What Omoinotake Brings to the Table
Omoinotake pulling double duty on both the OP and ED isn't just a scheduling shortcut — it's a bet on a single artist's vision shaping the entire season's sound. The three-piece band has quietly built one of anime's most consistent musical resumes over the past five years, delivering "Everblue" for Blue Period, "Happiness" for Horimiya: The Missing Pieces, and "Tsubomi" for My Hero Academia Season 7.
In an official comment released alongside the PV announcement on Comic Natalie, the band said they poured the emotions they received from the work into each song — channeling the series' dazzling brilliance into the opening theme "FLASHBULB" and its hidden feelings of love into the ending theme "Bouquet" (花束). Both tracks appear in the new PV, which premiered during a special broadcast featuring members of the voice cast.
For anyone new to Hana-Kimi, the series adapts Hisaya Nakajō's classic shojo manga about Mizuki Ashiya, a girl who disguises herself as a boy to enroll at the all-boys Osaka Gakuen — all to get close to high jumper Izumi Sano. Season 2 picks up as Mizuki's school life enters its second year. The manga ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine and remains one of the defining gender-bending rom-coms in shojo history.
Composer Masaru Yokoyama, whose anime scores include Your Lie in April and Classroom of the Elite, handles the music. Animation production continues at Signal.MD, now operating under the Production I.G umbrella following a 2025 merger.
A Voice Cast Worth Noting
Five cast members joined the special broadcast: Aya Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya, Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano, Yūichirō Umehara as Minami Namba, Reiji Kawashima as Senri Chūō, and Kōki Uchiyama as Taiki Kayashima. Kikunosuke Totani returns as the lovable Shūichi Nakatsu.
The supporting roster runs deep. Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch in Code Geass) plays Hokuto Umeda, while Takehito Koyasu (Dio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) voices Masao Himejima. Junya Enoki takes on Ittsuki Kujō, Satoshi Hino plays Makoto Kagurazaka, and the ensemble extends to Wataru Komada as Kyōgo Sekime, Anan Furuya as Shinji Noe, and Masaaki Mizunaka as Megumi Tennōji.
Director Natsuki Takemura leads the production with Takao Yoshioka on series composition and Jin Aketagawa as sound director.
Looking Ahead
Hana-Kimi Season 2 begins airing July 1, 2026 on TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 every Wednesday at 24:30 (12:30 AM). Prime Video will stream episodes one week ahead of the TV broadcast — with one exception. Episode 1 goes live on Prime Video after the July 1 broadcast ends, bundled with Episode 2, giving early subscribers a two-episode head start before the weekly advance schedule kicks in.
International streaming details have not yet been announced. The source manga by Hisaya Nakajō was published in English by Viz Media across 23 volumes, so the source material is widely available for Western readers looking to get ahead of the anime.