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The “Hana to Yume” manga line hits 50

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Angel Sanctuary Fan cel by keeper | Photo: Rekka’s Cel Gallery

As the Hana to Yume line of manga hits 50 this year,
let’s reminisce over a couple of my favorite titles!

Clearly, for anyone who knows me, the number one title that strikes a major cord with me is none other than Angel Sanctuary!

My relationship with Hana to Yume manga is rather limited, but the connections I’ve made have been life long. So, I’d like to dedicate this space to my appreciation toward one particular series that has attributed to half of my personal moniker…

▶︎ Hana to Yume Titles

There are many titles under the Hana to Yume umbrella that are unknown to me, but I’d like to at least express my appreciation to all the titles that I have at least the faintest inkling of…

  • Glass Mask (1976-1997)
  • Here is Greenwood (1986-1991)
  • Please Save My Earth (1986-1994)
  • Angel Sanctuary (1994-2000)
  • Fruits Basket (1998-2006)

I don’t really know much about Glass Mask, but I at least know some of the music from Here is Greenwood. Here are a couple of the themes that still are precious to me:

Neither of these songs seem all that familiar to me, and I absolutely cannot find the song that I used to really love, so I guess that needs to wait for next time!

Most especially, Angel Sanctuary was a series that took up a great portion of my high school days, and I have to attribute half of my personal moniker to it. I’ve always dreamed of having wings and as such been drawn to characters with wings… so this series was easily picked up by my radar. I don’t care too much about the themes that it’s trying to convey throughout, but the very basic structure between humans, demons, and angels will always appeal to me. I’ve even commissioned a fan cel of my favorite character from the series, which you can see as the top image in this article. I’m not exactly sure if they are still producing fan works, since this was well over 20 years ago, but anyway…

Originally by Yuki Kaori, Angel Sanctuary is a story that follows the life of Setsuna Mudo, who appears to be the human reincarnation of the Seraph Alexiel… The story gets way more complicated as time goes on, but I’d suggest checking this one out if you’re a fan of divine fantasy (dealing with angels and demons).

The manga was adapted into a 3-part anime OVA which was really well done… it’s just unfortunate that they’re not able to tackle the entire series as a whole and could only cover the early chapters of the story. It would have been really interesting to see their take on the later sections.

The opening theme “KNIFE OF ROMANCE” by ΦPhl is also one of my favorites! Check it out!

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