The Minami-ke Special Event 2026 debuted a teaser promotional video, teaser visual, and character visuals for Minami-ke: Korekara on Sunday. The new sequel television anime is based on Coharu Sakuraba‘s long-running Minami-ke manga, and the teaser confirms a full roster of returning voice actors, key staff, and an April 2027 premiere.

Returning Voice Cast

• Rina Satō — Haruka Minami
• Marina Inoue — Kana Minami
• Minori Chihara — Chiaki Minami
• Nana Mizuki — Tōma Minami
• Rika Morinaga — Makoto / Mako-chan
• Tetsuya Kakihara — Fujioka
• Daisuke Ono — Hosaka
• Aki Toyosaki — Yoshino
• Eri Kitamura — Yuka Uchida
• Momoko Ohara — Shūichi
• Saori Gotō — Keiko
• Ao Takahashi — Riko
• Yoshino Nanjō — Miyuki
• Tatsuya Hayama — Akira Minami
• Reiko Takagi — Maki
• Ryōko Ono — Atsuko
• Ayaka Saitō — Hitomi
• Saeko Chiba — Hayami
• Hiroyuki Yoshino — Natsuki Minami
• Shinji Kawada — Haruo Minami
• Shintarō Asanuma — Takeru

Staff

The new series is being produced at LIDEN FILMS under director Jun’ichi Kitamura, known for Catch Me at the Ballpark!, Fluffy Paradise, and episode direction on Cells at Work! Code Black. Takamitsu Kōno returns from previous entries in the franchise to oversee the series scripts.

Nobuhiro Andō — whose credits include Hell’s Paradise and episode animation direction on My Deer Friend Nokotan — is handling character design. Masaru Satō (Case Closed: The Bride of Halloween, Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, Komi Can’t Communicate) and Midori Kikuchi (assistant art director on Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!) serve as art directors.

Additional staff:

• Color Key Artist: Saki Kurata
• Compositing Director of Photography: Yūki Tsuchimoto
• Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (returning)
• Sound Effects: Naoto Yamaya (returning)
• Music: Yasuhiro Misawa (returning)

About the Franchise

Coharu Sakuraba launched the Minami-ke manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine in 2004, and the series remains ongoing. The 29th compiled volume was released on Friday.

The manga previously inspired four television anime series — in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2013 — along with three OVAs in 2009, 2012, and 2013. Minami-ke: Korekara will be the fifth TV anime in the franchise and its first new television series in over 14 years.

The new anime was first announced at the “Mixa Animation Diary ‘Minami-ke’ 20th Anniversary Tanabata Festival” in July 2024. A subsequent event in November 2025 revealed the “Korekara” subtitle.

The franchise follows the everyday lives of three sisters — Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami — who rely on one another as they navigate ordinary life together.