The Hatena Illusion anime series is one of those quiet works that didn’t get much attention during its winter 2020 broadcast and simulcast. The show had its twelfth and final episode coming up at the end of March but it was delayed with no reason given at the time, though it was basically expected to be due to the COVID-19 pandemic and slowdowns that were going on at the time. The official site has now updated that the twelfth and final episode has been rescheduled for a June 3rd debut on BS NTV and a June 5th debut on Tokyo MX. It’s also getting a June 8th debut on MBS.
Funimation has been streaming the series and producing a simuldub for it.
Shin Matsuo is directing based on the scripts by Tatsuya Takahashi. Yuizu Nakano is working on the character designs with Children’s Playground Entertainment handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Makoto Shiranui, Aina Suzuki as Kana Hoshisato, Miyu Tomita as Yumemi Hoshisato, M.A.O as Emma Sakurai, Takashi Matsuyama as Jeeves Wodehouse, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Mamoru Hoshisato., Yoshino Nanjō as Mabe Hoshisato, Satomi Arai as Mariah Grene, amd Sumire Uesaka as Kokomi Kikyōin.
💫ＢＳ日テレ：6月3日(水)24:00～
💫TOKYO MX： 6月5日(金)26:05～
💫MBS：6月8日(月)26:35〜
※放送日時は変更になる可能性があります。🎩ファンの皆さん、諸事情によりの延期、大変申し訳ございませんでした。#最終回🎩までお楽しみに！ pic.twitter.com/Dv6jAXIMSn
— アニメ「はてな☆イリュージョン」公式 (@hatena_anime) May 14, 2020
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🎩ファンの皆さん、大変申し訳ございませんが🙇♂️
現在、#はてな#💫第12話💫の放送は見送りになっております。
また放送日程は決定し次第、アニメ公式ツイッターおよびホームページでお知らせします。#はてなイリュージョン #hatenaillusion pic.twitter.com/Una2fINJru— アニメ「はてな☆イリュージョン」公式 (@hatena_anime) March 31, 2020
Liyuu will perform the opening theme song “Magic Words” while Aina Suzuki is performing the ending theme song “Hikari Iro no Uta.”
The original work comes from writer Tomohiro Matsu with illustrator Kentarou Yabuki that began in 2014 and released its fourth volume in late 2015 before Matsu passed away in May of 2016.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot concept: Ever since watching a magic show held by him and his wife Maeve, Makoto Shiranui has always admired Mamoru Hoshisato—a world-class magician, as well as friend of his parents—and came to Tokyo to become his apprentice. Kana, nicknamed Hatena, is the couple’s daughter and his childhood friend. As the hustle and bustle activities in Tokyo catches Makoto off guard such as burglaries by a beautiful thief, he depends on Hatena’s comforting side. When he came to Hoshisato’s now-haunted mansion to reunite with his childhood friend, he is greeted by the family’s butler and maid, Jeeves and Emma along with Hatena, only to discover that they are not as compatible anymore.
