Along with a key visual introducing its eight main characters, the official website for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Ranpu Shirogane (story) and Mamimu’s (arts) comedy manga Hanabi-chan wa Okuregachi (Hanabi Tends to Fall Behind) announced today that it is set to start airing and streaming in July 2022. The anime adaptation project was revealed back in August 2021.

Based on the original idea created by Japanese pachinko/pachislot manufacturer Universal Entertainment, the four-panel manga featuring pachislot machines that take bishoujo form has been serialized in HERO’s’ Comiplex website since November 2019. Its story centers on the famous pachislot machines that have made the pachinko and pachislot machine industry so popular – Hanabi, Versus, and Thunder V-, who are now working at the pachinko hall “God Heaven” in downtown Tokyo.

Main staff:

• Director/Series Composition/Screenplay: Hiromitsu Kanazawa (Seitokai Yakuindomo, K)
• Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Mami Sodeyama
• Art Director: Sho Ikeuchi
• Color designer: Chie Yoshimura
• Director of Photography/Editor: Takao Sato
• Sound Director: Ryo Tanaka
• Music: Tsukasa Yatoki
• Music Production: Arte Refact
• Animation Production: GAINA
• Advertising and music produced by AOI Pro.
• Copyright/Production: Downtown God Heaven Alumni Association

Main vocie cast:

• Ariake Hanabi Hana: Azumi Waki
• Takanawa Versus Ikusa: Sumire Uesaka
• Nihonbashi Thunder Rai: M・A・O
• Horie Tacoslot Sumi: Nao Toyama
• Higashizakura Mogumogu Cho: Naomi Ozora
• Isogami Condor Tsubasa: Yoshino Nanjo
• Shinonome Musashi: Fumiya Imai
• Kumazawa/Narrator: Toshiki Masuda
• Ikkakukun: Mari Hino
• Kojiro: Emiri Kato

Source: TV anime “Hanabi-chan wa Okuregachi” official website / Twitter 

© Ranpu Shirogane, Maminu/HERO’S © UNIVERSAL ENTERTATINMENT?Shitamachi God Heaven OB-kai