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Sep 17, 2020 8:06 AM
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This year's October issue of GFantasy announced a television anime adaptation of HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara's Horimiya manga on Wednesday. Aniplex simultaneously opened an official website, revealing the main staff, cast, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series will begin airing in January 2021.

Staff
Director: Masashi Ishihama (Persona 5 the Animation, Shinsekai yori)
Series Composition, Script: Takao Yoshioka (Working'!!, Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet)
Character Design: Haruko Iizuka (Inu x Boku SS, Little Busters!)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (TV), Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
Studio: CloverWorks (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai, Sora no Aosa wo Shiru Hito yo)

Haruka Tomatsu (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun) and Kouki Uchiyama (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.) are starring as the lead characters Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura, respectively.

Synopsis
Although admired at school for her amiability and academic prowess, high school student Kyouko Hori has been hiding another side of her. With her parents often away from home due to work, Hori has to look after her younger brother and do the housework, leaving no chance to socialize away from school.

Meanwhile, Izumi Miyamura is seen as a brooding, glasses-wearing otaku. However, in reality, he is a gentle person inept at studying. Furthermore, he has nine piercings hidden behind his long hair and a tattoo along his back and left shoulder.

By sheer chance, Hori and Miyamura cross paths outside of school—neither looking as the other expects. These seemingly polar opposites become friends, sharing with each other a side they have never shown to anyone else. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hagiwara began drawing Horimiya based on HERO's original 4-koma romantic comedy manga in GFantasy in October 2011, retelling the original story in standard manga format with an updated art style. Square Enix published the 15th volume on Wednesday. Yen Press licensed the manga in English in March 2015 and shipped the 14th volume on July 21. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages, including Spanish, Polish, and Indonesian. Horimiya has a cumulative 5.7 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

HERO launched the original manga on her official website Dokkai Ahen in February 2007. Square Enix acquired the series for official release the following year and published the tenth and final volume in December 2011. HERO subsequently continued the manga with side stories and irregularly posts them on the website. Square Enix compiles the chapters for physical publication through its Gangan Comics Online imprint and released the 14th volume on Wednesday.

Hoods Entertainment adapted the original manga into two original video anime episodes in September 2012 and March 2014. The third episode was produced in March 2015 by independent studio Marone, established by the anime's general producer Tarou Yamada. The fourth and latest episode by Gonzo was released in December 2018.

Official site: https://horimiya-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @horimiya_anime

Source: PR Times

Horimiya on MAL
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Sep 17, 2020 8:07 AM
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At last! A cute, nice, fluffy romance. I was waiting for ages for it to get adapted. So happy ^_^
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Sep 17, 2020 8:12 AM
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Yes, YES, YEESSSSS!!!!!

Official word is finally out! Super duper happy, quite clearly as such.

Manga has fallen into the filler-ish zone but the first 50 chapters or so were absolutely top-notch and here's to hoping the Staff and Cast can pull it off. Admittedly not the finest Staff but I've faith in them.

Edit: Pardon my little out-of-character display at the start above. I'm just really excited for this!

People often ask in discussions which anime deserves a full-fledged cour or two episodes of an adaption, and I can guarantee that Horimiya has come each and every time sealing one of the top 3 spots or so. That's how good the first 50 or so chapters were! Of course, I'll try to keep my expectations in check and consider this not necessarily the same entry but you bet I'll be critical if this fails xD.

Anyway, Winter 2021 just got so much with this! Bloody looking forward to the PV that's about to drop on Monday! If only it was up on NicoNico or YT instead of Abema -_- But well, I'll be surfing around twitter for the most bit so hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the announcements and such.

Source of the PV date: https://twitter.com/horimiya_anime/status/1306609531586109440
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Sep 17, 2020 8:13 AM
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This seems like a reverse harem or some shit. Regardless, not much excited.
Sep 17, 2020 8:14 AM
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Damm, only took them 9 years to come with this announcement.
That manga finally got an adaptation after 10 years!

Weird it took this long to something that was really popular and well criticized.
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Sep 17, 2020 8:21 AM
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A-1 Pict-- I mean, Cloverworks eh? I do not mind at all. The studio always excels at romance anime so I have 100% faith that this adaptation will turn out good xD

Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen this manga before. Although, I only read it for a few chapters since I don't read mangas anymore.

wape said:
This seems like a reverse harem or some shit. Regardless, not much excited.
Reverse harem? How'd you even come to that conclusion? It's literally just one guy and one girl on the cover. I don't see one girl and 4 guys.......


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Sep 17, 2020 8:26 AM
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Finally! Great news. I planned to read this manga few years ago. I must read it. This adaptation would be successful IMO.

Edit: I began reading the manga. It's really good so far :D
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Sep 17, 2020 8:40 AM
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Hell Yeah, I fucking love this.
Sep 17, 2020 8:43 AM
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about damn time..
Sep 17, 2020 8:44 AM

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YESS DUDE YESS LETS FUCKING GOOOOO WOOOOOOO IM FUCKING CRYING RN AAAAAAAAAAAA
Sep 17, 2020 8:45 AM

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I was re reading this cute romcom day before yesterday and when I woke up voila anime news started leaking out.... I was sooo happy and today it is confirmed... My favourite couple hori and miyamura getting an anime is the best... I was tired of harem shit now a days 😪
Sep 17, 2020 8:49 AM
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You know I'm pretty surprised it took this long before Horimiya got an anime considering how popular it's been for ages now
Sep 17, 2020 8:49 AM

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I scared my dog by screaming OH SHIT when I saw this announcement.
FUCK yes.
Sep 17, 2020 8:53 AM

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I've been waiting this for so long !!!! OMGGGG...
been following this since the first version into OVA then Horimiya version... really glad finall this got adapted :DDDD


YEahhh. Let's GOOO
Sep 17, 2020 8:58 AM

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Hell even I can't wait for this one.
Sep 17, 2020 9:00 AM

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About time this got an anime, this has been a long wait.
Sep 17, 2020 9:05 AM

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I was thinking of picking up this manga, but now I'll wait for the anime first.
Sep 17, 2020 9:10 AM

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Yeahh, new anime that I'll definitely watch. XD

CoffEE_JeLLi95 said:
I was tired of harem shit now a days 😪
This. I'm 100% agree with you!!
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Sep 17, 2020 9:28 AM

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Finally,i was waiting for this one for long time
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*sigh* time to speed read now.
Sep 17, 2020 9:57 AM
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The most popular romance manga in this site is finally getting an adaptation!!! Only ten years everybody!
Sep 17, 2020 10:02 AM

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'My biggest gripe is with Hori -- she used to be a great character. Responsible, kind, friendly, caring -- and she turns into this abusive sadistic jealous-nightmare tsundere'

this is why i read reviews before watching any romance anime/manga lol

eh ... not the kind of romance i can enjoy
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Sep 17, 2020 10:33 AM

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I've been waiting for a TV adaptation of this manga for so long!
Sep 17, 2020 11:03 AM
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Its all good jm seriously tired of boring romcom getting chosen over this but that doesnt matter anymore
Sep 17, 2020 11:38 AM

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Will be eagerly waiting for this :^)
Sep 17, 2020 11:51 AM

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Finally😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 the time has come. I have high hopes for this. They better not destroy my hopes plz plz plz ........
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how I've wished for this day to come... it's been 84 years
Sep 17, 2020 1:10 PM
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I never thought this would happen.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Now I can only hope for a Takane and Hana adaption(I know the manga's end[ing/ed], but stranger things have happened)
Sep 17, 2020 1:14 PM
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tragedydesu said:
'My biggest gripe is with Hori -- she used to be a great character. Responsible, kind, friendly, caring -- and she turns into this abusive sadistic jealous-nightmare tsundere'

this is why i read reviews before watching any romance anime/manga lol

eh ... not the kind of romance i can enjoy
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Are you sure they didn't misinterpret the text, I think it would be best to give it a shot and see for yourself rather than checking MAL reviews, or reviews in general
Sep 17, 2020 1:24 PM

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this will finally be a thing :v
Sep 17, 2020 1:30 PM
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I've been waiting since 2015 (my first time reading the manga) now my wish come true !!
Sep 17, 2020 1:52 PM

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Finally. Been waiting a long time for this. Although the manga isn't as good as it used to be, the anime will definitely adapt the beginning good chapters of the manga which is hype. I can't wait :)

Sep 17, 2020 1:53 PM

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Still can't believe this is real!

Horimiya (chapter 1-63) is peak fluff SoL and nothing comes to close

Ok things do come close but this is S tier anyways
Sep 17, 2020 1:59 PM

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oh? That's a surprise.


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wape said:
This seems like a reverse harem or some shit. Regardless, not much excited.


It definitely isn’t a reverse harem. Read the description before shit posting
Sep 17, 2020 2:16 PM

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oh finally, i hope it's not where they adapt 1 cour then abandon it for the rest of their life..
Sep 17, 2020 2:28 PM

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I have read the manga long enough to tell you I am not looking forward to this and probably not watching.

Well if you haven't read it I guess the adaption is going to use the good chapters before it turns bad so I think is fine.
I like to post in manga forum when I feel it is worth it, so people will think. "Shit, is her again" or something.

People asked me where I read certain thing but the rules say no telling where did you read so maybe I am too boring for not saying? Or salty because you didn't check my profile that says don't ask because I hate people to ghost me after that. I love learning languages so maybe I did not read the manga in English.
Sep 17, 2020 3:07 PM

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MY FAVORITE MANGA?/// bEING ADAPTED FINALLY?// T___T I'm so excited!!
Sep 17, 2020 3:51 PM

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About TIME!

Gosh there is some light to this terrible year of 2020 (even if this isn't getting released until 2021)
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Sep 17, 2020 4:27 PM

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This manga is very beautiful, I was happy to know about the adaptation and also the fact that the production team is perfect.
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Sep 17, 2020 5:14 PM

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OMG my favorite manga is getting an anime!!!!!!
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NG_Chloe said:
tragedydesu said:
'My biggest gripe is with Hori -- she used to be a great character. Responsible, kind, friendly, caring -- and she turns into this abusive sadistic jealous-nightmare tsundere'

this is why i read reviews before watching any romance anime/manga lol

eh ... not the kind of romance i can enjoy
skip


Are you sure they didn't misinterpret the text, I think it would be best to give it a shot and see for yourself rather than checking MAL reviews, or reviews in general


honestly reviewers nowadays are just unreliable angry negative nihilists i hardly even read them anymore
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tragedydesu said:
'My biggest gripe is with Hori -- she used to be a great character. Responsible, kind, friendly, caring -- and she turns into this abusive sadistic jealous-nightmare tsundere'

this is why i read reviews before watching any romance anime/manga lol

eh ... not the kind of romance i can enjoy
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She never becomes anything like that. It was just acting and shit she was just playing around. It wasn't anything serious like a complete character revamp. Also basing what you'll watch on MAL reviews won't really help much because a lot of people are either just hating on the show or failed to understand shit about the show. There are only sometimes where a show is actually reviewed critically with fairness and no forced bias.
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I have read the manga long enough to tell you I am not looking forward to this and probably not watching.

Well if you haven't read it I guess the adaption is going to use the good chapters before it turns bad so I think is fine.
Yeah I really feel like the anime should end on the winter scene because after that it became decent/good from really good but I kinda still like the manga although they could've gone a different way about it.
Sep 17, 2020 7:23 PM

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OMG................................................................................................................
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was hoping that matsuoka yoshitsugu would voice miyamura again but nevertheless!!!! the manga is amazing i really hope it lives up to it







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Sep 17, 2020 8:48 PM

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never heard about this before today but OMG, it looks so cute ;-;
Sep 17, 2020 9:11 PM
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Fantastic! And Cloverworks yet! This is one of my favorite mangas and love the humor. Hori-san will be best girl in 2021!
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YES FINNALY GOD IM SO HAPPY!!
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