Teen drama
and stage secrets will come to life this spring. It has been officially
announced that the Scenes from Awajima (Awajima Hyakkei)
anime will begin airing on Fuji TV from April 2026. The production
is in the hands of the prestigious studio MADHOUSE (Frieren:
Beyond Journey's End).
Along with
the announcement, the second promotional video was revealed, focusing on elite
student Emi Okabe and Katsurako Ibuki, who both
admires and envies her. The trailer shows an adult Katsurako, now a teacher,
tormented by a "sin" committed in her youth. In addition, it was
confirmed that the opening theme will be "blue hour" by
singer-songwriter HanaHope.
Scenes
from Awajima Anime Details
The
creative team is led by industry veterans. Morio Asaka (NANA, Cardcaptor
Sakura, Chihayafuru) directs the series, with character designs
by Kunihiko Hamada and scripts by Yasuhiro Nakanishi.
Artists' reactions
The singer
in charge of the opening shared the inspiration behind her theme song:
HanaHope (Singer-songwriter):
"The faint voice of the heart always guides us to the next stage. Even the
places that seem out of reach now, I think we'll get to them someday. I wrote
'blue hour' with those feelings in mind... [The phrase represents] the moment
just before dawn, when muted blue and purple hues blend together before the
light breaks through."
About
Scenes from Awajima
The work is
the brainchild of Takako Shimura (Wandering Son, Sweet
Blue Flowers). Set at the Awajima Opera School, the story chronicles the
youth and internal conflicts of girls who dream of taking the stage, weaving a
complex narrative of shifting perspectives.
The manga,
which won the Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts
Festival, had an intermittent publication since 2011, ending definitively in
March 2024.
