The Toilet Bound Hanako-kun spin-off After-school Hanako-kun is getting a short anime adaptation that will premiere on October 12 in Japan. The announcement was followed by the reveal of a key visual, a short trailer, the voice casts, and a list of production staff on board.
The first installment of the new anime project will be a 10-minute short anime series set to air over four weeks. Crunchyroll will be streaming the series earlier on October 10 before the Japanese premiere! Based on the manga of Iro Aida under the same name, the spinoff anime depicts short stories about the daily lives of the characters outside of the main storyline.
The series is directed by Masaki Kitamura with Lerche and Studio Hibari handling production. Kazuma Nagatomo is overseeing the series scripts, and Hiroshi Takaki is returning from the original anime run as the music composer for the new spin-off.
▍About Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun
Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun is an ongoing Japanese Manga series about the supernatural and the famous high-school rumors of “seven wonders”. The series features the titular Hanako-Kun, an urban legend of a spirit that’s said to haunt Japanese school toilets.
To summon him, one must enter the girl’s bathroom, knock three times, and ask if “Hanako-Kun is there.” In the anime series, Yashiro Nene gets what she bargained for when she summons the spirit, only to realize he’s nothing like the urban legend. The two become fast friends, and Hanako helps her destroy spirits and fix the deteriorating rumors going on about spirits, all in the name of bringing equilibrium back to the spirit and human world.
Aida launched the spin-off manga After-School Boy Hanako-Kun in Pixiv Comic in February 2018 and ended it with the 25th chapter in October 2021. Square Enix published one compiled book volume for the manga in August 2019. Yen Press published the volume in English in April 2021.
▍After-School Boy Hanako-Kun Anime Production & Staff
Original Work: Iro Aida (serialized on PFantapy by Square Enix)
Director: Masaki Kitamura
Series Composition: Kazuma Nagatomo
Chief Animation Director/Character Designer: Aya Higami
Photography Director: Mizuho Shimada
Color Design: Saki Tada
Editing: Kazuo Kajikawa
Animation Producer: Ryō Nishimura
Music Composer: Hiroshi Takaki
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Recording Engineer: Tatsuhiro Amano
Recording Studio: studio tronc
Sound Production: HALF H・P STUDIO
Animation Producer: Ryō Nishimura
Animation Production: Lerche (Studio Hibari)
▍After-School Boy Hanako-Kun Anime Cast
■ Hanako-Kun – CV: Megumi Ogata
■ Nene Yashiro – CV: Akari Kito
■ Kou Minamoto – CV: Shoya Chiba
■ Teru Minamoto – CV: Yuma Uchida
■ Aoi Akane – CV: Minako Sato
■ Akane Aoi – CV: Toki Shunichi
■ Sakura Nanamine – CV: Chika Anzai
■ Natsuhiko Hyūga – CV: Takahiro Mizushima
■ Tsukasa – CV: Megumi Ogata
■ Mitsuba – CV: Daiki Kobayashi
■ Tsuchigomori – CV: Kenjiro Tsuda
■ Yako – CV: Yukana
■ Mokke A – CV: Yuri Yoshida
■ Mokke B – CV: Chitose Morinaga
■ Mokke C – CV: Mai Kanazawa