The original series has sold over 4 million copies! TV anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" to air in April 2024! Kana Hanazawa as the heroine Hotaru and Chiaki Kobayashi as Hananoi-kun!

The TV anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" will air in April 2024, and Kana Hanazawa and Chiaki Kobayashi have been announced as the main characters, Hotaru Hinou and Hananoi-kun, respectively.

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" is a first love story about a girl who does not know what love is and a boy whose love is too heavy, written by Moe Morino, who has published over 4 million copies (including e-books). Hotaru Hinou, a first-year high school student who has been a bit distant from love, casually holds out her umbrella to Hananoi, a boy in the next class, and that small incident leads to Hananoi's public confession later that day, "Please go out with me." ......

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The broadcast date of this work has been decided to be April 2024. In addition, it was announced that Kana Hanazawa will play the main character Hotaru Hinou and Chiaki Kobayashi will play Hanano-i-kun, and cast comments from Hanazawa and Kobayashi were also released.

Character information and cast comments for "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness

■Hotaru Nissei (CV: Kana Hanazawa)

A first-year high school student who loves to eat. Although she is blessed with family and friends, she has never been in love, and thought she might never find love... but her life changes drastically when Hananoi-kun appears on the scene.

Kana Hanazawa Comment
Q1. Could you tell us about the appeal of this work?
What is "love"? It is a work that reminds us that although it is sometimes painful to think about others, it is also a wonderful thing to feel happiness and to understand oneself.

Q2: Could you tell us about your enthusiasm for playing the role of Hotaru Hinou?
I hope I can express Hotaru's core strength or her seriousness and samurai-like character, which she sometimes shows, even though she is usually a bit gingerly.
I would also like to express the feeling that she and Hanano-kun's hearts are slowly growing closer.

Hananoi-kun (CV: Chiaki Kobayashi)

Hananoi-kun is a classmate of Hotaru's in the same high school. Rumor has it that he is in the next class and has a face with a deviation score of over 80!
He is pure-hearted but a little excessive in his love for the person he falls in love with.

Comment by Chiaki Kobayashi
Q1. Could you tell us about the charm of this work?
I felt that one of the charms of this work was the way that Hotaru and Hananoi's values toward love and humanity, which are a little different from the norm, gradually changed.
When I auditioned for the role, I remember that I had to chew over each line of dialogue and put it into my mind, and the words that you spun had a great pull.
So, I would like to express the changes in the characters in the animation by paying attention to each and every word.

Q2: What is your enthusiasm for playing Hananoi-kun?
At first glance, Hanano-kun seems to be a perfect boy who can do anything, but in fact he is a very sensitive and clumsy person.
I would like to show my love for Hotaru while respecting his human side.
I will also be careful to maintain a sense of distance with each of the characters, so please look forward to the story.

Please look forward to it.

Work information
TV animation " Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness
＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting is scheduled to begin in April 2024.

<Introduction
Hotaru Hinou, a first-year high school student, is blessed with a good family and friends, but she is a bit distant from love.
One day, she sees Hananoi, a handsome boy in the next class, get dumped.
Hotaru sees Hanano-kun standing alone in the park and casually holds out an umbrella to him.
This small incident leads to Hananoi-kun's public confession later that day, "Please go out with me.

What is "like"? What does it mean to be in love? Hotaru is perplexed by the sudden confession, while Hananoi is willing to do anything for the girl he loves. Hananoi's love is boundless.
This is a first love story of a girl who doesn't know what love is and a boy whose love is too heavy.

<Staff> Original story by Moe Morino (Kodansha)
Original Story: Moe Morino (serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Dessert")
Director : Tomoei Makino
Series Composition/Screenplay : Hitomi Amamiya
Character design：Akiko Sato
Music : yamazo
Sound Director: Fumihiko Odera
Art Director: Yoko Nakao
Color Designer: Nanami Emoto, Katsumi Mochida, Yoshimi Kawakami
Director of Photography: Takuya Niwa
Editing: Kazuhiro Arai
Animation Production: East Fish Studio

＜Cast
Hotaru Hinou: Kana Hanazawa
Hananoi-kun: Kobayashi Chiaki

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Original story information
Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness
Written by Moe Morino (Kodansha "KC Dessert")
Serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Dessert".
#1-13: on sale now!
Volume 1-13: Now on sale!
Volume 14: Scheduled for release on November 13

(c)Moe Morino, Kodansha / "Hananoi kun to Koi no Sickness" Production Committee