Hatena Illusion

Hatena Illusion (はてな☆イリュージョン, Hatena☆Iryūjon) is a Japanese light novel series by Tomohiro Matsu, with illustrations by Kentaro Yabuki. A manga adaptation by Pochi Edoya began serialization online via Niconico Seiga website in November 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Children's Playground Entertainment premiered from January 9 to June 3, 2020.

Hatena Illusion
First light novel volume cover
はてな☆イリュージョン
(Hatena☆Iryūjon)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Light novel
Written byTomohiro Matsu
Illustrated byKentaro Yabuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintDash X Bunko
DemographicMale
Original run2014 – 2015
Volumes4
Light novel
Hatena Illusion R
Written byTomohiro Matsu, StoryWorks
Illustrated byKentaro Yabuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintDash X Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runSeptember 25, 2019 – present
Volumes2
Manga
Illustrated byPochi Edoya
Published byShueisha
MagazineNiconico Seiga
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 2018 – present
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byShin Matsuo
Written byTatsuya Takahashi
Music byKenichi Kuroda
StudioChildren's Playground Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkBS NTV, MBS, Tokyo MX
Original run January 9, 2020 – June 3, 2020
Episodes12

Synopsis

Makoto Shiranui dreams of becoming a magician and arrives in Tokyo to become a student of the world-famous illusionist Mamoru Hoshisato, a friend of his family. At the station, he is robbed, and when he arrives at the teacher's mansion, it turns out that Kana, the daughter of his future teacher, has changed a lot. And now they do not understand each other at all.

Characters
Makoto Shiranui (不知火真, Shiranui Makoto)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[2] (Japanese); Comona Lewin[3] (English)
Kana "Hatena" Hoshisato (星里果菜, Hoshisato Kana)
Voiced by: Aina Suzuki[2] (Japanese); Skyler McIntosh[3] (English)
Yumemi Hoshisato (星里夢未, Hoshisato Yumemi)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[2] (Japanese); Sarah Roach[3] (English)
Emma Sakurai (桜井エマ, Sakurai Emma)
Voiced by: M.A.O[2] (Japanese); Tabitha Ray[3] (English)
Jeeves Wodehouse (ジーヴス・ウッドハウス, Jīvusu Uddohausu)
Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama[1] (Japanese); Ben Phillips[3] (English)
Mamoru Hoshisato (星里衛, Hoshisato Mamoru)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[1] (Japanese); Daman Mills[3] (English)
Maeve Hoshisato (星里メイヴ, Hoshisato Maeve)
Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō[4] (Japanese); Brianna Roberts[3] (English)
Mariah Grene (マライア・グレーネ, Maraia Gurēne)
Voiced by: Satomi Arai[4] (Japanese); Amanda Gish[3] (English)
Kokomi Kikyōin (桔梗院心美, Kikyōin Kokomi)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[4] (Japanese); Dani Chambers[3] (English)

Media

Light novel

Shueisha have published four volumes of the light novel series since 2014 under their Dash X Bunko imprint, with the latest volume published in November 2015. The series is unfinished owing to the author's death in May 2016.[5] Shueisha later launched a new series, Hatena Illusion R,[2] with the first volume being published on August 23, 2019.

No.Release date ISBN
1 November 21, 2014[6]ISBN 978-4-08-631007-9
2 April 24, 2015[7]ISBN 978-4-08-631038-3
3 August 25, 2015[8]ISBN 978-4-08-631063-5
4 November 25, 2015[9]ISBN 978-4-08-631082-6

Hatena Illusion R
No.Release date ISBN
R August 23, 2019[10]ISBN 978-4-08-631324-7
R2 February 21, 2020[11]ISBN 978-4-08-631350-6

Manga

Pochi Edoya launched a manga adaptation of the series in Niconico Seiga online website in November 2018. Shueisha published the first tankōbon volume on September 19, 2019.[2]

No.Release date ISBN
1 January 17, 2020[12]ISBN 978-4-08-891297-4
2 February 19, 2020[13]ISBN 978-4-08-891525-8
3 June, 2020[14]ISBN 978-4-08-891645-3

Anime

In March 2017, an anime adaptation of Hatena Illusion was announced at AnimeJapan.[5] The adaptation was later announced in 2019 to be a television series animated by Children's Playground Entertainment and directed by Shin Matsuo, with Tatsuya Takahashi handling series composition, Ruizu Nakano designing the characters, and Kenichi Kuroda composing the music.[2] The series premiered from January 9 to June 3, 2020 on BS NTV, MBS, and Tokyo MX.[15] Liyuu performed the series' opening theme song "Magic Words", while Aina Suzuki performed the series' ending theme song "Hikari Iro no Uta" (ヒカリイロの歌).[2] Funimation has licensed the series for a simuldub.[16]

Due to "various reasons", the 12th and final episode was postponed to June 3 from its April broadcast.[17]

References
  1. "Hatena Illusion Romantic Comedy Anime Reveals More Cast, January Debut". Anime News Network. October 31, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. "Hatena Illusion Anime's Staff, Cast, Theme Song Artists Announced". Anime News Network. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. "[Master Thread] Hatena Illusion (Dubbed)". Funimation. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. "Yoshino Nanjō, Satomi Arai, Sumire Uesaka Join Cast of Hatena Illusion Anime". Anime News Network. November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  5. "Tomohiro Matsu's Hatena Illusion Light Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  6. "はてな・イリュージョン". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. "はてな・イリュージョン 2". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  8. "はてな・イリュージョン 3". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. "はてな・イリュージョン 4". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  10. "はてな・イリュージョン R". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  11. "はてな・イリュージョン R2". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  12. "はてな☆イリュージョン". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  13. "はてな☆イリュージョン 2". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  14. "はてな☆イリュージョン 3". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  15. "Hatena Illusion Anime Premieres on January 9". Anime News Network. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  16. "Stay Cozy with Funimation's Winter 2020 Lineup". Funimation. January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  17. Harding, Daryl. "Hatena☆Illusion TV Anime's Final Episode to Broadcast on June 3". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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