The “Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun Kamome Gakuen Natsu Matsuri” (Kamome Hanako-kun Academy Summer Festival in the Toilet) event held on Sunday revealed that the second season of the anime adaptation of Iro Aida's Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) manga will premiere in January 2025.
Additionally, the event announced the premiere of a four-episode sequel to the short television anime adaptation of Iro Aida's After-School Hanako-kun (Hōkago Shōnen Hanako-kun) spin-off manga on October 7. Promotional videos for both the second and sequel seasons of the short anime were also shown.
The anime production team has revealed the logo for the second season.
The second season of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun will air on 28 TBS affiliate channels, at 4:30 p.m. every Sunday, Japan time, starting in January 2025. The new season will feature the returning cast.
Yōhei Fukui, who directed episode 10 of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, will direct the second season at Lerche, replacing first season director Masaomi Andō. Yasuhiro Nakanishi, who is in charge of series scripts, and character designer Mayuka Itou, are both returning from the first season.
After-School Hanako-kun Anime Short Premieres on October 7 with Returning Cast and Staff
The four-episode After-School Hanako-kun anime short will premiere on TBS on October 7, airing late at night. The short will also feature returning cast and staff.
The official website for the Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun anime announced last December that the anime project was being “rebooted.” The first main anime season premiered in Japan in January 2020 and consisted of 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the series with both an English dub and English subtitles.
Yen Press is publishing the manga and describes the story as follows:
“Hanako-san, Hanako-san… are you there?” At Kamome Academy, there are many rumors about the school’s Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. It is said that Hanako-san occupies the third stall of the girls’ restroom on the third floor of the old school building, Hanako-san will grant any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, a high school girl who loves the occult and dreams of romance, ventured into this haunted restroom… but the Hanako-san she met there was not what she imagined! Hanako-san of Kamome Academy… was a boy!
Aida launched the manga in Square Enix's G Fantasy magazine in 2014. Square Enix published the manga's 22nd compiled book volume on Friday. Yen Press will release the 20th volume on September 17.
The first After-School Hanako-kun anime premiered on TBS in October 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the anime on the same day at 2:00 p.m. EST—before its Japanese premiere—in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
Aida launched this spin-off manga on pixiv Comic in February 2018 and ended it with the 25th chapter in October 2021. Square Enix published a compiled book volume for the manga in August 2019. Yen Press released the volume in English in April 2021.
