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Hachikuro (Honey And Clover) Anime!!!
http://www.hachikuro.net/ - Official Website (japanese)
http://honeyandclover.animax-asia.com/ - Animax Website (english)
Hachikuro (Honey And Clover) Live Action RELEASE!!!
2007.1.12
http://www.hachikuro.jp/ - Official website (japanese)
Honey And Clover - English
Honey and Clover (ãƒãƒãƒŸãƒ„ã¨ã‚¯ãƒãƒ¼ãƒãƒ¼, Hachimitsu to Kuroubaa?), or Hachikuro for short, is a manga by Chika Umino which has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C.STAFF.The first season of the anime series spanned 26 episodes, with the first 24 originally premiering on television between April and September 2005. Episodes Chapter L and Chapter F, were released with the series's 5th and 7th volume DVDs published in December 2005 and March 2006 respectively. The series released a second and final season, Honey and Clover II that aired 12 episodes from June 29, 2006 to September 21, 2006, as well as a live-action movie adaptation premiered July 2006.The series originally aired on Fuji TV as the first series in their Noitamina programming block, and was also aired across Japan by the anime television network, Animax, who have also broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide including Southeast Asia since August 1, 2006, the series's very first international broadcast, and as well as its networks in East Asia including Hong Kong and Taiwan, since August 4, 2006.The first fourteen chapters of the original manga were serialized in Shueisha's CUTiEcomic magazine from June 2000 to July 2001, and was serialized in Young YOU thereafter. With the demise of Young YOU in 2005, the series moved to the magazine Chorus, where it has formally ended its serialization, running until July 2006 with chapter 64. In 2003, it won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award.
TRIVIA
-The title of Honey and Clover (or more appropriately Hachimitsu to Kurobaa in the Japanese) stems from Chika Umino's two favorite albums: Hachimitsu by Spitz and Clover by Suga Shikao. Because of this, Spitz and Suga Shikao's songs are featured prominently in the anime.
-Mayama's character design is based upon Suga Shikao.
-The story takes place in the fictional art college that is based on Musashino Art University, Kodaira city. It is also notable that Masamune Kusano, the Spitz vocalist, was once a student there.
-Both the anime and the manga feature Ferris wheels prominently. All the wheels featured in anime exist in reality. Episode 3 featured the wheel in Izu Bio Park, Higashiizu city. Episode 10 featured the Great Ferris Wheel of Diamonds and Flowers in Kasai Rinkai Park, Edogawa, Tokyo, and Episode 19 had Cosmo Clock 21 in Yokohama Cosmo World, Yokohama city.
-The anime, especially in its second season, often showed Weider in Jelly, as it was the sponsor of the program.