{"id":104508,"date":"2024-12-10T10:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=104508"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:33:22","slug":"hidive-adds-flower-and-asura-to-winter-2025-simulcast-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/hidive-adds-flower-and-asura-to-winter-2025-simulcast-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"HIDIVE Adds Flower and Asura to Winter 2025 Simulcast Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HIDIVE has announced the license acquisition of the<\/span> Flower and Asura<\/span><\/i><\/a> TV anime series, which will be part of the streaming service\u2019s Winter 2025 simulcast schedule. The anime is scheduled to <\/span>premiere in Japan<\/span><\/a> on January 7, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The anime series will stream exclusively on HIDIVE in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 A\u2067\u2069T\u2067\u2069,\u200b\u2067\u2069M\u2067\u2069\/\u200b\u2067\u2069S\u2067\u2069,\u200b\u2067\u2069F\u2067\u2069P\u2067\u2069<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ayumu Uwano<\/b> (VSPO new logo animation PV co-director,<\/span> Mushoku Tensei <\/span><\/i>Season 2 TP Correction, Ep 6 storyboards and direction et al.; <\/span>Onimai<\/span><\/i> Episode 7 storyboards and direction) is directing the anime series, with <\/span>Kazuyuki Fudeyasu<\/b> (<\/span>Shangri-la Frontier, Tis Time for Torture Princess<\/span><\/i>) as series screenwriter, <\/span>Ko Aine<\/b> (\u201cNekoKaburi Na\u201d music video, the show\u2019s character designer) as character designer and co-chief animation director, <\/span>Satoshi Shimada<\/b> (<\/span>Mushoku Tensei<\/span><\/i> Season 2 co-animation director) as the other co-chief animation director, and <\/span>Masaru Yokoyama <\/b>(<\/span>Jellyfish Can\u2019t Swim in the Night<\/span><\/i>) as music composer. <\/span>Studio Bind<\/b> is in charge of the animation production.<\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other staff include <\/span>Shinobu Yamaguchi <\/b>(<\/span>Record of Ragnarok<\/span><\/i>) and <\/span>Kanako Shirai<\/b> (<\/span>Gene of Ai<\/span><\/i> co-artboard artist) as art directors, <\/span>Naomi Nakano<\/b> (<\/span>Wistoria: Wand and Sword<\/span><\/i>) as color designer, and <\/span>Kohei Tanada<\/b> (<\/span>Arknights: Perish in Frost<\/span><\/i>) as compositing director.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast stars:<\/span>
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  • \u2022 Minori Fujidera<\/b> as Hana Aoyama<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Miyuri Shimabukuro<\/b> as Mizuki Usurai<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Fuka Izumi<\/b> as An Natsue<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Shoya Chiba<\/b> as Shodai Toka<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Seiichiro Yamashita<\/b> as Matsuyuki Akiyama<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Kiyono Yasuno<\/b> as Royko Totonoi<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Taito Ban<\/b> as Setaro Hakoyama<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Koji Yusa<\/b> as Hiromi Kichijoji<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2022 Yoko Hikasa<\/b> as Shura Saionji<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The anime is based on the manga series written by <\/span>Sound! Euphonium<\/span><\/i> author <\/span>Ayano Takeda<\/b> and illustrated by <\/span>Musshu<\/b>. It was first serialized in Shueisha\u2019s Ultra Jump on June 18, 2021 and has released seven tankobon volumes as of June 2024. An eighth volume will be released on January 17, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    HIDIVE describes the main synopsis of <\/span>Flower and Asura<\/span><\/i> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    On the picturesque island of Tonakijima with a population of only 600, Hana\u2019s favorite pastime is reading literature to the island\u2019s children. Her narration skills are second to none, and Mizuki, the president of the school\u2019s broadcasting club immediately recognizes Hana\u2019s ability to engage with others and draw them into her recitations. Invited by Mizuki to join the club, Hana embarks on a journey to discover her true love of reading \u2014 and maybe even change the course of her life along the way.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Source<\/b>: press release\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    HIDIVE has announced the license acquisition of the Flowers and Asura TV anime series, which will be part of the streaming service\u2019s Winter 2025 simulcast schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":104512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,10462,418,1638,2645],"class_list":["post-104508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-flower-and-asura","tag-hidive","tag-shueisha","tag-studio-bind"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/FlowerandAsura_KeyArt_ENG_2000x3000-1-scaled-e1733855543415.jpg?fit=1706%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-rbC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104513,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104508\/revisions\/104513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}