Australian based anime fans have a bit more to enjoy through their local services when it comes to streaming as Hanabee has picked up the streaming rights for the spring 2015 anime series Re-Kan!. The show got a North American pickup from Sentai Filmworks and Crunchyroll’s streaming was limited to the US and Canada. Hanabee has the first episode up and running now with the second coming online in a few days. The reveal didn’t indicate whether there are home video rights included with it, but since they’ve worked with Sentai before, we won’t be surprised about an eventual announcement.
With this series, the Japanese cast is similar to the drama CD cast, which often happens. Ibuki Kido is taking on the role of Hibiki Amami, which was played by Aya Endo on the drama CDs. The rest of the cast is new as well with Miku Itou as Narumi Inoue, Erii Yamazaki as Ogawa, Riho Iida as Uehara and M・A・O as Esumi. Additional casting came recently with Yoshihisa Kawahara as Daihen-zamurai, Mikako Izawa as Hanako-san, Kujira as Ero-neko, Eriko Matsui as Merry-san, Aya Uchida as Kogal Spirit and Futaba Kino as Faceless Spirit.
Announced back in August as getting the green light, the property is a four panel manga by Hinako Seta that began as a one-shot back in 2009 before going into a full series in 2010, which in turn has spawned five compilations so far. The anime adaptation is scheduled for a spring 2015 debut. It’ll be directed by Masashi Kudo based on scripts by Takashi Aoshima with character designs done by Aoi Yamamoto at Pierrot Plus.
Plot concept: Amami Hibiki is a girl who can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in her surroundings. The stories follow her daily life with both her friends and the otherworldly.
[Source: Hanabee licenses RE-KAN!]