Get your rackets and shuttlecocks, and get ready to hit the courts!
Earlier today, an official website launched to announce that Kosuke Hamada’s Hanebado! (The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki!) will receive an anime TV series. The first cast and crew, as well a key visual and trailer were released for the project.
We break the details down below.
Trailer
The 45-second promo cuts between high-action shots of various characters who fire off shots on the court.
Key Visual
The teaser visual features lead characters Ayano Hanesaki and Nagisa Aragaki in dueling action shots.
Staff
Shinpei Ezaki (Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas, Monster Strike The Movie) was tapped to direct the project at Liden Films, with Satoshi Kimura (Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor, Terraformars) providing character designs. Taku Kishimoto (Bunny Drop, Haikyu!!) is in charge of series composition.
Other key staffers include:
- Music: Tatsuya Katō
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Cast
The series will star the following:
- Ayano Hanesaki: Hitomi Ohwada
- Nagisa Aragaki: Miyuri Shimabukuro
Hanebado! will hit Japanese TV in the Summer broadcast season.
Hanebado! launched in the pages of Kodansha’s good! Afternoon magazine in 2013. The ongoing title currently spans eleven compiled volumes, with the most recent hitting retailers in October 2017. A side story novel by Yūichi Mochizuki (with illstrations by Hamada) will be released under Kodansha’s main imprint on June 29.
Manga resource Baka-Updates describes the title as:
Tachibana Kentarou is a high-school badminton coach who has a lot more enthusiasm than some of the members of his very small team. One day, he meets the quiet-voiced student Hanesaki Ayano, who is effortlessly physically capable and experienced in badminton. He tries to recruit her, but she seems to have no interest in the sport at all. Due to a series of circumstances, she eventually ends up joining the team. Coach Tachibana is determined that with her on board, they’ll be champions!
Source: Comic Natalie
