New Hanasaku Iroha Work in 2012 Confirmed

The Hokkoku Shimbun paper confirmed on Monday that the production committee of the Hanasaku Iroha television anime series announced that it is producing a "new visual work" of Hanasaku Iroha next year.

The production committee did not specify if the new work will be released on television, on video, or in theaters, or even if the work will be animated.This would be interesting for this series that unexpectedly got succesful.

The story centers around Ohana Matsumae, a 16-year-old Tokyo native who suddenly ends up working at a provincial hot spring inn after her mother flees town to avoid debts.