The 2015 anime series Re-Kan! was one that Sentai Filmworks picked up and released some time ago where it had separate DVD and Blu-ray editions.The show never had its trailer streamed online as part of Sentai’s YouTube channel and they’ve changed as they go through alphabetically adding them and we catch up with them. The series is still in print for both formats and it’s also available for streaming on HIDIVE.
Check out our review of the series.
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 six compilations so far. The anime adaptation arrived in the spring 2015 season. It was directed by Masashi Kudo based on scripts by Takashi Aoshima with character designs done by Aoi Yamamoto at Pierrot Plus.
The Japanese cast includes Ibuki Kido as Hibiki Amami, Miku Itou as Narumi Inoue, Erii Yamazaki as Ogawa, Riho Iida as Uehara, M・A・O as Esum, 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.
Plot concept: Narumi Inoue has a problem with the new girl in school. It’s not that Hibiki Amami is impolite or a bully… it’s just that she sees, speaks with, and befriends ghosts! Now, it’s at the point that when Amami’s around, Inoue sometimes sees them too, spelling disaster for a girl who’s terrified of anything supernatural. However, Amami’s genuine kindness makes it hard for Inoue to ignore her, especially when her friends Kyoko, Kana, and Makoto, as well as the other students, have accepted Amami’s habit of talking to thin air and walking around invisible obstacles. With gentle coaxing (and the knowledge that her departed grandmother is watching over her), Inoue finds herself immersed in Amami’s strange, otherworldly adventures. Fulfilling the last wishes of the dead might not be a normal after-school activity, but at least they’ll always know why the ghost crossed to the other side in RE-KAN!