Hanebado!

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Hanebado! volume 1 cover.jpg

| caption = Cover of Hanebado! volume 1 by Kodansha

| ja_kanji = はねバド!

| ja_romaji =

| genre = Sports (badminton)

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kōsuke Hamada

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic = Seinen

| magazine = good! Afternoon

| first = June 7, 2013

| last = October 7, 2019

| volumes = 16

| volume_list = List of Hanebado! volumes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = novel

| author = Yūichi Mochizuki

| illustrator = Kōsuke Hamada

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en =

| demographic = Male

| imprint = Kodansha Ranobe Bunko

| published = June 29, 2018

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Shinpei Ezaki

| producer = {{ubl|Tetsurō Satomi|Makoto Furukawa|Nobutaka Sakurai|Shunsuke Hosoi|Yōko Baba|Yūichi Tada|Shōta Watase|Bruce Chiou|Naoto Kase}}

| writer = Taku Kishimoto

| music = Tatsuya Kato

| studio = Liden Films

| licensee = Crunchyroll

| network = Tokyo MX, KTV, BS11, AT-X

| network_en =

| first = July 2, 2018

| last = October 1, 2018

| episodes = 13

| episode_list = List of Hanebado! episodes

}}

{{Nihongo|Hanebado!|はねバド!}}, also known as The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki! or Hanebad!, is a Japanese sports manga series by Kōsuke Hamada. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon from June 2013 to October 2019, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-11/hanebado-badminton-manga-has-important-announcement-on-february-7/.126191|title= Hanebado! Badminton Manga Has 'Important Announcement' on February 7|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=February 4, 2018}} An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from July 2018 to October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-04/hanebado-badminton-manga-gets-summer-tv-anime/.126472|title=Hanebado! Badminton Manga Gets TV Anime|date=February 4, 2018|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=February 4, 2018}}

Plot

In the sporting world of badminton, Uchika Hanesaki was a reigning champion. Her daughter Ayano would follow her mother and trained with Uchika for many years. One day in her middle school Ayano caught a cold before an important badminton match and subsequently lost, causing Uchika to leave her and Ayano to be raised by her grandparents. Her mother leaving resulted in Ayano being depressed and she stopped playing badminton at a competitive level. Now as Ayano is in her first year in high school, she is recruited by former player Kentaro Tachibana to join the badminton club. While there, she learns to overcome her fears from playing badminton again.

Characters

=Kitakomachi High School=

; {{Nihongo|Ayano Hanesaki|羽咲綾乃|Hanesaki Ayano}}

: {{Voiced by|Hitomi Ōwada|Amber Lee Connors{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AmberLeeConnors/status/1022224620974473228|title=Amber Lee Connors on Twitter|work=Twitter|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}}}

: A first year in high school and a shy badminton player. When she is spoken to, Elena often comes on her side. In one instance; When Kentaro was scouting for badminton members to join the team's club, while he saw Ayano climbed up a tree.

; {{Nihongo|Nagisa Aragaki|荒垣なぎさ|Aragaki Nagisa}}

: {{Voiced by|Miyuri Shimabukuro|Dawn M. Bennett{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DawnMBennettVA/status/1022223485937049600|title=Dawn M. Bennett on Twitter|work=Twitter|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}}}

: A third year in high school and the team's badminton captain.

; {{Nihongo|Riko Izumi|泉理子|Izumi Riko}}

: {{Voiced by|Yuuna Mimura{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Jennifer|title=Hanebad! Badminton TV Anime Casts Yuuna Mimura, Konomi Kohara|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-06/hanebad-badminton-tv-anime-casts-yuuna-mimura-konomi-kohara/.130051|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 6, 2018|date=April 6, 2018}}|Jill Harris{{cite web|url=https://www.funimation.com/blog/2018/06/21/summer-simuldub-lineup-just/|title=Our Summer 2018 SimulDub lineup is just for you!|publisher=Funimation|date=June 21, 2018|access-date=July 30, 2018}}}}

: A third year in high school and the team's vice-captain.

; {{Nihongo|Elena Fujisawa|藤沢エレナ|Fujisawa Erena}}

: {{Voiced by|Konomi Kohara|Sarah Wiedenheft}}

: A first year in high school and the badminton club's manager as well as Ayano's childhood friend, and classmate.

; {{Nihongo|Kentaro Tachibana|立花健太郎|Tachibana Kentarō}}

: {{Voiced by|Nobuhiko Okamoto{{cite web|title=Hanebad! Badminton TV Anime Casts Nobuhiko Okamoto as Coach|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-09/hanebad-badminton-tv-anime-casts-nobuhiko-okamoto-as-coach/.128778|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 9, 2018|date=March 9, 2018}}|Kyle Igneczi}}

:The coach of the women's badminton club.

; {{Nihongo|Miyako Tarōmaru|太郎丸美也子|Tarōmaru Miyako}}

: {{Voiced by|Mikako Komatsu{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|title=Hanebad! Badminton Anime Casts Mikako Komatsu, Sayaka Ohara|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-08/hanebad-badminton-anime-casts-mikako-komatsu-sayaka-ohara/.131308|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 8, 2018|date=May 8, 2018}}|Katelyn Barr}}

: The badminton club's advisor.

=Konan High School=

;{{Nihongo|Kaoruko Serigaya|芹ヶ谷薫子|Serigaya Kaoruko}}

:{{Voiced by|Asami Shimoda|Mikaela Krantz}}

: Ayano's rival during their middle school days and a member of the Konan High School badminton club.

=Fredericia Girls High School=

; {{Nihongo|Connie Christensen|コニー・クリステンセン|Konī Kurisutensen}}

: {{Voiced by|Mariya Ise{{cite web|last1=Hodgkins|first1=Crystalyn|title=Hanebad! Badminton Anime Adds 4 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-18/hanebad-badminton-anime-adds-4-more-cast-members/.131727|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 19, 2018|date=May 18, 2018}}|Ariel Graham}}

: A badminton player from Denmark, who was trained by Uchika Hanesaki and a member of the Fredericia girls badminton club. She meets Ayano by a river, after she ran away from the training camp. They went by a flower shop to look around. When Ayano's phone rang, she overheard her name on the phone, which surprised Connie.

; {{Nihongo|Yuika Shiwahime|志波姫唯華|Shiwahime Yuika}}

:{{Voiced by|Ai Kayano|Mallorie Rodak}}

: A third year and the captain of a rival high school badminton club, Fredericia.

=Zushi Sogo High School=

; {{Nihongo|Nozomi Ishizawa|石澤望|Ishizawa Nozomi}}

: {{Voiced by|Arisa Sakuraba|Lynsey Hale}}

: She was Riko's middle school friend and a semifinalist from a past badminton tournament.

=Others=

; {{Nihongo|Uchika Hanesaki|羽咲有千夏|Hanesaki Uchika}}

: {{Voiced by|Sayaka Ōhara|Colleen Clinkenbeard}}

: A retired badminton champion and Ayano's mother. Before she retired, her name was Uchika Shindo.

Media

=Manga=

{{main|List of Hanebado! volumes{{!}}List of Hanebado! volumes}}

Written and illustrated by Kōsuke Hamada, Hanebado! was serialized in the manga anthology good! Afternoon from June 7, 2013, to October 7, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-07/hanebado-badminton-manga-ends-in-next-chapter/.150843|title=Hanebado! Badminton Manga Ends in Next Chapter|website=Anime News Network|date=September 7, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2019}} The chapters were collected and released in the tankōbon format by Kodansha. As of November 7, 2019, sixteen volumes were released.{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000325647|title=はねバド! (16)|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=November 7, 2019}}

=Novel=

A novel was released on June 29, 2018. The story begins a year before the events in the manga.

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{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 1

| RelDate = June 29, 2018{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000312849|title=Hanebado! (novel)|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=February 26, 2019}}

| ISBN = 978-4-06-512573-1

| ChapterListCol1 =

Prologue {{nihongo|Hayaku saka ba hayaku chiru|早く咲かば早く散る}}
1. {{nihongo|Aru Nichijō no Hajimari|ある日常の始まり}}
2. {{nihongo|Shōjo no Hibi|少女の日々}}
3. {{nihongo|Sono mebae|その芽生え}}
4. {{nihongo|Yakusoku|約束}}
Epilogue {{nihongo|Sorezore no Ibasho|それぞれの居場所}}

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=Anime=

{{main|List of Hanebado! episodes{{!}}List of Hanebado! episodes}}

An anime television series adaptation aired from July 2{{efn|Tokyo MX listed the show at 24:00 on July 1, which is at midnight on July 2, 2018.}} to October 1, 2018, on Tokyo MX and other channels.{{cite web|last1=Hodgkins|first1=Crystalyn|title=Hanebad! Badminton Anime Reveals Visual, July 1 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-01/hanebad-badminton-anime-reveals-visual-july-1-premiere/.132330|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|date=June 1, 2018}} It ran for 13 episodes.{{cite web|url=http://news.hanebad.com/goods/【vol-6】2月13日発売！/|title=BD/DVD|publisher=Hanebado|language=ja|access-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073557/http://news.hanebad.com/goods/%E3%80%90vol-6%E3%80%912%E6%9C%8813%E6%97%A5%E7%99%BA%E5%A3%B2%EF%BC%81/ |archive-date=September 9, 2018}} The series is directed by Shinpei Ezaki and written by Taku Kishimoto, with animation by Liden Films. Satoshi Kimura provided the character designs, and Tatsuya Kato composed the music. The opening theme is {{Nihongo|"Futari no Hane"|ふたりの羽根}} by Yurika, and the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"High Stepper"|ハイステッパー|Hai Suteppā}} by Yuiko Ōhara.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-13/hanebad-badminton-anime-2nd-promo-video-previews-theme-songs/.132848|title=Hanebad! Badminton Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Theme Songs|website=Anime News Network|date=June 13, 2018|access-date=June 13, 2018}}

The production was affected by the 2018 Hokkaido earthquake: the photography studio is located in Sapporo and was without power following the earthquake, making it impossible for the staff to continue working until electricity is fully restored. As a result, episode 11 of the show was delayed, with a new broadcast date yet to be decided.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-07/hanebad-anime-11th-episode-delayed-due-to-hokkaido-earthquake/.136487|title=Hanebad! Anime's 11th Episode Delayed Due to Hokkaido Earthquake|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=September 7, 2018}} The show resumed on September 17, 2018, after being delayed for a week.{{cite web|url=http://news.hanebad.com/news_wp/0913-2/|title=Hanebado! schedule|publisher=Hanebado|language=ja|date=September 13, 2018|access-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185346/http://news.hanebad.com/news_wp/0913-2/|archive-date=September 13, 2018}}

Crunchyroll streamed the series with original Japanese audio and English subtitles, while Funimation streamed it with an English dub.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-28/crunchyroll-funimation-to-stream-chio-school-road-harukana-receive-hanebad-anime/.133536|title=Crunchyroll, Funimation to Stream Chio's School Road, Harukana Receive, Hanebad Anime (Update)|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 28, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2018}}

Reception

By December 2018, the manga had over 1.6 million copies in circulation.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-02/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series-november-2018/.139661|title=Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - November 2018|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2018|access-date=January 1, 2019}}