It has been announced that the TV anime "The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity" based on the manga by Saka Mikami, which is currently being serialized on Kodansha's web manga app "Magazine Pocket (Magapoke)", will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and other stations from July 5th. It was also announced that Tatsuya Kitani will be in charge of the opening theme "Manazashi wa Hikari" and Shio Reira will be in charge of the ending theme "Hare no Hi ni".
The second key visual, depicting Tsumugi Rintaro and Waguri Kaoruko walking in unison, and the official PV featuring the opening and ending themes were also released. Kitani commented, "To the other, they seem as warm as sunlight breaking through thick clouds. That's the kind of relationship I saw between Rintaro and Kaoruko. Their gazes innocently fly over the walls they've built against the outside world, like a child. I was incredibly happy about that, and I tried to express as simply as possible how dear they are to me."
Shio said, "I wrote 'On a Special Day' as the ending theme for 'The Fragrant Flowers Bloom with Pride.' It was my first time writing a song after reading the original work, and it made me feel a variety of emotions. This story had the scent of small, pure love. I was happy that I was able to get the words and melody to fit what I had in mind, and I was equally happy when it was adopted. The characters from this anime live on in my song, and I look forward to seeing how they will live on as I sing it. I hope that 'The Fragrant Flowers Bloom with Pride' and 'On a Special Day' have the same fragrance for everyone."
The series tells the story of two close yet distant youths, Tsumugi Rintaro, a student at a low-ranking boys' school, and Waguri Kaoruko, a student at a rich girls' school. The comics have sold over 5 million copies in total. The anime will be directed by Kuroki Miyuki and produced by CloverWorks. Nakayama Yoshinori will play Tsumugi Rintaro, and Inoue Honoka will play Honoka Inoue.
*Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Kuroki Miyuki▽Associate Director: Yamaguchi Satoshi▽Series Composition: Yamazaki Rino▽Series Director: Tsuzuki Haruka▽Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Tokuoka Kohei▽Sub-character Design and Costume Design: Umeshita Manami▽Cake Design: Tamura Yasuho▽Prop Design: Yoshida Yuko▽Art Director: Kouki Asuka▽Art Setting: Shiozawa Yoshinori▽Color Design: Yokota Asuka▽Director of Photography: Nagase Yukiko▽3D Director: Watanabe Keita (Sublimation)▽Editing: Arai Kazuhiro▽Music: Harada Moeki▽Sound Director: Hamano Takatoshi▽Sound Production: Magic Capsule▽Production: CloverWorks
※Cast (titles omitted)
Tsumugi Rintaro: Nakayama Yoshinori▽Waguri Kaoruko: Honoka Inoue ▽Usami Shohei: Toya Kikunosuke Toya ▽Natsuzawa Saku: Koki Uchiyama ▽Yoda Kento: Ishibashi Yoa▽Hoshina Subaru: Aya Yamane
