[Haitai Nanafa] TV Anime Coming October

According to the official website, TV Anime of Haitai Nanafa (はいたい七葉) was announced and will be aired in October. With the character design done by POP, the heart warming series revolves around an energetic middle school girl Nanafa Kyan who lives with her grandmother who runs a soba shop. POP is well known for being the illustrator of Moetan, a series of English language study aid published in Japan and later had an Anime adaptation back in 2007.

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Story

The story of Haitai Nanafa revolves around an energetic middle school girl named Nanafa Kyan. Nanafa lives in Okinawa with her grandmother who runs the “Kame Soba” soba shop, her beautiful older sister Nao who is in high school, and her younger sister Kokona, who is in elementary school and has a strong ability to sense the supernatural.

One day, Nanafa witnesses a seal fall off of a Chinese banyan tree, and three spirits who live in that tree are unleashed. These spirits include Niina and Raana, who are “jimunaa” spirits. The third spirit is Iina, who is an incarnation of an Okinawan lion statue. As spirits start appearing one after another, the peaceful life of Nanafa and her family begins to change.

[source: http://theakiba.com/haitai-nanafa-tv-anime/]