Hibana: Spark

A young comedian in Tokyo tries to make it big with his partner in their duo bit of Manzai (a type of Japanese Abbot and Costello comedy) along the way he meets an older comedian who drives his determination and inspires his creativity. Together they spark friendship and conflict as they try to understand life and comedy. Written by thomasphifer Hibana: Spark is a 2016 Japanese Japanese-language series featuring Kento Hayashi, Kazuki Namioka, Mugi Kadowaki, Masao Yoshii, Hideaki Murata, Nahana and Kaoru Kobayashi. The series is inspired from Hibana by Naoki Matayoshi. Endor Productions in association with Agatha Christie Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Akihiko Okamoto, Keiichi Yoshizaki, David Lee and Noriyasu Kamiki. The series is directed by Ry Ichi Hiroki, Kazuya Shiraishi and Shuichi Okita. Series originally aired on Netflix in Japanese. The screenplay for the series was written by Masato Kato, Miyuki Takahashi and Yuko Kato. The music was composed by K Ji Ueno along with T Ru Ishitsuka.