While Cute Girls Doing Things is a well worn genre now, Hidamari Sketch was one of the progenitors of the wave that was to come in the mid-2000s. Furthermore, it remains one of the very few CGDCT anime that received far more seasons of anime than you would expect it to.
Alternative Titles:
- Sunshine Sketch
- ひだまりスケッチ
- HideSke
Year Anime Premiered: 2007
Animation Studio: Shaft
Number of Seasons: 4 + 2 OVAs
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: November 11th, 2024
Where To Start The Hidamari Sketch Manga After The Anime?
If you watched all four seasons of the Hidamari Sketch anime and want to continue the manga after the anime, you can start at Volume 8, Chapter 103.
Please note that the specials and OVAs for Hidamari Sketch are also, at least partially, adapting manga content. The OVAs are mandatory viewing and worked into the above start point.
What to Expect From The Hidamari Sketch Manga?
The Hidamari Sketch manga is not necessarily so different from the anime, but it is likely you will find reading the manga to be a different experience from the anime. The Hidamari Sketch manga, as a 4-koma manga, tends to move through story arcs speedily. However, the anime often expanded and extended these events. The anime also adapted these events in non-chronological order, which is why you can find chronological watch orders for the series.
As the anime is so long, they actually got to adapt a lot of manga material, though definitely not without skipping a decent chunk of chapters as well. While reading the Hidamari Sketch manga for the skipped chapters is worth it, the issue is you will probably find the chapters the anime did adapt – and the expanded on – to be a little less satisfying.
You don’t need to read the Hidamari Sketch manga from the beginning after the anime unless you care about the chapters it skipped, however. The anime story actually leaves off at a good new jumping in spot.
Is The Hidamari Sketch Manga Over?
The Hidamari Sketch manga is still ongoing. While it has been running since 2005, it has also been on hiatus since 2020.
Will There Be A Hidamari Sketch Season 5?
It was confirmed after the fourth season that it would be the final season of anime that the studio was making. Season 4 marked where the series shuffled in new characters and seemed like a good place to stop for an adaptation that was rapidly running low on new manga chapters.
