Series debuts in January 2027
Image courtesy of Viz Media © Keigo Shinzo/Shogakukan/Hirayasumi Project
The website for the television anime of'smanga (a co-production withCo., Ltd and) revealed on Mondaywill perform the ending theme song "Fūmizekka" (Delicious Flavor).
The anime will premiere in January 2027 in Japan on the NHK General channel. Viz Media also announced an English release in 2027.
Yūma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta
as Hiroto Ikuta Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi
as Natsumi Kobayashi Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada
Kei Suezawa ( Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Wandering: Agateram , FLCL Progressive ) is directing the anime at Production +h. Naoyuki Asano (2022 Urusei Yatsura , Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! , Mr. Osomatsu ) is designing the characters. Mika Nishimura ( Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction , Typhoon Noruda ) is the art director. Kaori Sawada ( What Did You Eat Yesterday? , When Spring Comes ) is composing the music.
Viz Media and Japan Society hosted the world premiere screening of the first episode at Japan Society's location in New York City on October 7.
Viz describes the human drama story:
With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward. At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn't have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn't be happier. Hiroto's breezy attitude isn't easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life. After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old woman who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi, moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto's easygoing lifestyle to the test.
Shinzō launched the manga in Shogakukan 's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2021. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on April 30, and the series has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide. The manga will end on November 16.
The manga was nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho awards in January 2022, ranked #18 in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha 's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in December 2022, was nominated for the 27th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in February 2023, and was nominated for Best Continuing Manga Series in the 2nd American Manga Awards.
The manga also inspired a live-action series, which premiered on NHK in November 2025.
Denpa has licensed Shinzō's Holiday Junction collection of short manga. The book contains seven one-shot manga. Shogakukan shipped the book in Japan in July 2016.