The second part of the two-part theatrical adaptation of Haikara-san ga Tooru from Waki Yamamoto, which is working with the subtitle of The Grand Tokyo Romance, came out in theaters in Japan back on October 19th, 2018 in Japan. The home video release side has now been set for a March 29th, 2019 debut with regular and limited editions for both formats and we’ve also got a two-pack release that brings both films together. The second film release is set with:
- BD LE: 9,800 yen
- BD Reg: 6,000 yen
- DVD LE: 9,800 yen
- DVD Reg: 5,000 yen
The combination set arrives on the same day:
- BD: 10,800 yen
- DVD: 9,000 yen
The Japanese includes Saori Hayami as Benio Hanamura, Mamoru Miyano as Shinobu Ijuin, Takahiro Sakurai as Tosei Aoe, Kazuya Nakai as Shingo Onijima, Yuki Kaji as Ranmaru Fujieda, Asami Seto as Tamaki Kitakouji, Unshou Ishizuka as Major Hanamora, Reiko Suzuki as Baaya, Kenta Miyake as Ushigorou, Shizuka Itou as Kichiji, and Maaya Sakamoto as Larisa.
The original manga was serialized in Shoujo Friend and had eight compiled volumes originally before getting a four-volume bunko edition. Here’s hoping Kodansha USA will take a chance on bringing out the bunko version here to help celebrate.
Waki Yamato has been creating manga for fifty years this year and it serves as a great anniversary present of sorts for her and longtime older fans out there. The property previously received an anime TV series back in 1978 but it ended abruptly along the way. it had a follow-up of a couple of live-action shows and a theatrical film in the years since.
Plot Concept: Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn’t as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman’s right to a career and to marry for love. Benio’s best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women’s rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.
[Source: Haikara-san]
