April Showers Bring May Flowers Blu-ray Box Part 1

Hana Tabata longs for the sweet, exciting romance she reads about in shojo manga, but her lack of confidence makes her believe that love will never find her. She usually keeps to a quiet corner of the classroom until popular classmate Yosuke Ueno witnesses an embarrassing moment early one morning. Their unexpected encounter opens the door to friendships with Yosuke and the other students, bringing comic misunderstandings, increasingly lively days and the first possibility of romance into Hana's school life.

Part 1 contains episodes 1-6, with approximately 143 minutes of main content. The disc also includes the creditless opening and mini-anime episodes 1-6. Saori Hayami, Shinba Tsuchiya and Yoshino Aoyama join the special commentaries for episodes 1 and 3. A newly illustrated anime slipcase box and special booklet accompany the release.

Saori Hayami voices Hana Tabata, Shinba Tsuchiya plays Yosuke Ueno, Yoshino Aoyama plays Sumire Uguisudani, Yoshimasa Hosoya plays Tetsuo Gotanda, Tasuku Hatanaka plays Tsutomu Shinbashi and Makoto Koichi plays Keisuke Ueno. Adapted from Roku Sakura's manga, the series is directed and structured by Mirai Minato, with character designs by Miwa Oshima, supporting-character designs by Beat and animation by SILVER LINK.

The production team includes prop designer Moe Tanaka, art director Hidenori Nakahara, 3D art-object designer Yoshiteru Enomoto, colour designer Akira Igarashi, director of photography Yuko Shintani, editor Yuji Kondo of REAL-T and sound director Masaki Tsuchiya. Yuki Hayashi and Shogo Yamashiro compose the music, with score production by en:Stereo. TWS performs the opening theme "BLOOM (feat. Ayumu Imazu)," and GLASGOW performs the ending theme "Souvenir." The main programme has Japanese Linear PCM 2.0 stereo audio, with no subtitles.