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Hirō Nakamichi’s “Hōkago Saikoro Club” Manga Gets Anime TV Series

Written By Samantha Ferreira

It’s time to bust out the board games for an all-new club meeting.

The latest volume of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine (October 2017) announced that Hirō Nakamichi’s Hōkago Saikoro Club manga will get an anime TV series. As of press time, no further details have been announced.

The announcement was made on the book’s cover, which you can check out below.

Hokago Saikoro Club Manga Volume 1 CoverHirō Nakamichi’s Hōkago Saikoro Club manga launched in the pages of Monthly Shonen Sunday in March 2013. The series currently spans twelve collected volumes, with the latest hitting stores on August 9.

MyAnimeList describes the title as:

A story about girls playing board games after school!

Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who’s just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together.

These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!

Source: Ryokutya

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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