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{{short description|Japanese manga series by Waki Yamato}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Haikara-san ga Toru.jpg
| image_size      = 
| caption         = Cover of the first manga volume
| ja_kanji        = はいからさんが通る
| ja_romaji       = Haikara-san ga Tōru
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Historical fiction|Historical]]<ref name="animefilm"/>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 Blu-ray|url=https://www.nozomientertainment.com/product/haikara-san-comes-miss-modern-part-1-blu-ray/#product-details|publisher=[[Nozomi Entertainment]]|access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Waki Yamato]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = {{transl|ja|[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]}}
| magazine        = [[Shōjo Friend]]
| first           = 1975
| last            = 1977
| volumes         = 8
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Kazuyoshi Yokota]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = [[Nippon Animation]]
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], [[TV Asahi]])
| first           = June 3, 1978
| last            = March 31, 1979
| episodes        = 42
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = special
| director        = [[Shinji Ueda]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| network         = [[Kansai Television|KTV]]
| released        = 1979
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = special
| director        = 
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| released        = 1985
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = [[Masamichi Satō]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Takaya Nishioka]]
| music           = 
| studio          = [[Toei Company]]
| released        = December 12, 1987
| runtime         = 90 minutes 
}}
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| type            = special
| director        = 
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
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| network         = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| released        = 2002
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Anime film
| content         = 
*''[[Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (film)|Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern]]'' (2017–18)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox play
| name       = Takarazuka Revue
| image      = 
| alt        = 
| caption    = 
| writer     = Naoko Koyanagi
| chorus     = 
| characters = 
| mute       = 
| setting    = 
| premiere   = {{Start date|2017|10|07}}
| place      = [[Umeda Arts Theater]], Osaka
| orig_lang  = Japanese
| series     = 
| subject    = 
| genre      = Musical Theatre
| web        = http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/revue/2017/haikarasan/index.html
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern'''''|[[wikt:ハイカラ|はいから]]さんが通る|Haikara-san ga Tōru|lead=yes}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-02/eleven-arts-to-screen-1st-haikara-san-here-comes-miss-modern-film-in-u.s-in-june/.129864|title=Eleven Arts to Screen 1st Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Film in U.S. in June|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2018-12-23}}</ref> also known as ''Smart-san'' or ''Mademoiselle Anne'', is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Waki Yamato]]. It was serialized by [[Kodansha]] in the magazine ''[[Shōjo Friend]]'' from 1975 to 1977. The title can be literally translated into English as ''Here Comes Miss Modern'', ''Here Comes Miss High-Collar'' ("[[haikara (fashion)|haikara]]" being the ''[[wasei eigo]]'' for "high collar"), or ''Fashionable Girl Passing By''. In 1977, it was awarded the 1st [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for {{transl|ja|shōjo}} manga.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web| url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml| author=Joel Hahn| title=Kodansha Manga Awards| work=Comic Book Awards Almanac| access-date=2007-08-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date = 2007-08-16}}</ref>

The series was later adapted as a 42-episode [[anime]] television series produced by [[Nippon Animation]], which aired in Japan on [[TV Asahi]] in Tokyo and other local stations across the country from June 3, 1978, to March 31, 1979. The anime was later rebroadcast across Japan on the anime [[satellite television]] network [[Animax]] and on [[NHK]] satellite channel [[NHK BS2|BS2]]. The manga was also adapted into three [[Japanese television drama|television drama specials]] and theatrical [[film]]. Two new anime films have been released, with the [[Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (film)|first film]] on 2017, and the [[Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2|second film]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shōjo Historical Manga Haikara-san ga Tōru Gets Anime Film in 2017|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-01/saori-hayami-mamoru-miyano-star-in-2-haikara-san-ga-toru-shojo-anime-films/.108335|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="animefilm">{{cite web|last=Hallmark|first=Kyle|title=Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano Star in 2 Haikara-san ga Tōru Shōjo Anime Films|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-31/shojo-historical-manga-haikara-san-ga-toru-gets-anime-film-in-2017/.102652|website=Anime News Network|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, the story was also adapted for the [[musical theatre]] of the [[Takarazuka Revue]].

==Plot==
One day, Benio has a series of embarrassing encounters with the handsome army lieutenant Shinobu Ijuin (voiced by [[Katsuji Mori]]).

Benio encounters Shinobu again when she arrives home that day, and promptly attacks him with her [[kendo]] stick, only to receive a shock when her father (voiced by [[Ichiro Nagai]]) tells her that Shinobu is to be her husband, due to a pact made between the Hanamura and Ijuin families before Benio's birth.

Since Benio's friend Tamaki is in love with Shinobu, Benio also wants out of the engagement to avoid hurting Tamaki.

Moved by this unexpected show of kindness, Benio decides to forget Shinobu and accept Tosei's proposal of marriage.

Lalissa is fatally injured in the quake trying to save Shinobu, and as she lies dying, she tells Shinobu to marry Benio and be happy.

Tosei tries to save Benio, but Benio refuses, preferring to die alongside her beloved rather than face life without him; thus, Tosei rescues both Benio and Shinobu.

In the end, Tosei comes to terms with his feelings about his mother and rededicates himself to his business; Onijima returns to Manchuria, and Tamaki decides to obey her heart and follow him; and Benio and Shinobu are wed at last.

==Distribution==
The manga was serialized in Kodansha's ''Shōjo Friend'' magazine in Japan from 1975 to 1977.  It remains a popular nostalgia item in Japan to this day, considered a classic work from the same 1970s ''shōjo manga'' boom that gave birth to such popular titles as ''Candy Candy'', and copies are still in print.  The anime adaptation of the story, which aired across Japan on the terrestrial TV Asahi network from June 1978 to March 1979, spanned 42 episodes, was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota (''Spaceship Sagittarius'', ''Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'', ''My Daddy-Long-Legs''), and featured character designs by future ''Ranma 1/2'' director Tsutomu Shibayama.

Due to disappointing ratings, Nippon Animation was forced to end the series early and craft an ending to the anime that was different from that of the manga, cutting the story off after the arrival of Shinobu and Lalissa in Japan. In the final episode, Benio is told that the mysterious Russian count is ''not'' Shinobu (Lalissa has a photograph of their wedding day to prove it). However, an epilogue narration reveals that Lalissa found Shinobu in Siberia. He was severely hurt, and was the spitting image of her late husband. The final episode concludes with Benio finally being reunited with Shinobu. Up until this point, the anime had been a very faithful adaptation of the manga, even incorporating redrawn stills from Yamato's original work (although the anime portrayed Benio with reddish-brown hair, and Yamato's colorized drawings often showed her as blonde).

The anime has been discovered by new audiences in the years since thanks to the enduring popularity of the original manga (as well as a live-action movie version of the story released in Japan in 1987).  In 2005, ''Haikara-san ga Tooru'' was listed at #95 in a TV Asahi poll of the top 100 animation series of all time, based on a nationwide survey of Japanese of all age groups.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7458 TV Asahi Top 100 Anime], Anime News Network</ref> The anime has also been aired across Japan by the anime [[satellite television]] network, [[Animax]], and the [[NHK]] satellite channel [[NHK BS2|BS2]].

Both the manga and anime have also enjoyed considerable success in the European market. The manga was released in Italy in the late 1990s under the title ''Una ragazza alla moda'' (''A Fashionable Girl''). The anime was successful on Italian TV in 1986 under the title ''Mademoiselle Anne,'' and a French dub of the series, ''Marc et Marie,'' aired on French TV in 1995. The anime has also been dubbed into Arabic, under the title ''Beno'' (the Arabic name for Benio). Nippon Animation's official [[English language|English]] title for the anime is ''Smart-san''.

Two-part anime film adaptations have been announced with the first film being released in Japan on November 11, 2017, while the [[Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2|second film]] on October 19, 2018, by covering latter story of the original manga series, which was not told in the 42-episode anime television series in 1978–1979.<ref name=film>{{cite web|title="Haikara-san ga Tooru" 1st Film Hits Japanese Theaters November 11|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/03/22-1/haikara-san-ga-tooru-1st-film-hits-japanese-theaters-november-11|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>  [[Eleven Arts]] has released the first film in theaters in the U.S. and Canada and on Blu-ray in partnership with [[Right Stuf]].<ref name="Anime News Network">{{cite web|title=Right Stuf, Eleven Arts Partner for Home Video Distribution|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-11/right-stuf-eleven-arts-partner-for-home-video-distribution/.135361|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref> The second film has also licensed by Eleven Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-14/haikara-san-part-2-film-english-subtitled-teaser-reveals-december-7-u.s-release/.139474|title=Haikara-San Part 2 Film's English-Subtitled Teaser Reveals December 7 U.S. Release|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref>

==1978–1979 anime television series==
* Director: Kazuyoshi Yokota
* Script: Nizo Takahashi
* Storyboards: Hiroshi Yoshida, Teppei Matsuura
* Music: Masuhiro Yamaguchi
* Original Story: Waki Yamato
* Character Design: Tsutomu Shibayama
* Animation Directors: Eiji Kawakita, Eiji Tanaka, Takashi Saijo, Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Yoshiyuki Kishi
* Background Art: Kazu Setouchi, Takafumi Kase
* Executive Producer: Koichi Motohashi
* Theme Songs: OP - ''Haikara-san ga Tōru'', ED - ''Gokigen Ikaga? Benio desu'', performed by Shosuke Sekita

The theme song for the late 1980s movie was performed by [[Yoko Minamino]]; it is a different song from that used in the anime series.

==2017–2018 anime films==
{{main|Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (film){{!}}''Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern'' (film)}}

===Staff===
* Director: [[Kazuhiro Furuhashi]] (first film), Seimei Kidokoro (second film)<!--ANN incorrectly romanizes Kidokoro's given name as "Toshiaki"; his Twitter account lists "Seimei"-->
* Script: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
* Original Story: Waki Yamato
* Character Designer: Terumi Nishii
* Background Designer, Art Director: Kentaro Akiyama
*Color Designer: Kunio Tsujita
*Photography: Takeo Ogiwara (Graphinica)
*Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
*Music: [[Michiru Oshima]] 
*Animation Production: [[Nippon Animation]]

===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Character
!Japanese<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-24/haikara-san-ga-toru-anime-films-reveal-4-more-cast-members/.117947| title=Haikara-san ga Tōru Anime Films Reveal 4 More Cast Members| last=Hodgkins| first=Crystalyn| date=2017-06-24| website=Anime News Network| access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
!English<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-22/haikara-san-here-comes-miss-modern-anime-film-english-dub-cast-revealed/.131873|title=Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Anime Film's English Dub Cast Revealed|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2018-12-23}}</ref>
|-
|Shinobu Ijuin
|[[Mamoru Miyano]]
|[[Robbie Daymond]]
|-
|Tosei Aoe
|[[Takahiro Sakurai]]
|[[Keith Silverstein]]
|-
|Major Hanamura
|[[Unshō Ishizuka]]
|[[Bill Rogers (voice actor)|Bill Rogers]]
|-
|Shingo Onijima
|[[Kazuya Nakai]]
|[[Kirk Thornton]]
|-
|Tamaki Kitaoji
|[[Asami Seto]]
|[[Cristina Vee]]
|-
|Benio Hanamura
|[[Saori Hayami]]
|Mimi Torres
|-
|Ranmaru Fujieda
|[[Yuuki Kaji]]
|Shannon McKain
|-
|Kichiji
|[[Shizuka Ito]]
|?
|-
|Larissa
|[[Maaya Sakamoto]]
|?
|}
Saori Hayami performed the theme song {{Nihongo|"Yume no Hate Made"|夢の果てまで|{{lit|Until the End of the Dream}}}}. [[Mariya Takeuchi]] composed the theme song and also wrote the lyrics, with arrangement by Takeshi Masuda.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unlikely Romance Blossoms in "Haikara-san ga Tooru the Movie" Key Visual|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/29/unlikely-romance-blossoms-in-haikara-san-ga-tooru-the-movie-key-visual|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> Hayami also performed the theme song for the second film, {{nihongo|"Atarashii Ashita"|新しい朝(あした)|{{lit|New Tomorrow}}}}, also composed by Takeuchi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-19/2nd-haikara-san-anime-film-trailer-previews-saori-hayami-theme-song/.137003| title=2nd Haikara-san Anime Film Trailer Previews Saori Hayami's Theme Song| last=Ressler| first=Karen| date=2018-09-09| website=Anime News Network| access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref>

==Takarazuka Revue==
Naoko Koyanagi adapted the story for [[musical theatre]] for the all-female [[Takarazuka Revue]]. She directed the Flower Troupe in performances in October 2017 and July to November 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crystalyn |first1=Hodgkins |title=Haikara-san ga Tōru Manga Gets Musical by Takarazuka Revue |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-14/haikara-san-ga-toru-manga-gets-musical-by-takarazuka-revue/.114810 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:ミュージカル「はいからさんが通る」再演決定、花組新トップ柚香＆華のお披露目公演 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/341568 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |access-date=16 February 2024 |language=ja |date=29 July 2019}}</ref> In both performances, Rei Yuzuka was cast as Shinobu Ijuin and Yuuki Hana was cast as the title role, Benio Hanamura. The 2020 performance was Rei Yuzuka's Grand Theater debut as top star of the Flower Troupe; while it was originally scheduled for March 2020, it was delayed and rescheduled due to government COVID-19 restrictions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan's famed Takarazuka Revue to resume performances after virus shutdown |newspaper=Mainichi Daily News |date=June 16, 2020 |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200616/p2a/00m/0et/006000c |publisher=The Mainichi |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|1970s|Anime and manga|Film}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190401132012/https://go-dessert.jp/haikarasan/ Official manga website] at [[Dessert (magazine)|Dessert]] {{in lang|ja}} (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235052/http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN00014621 Animax's official site for ''Haikara-san ga Tōru''] {{in lang|ja}} (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085243/http://www.nipponanimation.com/catalogue/index.html Nippon Animation's list of works], with a section for ''Smart-san (Haikara-san ga Tōru)'' (archived)
*{{anime News Network|manga|7594|title=Haikara-san ga Tooru}}

{{Kodansha Manga Award - Shōjo}}
{{Nippon Animation}}

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