Starts airing today! Comments from cast members including Emi Ogata, Akari Kito, Shoya Chiba, Yuma Uchida, and Kenjiro Tsuda from the short anime "Hanako-kun: After School Boy!

Messages fromthe cast of thefall anime"Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun," which will begin TV broadcasting and global distribution today, October 12, 2023 (Thursday),have been released.

Jizoku Shonen Hanako-kun" is serialized in the monthly magazine "G Fantasy" by Aida Iro. It is a heartwarming lavatory comedy in which the "occult girl" Yahiro Nene hears a strange rumor that the wish of the person who summons "Hanako-San," the third girl in the third floor girls' restroom of the old school building of Kamome Gakuen, will come true. The series was adapted into an anime in January 2020 and gained popularity.
As the first part of the new anime project, a 10-minute short anime will be broadcast on TV and distributed globally for four weeks starting on October 12 (Thursday).

⇒ We will see Hanako-kun again! After School Boy Hanako-kun" will be broadcast in October 2023! Emi Ogata, Akari Kito, and Shoya Chiba's cast messages also arrived!

⇒Click here for the list of anime for fall 2023.

This work is centered on the story of "Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun," an official spin-off comic of "Chibari Shonen Hanako-kun" that appears in the web magazine "P Fantapy" by pixiv and G Fantasy.

A message from the cast of the short anime "Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun" has just arrived. Check it out and enjoy the broadcast.

Message from the cast of "Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun"] [Message from the cast of "Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun

Hanako-kun, played by Emi Ogata

Q1: How did you feel about the recording?
I was more than happy to meet all the staff and cast of "Team Hanako" in the studio!

Q2. Highlights about the character you play.
(About Hanako-kun): The series of scenes where he's catching a cold?
(About Tsukasa): His unchanging Dosu-ness?

Q3: A message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun".
Hanako "I'm back (heart)️" Tsukasa "I'm back!
I'm back! I am so happy to see you all again as Hanako and Tsukasa. This is a much lighter "After School Boy Hanako-kun" than the main story. Please enjoy it!

Akari Kito as Nene Yahiro

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
I was very moved to be able to voice Nene for the first time in a long time and to hear the voices of everyone else! I was very happy to be able to see Nene and everyone else in action again!

Q2 What are the highlights of the character you play?

There are many stories that are more comedic and heartwarming than the main anime, as well as stories that make you want to burst out laughing or butt in.

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
I believe that "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun" is a work that was desired by many people, and I think that it has far exceeded everyone's expectations. Please enjoy "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun," a show that takes the long-loved Hanako-kun world in a slightly different direction!

Shoya Chiba as Hikaru Minamoto

Q1: What did you think of the post-recording?
I had been looking forward to the Hanako-kun related postrecording sessions, so I was happy to be able to play Hikaru for the first time in a while.
It was nostalgic to record with the usual members, but there were also new people, so it was fresh.
Also, there were a lot of mokke and others, so it was very lively.
I would like to spend more time on the short animation because it went by so fast.

Q2 What are the highlights of the character you play?
Hikaru seems to be a boy from Hanako-kun's point of view, a junior from Nene's point of view, and a younger brother from Teru's point of view .......
I think you will see a fresh side of Hikaru.

Q3: Do you have a message for the fans who are looking forward to "After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
There is a sense of slapstick that is not depicted in the main story.
Once again, I felt that the work is filled with wonderful characters.
I hope this short animation will cheer you up and make you forget your daily fatigue, even if only for a moment.

Yuma Uchida as Akira Minamoto

Q1: How did you feel about the recording?
It has been several years since I have done postrecording, so I am surprised at how quickly time flies (laughs). I was happy to be able to play the voice of Teru for the first time in a long time.

Q2 What are the highlights of the character you play?
As always, I am thrilled by the sharpness that can be seen behind the kindness. Of all the characters in the work, I think he is the one we are most interested in what kind of daily life he spends.

Q3. A message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun.
Hanako-kun and his friends are coming back after a long absence! Please watch the broadcast, not only for those who have watched the previous anime series, but also for those who are new to the series, as we think it will be a fun and funny series!

Minako Sato as Aoi Akane

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
I was able to play Aoi for the first time in three years!
When I got together with the cast members in the booth, I remembered myself at that time when I didn't know what was right and left in my first anime job. ......
I was very happy to be able to play Aoi while talking with my seniors.

Q2 What are the highlights of the character you play?
Aoi Akane is the demure and cute motto queen of the school! But when she talks with her childhood friend Akane-kun, a slightly different side of her comes out, so I hope you will pay attention to that! I hope you will pay attention to that!

Q3: A message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun".
As a fan myself, I am very much looking forward to seeing Hanako-kun and his friends in an anime for the first time in a long time!
After the recording session, I was reminded that each of the characters is very attractive.
I hope you can enjoy Hanako-kuns' after-school time together!

Shunichi Toki as Akane Aoi

Q1: How did you feel about the recording?
Although there has been a long interval since the recording of the first season, everyone's performances have become even more interesting, and I had a lot of fun during the recording sessions!

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
Seeing is believing!
They appear in various places, so please look forward to them!

Q3: A message to the fans who are looking forward to "After School Boy Hanako-kun".
It will be restarted as a short anime!
You may be able to see parts of the characters that you couldn't see before!
It is an anime that can be watched casually and loosely in a good way! Please watch it!

Chika Anzai as Sakura Nanamine

Q1: How did you feel during the recording?
I was very happy to see Sakura and Hanako-kun after a long time.
During the postrecording, a certain phenomenon happened. ......
It was interesting and scary at the same time, because it was linked to the work.
I hope to have a chance to talk about it in detail someday!

Q2 What are the highlights of the character you play?
It's been a while since I've seen Sakura-san in "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun", but he was more expressive in his emotions than before!
You will be able to see her in a way that you can only see in this setting, so I hope you will enjoy it!

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
This is an opportunity to enjoy the world of Hanako-kun in animation for the first time in a long time!
I am very happy to be able to share this experience with Hanako-kun fans.
I hope you will enjoy the original and the previous works as well as this one again and again! Thank you very much!

Natsuhiko Hinata: Daihiro Mizushima

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
Maybe it was because I hadn't played Natsuhiko in a while, or maybe my desire to show a good side came out. ...... sound director told me "what a good actor you are" lol.

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
In a word, he is a very carefree guy, but I think he may be trying to read the atmosphere and harmonize with the audience. I think he is a person who seems to be indispensable, but he has to be!

Q3: Do you have a message for the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
We may have made you wait a little longer than we wanted to, but we are looking forward to the restart of the anime Hanako-kun!
Please look forward to the restart of the anime Hanako-kun!

Mitsuba: Daiki Kobayashi

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
（I had met the cast members at the Hanako-kun Cafe (at the original event), so the recording session was lively and lively. There were a lot of questions about how the recording was different from the main story, but when it came to the actual recording, everyone was perfect! It was a wonderful postrecording session that made me feel like I was back at Kamome Gakuen again.

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
The story takes place in a strange and different world from the one after the last anime broadcast, so I think we get to see a completely different Mitsuba-kun. I think you will be able to see a completely different Mitsuba-kun.
Anyway, he's a bit of a mockery! Cute! Noisy!
You should also check out the comical parts, which you can watch with ease because of this anime.

Q3. A message to the fans who are looking forward to "After School Boy Hanako-kun".
Have you all forgotten about me ......? You haven't forgotten about me!
After School Boy Hanako-kun" is filled with many developments because it is a short animation. Mitsuba-kun also has a big impact.
Please put aside the shit-decker emotions of the main story and enjoy the Aida Iro-sensei world with ease.

■Kenjiro Tsuda as Tsuchikago

Q1: What did you think of the recording sessions?
The postrecording always goes on in a friendly and calm manner. It is fun.

Q2: What do you like about the character you play?
She is cold or kind, scary or not scary, she has a gap between the two, which I find fascinating.

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
Hanako-kun is coming back as a short anime! It's a very enjoyable work, so please watch it!

■Yakana as Yako

Q1: How did you feel about the recording?
For me, this work before the Corona disaster was the last time I was able to record all the episodes as before.
This is a world that I was able to nurture while spending time in the same place at the same time.
I hope I could bring that kind of atmosphere to the film with a cast that I haven't seen in a long time.

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
This time, I got to meet Yako, who is not lonely and isolated at the beginning of the show, but is now at home with everyone.
I myself am very happy to see Yako having fun with everyone.

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
The experience of the monster was short, but I am sure that you humans have been waiting for it for a long time.
I am glad that we will be able to deliver it to you before you become so long-waited that it becomes a monster.
Please wait just a little longer!

Yuri Yoshida (Mokke)

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
I was really looking forward to the opportunity to play the role of Mokke again at ......! I was really happy to be able to play Mokke because I had been longing for the opportunity to play Mokke again!
It was hard to hold back my laughter, and I was so excited to see Hanako-kun and Nene-chan interact with each other. I was deeply impressed by the warmth of the work and the atmosphere on the set, which was the same as before. ......

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
Thankfully, Mokke and the other characters are very active and visit us everywhere! Mokke and his friends are everywhere!
They still have their cute faces and movements, and I was able to make a lot of outrageous statements lol.
I personally had the opportunity to play a new role as Mokke, so I hope you don't miss it.

Q3: Do you have a message for the fans who are looking forward to "After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
We, the people who perform MOKKE, are very happy to see you again. I won't go to ...... if I don't see it! LOL...
Please look forward to it! I'll do candy!

Chisai Morinaga as Mokke

Q1: What did you think of the recording?
It was a very enjoyable recording with a lot of wai-wai in every episode!
I really felt that Hanako-kun came back ......! I really felt that Hanako-kun is back.
I was so excited that I was so nervous the whole day before the first episode was recorded.

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
This time, there is a story focusing on Mokke, so I have many opportunities to show you how cute she is!
I hope you will enjoy her free-spiritedness and the gap between her cute appearance and the boisterous things she says!

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "Hanako-kun: After School Boy Hanako-kun"?
We are almost ready to air the show!
Are you ready for the candy?
Every episode of "After School Boy Hanako-kun" is really interesting, so please don't miss even an episode!

Mai Kanazawa as Mokke

Q1: How did you feel about the recording?
I am very happy to come back to my favorite place again.

It was a loose after-school time, which is not depicted in the main story. So there was a lot of playfulness in the postrecording sessions! Mokke also has more people (?). I hope you will enjoy the rich individuality of MOKKE and its friends.

Q2: What are the highlights of the character you play?
There are many things about "After School Boy Hanako-kun"! So many! There is an overflow of mokke in "After School Boy Hanako-kun". There is so much of it, so please get warm and get mokkegaeri.

Q3: What is your message to the fans who are looking forward to "Houkago Shonen Hanako-kun"?
We can't wait to see it, but our story will be coming soon.

(*Original text is in Japanese only.)

＜Broadcast Information
Scheduled to air on TBS every Thursday from October 12, 2023 for 4 weeks from 1:58 pm.
Broadcast date and time are subject to change without notice.
<Distribution Information
Domestic distribution information is available on the official website of the TV anime "Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun".
Overseas distribution details will be announced on the official Crunchyroll website.

<Introduction
Hey, do you know?
A strange rumor about the Seven Wonders of this school".

It is said that there is a "Hanako-san of the Toilet" in the third women's restroom on the third floor of the old school building, who will grant you a wish in exchange for something important.
The Seven Wonders of Kamome Gakuen, Hanako-kun of the Toilet, and the occult girl, Yahiro Nene, who has become his assistant.
How do they spend their peaceful days at this school, where all the strange incidents occur?
This is a loose after-school moment that is not depicted in the main story.

＜Staff＞ Original story: Aida Iro (published in "The School")
Original story: Aida Iro (published in "P Fantapi" by Square Enix)
Director : Masaki Kitamura
Series composition：Kazuma Nagatomo
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director：Aya Higami
Color Designer: Saki Tada
Director of Photography: Mizuho Shimada
Editing: Kazuo Kajikawa
Music: Hiroshi Takagi
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Sound Mixer: Tatsuhiro Amano
Recording Studio: Studio Tron
Sound Production: HALF H-P STUDIO
Animation Producer: Ryo Nishimura
Animation Production: Lerche (Studio Hibari)
Production: "After School Boy Hanako-kun" Production Committee

＜Cast
Hanako-kun: Megumi Ogata
Yahiro Nene: Akari Kito
Hikaru Minamoto: Shoya Chiba
Hikaru Minamoto: Yuma Uchida
Aoi Akane: Minako Sato
Akane Aoi: Shunichi Toki
Nanamine Sakura: Anzai Chika
Natsuhiko Hyuga: Daihiro Mizushima
Tsukasa: Megumi Ogata
Mitsuba: Daiki Kobayashi
Dogo: Kenjiro Tsuda
Yako: Yukana
Mokke: Yuri Yoshida, Chisai Morinaga, Mai Kanazawa
etc.

＜WEB
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Original story information

Hanako-kun, a boy who is tied to the earth
Author: Aida Iro
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