| Ja Kanji: | セガ・ハード・ガールズ |
| Ja Romaji: | Sega Hādo Gāruzu |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Type: | light novel |
| Gendai Nihon ni Yatte Kita Sega no Megami ni Arigachi na Koto | |
| Author: | Tōru Shiwasu |
| Illustrator: | Kei |
| Publisher: | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Magazine: | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
| First: | June 10, 2013 |
| Last: | June 10, 2014 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls | |
| Director: | Sōta Sugawara |
| Producer: | Masahiro Nakayama Toshiyuki Takatatsu |
| Music: | Kengo Tokusashi |
| Studio: | TMS Entertainment Genies |
| Network: | Animax, Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV |
| First: | October 8, 2014 |
| Last: | December 24, 2014 |
| Episodes: | 13 |
is a Japanese multimedia project produced as a collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and video game company Sega. The project re-imagines various Sega video game consoles as anthropomorphized goddesses who appear all over modern Japan. The project has inspired a light novel series written by Tōru Shiwasu with illustrations by Kei, which was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko Magazine between 2013 and 2014, and an anime television series adaptation titled by TMS Entertainment, which aired in Japan between October and December 2014. A crossover video game with Idea Factory's Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, was released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan in November 2015, and in North America and Europe in October 2016.
The project focuses on various anthropomorphised Sega consoles, known as "Sega Hard Girls" or "SeHa Girls" for short, each with their own unique personalities. The anime series follows three such girls; Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Mega Drive, who must graduate from Sehagaga Academy, a special school located in Haneda, Tokyo, by venturing into the worlds of various Sega games and earning medals.
A light novel series, titled, was written by Tōru Shiwasu, with illustrations by Kei. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko Magazine on June 10, 2013.[3] ASCII Media Works published the first volume on December 10, 2013 under Dengeki Bunko imprint[4] while the second volume followed on June 10, 2014.[5]
An anthology manga series,, featured stories written and drawn by multiple creators. The series was serialized in Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2014, and was later compiled in a single tankōbon volume in February 2015.[6]
The Sega Hard Girls version of Dreamcast makes a cameo appearance in ; the game's updated release, Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition, adds an additional stage based on Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls. A crossover game with Compile Heart's Hyperdimension Neptunia series, titled,[7] [8] was released for PlayStation Vita in Japan on November 26, 2015[9] and later on released in North America on October 18, 2016[10] as well as Europe on October 21, 2016.[11] A high-definition port of the game for Windows was released on June 12, 2017 via Steam.[12]
An anime adaptation titled Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls, which was produced by TMS Entertainment using the MikuMikuDance animation software and directed by Sōta Sugawara, aired in Japan between October 8[13] and December 24, 2014 on Animax and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. An additional OVA was released as part of the DVD box set on November 3, 2016.[14] Sugawara also co-wrote the anime's screenplay with Masayuki Kibe. The CG character designs used in the anime were co-designed by Sugawara and Kio, who based the designs on Kei's original concepts. Shigeyuki Watanabe handled the CG direction.[13] The opening theme is sung by Dreamcast (Mao Ichimichi), Sega Saturn (Minami Takahashi) and Mega Drive (Shiori Izawa). The ending theme is, based on the Sega company song "Wakai Chikara",[15] sung by SC-3000 (Mai Aizawa), SG-1000 (Yū Serizawa), SG-1000 II (Naomi Ōzora), Game Gear (Minami Tanaka) and Robo Pitcher (Haruna Momono). The anime has been licensed in North America by Discotek Media, and was released via a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on May 30, 2017; the OVA is not included in the North American release.[16] [17]