'Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku' Unveils Additional Cast, Staff, First Promo for Winter 2025

by Vindstot
Sep 11, 2024 3:02 AM | 9 Comments

The official website of the Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku (Flower and Asura) television anime revealed additional cast, staff, a key visual (pictured), and the first promotional video on Wednesday. The anime series adapting Ayano Takeda and Musshu's school drama manga will begin airing on NTV and BS NTV in January 2025, among other stations.

Cast
An Natsue: Fuuka Izumi (Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan)
Shuudai Touga: Shouya Chiba (Banana Fish)
Matsuyuki Akiyama: Seiichirou Yamashita (Horimiya)
Ryouko Totonoi: Kiyono Yasuno (Black Clover)
Setarou Hakoyama: Taito Ban (Given)

Voice actresses Minori Fujidera (Waccha PriMagi!) and Miyuri Shimabukuro (Carole & Tuesday) are starring as Hana Haruyama and Mizuki Usurai, respectively.

Staff
Chief Animation Director: Hikari Komine (Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai), Satoshi Shimada (Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu animation director)
Art Director: Shinobu Yamaguchi (Shuumatsu no Walkure), Kanako Shirai (Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers background art)
Color Design: Naomi Nakano (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria)
Prop Design: Seiji Handa (Spy x Family)
Director of Photography: Kouhei Tanada (Arknights: Reimei Zensou)
Editing: Akari Saitou (Yojouhan Time Machine Blues)
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano (Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Mashle)

Ayumu Uwano (Majo no Tabitabi episode director) is helming the anime at Studio Bind. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Shangri-La Frontier) is in charge of the series composition. Hikari Komine is designing the characters.

Takeda (Hibike! Euphonium) and Musshu began serializing the school drama manga in Ultra Jump magazine in June 2021. Shueisha published the seventh volume on June 19.

PV

Source: Press Release

9 Comments Recent Comments

@GrumbleDango Without spoiling the plot or presenting my personal feelings as fact, I would say that first of all, what you will find here is Takeda Ayano’s favorite theme of female teenage bonds. I don’t know how the anime will promoted this as a whole through opening/ending themes and direction, keeping in mind Akebi’s adaptation, but how you read or perceive it is up to you. I hope they go further than the current volumes, as the chapters seem quite concise.

Sep 12, 2024 5:30 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert
Yeah I understand it's different people working on it but Studio Bind is no stranger to fanservice with Onimai and Mushoku Tensei. And there may be an expectation for anime adaptations of this author's work to be similar to past ones. Depends on the direction Bind chooses to go with I guess. That PV was giving a certain kind of yuri vibe though imo, could be wrong though.

Sep 12, 2024 5:18 PM by GrumbleDango

@GrumbleDango Depends on what you call "subtly suggestet themes". If it's fanservice homoeroticism, then Takeda Ayano has a very indirect connection to this, because much of it found its way into Hibike through Naoko Yamada's specific directorial style and KyoAni's decision to turn the franchise with initially targeted female demographic into a smorgasbord of all-female bishoujo moe. This is a completely different work that will be adapted by another studio without regard to KyoAni, so you can hardly count on the similar vibes or style.

Sep 12, 2024 3:34 AM by RobertBobert

I'm just thinking, since it's the author of Hibike Euphonium, there might be similar subtly suggested themes.

Sep 11, 2024 7:06 PM by GrumbleDango

@Fluffygreygrass

But okay, if you insist, I'll hide it under the cut just in case.

Sep 11, 2024 5:27 PM by RobertBobert

@GrumbleDango xd

Why hoping for yuri bait?

@RobertBobert How many chapters was it? your posts makes me feel like I got spoiled by a manga reader

Sep 11, 2024 5:19 PM by Fluffygreygrass

@GrumbleDango

Sep 11, 2024 2:17 PM by RobertBobert

Wow it looks gorgeous! Really looking forward to this. Hoping for some good yuri bait.

Sep 11, 2024 12:15 PM by GrumbleDango

For Takeda Ayano's latest work about female friendship, it's refreshing that not only are people not arguing about ships, but as far as I've noticed, they're even hoping that it won't involve any romance at all. But I don't know how the anime will affect this.

Sep 11, 2024 5:40 AM by RobertBobert