US-based anime licensor and publisher Sentai has earlier today announced they hold the rights to the 2006, 47-episode TV anime series Nana. Animated by renown animations studio Madhouse, this adapts Ai Yazawa’s original manga, and will be available to fans both digitally and physically soon in an upconverted format. Specifically, Sentai are planning to offer a high-definition version first through select digital streaming platforms, followed by a home video release at a later date.
Nana follows two twenty-something year olds who seemingly share nothing in common apart from their first name. A chance meeting on a train bound for Tokyo sets Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki on a collision course with destiny. Nana Komatsu, a love-at-first-sight dreamer, aims to find enduring happiness in the big city. Nana Osaki, neo punk rock vocalist, pursues her burning ambitions of musical stardom and worldwide fame. As their fates increasingly intertwine, they each chase their dreams — until the harsh realities of life in big city Tokyo threaten to tear everything apart.
Nana was directed by Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, MY Love STORY!!, Cardcaptor Sakura) with series composition by Tomoko Konparu (Blue Spring Ride, Sunday Without God, Glass Mask) and music by Tomoki Hasegawa (Mysterious Girlfriend X, D.N.Angel, Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei).
The series stars Romi Park (Land of the Lustrous, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Shaman King) as punk-rocker Nana Osaki and KAORI (Kaleido Star, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Pokémon: Advanced Generation) as the cheerful Nana Komatsu.
