Starts airing on 4/4! Spring Anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" Episode 1 Synopsis & Scene Photos Revealed! Special program and radio collaboration just before the first episode of "ABEMA"!

The synopsis and scene photos of the first episode "Nice to meet you" from the spring anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" scheduled to air from April 4, 2024 have been released. In addition, a special program just before the first episode of "ABEMA" and a radio collaboration between "Hitokana" and "Hananoi-kun" were announced.

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" is a first love story about a girl who doesn't 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 had been a bit distant from love, casually holds out her umbrella to Hananoi, a boy in the next class, and this small incident leads to Hananoi's public confession later on, "Please go out with me. ......
⇒ The original series has sold more than 4 million copies! TV anime "Hanano-i-kun to Koi no Sickness" to air in April 2024! Kana Hanazawa plays the heroine Hotaru and Chiaki Kobayashi plays Hananoi-kun.

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The synopsis and scene photos of the first episode "Nice to meet you" of the TV anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" (serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Dessert"), which will air simultaneously on April 4, every Thursday at 11:56 pm on 28 TBS stations nationwide, have been released.

In addition, it was decided that a special program just before the first episode featuring Kana Hanazawa (playing Hotaru Hinou) and Chiaki Kobayashi (playing Hananoi-kun) will be broadcast on "ABEMA" on Thursday, April 4, from 9:00 p.m.

In addition, the radio program "Meiji presents Kana Hanazawa no Hitori de Dokade? and "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" will collaborate. A&G+" on Bunka Hoso at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays as a bi-weekly mini-program. The first broadcast will be on Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30 pm. After the broadcast, archive distribution on the official YouTube channel of "DMM pictures" is also planned.

Synopsis & advance scene cuttings

Episode 1 "Nice to meet you

<Synopsis
One day on her way home, Hotaru Hinou witnesses her classmate Hananoi-kun, who is rumored to have a face and a brain with an 80+ deviation score, get dumped. Hotaru, who has no interest in love, wonders why she is in love, and casually holds out an umbrella to him as he stands alone in a snowy park. Later, Hananoi confesses to her, asking her to go out with him...

Special program right before the first episode

Kana Hanazawa (playing Hotaru Hinou) and Chiaki Kobayashi (playing Hanano-kun) will appear in a special program broadcast on "ABEMA" just before the first episode of the TV anime "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness". The program also includes "Top 3 things I want to do in my high school life" and "2-choice question about faint love," and delves into the charms of the work as well as the two main cast members.

Distribution information】
■Special program just before the first episode of the TV anime "Hananoi kun to Koi no Sickness

Date & Time: April 4, 2024 (Thu) 9:00-10:00 p.m.
Broadcast Channel : ABEMA Anime Channel
Cast ：Kana Hanazawa (playing Hotaru Hinou)
Chiaki Kobayashi (played by Hanano-kun)

Program URL：#

Radio "Hitokana" × Hananoi-kun and the Disease of Love Collaboration Project

The radio program "Kana Hanazawa's Hitori Dareka?" in which Ms. Hanazawa serves as a personality a radio program in which Ms. Hanazawa is a personality, and "Hitokana x Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness Collaboration Project: Kana Hanazawa's "Is this Hananoi-kun? The program not only introduces the charms of the works, but also features a corner titled "Is this Hanano-i-kun? The program also features a corner titled "Is this Hanano-i-kun? Hanazawa will judge whether the actions and episodes are "Hanano-i-kun" (i.e., too much love) or not. Hanazawa will judge whether the episode is "Hanano-i-kun" (i.e., too much love) or not.

Program information:
■"Hitokana x Hananoi-kun to Koi-no-Sickness Collaboration Project: Kana Hanazawa's "Is this Hanano-i-kun?
Broadcast media:
　Bunka Hoso Internet Radio "Cho!
　DMM pictures" official You Tube channel
A&G+ every Wednesday from 19:30 (from April 10)
Cast: Kana Hanazawa (Playing the role of Hotaru Hinou)

Production Information
TV animation " Hananoi kun to Koi no Sickness

<Broadcast Information
Broadcasting every Thursday from April 4, 2024 at 11:56 p.m. on 28 TBS stations nationwide
＜Start Distribution Information＞
Preliminary distribution will be made on Netflix and ABEMA from April 5 (Fri.) at 0:26 a.m. to April 10 (Wed.) at 0:30 a.m., and on other distribution platforms in sequence

＜Introduction
Hotaru Hinou, a first-year high school student, is blessed with a good family and friends, but she has never been able to find 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 : Chiaki Kobayashi
Hibiki Asami: Yurika Kubo
Shibamura Tsukiha : Sakamoto Maaya
Sohei Yao ： Ryohei Kimura
Keigo Kurata ： Ryota Osaka
Satomi Satomura ： Sayumi Suzushiro
Yukihiro Kuroe ： Kazuyuki Okitsu

＜Opening theme
Sexy Zone "Kimi no sei"
＜Ending theme＞
Miina Okabe "Every Second (Japanese version)

◆Official HP: #
◆Official X: @hananoikun_pr

Original story information
Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness
Written by Moe Morino (Kodansha "KC Dessert")

Serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Dessert".
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(C) Moe Morino, Kodansha / "Hananoi-kun to Koi no Sickness" Production Committee