Hanebado!
, also known as The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki! or Hanebad!, is a Japanese sports manga series by Kōsuke Hamada. It was serialized in Kodansha's "seinen" manga magazine "good! Afternoon" from June 7, 2013 to October 7, 2019, and has been collected in sixteen "tankōbon" volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from July 2018 to October 2018. Plot. In the sporting world of badminton, Uchika Hanesaki was a reigning champion. Her daughter Ayano would follow her mother and trained with Uchika for many years. One day in her middle school Ayano caught a cold  before an important badminton match and subsequently lost, causing Uchika to leave her and Ayano to be raised by her grandparents. Her mother leaving resulted in Ayano being depressed and stopped playing badminton at a competitive level. Now as Ayano is in her first year in high school, she is recruited by former player Kentaro Tachibana to join the badminton club. While there, she learns to overcome her fears from playing badminton again. Media. Manga. Written and illustrated by Kōsuke Hamada, "Hanebado!" was serialized in the manga anthology good! Afternoon from June 7, 2013 to October 7, 2019. The chapters  were collected and released in the tankōbon format by Kodansha. As of November 7, 2019, sixteen volumes were released. Novel. A novel was released on June 29, 2018. The story begins a year before the events in the manga. Anime. An anime television series adaptation aired from July 2 to October 1, 2018, on Tokyo MX and other channels. It ran for 13 episodes. The series is directed by Shinpei Ezaki and written by Taku Kishimoto, with animation by Liden Films. Satoshi Kimura provided the character designs, and Tatsuya Kato composed the music. The opening theme is by Yurika, and  the ending theme is by Yuiko Ōhara. The production was affected by the 2018 Hokkaido earthquake: the photography studio is located in Sapporo and was without power following the earthquake, making it impossible for the staff to continue working until electricity is fully restored. As a result, episode 11 of the show was delayed, with a new broadcast date yet to be decided. The show resumed on September 17, 2018 after being delayed for a week. The series were simulcast worldwide outside Asia by Crunchyroll with English subtitles, and in North America, the British Isles and Australasia by Funimation with  an English dub. Reception. The manga series has over 1.6 million volumes in print.