#HIDIVE Adds Flower and Asura to Winter 2025 Simulcast Schedule

HIDIVE has announced the license acquisition of the Flower and Asura TV anime series, which will be part of the streaming service’s Winter 2025 simulcast schedule. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan on January 7, 2025. 

The anime series will stream exclusively on HIDIVE in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Ayumu Uwano (VSPO new logo animation PV co-director, Mushoku Tensei Season 2 TP Correction, Ep 6 storyboards and direction et al.; Onimai Episode 7 storyboards and direction) is directing the anime series, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Shangri-la Frontier, Tis Time for Torture Princess) as series screenwriter, Ko Aine (“NekoKaburi Na” music video, the show’s character designer) as character designer and co-chief animation director, Satoshi Shimada (Mushoku Tensei Season 2 co-animation director) as the other co-chief animation director, and Masaru Yokoyama (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night) as music composer. Studio Bind is in charge of the animation production.

Other staff include Shinobu Yamaguchi (Record of Ragnarok) and Kanako Shirai (Gene of Ai co-artboard artist) as art directors, Naomi Nakano (Wistoria: Wand and Sword) as color designer, and Kohei Tanada (Arknights: Perish in Frost) as compositing director.

Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:

• • Minori Fujidera as Hana Aoyama
• • Miyuri Shimabukuro as Mizuki Usurai
• • Fuka Izumi as An Natsue
• • Shoya Chiba as Shodai Toka
• • Seiichiro Yamashita as Matsuyuki Akiyama
• • Kiyono Yasuno as Royko Totonoi
• • Taito Ban as Setaro Hakoyama
• • Koji Yusa as Hiromi Kichijoji
• • Yoko Hikasa as Shura Saionji

The anime is based on the manga series written by Sound! Euphonium author Ayano Takeda and illustrated by Musshu. It was first serialized in Shueisha’s Ultra Jump on June 18, 2021 and has released seven tankobon volumes as of June 2024. An eighth volume will be released on January 17, 2025. 

HIDIVE describes the main synopsis of Flower and Asura as: 

On the picturesque island of Tonakijima with a population of only 600, Hana’s favorite pastime is reading literature to the island’s children. Her narration skills are second to none, and Mizuki, the president of the school’s broadcasting club immediately recognizes Hana’s ability to engage with others and draw them into her recitations. Invited by Mizuki to join the club, Hana embarks on a journey to discover her true love of reading — and maybe even change the course of her life along the way.

Source: press release