Anime Spotlight - Haruchika -Haruta & Chika
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Key Staff
- Director: Masakazu Hashimoto
- (TARI TARI )
- Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
- (K-ON!, Girls und Panzer)
- Music: Shiro Hamaguchi
- (Ah! My Goddess, Wish Upon the Pleiades)
Story
Chika Homura (Chika) and Haruta Kamijo (Haruta) are childhood friends that seek to participate in "Fumon Hall", the prestigious national tournament for wind ensembles, in their weak little wind ensemble that is on the verge of termination. Their days are rowdy focusing on practice or being passionate about finding new members, but they also face all sorts of mysteries... Sei Hatsuno's popular adolescence mystery is planned to start airing as a TV anime starting in January 2016 with a gorgeous staff!
Characters
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Haruta Kamijo
VA:Soma Saito First year in high school. Childhood friends with Chika. French horn player with perfect looks and intelligent brains. Works to gain new members for the wind ensemble together with Chika for Mr. Kusakabe's sake. |
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Chika Homura
VA:Sarah Emi Bridcutt First year in high school. Was on the volleyball team in middle school, but started playing the flute once she entered high school in hopes of becoming a prim and proper girl. Practices and works hard to gain new members for the wind ensemble on the brink of extinction for the sake of her idol, Mr. Kusakabe. |
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Shinjiro Kusakabe
VA:Natsuki Hanae Once a hopeful conductor, he is a mysterious 26-year-old that is now a music teacher and the counselor for the wind ensemble. |
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Keisuke Katagiri
VA:Seiichiro Yamashita Second year in high school. Captain of the wind ensemble and trumpet player. |
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Miyoko Narushima
VA:Haruka Chisuga First year in high school. Oboe player who has experience in playing in "Fumon Hall" back in middle school. |
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Maren Sei
VA:Nobunaga Shimazaki First year in high school. Chinese American. Has experience as a sax player, but is a member of the drama club only in name. |
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First year in high school. A clarinet player aiming to become a professional. |
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Kaiyu Hiyama
VA:Nobuhiko Okamoto First year in high school. Childhood friend of Serizawa, and percussionist. Nicknamed Kaiyu. |
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Akari Goto
VA:Yuki Yamada Enters the wind ensemble as a new member after Chika and company advance to their second year. An energetic girl that leads the pack of first-year members. Bass trombone player. |
Cast
- Haruta Kamijo
- Soma Saito
- Chika Homura
- Sarah Emi Bridcutt
- Shinjiro Kusakabe
- Natsuki Hanae
- Keisuke Katagiri
- Seiichiro Yamashita
- Miyoko Narushima
- Haruka Chisuga
- Maren Sei
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Naoko Serizawa
- Asami Seto
- Kaiyu Hiyama
- Nobuhiko Okamoto
- Akari Goto
- Yuki Yamada
Staff
- Original Story
- Sei Hatsuno (Published by Kadokawa Bunko, KADOKAWA)
- Director
- Masakazu Hashimoto
- Series Composition
- Reiko Yoshida
- Original Character Design
- Namaniku ATK (nitroplus)
- Character Design
- Asako Nishida
- Animation Production
- P.A. WORKS
- Chief Animation Director
- Yurie Ōhigashi
- Musical Instrument Animation Director
- Noboru Sugimitsu
- Art Director
- Ayumi Sato
- Color Coordinator
- Katsue Inoue"
- CG Director
- Yohei Hirata
- Director of Photography
- Satoshi Namiki
- Editing
- Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound Director
- Satoki Iida
- Sound Effects
- Katsuhiro Nakano
- Sound Production
- Glovision Inc.
- Music
- Shiro Hamaguchi
- Music Producer
- Terushige Yoshie
- Music Production
- Lantis
- Produced by
- HaruChika Partners
©2016 Sei Hatsuno/PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA/HaruChika Partners
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