Hai-Furi (High School Fleet)
 

http://i.imgur.com/L3IGgs8.jpg

ANN source:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nounced/.92085

The series that was recently announced by the author (with collaboration) of Non Non Biyori now has a title. Should be interesting with the visual released so far. The manga author Atto is apparently in charge of the character designs and we'll get some info this week. It will be a TV anime adaptation.


Plot Summary/Premise:Official site:
http://www.hai-furi.com/news/?article_id=35869
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...evealed/.92137

To restate, it's the follow up from this news:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...w-anime/.90935

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...evealed/.92137
Information from the Comic Alive magazine:
The magazine reveals the character Akeno Misaki, who is described as cheerful, very active, and a positive thinker. One of her phrases is, "Any friend of the sea is family to me!"

With Japan having developed as a maritime nation, it became necessary to have specialized schools to teach skills essential to protecting the sea. The setting is one such all-girls school. The girls who enroll here study to become "blue mermaids," through classroom instruction and teaching of practical skills.
"Blue mermaids" are women who pursue the ocean for their professional occupation. They live by the motto "In the sea we live, the sea we protect, and by the sea we go." They must excel in their studies, but must also adopt an international mindset. They are the "Elite of the Sea," and are expected to be knowledgeable of the customs and cultures of other countries as well as their own.

The magazine is also revealing that the anime will have a manga adaptation that will start ahead of the anime. It will be serialized in Comic Alive.

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Haifuri Character design


Series composition : Reiko Yoshida
Kanari Abe will write the comic version

http://www.hai-furi.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nveiled/.93383
Reiko Yoshida (Non Non Biyori, K-ON!, Aria, Tamayura) will handle series composition for the upcoming original anime Hai-Furi. The magazine published an interview with the original creator, producers, and director, but they are currently anonymous.

The magazine also announced that Non Non Biyori manga creator Atto, who is designing the characters for the series, will provide more than 30 character designs. The magazine revealed the second character:
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...ple.php?id=110
Reiko Yoshida:
Aria - The Natural (TV) : Screenplay (8 episodes)
Aria the Animation (TV) : Scenario (eps 3-7, 10, 12)
Aria the Avvenire (OAV) : Screenplay
Aria the Origination (TV) : Script (eps 12-13), Screenplay

The manga, tentatively titled Hai-Furi, will begin in the magazine's next issue on October 27. Kanari Abe is drawing the series.
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3 more girls were added:
http://www.hai-furi.com/#characterWrap

Latest key visual
http://blog.mediafactory.co.jp/comic...01/haihuri.jpg

Starts April 2016
http://blog.mediafactory.co.jp/comicalive/?p=1855

The studio will be Production IMS.
http://www.hai-furi.com/

Also, the staff:

Director: Yuu Nobuta
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Original Character Design: Atto
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Naoto Nakamura
Color Design: Hitomi Ikeda
Studio: Production IMS

ANN: Japan, 100 years after plate subductions caused many other countries to be submerged. To save the remaining countries, the coastal cities that had been built up were launched into the seas, and the seaborne routes between them expanded. With this expansion, a need for personnel that could safeguard the seas arose. Women began to seek employment in this new industry, and soon, the "Blue Mermaids," those who keep the sea safe, began to be a source of admiration for many. The childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China sought to become Blue Mermaids themselves, and together with others who shared their dream, they enrolled in Yokosuka's Marine High School.

Preview is out now:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ry9uy

ANN: TrySail to perform the OP, "High Free Spirits".

Latest info: It'll be air in 9 TV station including 8 terrestrial + BS11
It will have a screening section in the Memorial Ship Mikasa this Apr2
Additional staff info:
Original Story Suzuki Takaaki (Also military advisor/supervisor/world setting/ episode script for numerous anime including Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer, GATE, etc. and original story for garupan spin off comic ribbon warrior)
CG Graphnicia (Also the CG for garupan)
They're going to announce one seiyuu everyday starting from Mar1

Also, for those who haven't notice yet, the manga of the story is already serializing in Comic Alive

Gotta wonder which specific channels will they air? Was MBS also confirmed to broadcast this as well? They love to pick a lot of Aniplex shows for themselves lately (only other channels to follow suit are Fuji Television and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation).

EDIT: According to Yaraon, it looks like MBS won't air it this time. Here's the full list:
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ANN: The official website for the Hai-Furi television anime series announced on Saturday that Luna Haruna will perform the show's ending theme song "Ripple Effect." The single with Haruna's ending theme will ship in Japan on May 25.
Aniplex began streaming a region-locked commercial on Thursday for the show.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcctX4nUkAArCTy.jpg

Akeno Misaki to be voiced by Shiina Natsukawa.
Also more cast + character profile images

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...amamiya/.99296