According to Moonphase Diary, a TV anime adaptation of Suetsugu Yuki’s slice-of-life josei manga series, 「Chihayafuru」, has been green-lit for production. Broadcast will begin this October.

The 「Chihayafuru」 manga series currently has 12 volumes to date – with the first volume debuting on May 13th, 2008. It began serialization in BE LOVE magazine in 2007.

*Synopsis (courtesy of Manga-Updates):

All her life, Chihaya’s dream was to see her model sister become Japan’s best… That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself.

Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game–known as Hyakunin Isshu–in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata’s place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.

Chihayafuru won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award. Winner of the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.

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