Softenni
Plot. The series follows Shiratama Middle School student Asuna Harukaze and her teammates, who are all members of their school's Soft Tennis club. Their team are intent on winning the soft tennis national championship but must also deal with the trials, twists and turns of their comedic, adventurous school life. Media. The original manga by Ryō Azuchi began serialization in Mag Garden's "Monthly Comic Blade" magazine from 2008. The series will be added to legal manga reading site JManga on June 5, 2012. Anime. An anime television series was announced in December 2010 in "Comic Blade" and  confirmed to begin the following spring, with 12 episodes. It aired on Tokyo MX on April 7, 2011 and finished on June 24, 2011. It is produced by Xebec, with character designs by Yūichi Oka, Yoshikazu Iwanami as sound director, and Ryouki Kamitsubo as director. Two songs are used for the opening and ending themes of the anime, by Ultra-Prism with Shiratama-chū Soft Tennis Club, and by Kanae Itō respectively. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks for digital and home video distribution.