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The strange, unpredictable world of the city in City The Animation comes to life in its own anime adaptation this summer. Kicking things off for the new gag anime is a laid-back opening, spotlighting major people and places around the show's location. Starting today, we can enjoy a creditless version of that opening. Check it out, set to the new song "Hello" by Riho Furui: City The Animation Creditless Opening Video Related: City The Animation Anime Buddies Up in New Character Visual Adapting the manga by Nichijo creator Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Amazon Prime streams the series, describing it thus: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments.

The official accounts for City The Animation today unveiled a character visual depicting core trio Midori, Ayumu and Wako — who'll be voiced by Mikako Komatsu, Aki Toyosaki and Yui Ishikawa, respectively — strutting their stuff before a July 6 debut on Japanese television and Prime Video worldwide. City The Animation Character Visual Related: City The Animation Anime Zooms Out in New Key Visual Adapting the manga by Nichijo creator Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Kyoto Animation describes the story: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to City. Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)...

Upcoming comedy manga to TV anime City The Animation published a new trailer today. The series begins broadcasting in Japan on July 6, 2025. Amazon Prime Video will also stream the series in Japan. City The Animation Trailer 2 Related: City The Animation Anime Zooms Out in New Key Visual Kodansha serializes the original City manga by Keiichi Arawi in their Morning seinen manga magazine, and a total of 13 collected volumes have also been published in Japan. Vertical Comics also publishes an English language version of the series. Tachi Ishidate directs City The Animation at Kyoto Animation. Tamami Tokuyama provides the character designs and serves as chief animation director and instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Kyoto Animation describes City The Animation : This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to City.

Ahead of a July 6, 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for City The Animation today unveiled a sprawling key visual hand-drawn by character designer and chief animation director Tamami Tokuyama, depicting the town's many comings and goings from a bird's-eye view. City The Animation Key Visual 2 Related: City The Animation Anime Paints the Town Red in 1st Trailer Based on the manga by Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Kyoto Animation describes the story: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to City. Source: Comic Natalie...

Upcoming TV anime City The Animation announced today that voice actor Hochu Otsuka ( Kako in Toilet-bound Hanako-kun ) is joining the cast as the Narrator. The series begins broadcasting in Japan on July 6, 2025. City The Animation Trailer Kodansha serializes the original City manga by Keiichi Arawi in their Morning seinen manga magazine, and a total of 13 collected volumes have also been published in Japan. Vertical Comics also publishes an English language version of the series. Tachi Ishidate directs City The Animation at Kyoto Animation. Tamami Tokuyama provides the character designs and serves as chief animation director and instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. City The Animation key art Related: City The Animation Anime Reveals Tekaridake Casting Kyoto Animation describes City The Animation : This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another.

City The Animation is wrapping up its weekly Monday cast announcements with the reveal that Jun Fukuyama will join the cast as Mont Blanc University Theater research society leader Nobuteru Tekaridake. Another cast announcement is set for the last day of April. Related: City The Animation Anime Reveals new God Games Concept Visual Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. The series premieres on July 6. The series is based on the manga City by Keiichi Arawi. Kodansha publishes an English-language translation both by volume and on the K Manga app. Kyoto Animation describes the story as such: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents!

The cute, energetic, and slightly unhinged world of City The Animation has released a brand new concept visual, once again featuring the mysterious mouse simply known as "God." Following on from three previous concept visuals, this one is titled "God Games," and features the mascot in a retro computer landscape. As the post itself says: "Games" are "fun!" The "laughter," "love" and "horror" of City are expressed in a world of "anything goes" games. Related: City The Animation Anime Reveals More Cast, God Graffiti Concept Visual Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. The series is based on the manga City by Keiichi Arawi. Kodansha publishes an English-language translation both by the volume and on the K Manga app, describing...

Ahead of a July 6, 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for City The Animation today announced the casting of Makoto Kaneko (Kabashima in Tsurune ) as Rindo Obina, the captain of Minami High School's soccer club, and Atsushi Kosaka (Eiji in Scar on the Praeter ) as Yamato Kurogane, who was said to be a baseball genius in his junior high days. Related: City The Animation Anime Paints the Town Red in 1st Trailer Based on the manga by Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Kyoto Animation describes the story: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to City.

Ahead of a July 6, 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for City The Animation today announced the casting of Yuko Goto (Georgie in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid ) as Sumiresakurakomi Tanabe and Jin Domon (Various Roles in Nichijou - My Ordinary Life ) as the Tanabe family butler, Hotaka. A third concept visual was also unveiled, titled "God Graffiti." City The Animation Concept Visual 3, "God Graffiti" Related: City The Animation Anime Paints the Town Red in 1st Trailer Based on the manga by Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. Kyoto Animation describes the story: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another.

The city of City The Animation continues to grow with today’s announcement of two more cast members for the adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s comedy manga. Both Kazutomi Yamamoto and Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi join the series today as Obaba / Mokumesei Manor Landlord and Ii Hito (Good Person) with little character animations released on the series’ official X (formerly Twitter). Related: City The Animation Anime Reveals More Cast, New Concept Visual Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character design and chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation director) and art direction by Shiori Yamazaki. Instrumental band Piranhans provides the music. The series premieres on July 6. Kyoto Animation describes the story as such: Kyoto Animation describes the story: This town, is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuffs come one after another.

Keiichi Arawi’s City manga has been around since 2016 and currently has just 13 volumes due to numerous breaks in production and publication. But, the manga recently returned and we also know that an anime adaptation will premiere this year.

Titled City the Animation, the anime will premiere this summer, and ahead of the premiere, the producers have decided to do a weekly thing where they announce new cast members for the anime.

This Monday, two new cast members for the upcoming anime have been announced.

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The first announced cast member is Yū Miyazaki as Kamaboko Oni, a manga artist. The characters seems to be very optimistic based on the description:

The second cast member is Ryōta Suzuki as Todoroki, Kamaboko’s editor. Based on his description, he is not that happy with Kamaboko.

The two of them...

Ahead of a July 6, 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for City The Animation today announced the casting of Yu Miyazaki as manga artist Oni Kamaboko and Ryota Suzuki as his editor, Todoroki. A second concept visual produced by .MP was also unveiled, titled "God Soccer + special otheres." City The Animation Concept Visual 2, "God Soccer + special otheres" City The Animation 's previously confirmed cast includes: Midori Nagumo voiced by Mikako Komatsu Ayumu Niikura voiced by Aki Toyosaki Wako Izumi voiced by Yui Ishikawa Tsurubishi Makabe voiced by Yoshihisa Kawahara Tatewaku Makabe voiced by Miyu Irino Matsuri Makabe voiced by Ayaka Nanase Eri Amakazari voiced by Azusa Tadokoro Riko Izumi voiced by Yu Wakui Professor Adatara and Father Adatara voiced by Takehito Koyasu Mother Adatara voiced by Mayumi Asano Tatsuta Adatara voiced by Kenn Ryota Adatara voiced by Satoshi Inomata Kamome Adatara voiced by Coco Hayashi Umi Adatara voiced by Haruna Fukushima Sora...

Kyoto Animation's double-header stage event at AnimeJapan 2025 today unveiled the first full trailer for City The Animation , which adapts the follow-up work of Nichijou - My Ordinary Life creator Keiichi Arawi, and announced a July 6 at 24:00 Jst (effectively July 7 at 0:00) premiere date for Japanese television. Advance screenings of the first three episodes will be held from late May to mid-June in multiple cities. Furui Riho performs "Hello" for the anime's opening song and Tomoo performs "Lucky" for the ending song. Seven additional cast members for the Adatara family were also confirmed, as follows: Professor Adatara and Father Adatara voiced by Takehito Koyasu Mother Adatara voiced by Mayumi Asano Tatsuta Adatara voiced by Kenn Ryota Adatara voiced by Satoshi Inomata Kamome Adatara voiced by Coco Hayashi Umi Adatara voiced by Haruna Fukushima Sora Adatara voiced by Yuki Tenma City The Animation Trailer City The Animation Concept Visual, "God...

The official website and accounts for City The Animation today confirmed that the upcoming comedy series will begin airing in July 2025 , while also revealing a brand-new key visual and five more resident cast members. City The Animation Key Visual City The Animation 's confirmed cast list is now as follows: Midori Nagumo voiced by Mikako Komatsu Ayumu Niikura voiced by Aki Toyosaki Wako Izumi voiced by Yui Ishikawa Tsurubishi Makabe voiced by Yoshihisa Kawahara Tatewaku Makabe voiced by Miyu Irino Matsuri Makabe voiced by Ayaka Nanase Eri Amakazari voiced by Azusa Tadokoro Riko Izumi voiced by Yu Wakui Tsuruyoshi Makabe Tatewaku Makabe Matsuri Makabe Eri Amakazari Riko Izumi Related: Kyoto Animation Adapts Keiichi Arawi's City Manga For 2025 Anime Based on the manga by Keiichi Arawi, Tachi Ishidate ( Violet Evergarden ) directs City The Animation at studio Kyoto Animation, with character designs/chief animation direction by Tamami Tokuyama ( Sound! Euphonium animation...

All this cute AI wants to have is a loving family with her creator parents! Nanateru’s manga Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! (also known as Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai in Japanese) revealed today that the romantic-comedy series will be getting a TV anime. The series follows two scientists who don't know they're in love, but their robot understands their feelings and wants to be in a family together. A commemorative illustration from the original author was released to celebrate the announcement, along with the details of the main staff members. Related: Kyoto Animation Adapts Keiichi Arawi's City Manga For 2025 Anime Yasuhiro Minami ( Gintama episode director) will be in the director’s chair for Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! at Studio Flad with Yukie Sugawara ( The Vampire Dies in No Time ) writing the series composition and Mika Yamamoto ( Fire Force sub-character designer) drawing the character designs.

2024 is coming to a close, and with it comes the end of another great year for anime. In addition to ongoing titles like One Piece, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, there were plenty of great new titles to watch like Dandadan, Delicious in Dungeon, and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, so fans had plenty to choose from when it came to finding anime to watch.

2024 was a great year for anime, and 2025 is already looking to be just as good, if not better. Between the various anime that will be returning with new content and the new shows that have been drumming up hype since they were first announced, 2025 will be a great year for anime with how many high-quality and overall exciting anime are set to premiere starting from January 2025. A few new and returning anime stand out, in particular, and each one will surely...

Kyoto Animation has issued a public warning regarding the emergence of fraudulent websites misusing the studio’s name.

In a statement released on their official website on Nov 4, 2024, Kyoto Animation noted that they recently identified websites falsely presenting themselves as affiliated with the company.

“Recently, we have confirmed the existence of websites that use our company name but are completely unrelated to us. Please be careful. If you find anything suspicious, please check the address of the website in question,” the company stated.

The studio also provided its authentic URL to help fans verify legitimate sources of information and content.

“The address of the website operated by our company is as follows: https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp.”

Kyoto Animation has produced anime films and series including The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Clannad (2007), K-On! (2009), Nichijou (2011), Free! (2013), Sound! Euphonium (2015), A Silent Voice (2016), and Violet Evergarden (2018).

The studio recently announced an anime adaptation...

This week on The Anime Effect: Singer/songwriter d4vd, known for viral TikTok hits like "Here With Me", joins the podcast to talk about how anime and manga has inspired his work, plus even More updates about Dragon Ball Daima and reactions to the Devil May Cry animated series featuring Johnny Yong Bosch. Episode 33 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. Et. Listen or Watch on: Episode 33 Summary In this week's episode, LeAlec, Leah and Nick discuss the latest One Piece live-action casting announcements, news of a Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid movie, and more! Then, d4vd joins the hosts in the studio at Crunchyroll HQ to chat about his favorite anime OPs, having to sneakily watch Dragon Ball...

Kyoto Animation announced on Sep 21, 2024, that Keiichi Arawi’s manga City will be adapted into anime, titled City The Animation, set to air in 2025. This marks Kyoto Animation’s first new project in six years.

The anime adaptation announcement was accompanied by a Pv and teaser visual.

Taichi Ishidate, known for works like Beyond The Boundary and Violet Evergarden, will helm the project.

Voice actors include:

Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo Aki Toyosaki as Niikura Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi

City is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. It was serialized from September 2016 to February 2021 in Kodansha’s Seinen manga magazine Morning. It was published in 13 tankobon volumes.

In North America, the series is licensed by Vertical.

Mal describes the plot of City as:

From the creator of Nichijou, this surreal-slapstick series revolves around a penniless college student, Midori Nagumo, who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people.

Pikachu may be the mascot of the Pokémon franchise, but everyone loves an Eevee and their Eevee-lutions! Case in point, a tasty teatime collaboration in conjunction with Best Bridal , offering an Eevee-inspired menu of sweet and savory finger foods. Eevee Friends Afternoon Tea will offer up a fancy selection of treats, each inspired by one of the fan-favorite 'mons. Tea stacks will include seven types of sweets. Pictured below are blueberry and blackcurrant cheesecake bites for Espeon, green apple mousse for Leafeon, a cool Vaporeon-inspired jelly, and grassland Pokéball brownies: Related: Pokémon Trading Card Game Taps Nichijou Manga Author Keiichi Arawi for Animated Ad Savories include a Flareon-inspired potato and shrump curry bruschetta, blackened arancini for Umbreon, and consommé royale with cool blue jelly for Glaceon: Visitors can enjoy free refills of coffee, tea, soda and juice. Or, for something fancier, check out the drinks menu—including an Eevee-style frappé,...

No one gets a good night's sleep like Snorlax. And now, a new cozy pajama set lets you tap into those good rest vibes! The pajama set is part of an online collaboration between Pokémon and online clothing store Shimamura. The set includes two tops, a pair of pajama pants and a bag: Related: Pokémon Trading Card Game Taps Nichijou Manga Author Keiichi Arawi for Animated Ad The matching light blue button-down top and pants are covered with a repeating Snorlax pattern. A more casual dark blue top features a larger version of the image. And everything fits neatly in a Pokéball-emblazoned bag: Related: Pokémon Horizons TV Anime Previews New Theme Song in Latest Trailer Pre-orders are now open on the Shimamura website , with the whole set priced at 2,000 yen. Shipping is scheduled to take place between late May and late June. Source: Anime! Anime!

Sometimes collaborations you never even knew you needed appear out of thin air, and that's certainly the case with the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game campaign. The Pokémon Company teamed up with Nichijou manga creator Keiichi Arawi for an animated ad that suits the author's style perfectly.  The ad, which features illustrations and animation by Arawi, is all about providing an entry point to those who want to try playing Pokémon cards for the first time. The two-player Battle Academy starter set is the perfect introduction, packing in pretty much everything a beginner would need to get started. Check out the 30-second animated short below. Related: Nichijou Creator Keiichi Arawi Collabs With Songstress Daoko for Anime Music Video If this has you wanting to revisit (or discover) Nichijou - My Ordinary Life , the anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation and director Tatsuya Ishihara is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll, which...

Kyoto Animation, known as KyoAni, is a beloved and iconic anime studio that has produced some of the best anime in the past 20 years, including many stand-out romance anime. Some of Kyoto Animation's most famous works are based on visual novels, while others are adaptations of manga or light novels. These anime series are praised for their stunning visuals, direction, and compelling storytelling, and have left a lasting impact on the anime community even years after their initial releases.

Kyoto Animation, colloquially known as KyoAni, is easily one of the most iconic and beloved anime studios of the past 20 years. With their penchant for telling heartwarming and humorous stories through stunning visuals and overall direction, nearly every anime they’ve produced has been met with critical acclaim and has managed to leave an impact on the anime community years after their initial releases.

Some of the best anime of the...

As much as older people might cling to it, the majority of anime, and animation, as a whole, is made with kids in mind. Sometimes there will be mature or graphic scenes, but most are made to be relatively harmless for younger viewers, and that, in turn, makes it easier for people to get invested in anime from a young age.

Anime, at its core, is a medium meant to be very accessible to children, and there are some anime in particular that are the best for introducing them to it. Some are great for not being too violent, others are great for having stories that are easy for a younger audience to understand, and even more are great for having all of those elements coupled with amazing animation and direction. Whatever the case, they all have plenty to offer content-wise, and there are very few that would be better for introducing kids to anime.