Honey and Clover
ハチミツとクローバー (Hachimitsu to Kurōbā)
Demographic	Josei
Genre	Romantic comedy, Drama
Manga
Authored by	Chika Umino
Publisher	Shueisha
Other publishers: Tokyopop Viz Media (Shojo Beat)
Serialized in	CUTiEcomic (ch. 1–14) Young YOU (until 2005) Chorus (2005-2006)
Original run	June 2000 – 28 July 2006
No. of volumes	10
TV anime
Directed by	Ken'ichi Kasai
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Studio	J.C.Staff
Network	Fuji TV (Noitamina), Animax Animax
Original run	14 April 2005 – 26 September 2005
No. of episodes	26
TV anime: Honey and Clover II
Directed by	Tatsuyuki Nagai
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Studio	J.C.Staff
Network	Fuji TV (Noitamina), Animax Animax
Original run	29 June 2006 – 14 September 2006
No. of episodes	12
Movie
Directed by	Masahiro Takada
Written by	Masahiro Takada Masahiko Kawahara
Studio	Asmik Ace Entertainment
Released	July 22, 2006
Runtime	116 m.

Honey and Clover (ハチミツとクローバー, Hachimitsu to Kurōbā^?) is a manga series, created by Chika Umino. It is also known as Hachikuro (ハチクロ, Hachikuro^?). Image File history File links Honey-Clover. ... Josei manga (Japanese: , lit. ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... “Original manga” redirects here. ... Chika Umino ) (born August 30) is a Japanese mangaka, based in Tokyo, Japan, who is noted for being the author and creator of the Honey and Clover series, which, in 2003, received the Kodansha Manga Award, and has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C. Staff. ... Shueisha ) is a major publisher in Japan, headquartered in Tokyo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 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Outline

The first fourteen chapters of the 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. Shueisha ) is a major publisher in Japan, headquartered in Tokyo. ... This is a listing, by country of publication and target audience, of manga magazines. ... Young You was a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shueisha, aimed at young women. ...

In 2003, the series won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for best shōjo manga.^[1] The Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year. ... Page from long running shōjo manga Glass Mask by Suzue Miuchi, demonstrating archetypal shōjo art conventions Shōjo or shoujo ) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. ...

The series was adapted into an anime series by J.C. STAFF, first premiering between April to September 2005 across Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. A second and final season, Honey and Clover II, premiered from June 2006. The series was also adapted into a live action movie, which was released across theaters on July 22, 2006. “Animé” redirects here. ... J.C.STAFF is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1986, their first release was the three episode OVA Sengoku Kidan Yōtōden. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... noitaminAs title screen, which appears at the beginning of every show(Fuji TV only) noitaminA (ノイタミナ, Animation, written backwards) is Fuji TVs programming block devoted to anime, with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The title of the series, Hachimitsu to Kurōbā, stems from Chika Umino's two favorite albums: Hachimitsu by SPITZ and Clover by Suga Shikao, due to which Spitz and Suga Shikao's songs are featured prominently in the anime. Spitz (スピッツ) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1987 and are particularly famous for their songs used in Japanese television dramas and Commercial Tie Ups. ... Suga Shikao (pen name: スガ シカオ Suga Shikao, real name: 菅 止戈男 Suga Shikao. ...

The story takes place in a fictional art college that is based on Musashino Art University, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, in which SPITZ vocalist Masamune Kusano was also once a student. Musashino Art University (MAU; 武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 but with roots going back to 1929. ... Kodaira (小平市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...

Both the anime and the manga feature ferris wheels prominently. All the wheels featured in this 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.^[2] Higashiizu (東伊豆町; -chou) is a town located in Kamo District, Shizuoka, Japan. ... Kasai Rinkai Park (葛西臨海公園 Kasai Rinkai Kōen), which officially opened on June 1st, 1989, is in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Edogawa-ku in Tokyo. ... For a tire company, known by Yokohama Tyre, see Yokohama Rubber Company. ...

Story

Yūta Takemoto, Takumi Mayama and Shinobu Morita are three young men who live in the same apartment complex and are students at an art college in Tokyo. Art school is a colloquial term for any educational institution (whether secondary, post-secondary/undergraduate, or graduate/postgraduate) with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, and sculpture. ...

One day, one of the art professors, Shūji Hanamoto, introduces his cousin's daughter, Hagumi Hanamoto, who has come to live with him and is a first year at the art school. Upon introduction, Takemoto and Morita fall in love with her. Morita expresses his love for Hagu in ways that scare her, especially calling Hagu 'mousey' and constantly photographing her, while Takemoto hides his feelings and tries to be a friend to Hagu. Hagu herself, though initially timid and afraid of company, gradually warms up to the three.

The group also includes another female: Ayumi Yamada. She is a master of pottery, and is well known by her name "Tetsujin" (Iron Lady). When not at school or hanging out with friends from the college, she helps her family run the liquor store. She is very popular with all the guys, whether they are from the shopping district or the other male pottery students, but Mayama is the only man she is in love with. Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ...

Unfortunately, although Mayama considers Yamada a friend, he does not return Yamada's love and is busy chasing an older woman, Rika Harada. Rika runs an art business which she used to run with her husband, Harada before he died in a car accident which also left Rika disabled. Rika Harada and Shūji were very close friends and roommates in college. Mayama is sent by Shūji to help Rika, who has a hard time taking care of herself and running her business.

The story follows these five characters in their love triangles, graduating from college, finding jobs, and learning more about themselves. A love triangle refers to a romantic relationship involving three people. ...

Characters

Hagumi Hanamoto (花本 はぐみ, Hanamoto Hagumi^?)

Aged 18 years old (at the beginning of the story), she is affectionately nicknamed Hagu or Hagu-chan by her friends and starts the series as a first year student. She has the appearance of a young child, and to an extent, acts like one, even though she is 18. Despite her appearance, she is a highly gifted artist and her work is highly praised by art professionals. She tends to get very nervous when interacting with people and frequently becomes ill under pressure. Raised in a sheltered environment by her grandmother, she reflects the outside world she sees in her artwork. She is from Azumino city, Nagano-ken.

She is introduced to Takemoto, Morita and Mayama by Shūji, her father's cousin and also a professor at the college. Upon seeing her, Morita and Takemoto fall in love with her, though both express it in different ways. Hagu knows not of their feelings towards her, but sees them as friends, even brothers. However, Morita expresses his love for her in very odd ways, and Hagu is often seen trying to escape from whatever shenanigan Morita has planned for her.

Hagu is very shy, and because she is so nervous when interacting with people, the other art students think that she is strange. Hagu doesn't seem to be too close with family members either, with the exception of Shūji, whom she fondly calls "Shū-chan". However, as the series passes, Hagu is able to become closer friends with Takemoto, Mayama, Morita and Yamada. When Shūji leaves to go do a research project in Mongolia, Hagu forms a deeper bond with each of them, essentially seeing them as a sort of family. Hagu lives with Yamada (whom she calls "Ayu") when Shūji is away and they become very close friends.

During parties, she is seen to be crying because of her envy of Yamada's beautiful legs and beautiful breasts. Mayama tries very hard to comfort her but failing rather miserably saying that "You'll have one of those when you're older....probably". While Hagu is crying, Morita is also crying because of her infectious tears.

Later in the series, Hagu started to avoid Takemoto after he confessed his feelings for her, leaving doubts if his love for her is reciprocated or not. In the latest manga chapters she admits that she likes Morita, but would rather be with Shūji because she knows that he can take care of her (especially after a life-altering accident that may permanently impair her abilities as an artist).

Yūta Takemoto (竹本 祐太, Takemoto Yūta^?)

Aged 19 (at the beginning of the series), Yūta Takemoto is a second-year student at the art college. He is from Annaka city, Gunma-ken. He lives in the same apartment complex as Mayama and Morita in room 202. His floormates are Morita and Hasegawa.

Takemoto is one of the more mellow characters in the series. He falls in love with Hagu immediately after being introduced by his professor and keeps his feelings to himself throughout most of the series. His love for Hagu and his inability to act upon his feelings as freely as Morita causes some internal problems for Takemoto. For example, when Hagu received a bird brooch that was made for her as an anonymous present, Takemoto couldn't bring himself to say that Morita was the one who had made it for her. Instead of acting on his feelings, Takemoto decides to be more of a brother figure to Hagu, giving her friendly support when needed. For example, Takemoto accepts Hagu's requests to build her sophisticated dollhouses and the like. Takemoto is very close to her.

His relationship with his family also contributes to his mellow mood. His father died when he was still young. Also, his mother works at a hospital as a nurse, so Takemoto would usually spend a lot of his time there, even his Christmas holidays. Furthermore, Takemoto is uncomfortable with his mother's new boyfriend, an outspoken man who's persona seems to a polar opposite to that of his father. However, Takemoto tries to get used to his company and tries to accept the fact that his step-dad is capable of looking after his mother, since Takemoto has worried about his mother's well-being ever since he left home.

Later in the series Takemoto has to stay another year due to getting a stomach ulcer and not being able to complete his graduation thesis.

During the end of the first season, Takemoto goes on a journey across Japan on a bicycle, meeting several people on the way, including a group in Zuigan-ji in Matsushima which is involved in the renovating of ancient Japanese structures and buildings all around the country (which he wishes to join), finally reaching Cape Sōya in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō. After arriving back to Tokyo, he finally confesses his feelings for Hagu, but she did not have the courage to answer him, thus Takemoto figured his feelings for her were unrequited.

Shinobu Morita (森田 忍, Morita Shinobu^?)

24 years old and a 6th year student in the beginning of the series, Morita occupies room 203, his floormates being Takemoto and Hasegawa. Morita is unable to graduate, as he can never wake up on time to go to classes. This is mainly due to the work that he does, which forces him to go missing for periods of time. What he does for work though remains a mystery. When Morita comes back from his mysterious job, he immediately falls asleep for at least 48 hours, due to the amount of work he does. He also returns with a large sum of money in his back-pocket and brings a food item to share with his flat mates. Although the flat mates believe he does it to mock them, such as when he brings a bag of croquettes instead of meat, Morita does care deeply for his friends such as Takemoto.

Morita is a very mysterious person. He does many random, crazy things for his personal enjoyment, such as creating a twister game with a little too many colors, which resulted in horrific pain for him and Takemoto. Morita often picks on people such as saying how Mayama secretly stalks Rika outside her apartment, and is usually telling the truth. He also expresses his love for Hagu in weird and quirky ways, such as forcing Hagu to dress up as a mouse. Morita's obsession with Hagu stems from a fondness of cute things during his childhood, such as causing a cat to become neurotic after cuddling it too much. As a result of Morita's obsession Hagu becomes afraid of him and tries to avoid him but eventually falls in love with him later on. Despite the way Morita treats Hagu he sincerely cares for Hagu, getting her a pair of expensive mules and creating a broach with a dove on it, both of which was in her scrapbook of things she wanted.

Later in the series, Morita leaves for America for work without saying anything to his friends. He eventually returns in about a year's time, and Morita's friends finally discover what he does for his work, being awarded best CGI in the Mocademy Awards (a spoof of the Academy Awards) for the movie 'Space Titanic'. Morita's room, which no one had ever been inside, was had also been discovered after his departure, and contained a lot of high tech equipment.

After returning from America,Morita finally manages to graduate from his course in his 8th year handing his work in on the very last day. Despite graduating and becoming rich from his work in America, Morita applies for a Japanese Arts course believing he hasn't studied for long enough, even though he's been there for 8 years. He re-enters the art school as a 3rd grade student, having already completed half the subjects.

Takumi Mayama (真山 巧, Mayama Takumi^?)

22 years old and a 4th year student at the start of the series, Mayama is from Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken. He lives in the same complex as Takemoto and Morita. He occupies room 101, sharing the floor with an unknown individual and formerly Lohmeyer-senpai. He acts as a senior to Takemoto and tries to help Morita get up for early morning classes. At one point, Takemoto and Morita are seen sleeping alongside him in his futon. Morita also borrows Mayama's shirts from time to time because it's more comfortable.

Mayama also used to help Rika out with various errands while Rika was disabled due to the accident that left her husband dead. It is during that time that Mayama develops feelings for Rika. It is unknown whether Rika fully reciprocates the feelings that Mayama has for her, but various flashbacks imply that Mayama and Rika have 'fooled around', or Mayama took advantage of Rika's disability to fulfill his desires, although this is cleared up later as not being the case. Rika suggested that Mayama find another job so that she wouldn't have to continue hurting him, as she realizes how much he cares for her, and is unable (and perhaps unwilling at that point) to allow him to enter into her life.

Mayama eventually landed a job at Fujiwara Design. He has to deal with coworkers that are also very interested in his love life, and make comments whenever they can. Mayama also has to keep watch of his boss, Nomiya, whom he considers to be a playboy, when Nomiya begins to take an interest in Yamada.

Mayama doesn't return the feelings that Yamada has for him, but he sees Yamada as his close friend. Yamada's innocence is one thing that Mayama has to constantly guard from Nomiya, who has developed an interest with her.

When Fujiwara Design later broke up, people had to either stay in the Tokyo branch or transfer to the Tottori branch. Nomiya arranged for Mayama to be transfer to the Tottori branch, but as soon as this was announced Mayama quit. He now works again with Rika at her company, Harada Design, after forcing himself into the position in his own way.

Mayama's character design is based upon Suga Shikao.^[3]

Ayumi Yamada (山田 あゆみ, Yamada Ayumi^?)

21 years old at the beginning, Yamada is well known by her peers at the art college. First, she is good at pottery, and second, she is nicknamed Tetsujin (lit. Iron-lady) for running 6km to school every morning with her dog during freshman year in order to help the dog lose weight. Due to her good looks, she also catches the attention of her male friends/coworkers at the shopping district she works with.

She and Hagu seem to be very close, like siblings. While Hagu addresses the three young men by their last names, she calls Yamada by her first name. Yamada really cares for Hagu like a younger sister. She offers to stay with her while Shuji is gone. Although not shown as much as her relationship with Hagu, she is close friends with Takemoto and Morita.

Yamada is deeply in love with one of her friends, Mayama. Mayama, however, doesn't return her feelings, asking her why she is in love with him and encouraging her to go find someone else. Even though Yamada recognizes that her love will bear no fruit, she continues to love him. She can't manage to move on and find another man. While Mayama doesn't love her in that sense, Mayama sees Yamada as an important friend, a feeling that Yamada recognizes later on when she cannot return the love of her coworkers, but still thought of them as her precious friends. Mayama's over protectiveness of her causes Yamada to get angry at him whenever he tries to protect her from his former boss, Nomiya.

Later in the series, Yamada decides to continue as a graduate student at the art college. Furthermore, she also makes pottery for Fujiwara and Harada Design.

Shūji Hanamoto (花本 修司, Hanamoto Shūji^?)

Shūji is a professor at the college that Morita, Mayama, Takemoto, Yamada and Hagu attend, serving as the father figure for the group. He is also Hagu's relative and the person that Hagu is really closest to, and gets very overprotective of her at times. Shūji is a close friend of Rika and her late husband.

When Rika's husband died in a traffic accident, he took care of Rika so that she wouldn't try and join her husband in death, but sometimes Shūji really wonders if Rika would've been happier if she died alongside her husband. Because of this, Shūji recommends Mayama as Rika's new assistant; he thinks Mayama's companionship would be a healthy change for Rika.

Rika Harada (原田 理花, Harada Rika^?)

Rika is the founder and manager of Harada Design. She also ran it with her husband until he died in a car accident that happened on the opening night of one of the stores they designed. This accident also left her badly scarred on her back, and has damaged her legs so she is unable to walk for long periods without the help of a cane and medicine. She is good friends with Shūji, for they, along with her late husband, were all very good friends in the past. It was her husband that befriended both her and Shūji, having joined both of them in their apartment. She is from Otaru city, Hokkaidō.

Mayama tends to Rika's injuries and develops feelings for her. Rika knows that Mayama likes her, but pushes Mayama away because she doesn't want to hurt him. It is unclear whether Rika reciprocates the feelings that Mayama has for her, but later chapters of the manga and the first episodes of the second series seem to imply that she does.

Later in the series, it appears that Rika finally opens her heart to Mayama after a shock ending sequence where Mayama's feelings finally flood out.

Kaoru Morita (森田馨, Morita Kaoru^?)

Morita's older brother who seems to have a mysterious agenda in earning ridiculously large amounts of money. It is later revealed that he and Morita are working together to buy back his father's company which was purchased by an electrical company when they were kids.

Takumi Nomiya (野宮 匠, Nomiya Takumi^?)

He, along with Yamazaki and Miwako, is first introduced on episode 14 of season 1. He is the type of guy who could "throw a cellphone in the sea full of women's numbers, without caring at all" as said by Mayama.

Nomiya is Mayama's former boss at Fujiwara Design. He also likes Yamada, and tries to visit her whenever he can, although he is aware of Yamada's feelings for Mayama. Mayama tries to act as the middleman as much as he can in order to protect Yamada, as he considers Nomiya a playboy. However, later in the series, Nomiya comes to realize that he himself has truly fallen in love with Yamada.

Kazushi Yamazaki (山崎一志, Yamazaki Kazushi^?)

Yamazaki is an employee at Fujiwara Design along with Nomiya and Miwako. He is romantically interested in his coworker Miwako, but so far his love is unrequited.

Miwako Teshigawara (勅使河原美和子, Teshigawara Miwako^?)

Miwako is another employee at Fujiwara Design along with Nomiya and Yamazaki. She owns a dog named Leader.

Leader (リーダー, Rīdā^?)

Miwako's dog who is with her most of the time.

Mitsuko Aida (合田美津子, Aida Mitsuko^?)

Takemoto's mother. Works as a nurse.

Kazuo Aida (合田稼頭男, Aida Kazuo^?)

Takemoto's stepfather.

Kazuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川一彦, Hasegawa Kazuhiko^?)

He currently occupies room 201 of the apartment that Takemoto, Mayama and Morita currently live in. His floormates are Takemoto and Morita. As said in episode 14 of season 1, Hasegawa has taken on the family noodle business. He is very successful, his restaurant is very popular to the tourists and he is also mentioned in some guidebooks.

Lohmeyer-senpai (ローマイヤ先輩, Rōmaiya-senpai^?)

A former housemate of Takemoto, Morita and Mayama and well-liked. He would bring meat to his housemates, and often in large quantities. Also worked part time as Nyanzaburou in an amusement park and as a result brought a lot of people there. Because of his father's condition, he goes back to his family's farm.

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Manga

The first fourteen chapters of the manga series began serialization on June 2000 across Shueisha's CUTiEcomic magazine till July 2001, after which it was serialized in Young YOU. With the demise of Young YOU in 2005, the series moved to the magazine Chorus, where it formally ended its serialization, running until July 2006 with chapter 64. In 2003, the series won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for best shōjo manga.^[4] Young You was a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shueisha, aimed at young women. ... The Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year. ...

The manga series has also later been licensed for distribution across numerous international regions, including North America by Viz Media and Germany by Tokyopop.^[5] North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Viz, LLC, and ShoPro Entertainment. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ...

Tankōbon volumes

Published by Shueisha

• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 1 - released on August 24, 2002; ISBN 4088650794
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 2 - released on August 24, 2002; ISBN 4088650808
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 3 - released on January 22, 2003; ISBN 4088651073
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 4 - released on February 24, 2003; ISBN 4088651111
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 5 - released on August 24, 2003; ISBN 4088651391
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 6 - released on May 24, 2004; ISBN 4088652037
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 7 - released on March 23, 2005; ISBN 4088652738
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 8 - released on July 24, 2005; ISBN 4089080398
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 9 - released on July 14, 2006; ISBN 4088653521
• Hachimitsu to Kurōbā book 10 - released on September 13, 2006; ISBN 4088653580

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Anime

Main article: List of Honey and Clover episodes

The first season of the anime series, directed by Ken'ichi Kasai, aired between 14 April to 29 September 2005 across Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. It spanned 24 episodes. Two special episodes continuing the first season, Chapter L and Chapter F, were released with the series' 5th and 7th volume DVDs published in December 2005 and March 2006 respectively. ^[6] The following is an episode list for the anime series Honey and Clover. ... Kenichi Kasai , birth name: 笠井 賢一 Kasai Kenichi) is a Japanese anime director, born on 1970-04-12 in Gifu Prefecture. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... noitaminAs title screen, which appears at the beginning of every show(Fuji TV only) noitaminA (ノイタミナ, Animation, written backwards) is Fuji TVs programming block devoted to anime, with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

A second and final season, Honey and Clover II, directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai, premiered on June 29, 2006, and finished airing on September 14, 2006. It spanned 12 episodes. Tatsuyuki Nagai , born 24 January 1976 in Niigata Prefecture) is an anime director, often associated with the noted anime studio Sunrise. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Both seasons of the anime series were later aired in Japan by the anime CS television network Animax, which has also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language network in Southeast Asia from August 1, 2006 (where the series received its English language television premiere), as well as its other networks worldwide, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and other regions. ^[7] U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... Animax ) is a Japanese anime satellite television network, established and owned by Sony Corporation, and dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The anime, especially in its second season, often showed Weider in Jelly, as it was one of the sponsors.

Staff

First season

• Director: Ken'ichi Kasai
• Screenplay: Yōsuke Kuroda
• Character supervision: Chika Umino
• Character designs: Shūichi Shimamura
• General animation director: Takahiko Yoshida
• Prop design: Yukako Tsuzuki
• Art director: Chikako Shibata
• Color setting: Miyuki Ishida
• Video design: Nobuo Ōkouchi
• Photography director: Yutaka Kurosawa
• Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Sound director: Jin Aketagawa
• Sound production: Magic Capsule
• Music: Yuzo Hayashi & Salon'68
• Music production: Aniplex
• Opening video: Nagi Noda (1-12 episodes), Yuichi Kodama (13-24 episodes)
• Clothing supervision: Kazuki Kuraishi
• Producers: GENCO
• Animation production: J.C.Staff
• Production: Hachikuro Production Committee (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Shueisha, Fuji Television, Dentsu, Genco)

Second season

• Supervisor: Ken'ichi Kasai
• Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
• Series composition and screenplay: Yōsuke Kuroda
• Character supervision: Chika Umino
• Character designs: Shūichi Shimamura
• General animation director: Masaru Heiwatari
• Prop design: Yukako Tsuzuki
• Art director: Chikako Shibata
• Color design: Miyuki Ishida
• Photography director: Yoshio Ōkouchi
• Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Sound director: Jin Aketagawa
• Sound production: Magic Capsule
• Music: DEPAPEPE, Yuzo Hayashi & Salon'68
• Opening image: Fumiko Hirano
• Music production: SME Records
• Producers: GENCO
• Animation production: J.C.Staff
• Production: Hachikuro Production Committee (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Shueisha, Fuji Television, Dentsu, Sony Music Entertainment, Genco)

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Cast

• Hagumi Hanamoto: Haruka Kudo
• Yuta Takemoto: Hiroshi Kamiya (was replaced in episode 12 of season 2 by Kenji Nojima due to injury)
• Takumi Mayama: Tomokazu Sugita
• Shinobu Morita: Yuji Ueda
• Ayumi Yamada: Mikako Takahashi
• Shuuji Hanamoto/Leader: Keiji Fujiwara
• Rika Harada: Sayaka Ohara
• Harada: Kenyuu Horiuchi
• Kaoru Morita: Takuma Takewaka
• Takumi Nomiya: Kenji Hamada
• Kazushi Yamazaki: Hiroshi Tsuchida
• Miwako Teshigawara: Michiko Neya
• Shin-san: Wataru Hatano
• Rokutarou: Daisuke Namikawa
• Carpenter: Takeshi Aono
• Lohmeyer-senpai: Koichi Yamadera
• Kazuhiko Hasegawa: Hirofumi Nojima
• Tatsuo Negishi: Hiroshi Naka
• Kaoro Morita (child): Junko Minagawa
• Shinobu Morita (child): Rie Kugimiya
• Floyd: Takashi Taniguchi
• Akiko Oba-san (aunt): Miyuki Ichijou
• Mitsuko Takemoto: Emi Shinohara
• Yuuichi Takemoto: Akihisa Koseki
• Kazuo Aida: Kenta Miyake
• Professor Tange: Masashi Hirose
• Professor Shouda: Mugihito
• Tokudaiji: Takayuki Sugo

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Theme songs

Opening themes

1. "Dramatic" (ドラマチック) (First season, episodes 1 - 24)

Lyrics and performance: YUKI, arrangement and music: Kouichi Tsutaya.

2. "Fugainaiya" (ふがいないや) (Honey and Clover II, second season, episodes 1 - 12)

Lyrics and performance: YUKI, music: Kouichi Tsutaya, arrangement: YUKI, Kenji Tamai, Atsushi Yuasa.

Ending themes

1. "Waltz" (ワルツ) (First season, episodes 1 - 12 + 24)

Arrangement and performance: Suneohair, lyrics and music: Kenji Watanabe.

2. "Mistake" (First season, episodes 13-23)

Performance: THE BAND HAS NO NAME, music: Tamio Okuda, lyrics: Shinichi Yaguma.

3. "Split" (スプリット) (Honey and Clover II, second season, episodes 1 - 12)

Arrangement and performance: Suneohair, lyrics and music: Kenji Watanabe.

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Insert songs

First season:

• Episode 1: Hachimitsu (ハチミツ) by Spitz
• Episode 2: 8-gatsu no Serenade (８月のセレナーデ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 3: Tsuki to Knife (月とナイフ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 4: Nami Hikari (波光) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 7: Tamagawa (多摩川) by Spitz
• Episode 10: Sakana (魚) by Spitz
• Episode 13: Sorosoro Ikanakucha (そろそろいかなくちゃ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 14: Y by Spitz
• Episode 15: Yoru wo Kakeru (夜を駆ける) by Spitz
• Episode 18: Yubikiri (ユビキリ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 19: Ougon no Tsuki (黄金の月) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 22: Tsuki ni Kaeru (月に帰る) by Spitz
• Episode 23: Room 201 by Suga Shikao
• Episode 24: Spica (スピカ) by Spitz

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• Episode 1: Nakayoshi (仲良し) by Spitz
• Episode 2: Pool (プール) by Spitz
• Episode 3: Koko ni Iru Koto (ココニイルコト) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 4: Honoho (ほのほ) by Spitz
• Episode 5: Je t'aime (ジュテーム) by Spitz
• Episode 6: HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Suga Shikao
• Episode 7: Natsukage (夏陰～なつかげ～) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 8: Ringo Juice (リンゴ・ジュース) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 9: Kazenagi (風なぎ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 10: Namida (涙) by Spitz
• Episode 11: Futari no Kage (ふたりのかげ) by Suga Shikao
• Episode 12: Inaka no Seikatsu (田舎の生活) by Spitz

Movie

The live action movie adaptation of the series was first released across Japanese theatres on July 22, 2006. The DVD for the film was released on January 12, 2007. is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Staff

• Director: Masahiro Takada
• Screenplay: Masahiko Kawahara, Masahiro Takada
• Producers: Shinji Ogawa, Keiko Imamura, Maho Tada
• Photography: Keiji Hasegawa
• Lighting: Kimihiko Yamazaki
• Art: Momoko Nakamura
• Sound: Makio Ika
• Recording: Tadao Tasai
• Stylist: Haruhisa Shiroyama
• Music Producers: Toyohiko Kinhashi, Kyoto Megei
• Music: Yoko Kanno
• Hagumi's Painting Work: Maya Maxx
• Morita's Sculpture Work: Taisho Morita
• Production: Hachimitsu to Kurōba Film Partners
• Distribution: Asmik Ace

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Cast

• Yūta Takemoto: Shō Sakurai (Arashi)
• Hagumi Hanamoto: Yū Aoi
• Shinobu Morita: Yūsuke Iseya
• Takumi Mayama: Ryō Kase
• Ayumi Yamada: Megumi Seki
• Shūji Hanamoto: Masato Sakai
• Rika Harada: Naomi Nishida
• Luigi Fujiwara: Keisuke Horibe
• Mario Fujiwara: Tomu Miyazaki
• Kōda-sensei: Ginpunchō
• Repairman: Shidō Nakamura
• Master of Teahouse: Tsuoyoshi Toshishige
• Policeman: Junichi Haruta
• TV Reporter: Yumi Shimizu
• Designer: Tetsuhiro Ikeda
• Art Student: Kei Majima
• Student: Kenta Hamano (Sakerock)
• Harada: Seiichi Tanabe

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Theme song

• Mahō no Kotoba (魔法のコトバ, Mahō no Kotoba^?) (performance: Spitz)

Spitz (スピッツ) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1987 and are particularly famous for their songs used in Japanese television dramas and Commercial Tie Ups. ...

Insert songs

• Aozora Pedal (performance: Arashi, lyrics and composition: Suga Shikao)
• Opera Wally: Sayonara, Furasato no ie yo (さよならふるさとの家よ, Sayonara, Furasato no ie yo^?) (composition: Alfredo Catalani)

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Notes and references

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Animax ) is a Japanese anime satellite television network, established and owned by Sony Corporation, and dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. ...

See also

• List of Honey and Clover episodes

The following is an episode list for the anime series Honey and Clover. ...

External links

• Honey and Clover official site (Japanese)
• Chika Umino official site (Japanese)
• Honey and Clover live-action movie official site (Japanese)
• ANN entry on the live-action movie (English)