We’re just barely into the winter 2015 season and now more dates are being set for the spring 2015 season with their premieres. Slotted for an April premier next year with a planned 25 episode run, Rin-ne now has a formal date of April 4th, 2015 at 5:30pm on NHK, which gives it a big, prime broadcast time. The show is set to be directed by Seiki Sugawara at Brains Base with the eternally busy Michiko Yokote handling the scripts for the series. More staffing is expected in the coming weeks.
Rumiko Takahashi’s works have spawned some long running shows over the years, from Urusei Yatsura to Ranma 1/2 as well as Maison Ikkoku and Inu Yasha. Add in a number of OVAs over the years, most of which are long out of print in North America, and it’s easy to see why they’ll animate what she produces once there’s more than enough content to work with. The manga series, which is released in North America by Viz as Rin-ne, beghan in 2009 and has twenty-two volumes released there to date. Viz Media has released the 16th volume of the series this month in North America.
Plot Concept: As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma’s home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura’s has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate shows up, and he’s far more than what he seems!
[Source: ANN]
