The official website for the anime film project of Waki Yamato’s Haikara-san ga Tooru manga revealed on March 24 that the second film, Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Kōhen – Hana no Tōkyō Dai Roman (Haikara Goes By the Movie: Hana’s Great Tokyo Romance), will open this fall.
Toshiaki Kidokoro is replacing the previously announced Mitsuko Kase (Ristorante Paradiso, Young Black Jack) as the director of the second film.
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Rurouni Kenshin, Hunter x Hunter) directed Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen – Benio, Hana no 17-sai, the first film in the series, which opened in Japan on November 11.
The film was originally slated to open this spring.