New 'Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun' Anime Project Announced

by Vindstot
Dec 22, 2022 12:59 AM | 29 Comments

The official website of the Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun) television anime announced on Thursday that the anime series will "restart," revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and announcement promo. Voice actresses Megumi Ogata and Akari Kitou are reprising their roles as Hanako-kun and Nene Yashiro, respectively.

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun adapts Iro Aida's supernatural comedy manga, which began in GFantasy in June 2014. Square Enix released the 18th volume on August 26. The manga has a cumulative 8 million copies of its volumes in print.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in July 2017 and published the 16th volume on October 4. The 17th volume is planned for a February 21 release. Square Enix also digitally publishes the manga in English through Manga UP!

Synopsis
Rumors of the supernatural overrun Kamome Academy, namely the "Seven Mysteries." One of these mysteries is the legend of Hanako-san, the ghost of a young girl residing in the girl's bathroom on the third floor of the old school building, who is said to grant any wish her summoner desires. First-year high school student Nene Yashiro daringly summons Hanako-san in desperate need of love, but the Hanako that appears before her is a boy!

After Hanako-kun claims that he has no magical items of use, Nene tries various ways to get noticed by her crush. With her desperation reaching its peak, she gets into trouble after consuming a mermaid scale, which turns her into a fish. Hanako-kun rescues her, binding their fates together in the process; in return for this aid, Nene must become his assistant. Now entangled in the supernatural realm, Nene soon discovers that there's much more to the school's Seven Mysteries than basic rumors. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement

Official site: https://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hanakokun/
Official Twitter: @hanakokun_info

Source: Anime! Anime!

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (Anime Shin Project) on MAL

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To think this was just announced just a few days after I decided to give this place a break for the winter. No idea I was sitting on the best news I've heard all year. Well, last year.

Very good, though, I've been hoping this series would return since the second it closed up.

Jan 3, 2023 3:22 AM by O_T_T

Hoping it's faithful to the manga, if it's a reboot. And if a season 2 let's pray they first cover skipped material.

Dec 23, 2022 7:22 PM by Barry_Allen_14

I haven't even started the short anime adaptation from 2 years ago at all... but as a big fan of the little I've read so far, I cannot help but smile through the goofiest agape mouth face I've made in a long while. I'm really trying to resist the urge to rejoice in really loud and relieved laughter considering it's like 1 am here lol, but this really is great news!! I'm especially excited to hear Megumi Ogata again, it just feels like I hardly hear about her being cast in newer anime anymore and her older performances that I've heard so far have all been really enjoyable. Maybe whatever this new project is going to be will get me into watching seasonals again... either way I really ought to continue reading Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun again or at least start volume 0 soon :'D

Dec 22, 2022 10:21 PM by Fario-P

Sigmar-Unberogen said:
That's crazy! Season 1 was pretty good. Why would it get a restart/remake???

It needs a restart/remake because the original skipped important plot points. If the studio wants to work on a complete adaptation in the future, those plot points must be in the reboot.

Dec 22, 2022 6:18 PM by marquinti2

Have been reading the manga from Chapter 1 since the 12-episode 2020 anime ended 2 years ago. And as a manga fan, I have been wishing for a full adaptation of the series. And I am so blessed to have received the news. I am astounded by the incredible and brilliant writing of the creators (yes, there are two creators: one who draws the art and one who writes the story). When I finally reached midway through the series, I was saddened that it would not get a proper anime adaptation. But lo and behold, what a Christmas present this is from whatever studio is planning to adapt this! Thank you Square Enix and the other producers and the anime committee going to adapt the manga again. I am just praying for a full or complete adaptation. I can wait for many years. So, I don't mind watching a 1-cour or a 2-cour season or a split season of the Hanako-kun remake/reboot next year or in the next two years!

Dec 22, 2022 6:03 PM by marquinti2

kiizato said:
Definitely didn't see this coming. I can only hope that The Promised Neverland receives the same treatment...

no literally. that was my first thought when i saw this

Dec 22, 2022 3:54 PM by subahokke

ah here we go again with jshk

Dec 22, 2022 3:53 PM by subahokke

That's crazy! Season 1 was pretty good. Why would it get a restart/remake???

Dec 22, 2022 1:07 PM by Sigmar-Unberogen

I don't know why are you all interpreting that this will be a reboot, they can adapt previous arcs without rebooting the show.

Dec 22, 2022 12:42 PM by JuliSun_Moon

Restart? So remake? Of an anime from like 2.5 years ago? What? Anyway not that I care, didn't like the anime much.

Dec 22, 2022 12:25 PM by MegamiRem

Definitely didn't see this coming. I can only hope that The Promised Neverland receives the same treatment...

Dec 22, 2022 12:15 PM by kiizato

Okay, I can see from the comments why a "restart" would make sense, but I'm still questioning if it even needs to happen. Couldn't they have just squeezed the stuff into a second season or make some OVAs to cover what was skipped instead? Is this the same animation company? Why would you dedicate so much time to a first season, only to scrap that and start over again a few years later? It's just weird to me, but I'm glad that Megumi Ogata is returning to do the role of Hanako. Although if she hadn't, then Ayumu Murase would've been another good casting choice.

Dec 22, 2022 10:47 AM by bucciest

I didn't expected this at all. I really love the manga, and I hope this won't ruin this project forever.

Dec 22, 2022 10:10 AM by Purple_Owl

Seems a few people are just as confused as I am. Is there anyone here who can read Japanese who knows what the word used in the official announcement means? Lol
Since "restart" CAN be a synonym for "resume", I'm gonna hope that this is a continuation rather than a readaptation because I thought the first Hanako-kun anime ended on a very "just read the manga" note, and I was really hoping there'd be a sequel to amend that

Surely it's too early to reboot the anime? Did the manga recently finish, or something, and they're giving it the FMAB treatment? XD

Dec 22, 2022 9:36 AM by Kogasa-Tatara

I was not expecting this I’m so excited!! A restart is probably the best choice considering an important part was skipped in the previous adaptation

Dec 22, 2022 9:22 AM by izlah

I'll take a remake if it means adapting the Clock Keepers arc and Young Exorcist chapters. Let's hope that also means season 2 in the future.

Dec 22, 2022 5:22 AM by Phoosu-kun

Restart in what sense lol?? Just name it season 2 already.

Dec 22, 2022 5:05 AM by Softhenic03

tragedydesu said:
more Hanako x Yashiro is always welcome <3

[font="\"Segoe UI\", \"San Francisco\", Ubuntu, \"Fira Sans\", Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]You upset the twitter girls who think Nene is bisexual or that this is a gay show[/font]

[font="\"Segoe UI\", \"San Francisco\", Ubuntu, \"Fira Sans\", Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]Reboot? Lol, the first anime came out just two years ago. [/font]

Dec 22, 2022 3:26 AM by RobertBobert

OMG I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS AT ALL AAAAHHH I'm so excited!! Looking forward to seeing Hanako, Yashiro, Kou and Mitsuba together again <3

Dec 22, 2022 3:08 AM by hanakocheeks

I'm assuming that this is going to be a reboot, and I'm really excited for it! While the original adaptation is really good already, there are aspects that could be improved, not to mention some arcs that were skipped and/or switched around. This means that we're getting more of the story, and if the new anime is successful, we will probably get a season two. So yay! Can't wait to see everyone again.
Looking forward to animation improvements, the teaser visual is already looking more detailed (the eyes-)

Edit: there's a clock on the top left corner of the official site, so I'm guessing we're at least getting the Clockkeepers arc

Dec 22, 2022 3:01 AM by Lizardstep

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