Ani-One announced on Saturday that the upcoming “Horimiya” anime series will be streaming on POP TV streaming service.
The series will be streamed starting January 10 at 1 AM.
It will also be streamed on BiliBili in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
“Horimiya” is based on Hori-san to Miyamura-kun web-comic series written and illustrated by HERO.
Masashi Ishihama, who previously worked on PERSONA 5 the Animation is directing the series while Takao Yoshioka adapts the script. Haruko Iizuka is handling the character design. Studio CloverWorks is producing the anime.
Prior to the anime series, four different OVAs were released.
The official website describes the story as follow:
Kyoko Hori, a popular and flashy gal in her class, and Isumi Miyamura, a dark and unobtrusive otaku.
One day, the two of them, who are not supposed to meet, happen to know each other’s secrets.
The distance between the two men, who became “secret sharers”, rapidly shrinks, even as they are surprised at the gap between the two.
POP TV is described as a mass market Video-on-Demand service that offers users a wide variety of local language content at an affordable price. POP TV can be accessed via www.poptv.ph. Its mobile app is available via Google Playstore and Apple App store
Anime titles such as “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”, “How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?” and “My Hero Academia” are currently streaming on the site.