Hanamaru Kindergarten (series)



Hanamaru Kindergarten (はなまる幼稚園, Hanamaru Yōchien) is a Japanese situation comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yuto and published by Square Enix. It is mainly about a kindergarten girl who is in love with her teacher and tries to win his affection but always fails. It has been adapted into an anime television series produced by Gainax and broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo.

Main Plot
Anzu goes to a kindergarten with her friends: the shy Koume and the eccentric Hiiragi. Together, they try to attract attention from their caretaker named Naozumi Tsuchida. However, he is clearly more interested in the pretty Nanako Yamamoto who supervises the class next door. Even though Anzu tries a hard attempt to convince to marry Tsuchida when she grows up (this is mentioned in episode 1 when Tsuchida saved her life), Tsuchida is trying to have a date with Yamamoto; or if not, get engaged with her.

Manga
The manga is written and illustrated by Yuto. Hanamaru Kindergarten was serialized by Square Enix in the bimonthly Young Gangan magazine, and the chapters collected in tankōbon. Eleven volumes were released with the first one released on April 25, 2007, and the last one on 24 December 2011. Additionally, a fanbook with volume number 7.5 was released on February 25, 2010.

Outside Japan the series is licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press and in Hong Kong and Macau by Jade Dynasty.