NIS America Acquires Hanasaku Iroha Movie

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 4, 2013

NIS AMERICA ANNOUNCES BRAND-NEW ANIME MOVIE

HANASAKU IROHA HOME SWEET HOME (WORKING TITLE) AT ANIME EXPO!

Anime Expo, CA (July 4, 2013) – NIS America is extremely happy to announce the acquisition of the anime movie

Hanasaku Iroha Home Sweet Home (working title) for a North American release. Ohana returns in a feature-length film with the rest of the Kissuiso staff to continue to learn more about each one of the characters in the series – including the backstory surrounding Ohana’s mother.

Release information and more will be made available at a future date. Stay tuned for more information at NISAmerica.com!

Hanasaku Iroha Home Sweet Home (working title)

About the movie:

Ohana was living a normal high school life in Tokyo until her mother ran off and sent her to live with her grandmother, who owns a rural hot spring inn called Kissuiso. Thrust into a life where the customers always come first, Ohana struggles to find her place at the inn and fit in with her fellow coworkers. Yesterday, Ohana was an ordinary high school student. Today, she’s an attendant at a hot spring inn. As the days go by, she continues to grow her relationship not only with her fellow peers, but also with her estranged grandmother.

Ohana also has an unexpected visitor sent to train at Kissuiso – none other than Yuina, the heiress of the rivaling inn Fukuya. Even with this mischievous guest, Ohana still tries to maintain her cool. During this teamup, together they find something very interesting in the inn’s storage…

Cast

Kanae Ito as Ohana Matsumae (Haganai, A Certain Scientific Railgun)

Chiaki Omigawa as Minko Tsurugi (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, Hidamari Sketch)

Aki Toyosaki as Nako Oshimizu (K-ON!, Zakuro)

Haruka Tomatsu as Yuina Wakura (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Katanagatari)

Mamiko Noto as Tomoe Wajima (kimi ni todoke, Hell Girl, Clannad, Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up)

Produced by

Animation: P.A. Works (Angel Beats!, Another)

Director: Masahiro Ando (CANAAN, Blast of Tempest)

Series Composition: Mari Okada (Toradora!, anohana, Black Rock Shooter)

About NIS America

For more information, visit NISAmerica.com

In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to bring exciting, one-of-a-kind Japanese culture to North America. NIS America’s team members devote themselves to the fans. Their respect for their fans is at the heart of everything they do. As an established entertainment publisher in the U.S., NIS America is committed to continuous growth and improvement.

NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs wit h titles such as Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom. NIS America has also become a publisher of Japanese anime titles, such as Toradora!, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and bunny drop.

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