The previously announced Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life anime revealed a new visual and trailer, along with eight additional cast members at AnimeJapan 2026.
The cast includes:
- Jun Fukuyama as Ryusei Narukami
- Akira Sekine as Meteor Hanaori
- Seena Hoshiki as Mako Satsuki
- Hitomi Ueda as Marika Nagamori
- Sora Tokui as Mana Kuraishi
- Nene Hieda as Nemuto Takigawa
- Rie Takahashi as Ayahime Takanashi
- Hiromi Igarashi as Eriko Asahina
- Ayasa Ito as Moe Narukami
- Yoko Hikasa as Sakura Rokudo
The main anime staff includes:
- Original Work: Hekiru Hikawa (Serialized in Kodansha’s Morning Two)
- Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
- Series Composition: Yukie Sugawara
- Character Design: Yosuke Okuda
- Art Director: Naoka Ayata
- Color Design: Mineyo Onishi
- Director of Photography: Kimihiro Nakano
- Sound Director: Ryosuke Naya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, R・O・N
- Animation Production: LIDENFILMS
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life is a manga series by Hekiru Hikawa, known for Pani Poni. The series launched in Kodansha’s Monthly Morning Two magazine in August 2021.
The synopsis is as follows:
Ryusei Narukami—occupation: shut-in NEET.
He spends his days holed up at home, endlessly gaming… but in another world, he
was once the Demon King!
One day, Meteor Hanaori appears before him—the Hero who defeated Ryusei long
ago and who is now living as an ordinary high school girl.
After reuniting with Meteor, Ryusei manages to reenter society, landing a job as a
high school teacher at Mikenshi Girls’ High School.
However, it turns out to be the very school Meteor attends!
Reincarnated into a peaceful world, the two meet once again—
and a new romance between a former Demon King and a former Hero begins!?
Source: Press Release, AnimeJapan 2026
©Hekiru Hikawa, Kodansha / Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life Anime Production Committee
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