Asobi Asobase


Asobi Asobase is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rin Suzukawa. It began serialization on Hakusensha's Young Animal Densi website in June 2015. The series has been compiled into nine tankōbon volumes as of February 2020. An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired in Japan from July to September 2018.

Plot

The series centers on Hanako, Olivia and Kasumi, second year students at an all-girls middle school and the only three members of the Pastimers Club, a not officially recognized club. The club has very ambiguous goals, usually consisting of whatever so-called "pastimes" the girls happen to think up.

Characters

;Hanako Honda
;Olivia
;Kasumi Nomura
;Chisato Higuchi
;Maeda
;Student Council President
;Oka
;Aguri Mato
;Tsugumi Aozora
;Sainan
;Takayanagi
;Kentarō Honda

Media

Manga

Asobi Asobase is written and illustrated by Rin Suzukawa. It began serialization on Hakusensha's Young Animal Densi website on June 26, 2015, which was later replaced by Hakusensha's Manga Park website on August 1, 2017. The series has also been published in Young Animal since November 25, 2016.

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Seiji Kishi and animated by Lerche, aired from July 8 to September 23, 2018. The scripts were written by Yuko Kakihara and the music was composed by Masato Koda. The opening theme song is "Three Piece", and the ending theme song is "Inkya Impulse", both by Hina Kino, Rika Nagase and Konomi Kohara. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. An original video animation episode was bundled with the manga's seventh volume on December 26, 2018.

Specials