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Hanamaru Kindergarten
Cover of the first volume of Hanamaru Kindergarten as published by Square Enix
はなまる幼稚園
(Hanamaru Yōchien)
GenreSitcom, Comedy
Manga
Written byYuto
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineYoung Gangan
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 25, 2007 – present
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed bySeiji Mizushima
Written byYuichiro Oguro
Music bySatoshi Motoyama
StudioGainax
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run January 10, 2010 – March 28, 2010
Episodes12

Hanamaru Kindergarten (はなまる幼稚園, Hanamaru Yōchien) is a Japanese situation comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yuto and published by Square Enix. It is mainly about a kindergarten girl who is in love with her teacher and tries to win his affection but always fails. It has been adapted into an anime television series produced by Gainax and began airing in Japan on January 10, 2010 on TV Tokyo.[1]

Plot

Anzu goes to a preschool with her friends, the shy Koume and the eccentric Hiiragi. Together they try to attract attention from their caretaker Tsuchida. However, he is clearly more interested in the pretty Yamamoto who supervises the class next door.

Characters

Teachers

Naozumi Tsuchida (土田 直純, Tsuchida Naozumi)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino[2]

The only male teacher at Hanamaru Kindergarten, who started teaching in the school after graduation. At first, he was seen as unreliable, but as time passes by, he gets the hang of being a teacher. He is liked by Anzu, but he does not return his affection back to her. He has a crush on Nanako Yamamoto, his colleague. Sakura called him Tsutchi when they were classmates (and still does), so Anzu does as well. He is a game otaku and plays until late at night, often resulting in him being late for work at the kindergarten. He teaches first-year Sakura Class.
Nanako Yamamoto (山本 菜々子, Yamamoto Nanako)

Voiced by: Erino Hazuki[2]

One of the female teachers at Hanamaru Kindergarten. Even though Tsuchida likes her, she is a little too airheaded to understand it; she regards herself as a woman who is not that attractive. She teaches first-year Peach Class. She appears to be good at sewing, as she has fixed Tsuchida's apron and Koume's stuffed panda-cat doll's ear.
Kusano (草野, Kusano)

Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara[2]

One of the female teachers at Hanamaru Kindergarten who likes sports. She enjoys watching what Tsuchida does to get Yamamoto's attention. She teaches second-year Sunflower Class.
Kawashiro (川代, Kawashiro)

Voiced by: Naomi Wakabayashi[2]

One of the female teachers at Hanamaru Kindergarten. Appears slightly geeky. She teaches second-year Tulip Class. In the anime, she lent Anzu a sweater for her "date" with Tsuchida. She is described as lacking composure.
Kakogawa (水主川, Kakogawa)

Voiced by: Arisa Ogasawara

One of the female teachers at Hanamaru Kindergarten. She only appears in the anime. Has short brown hair. She is described as being mature.
Nishikaze (西風, Nishikaze)

Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu

One of the female teachers at Hanamaru Kindergarten. She only appears in the anime. She has long black hair that goes to her waist and is described as being laid back. She has a sleepy look on her face.

Kindergarten students

Anzu (杏, Anzu)

Voiced by: Kei Shindō[2]

A girl in Tsuchida's class. She has a crush on Tsuchida to a point where she wants to marry him, but fails to get his affectionate attention. She is also a friend of Koume and Hiiragi. She is known to do unsafe actions that usually cause many adults to worry. She has a wild strand of blond hair that sticks up.
Koume (小梅, Koume)

Voiced by: MAKO[2]

A girl in Tsuchida's class. She quickly became friends with Anzu and Hiiragi upon the start of the semester. She is very shy and sensitive. She has an older brother who gave a red ribbon she holds very dear to her heart.
Hiiragi (柊, Hiiragi)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki[2]

A girl in Tsuchida's class. She quickly became friends with Anzu and Koume upon the start of the semester. She is very gifted in knowledge but is easily embarrassed. Her dad works at a scientific lab. She wears random costumes in certain episodes. Her mouth isn't shown, even when she talks.
Yū Kobayakawa (小早川 優, Kobayakawa Yū)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi

A boy who helps Koume when she fell down; Koume starts to like him. He's in second-year Sunflower Class. In the anime when they come back from summer break, he gives her a stuffed koala doll. In the manga he seems to have a crush on Yamamoto-sensei but this has yet to be addressed in the anime.
Kenji (けんじ, Kenji)

Voiced by: Manami Nakamura

A boy from second-year Sunflower Class who first challenged Hiiragi to see who was smarter, then was impressed with her and decided to be her student. He even calls her "master".
Hinagiku (雛菊, Hinagiku)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise[2]

A girl from second-year Sunflower Class who Tsuchida helped before she transferred to Hanamaru Kindergarten. Suprisingly very mature considering her age, she turned out to be the daughter of the head of a Yakuza clan. Hinagiku fell in love with Tsuchida, and transferred to Hanamaru Kindergarten. Anzu considers her as a rival.
Aoi (葵, Aoi)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi

A girl in Tsuchida's class. Her parents are fishmongers, and she likes to help them working.

Others

Sakura (桜, Sakura)

Voiced by: Yōko Honna[2]

Anzu's mother and Tsuchida's high school classmate. She encourages Anzu to marry Tsuchida, reflecting that of her own marriage to her Art teacher. She got married and pregnant while in high school, she never graduated because she dropped out to be with her husband when he got a job teaching at an American university. She has a wild strand of blond hair that sticks up, which Anzu seems to have inherited. Despite no longer being students, Tsuchida still calls her Senpai.
Satsuki Tsuchida (土田 さつき, Tsuchida Satsuki)

Voiced by: Shion Hirota[2]

Tsuchida's younger sister. She visits the kindergarten to see how Tsuchida has been doing ever since he left home. She seems to care very much for her brother's well-being, and apparently has a brother complex. She is often very eager to receive any sort of acknowledgment from Tsuchida and has a tendency to get jealous whenever Tsuchida gets close to Yamamoto.
Mayumi Yamamoto (山本 真弓, Yamamoto Mayumi)

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō[2]

Yamamoto's younger sister. She is rather mischievous at times when it comes to her sister, but the two are very close. She knows that her sister is very airheaded when it comes to matters of love. She is also aware that Tsuchida has a crush on her sister, and sympathises with him, knowing that he'll have a hard time trying to get through to her. Ironically, she is airheaded as well when it comes to people's affections aimed at herself. She works as an part-time assistant in a manga publisher, and is resposible to mangaka Hanamaru, who has a crush on her. She is just as airheaded as her sister to understand it, however.
Hanamaru (花丸, Hanamaru)

Voiced by: Kōji Yusa[2]

A mangaka, the author of manga "Panda-cat", which is a hit with kindergarten children. He has a crush on Mayumi Yamamoto.

Media

Manga

The manga is written and illustrated by Yuto. Hanamaru Kindergarten is currently serialized by Square Enix in the monthly Young Gangan magazine,[3] and the chapters collected in tankōbon. As January 2010, seven volumes were released with the first one released on April 25, 2007,[4] and the last one on December 25, 2009.[4]

Outside Japan the series is licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press [5] and in Hong Kong and Macau by Jade Dynasty[6].

Volume list

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
01 April 25, 2007[4]978-4-7575-1999-2
02 September 25, 2007[4]978-4-7575-2124-7
03 February 25, 2008[4]978-4-7575-2225-1
04 August 25, 2008[4]978-4-7575-2330-2
05 February 25, 2009[4]978-4-7575-2500-9
06 August 25, 2009[4]978-4-7575-2658-7
07 December 25, 2009[4]978-4-7575-2758-4

Anime

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
# Title[7] Original airdate[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Hanamaru Kindergarten Anime Green-Lit with Gainax". June 3, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |published= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "あにてれ：はなまる幼稚園" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  3. ^ "はなまる幼稚園 | 作品紹介 | ヤングガンガン YOUNG GANGAN OFFICIALSITE" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "作家名別出版物一覧「や」" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "花圈圈幼稚園(01)" (in Chinese). Sharp Point Press. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  6. ^ "花丸幼稚園(1)" (in Chinese). Jade Dynasty Publication. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "あにてれ：はなまる幼稚園" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
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