Takagi and Nishikata’s final summer in junior high is about to begin, and it’s already off to a heartwarming start! When the pair find an abandoned kitten, they decide to work together and take care of Hana, their adorable new companion until they can locate its missing mother. What follows is the true beginning of this moving story of young love, complete with the delightful teasing and hilarious antics fans have come to expect from this beloved series and its cast of fan-favorite characters.

(Source: Sentai Filmworks, edited)

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Studios

• Toho
• Shin-Ei Animation

Staff

• Yuuji Ikeda — Art Design
• Takahiro Enomoto — Sound Director
• Aki Itami — Script
• Hiroaki Akagi — Director
• Yumiko Nakaba — Editing
• Hiroko Fukuda — Script, Series Composition
• Chihiro Hayashi — Key Animation
• Aya Takano — Character Design
• Kayo Oobou — Key Animation
• Hiroaki Tsutsumi — Music
• Kanichi Katou — Script
• Rie Takahashi — Theme Song Performance (ED: week 2+ ver.)
• Chiemi Hironaka — Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
• Yuiko Oohara — Theme Song Performance (ED: week 1 ver.)
• Hitomi Aso — Key Animation
• Souichirou Yamamoto — Original Creator
• Masato Makino — Director of Photography
• Mika Yokoi — Color Design