirara Forward" (Houbunsha) by Nyoijizai. Haruka Ozora, who has a complex about her height, and Kanata Higa, who has given up beach volleyball because of her lack of height. In July 2017, it was announced that a TV anime would be produced.
⇒ "Harukana Receive," a popular comic depicting the youth of beach volleyball girls, will be adapted into a TV anime!
⇒2018 summer anime

This time, the broadcast date of this work has been decided to be in the summer of 2018!　The first PV was released at a special event held at the KADOKAWA booth at AnimeJapan 2018 (March 24 (Sat.) and 25 (Sun.)).

Additional cast information was also released!　Miyuri Shimabukuro will play the role of Narumi Toi, a second-year student and high school champion at Fukuchiyama Gakuin High School who was once paired with Kanata; Kanae Ito will play the role of Ayasa Tachibana, another second-year student at Fukuchiyama Gakuin High School and Narumi's current partner; and Chisaki Kimura who is a first-year student at the same high school as Haruka and her friends.

The latest fifth volume of the original comic will be released on April 12 (Thursday), so don't miss it either!

Character and Cast Information] (*Honorifics omitted)

Narumi Toi (CV: Miyuri Shimabukuro)
A second-year student at Fukuchiyama Gakuin High School.
She used to be paired with Kanata, but the pairing spontaneously dissolved due to Kanata's setback.
She is now paired with Ayasa and is the high school champion.
Because of their past history, she and Kanata still have an uneasy relationship.

Tachibana Ayasa (CV: Ito Kanae)
A sophomore at Fukuchiyama Gakuin High School. She is Narumi's current partner.
She invited Haruka to play beach volleyball at a beach she visited for practice, and was the catalyst for her to start playing beach volleyball.
She has a bright and open personality, and is comfortable talking with people she has never met before.

Akari Ooshiro (CV: Chisaki Kimura)
Akari is a first-year student at the same high school as Haruka and her friends.
Because of her performing career, she has become out of touch with her surroundings and is isolated from the rest of the school.
She joined the beach volleyball club after a beach volleyball match with Kanata.
She plays the role of a manager.

Original story information
Harukana Receive
Original story: "Harukana Receive" (serialized in Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara Forward")
The latest 5 volumes of the comics will be released on sale on April 12, 2018, at 590 yen each (excluding tax).
Comics volumes 1-4 are now on sale to rave reviews.


Work information] (*Honorific titles are omitted.)
TV anime "Harukana Receive
Broadcasting date: Summer 2018

＜Broadcasting date: Su mmer 2018
Original story: Nyoijizai (serialized in Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara Forward")
Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Series Composition/Screenplay : Doji Waita
Character Design: Takeshi Oda
Sub-character Design/Costume Design：Shinya Yamada
Chief Animation Director： Takeshi Oda, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Tetsuya Matsukawa
Assistant Director：Hidetoshi Takahashi
Special Effects Director：Hironori Ikeshita, Shigeru Chiba
Main Animators: Nobuyuki Matsuo, Shunsuke Takarai
Prop Design: Yoshio Mizumura
Art Setup : Susumu Sugiyama
Art Director: Mio Isshiki
Background: Studio YS
Color Design: Ayata Katsuta
Screen Design/3D Director: Junpei Mukai
Director of Photography：Yoshito Kuwa
Cinematography: Studio Cyan
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Sound Production: HALF H-P STUDIO
Music: Rasmus Faber
Music Production: KADOKAWA
Animation Production: C2C
Production: Harukana Receive Production Committee

＜Cast Information
Haruka Ozora: Kana Yuuki
Higa Kanata: Miyashita Saki
Thomas Beniai: Atsumi Tanezaki
Thomas Emiri: Rie Suekara
Narumi Tohi:Miyuri Shimabukuro
Ayasa Tachibana:Kanae Ito
Akari Oshiro:Chisaki Kimura
and others