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HaNaYaMaTa

TV·2014–2014·1 season, 12 episodes·TV Tokyo·Animation, Comedy·24m

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Naru is a high school girl who is average in every way. She loves fairy tale heroines, though she’s never had the courage to escape her ordinary life. One day, she sees Hannah, a transfer student, dancing in the moonlit and becomes inspired to learn Yosakoi dancing.

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  1. 01HaNaYaMaTa S01E01Shall We Dance?S01E01 · 9.0On the night of a full moon, typical second-year middle school student Naru Sekiya has an encounter with Hana, a blonde girl dressed in a kimono. That was Naru's first exposure to the extraordinary world of yosakoi dance. Hesitant, but wanting to be spectacular, Naru takes her first steps towards something new.
  2. 02HaNaYaMaTa S01E02Jealousy RoseS01E02 · 9.0Naru and Hana discuss how they can get their school interested in yosakoi. Their classmate Yaya isn't too happy about Naru and Hana becoming so close. A little mistake becomes the beginning of a fight between Naru and Yaya, but...
  3. 03HaNaYaMaTa S01E03Girls' StyleS01E03 · 9.0Naru and Hana visit yosakoi shop Masaru, where they learn of the summer Hanairo Yosakoi Festival. Hana is eager to participate through their Yosakoi Club, but to form a club, they need at least four members. As Hana performs all around the school to recruit members, Yaya asks her how she could be so happy.

Cast

Minami TanakaMinami TanakaHana N. Fountainstand (voice)Reina UedaReina UedaNaru Sekiya (voice)Kaya OkunoKaya OkunoYaya Sasame (voice)Manami NumakuraManami NumakuraMachi Tokiwa (voice)Yuka OtsuboYuka OtsuboTami Nishimikado (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2014Aired 8.9Season avg
  1. S01E01HaNaYaMaTa S01E01Season's bestShall We Dance?July 8, 2014 9.0On the night of a full moon, typical second-year middle school student Naru Sekiya has an encounter with Hana, a blonde girl dressed in a ki
  2. S01E02HaNaYaMaTa S01E02Jealousy RoseJuly 15, 2014 9.0Naru and Hana discuss how they can get their school interested in yosakoi. Their classmate Yaya isn't too happy about Naru and Hana becoming
  3. S01E03HaNaYaMaTa S01E03Girls' StyleJuly 22, 2014 9.0Naru and Hana visit yosakoi shop Masaru, where they learn of the summer Hanairo Yosakoi Festival. Hana is eager to participate through their
  4. S01E04HaNaYaMaTa S01E04Princess/PrincessJuly 29, 2014 9.0Naru and the gang are forbidden by student council president Machi to use the rooftop. But student council vice president and Naru's childho
  5. S01E05HaNaYaMaTa S01E05First StepAugust 5, 2014 9.0With Tami and Yaya having joined, the club finally has four members, and they begin working towards their goal of performing in the Hanairo
  6. S01E06HaNaYaMaTa S01E06Try, Try, TryAugust 12, 2014 9.0The club prepares for the Hanairo Yosakoi festival: logos, costumes, choreography, music. Meanwhile, Hana discovers a gig at the department
  7. S01E07HaNaYaMaTa S01E07Girl IdentityAugust 19, 2014 8.3With the department store event coming up, Yaya seems somehow depressed. It seems to have something to do with her band's audition. Yaya is
  8. S01E08HaNaYaMaTa S01E08Mission EventAugust 26, 2014 9.0Yaya officially joins the Yosakoi Club, making for four members. They make progress on their preparations for the department store event, bu
  9. S01E09HaNaYaMaTa S01E09Sister ComplexSeptember 2, 2014 9.0Having gotten over their misstep at the department store, the members set their minds on the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival. Meanwhile, Machi brin
  10. S01E10HaNaYaMaTa S01E10Hot Springs CampSeptember 9, 2014 9.0With Machi having joined the Yuihama Academy Middle School Yosakoi Club, the group plan a training camp for the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival at
  11. S01E11HaNaYaMaTa S01E11Smile Is FlowerSeptember 16, 2014 9.0Just three weeks until Hanairo Yosakoi Festival! Everyone is hard at work practicing, but Hana seems a bit down. One night, after recording
  12. S01E12HaNaYaMaTa S01E12HanayamataSeptember 23, 2014 9.0The Hanairo Yosakoi Festival is finally here. It was Naru that gave everyone encouragement after Hannah's departure. Naru visits the place w

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