KyoAni Announces Adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s City Manga

Kyoto Animation introduced an anime adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s CITY manga, slated to air in 2025. Arawi is finest know because the creator of Nichijou: My Unusual Life and the CITY collection is taken into account a successor to it. Taichi Ishidate (Violet Evergarden, A Silent Voice) might be directing the anime. That is the studio’s first new mission in six years.

Kyoto Animation produced the anime adaptation of the Nichijou: My Unusual Life anime in 2006. Tatsuya Ishihara directed it alongside the Nichijou Episode 0 OVA in 2011. The forged for the CITY: The Animation anime contains:

  • Mikako Komatsu 
  • Aki Toyosaki
  • Yui Ishikawa 

CITY was serialized in Kodansha’s Morning journal from 2018 to 2021. It ended with 168 chapters, compiled in 18 volumes. Vertical licensed it in English and describes the plot as:
Midori is in a little bit of a bind. She is in debt, and her landlady is attempting to shake her down for unpaid hire. Her finest buddy refuses to mortgage her money since she’s wised as much as her tips. Possibly some bullying would assist. Or a little bit of petty theft? Neither is sustainable. Possibly getting a job would settle issues… However working means much less time for enjoyable adventures within the massive metropolis…

The CITY anime announcement got here throughout the Kyoto Animation 2025 New Launch Lineup program, narrated by Daisuke Ono. Along with this adaptation, a new movie project from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid collection was introduced.

Supply: KyoAni YouTube Channel, Official Website
©Keiichi Arawi, Kodansha/CITY THE ANIMATION Manufacturing Committee