The Non Non Biyori franchise has done well for Sentai Filmworks as they’ve previously licensed and released the two seasons and the feature film. They’ve also got the third season coming up next year. Now, they’re continuing to go through their backlog of trailers that they never added to their channel and the two seasons are getting the attention. Both seasons are available as a single collection and are also both streaming through HIDIVE these days.
The first two series were directed by Shinya Kawamo based on the overall composition by Reiko Yoshida who also wrote the scripts alongside Fumihiko Shimo and Yuka Yamada. Mai Otsuka served as the character design and the project was animated at Silver Link.
Check out our thoughts on the Non Non Biyori and Non Non Biyori Repeat seasons as released by Sentai Filmworks.
The anime is based on the manga by Atto that began in 2009 under Media Factory, which has fifteen volumes so far. Seven Seas Entertainment has the North American license for the manga.
Plot concept: When Hotaru moves from Tokyo to a tiny town in the rural countryside, she’s in for some serious culture shock: the nearest place that sells comics is 20 minutes away, the nearest video store is ten train stations down the line, and there are only three other girls and one boy in her entire school! Even though everything’s so different, there’s something about the laid-back atmosphere that makes her feel strangely comfortable. While she’ll certainly miss parts of her old life, there’s a whole lifetime of experiences waiting to be enjoyed with her new friends Renge, Komari, Natsumi, and Suguru! In the end, it’s who you’re with, not where you are, that makes a place your home!
