Hanako Oku: Hanabi - Recommendations

• TV (163 eps)
• 1988 - 1992

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2019

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2016

A boy and a girl experience school and life with each other.

• Web (1 ep)
• 2018

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2006

Dejiko is now twenty years old and works part time in a bakery. On her way home on Christmas eve, she slips and drops her cake; but when a young man approaches and switches her spoiled cake for his, Dejiko is unsure how to respond. The young man is Senba Takuo, and their love develops over the next year. But when Dejiko receives a letter from her mother requesting her to come back to her far away home, and after she sees Takuo with another girl, what will become of their relationship?

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2006

Yuuji and Shana's class is on its way to a shrine for a school field trip. During these trips classmates sometimes take the opportunity to confess to their hidden crushes, and this trip is no exception! Mataka is considering confessing to the one she dreams of, Eita, but her nerves and other obstacles stand in the way: their group leader gets nauseous on the bus and Eita seems to be "really close" with his best friend. Will she find the confidence to confess and wedge herself between Eita and his best friend?

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2021

The official music video for Aitakute, by Ado.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1982

• TV (63 eps)
• 1982

Morimura Aiko is a junior high school student who is short for her age. Her father went on a yacht ten years ago and his whereabouts remained in obscurity. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr Fujinami. Aiko had a pet dog, Papi, but it died in a car accident. Around the same time, another dog, Spank, appears before her. Having gone through so many unfortunate events in her life, Spank's presence begins to brighten up Aiko's life and put a smile on her face.

• Web (1 ep)
• 2017