Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends

Alternate Titles

私に天使が舞い降りた！プレシャス・フレンズ
Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! Precious Friends

Synopsis

The sketch comedy about becoming friends with super cute girls is headed for the big screen! Good friends Hana, Hinata, Noa, Koyori, and Kanon are once again having a fun snack party at home with Miyako’s homemade sweets. They notice that the flower-shaped cookies look just like Hana’s trademark hair clip, a treasured item that was given to her by her grandmother when she was little. The girls get excited to learn about the story, so they decide to visit grandma’s house. The curtain rises on everyone’s first trip together!

Background

Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me started as a four-panel manga written and illustrated by Nanatsu Mukunoki. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime in November 2016. As of June 2022, 11 collected tankobon volumes have been published under the Yuri Hime Comics imprint.

A TV anime adaptation of the series was announced in the third volume of the manga released in June 2018. The anime was produced by Doga Kobo with Daisuke Hiramaki directing, Yuka Yamada writing the script, Hiromi Nakagawa designing the characters, and Takuro Iga composing the music. Both the opening theme song, "Kimama na Tenshi-tachi," and ending theme song, “Happy Happy Friends,” were performed by Maria Sashide, Rika Nagae, Akari Kito, Hitomi Ohwada, and Naomi Ozora as the group Wataten☆5. The anime was broadcast from January to March 2019 and spanned 12 episodes and an OVA.

Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends is the series’ first film adaptation. It was announced in November 2020 and is being produced once again by Doga Kobo. Returning staff include Daisuke Hiramaki as director, Yuka Yamada as scriptwriter, Hiromi Nakagawa as character designer, and Takuro Iga as music composer. The five-member vocal group Wataten☆5 is once again in charge of the theme songs, which include “Precious Friends!” as the opening theme song and “Zutto… Zutto…” as the ending theme song. The anime will premiere theatrically in Japan on Oct. 14, 2022.

Characters

Miyako Hoshino (Voiced by: Reina Ueda)
A first-year college student and otaku who secretly likes cosplay. She is shy around others and spends most of her time indoors. She makes Hana wear cosplay outfits she creates by bribing her with snacks.

Hana Shirosaki (Voiced by: Maria Sashide)
A fifth-year elementary school student and Hinata’s classmate. She is a quiet girl who has no self-control when it comes to sweets. After meeting Miyako for the first time she doesn’t like her but ends up putting up with her and dressing up in cosplay outfits in order to get sweets. She’s bad with dogs.

Hinata Hoshino (Voiced by: Rika Nagae)
Miyako’s little sister who is a fifth-year elementary school student. Unlike her older sister, Hinata is cheerful, sociable, and full of energy. She is particularly fond of her sister, and has a bit of a sister complex. She calls Miyako “Mya-nee.”

Noa Himesaka (Voiced by: Akari Kito)
A transfer student who is classmates with Hinata and Hana. She moves in next to Miyako and Hinata and calls Miyako “Mya-san.” She finds out about Miyako’s cosplay obsession after seeing her dressed up one day. She considers herself cute and hates when others are called cute instead of her.

Koyori Tanemura (Voiced by: Hitomi Owada)
A class representative in Hana’s class. She wants to be someone who is reliable, but due to her clumsiness and childish nature she is quite unreliable.

Kanon Konomori (Voiced by: Naomi Ozora)
A class representative in Hana’s class. She is quiet and tolerant of others. She is also skilled at everything, in particular making sweets, which Miyako sometimes asks for her help with. Compared to Koyori she is quite reliable. She likes cute clothes but has no compulsion to dress up in cosplay for Miyako due to being embarrassed about having pictures taken of her.

Koko Matsumoto
Koko went to high school with Miyako and was in the same club together. She became fixated on Miyako during her second year of high school and has been obsessed with her ever since. She stalks Miyako on a daily basis and even grew out her hair to look more like her.

Music

Opening Theme Song: “Precious Friends!” by Wataten☆5
Ending Theme Song: “Zutto… Zutto…” by Wataten☆5

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• Original Creator: Nanatsu Mukunoki
• Director: Daisuke Hiramaki
• Assistant Director: Seong Min Kim
• Screenplay: Yuka Yamada
• Character Design: Hiromi Nakagawa
• Chief Animation Director: Hiromi Nakagawa, Katsuhiro Kumagai, Kiikun
• Art Director: Yukari Yasuda (Olive)
• Color Design: Kei Ishiguro
• Director of Photography: Yasushi Kudo
• Editing: Kentarou Tsubone (REAL-T)
• Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
• Music: Takuro Iga
• Music Production: Flying Dog
• Animation Production: Doga Kobo