S.A: Special A
2008 • GONZO
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2008
- Episodes
- 24
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- GONZO · AIC · Sentai Filmworks · Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
- Genres
- Comedy · Drama · Romance · Slice of Life
Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him.
Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, sporting events - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money.
Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her. The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.
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S.A: Special A was produced by studio GONZO and AIC in 2008, adapting the popular shōjo manga series created by Maki Minami. The anime follows the lives of seven elite high school students in a special class, centering on the intense academic and personal rivalry between the top-ranked Kei Takishima and the second-ranked Hikari Hanazono. It emerged during a period when romantic comedies focusing on high-achieving student archetypes were a staple of the medium, aiming to balance character-driven humor with the dramatic flair typical of shōjo narratives.
The production sought to translate the manga's lighthearted and often exaggerated aesthetic into a television format. While the series was aimed at a younger demographic and relied on established tropes of the school-life genre, it received a modest reception from viewers who appreciated its focus on character development and interpersonal dynamics. Despite the transition from print to animation, the series remained faithful to the source material's core themes of perseverance and the blending of rivalry with burgeoning romance.
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