Shinei Animation announced on Friday that the upcoming new episodes of ATASHIn’CHI Next — the latest net anime entry in the long-running ATASHIn’CHI franchise — will debut on the franchise’s official YouTube channel on January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST. Going forward, new episodes will drop on the first Friday of each month at the same time.

Alongside the announcement, the anime’s official website unveiled a new key visual, additional staff credits, the returning main voice cast, and the theme song artist.

Staff & Theme Song

Taku Kimura (known for Chainsmoker Cat) is directing the series, as previously announced, with Masae Ōtake handling character design. The opening and ending theme, titled “Saraba” (Farewell), is performed by Kinmokusei.

Returning Voice Cast

• Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yuzuhiko
• Fumiko Orikasa as Mikan
• Kenichi Ogata as Father
• Kumiko Watanabe as Mother

Episode Schedule

The anime’s first batch of five episodes aired on a monthly schedule from June through October 2024. A second batch of five episodes then followed, with releases on November 20, 2025; December 20, 2025; and continuing this year on January 20, February 20, and March 20.

Franchise Background

ATASHIn’CHI Next was created to mark the 30th anniversary of Eiko Kera‘s original manga, adapting stories from the source material that were never covered in previous anime productions.

The manga previously inspired a TV anime that ran from 2002 to 2009, a theatrical film in 2003, and a 40-minute 3D film in 2010. A new TV series, Shin ATASHIn’CHI, aired from October 2015 to April 2016, with Crunchyroll streaming it simulcast. The franchise’s official YouTube channel has offered both ATASHIn’CHI and Shin ATASHIn’CHI with English subtitles since May 2020.

Kera originally serialized the manga in the Sunday edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun starting in 1994, running for 17 years and 10 months before concluding in March 2012. She launched a new serialization, ATASHIn’CHI SUPER, in December 2019 — seven years after the original ended.

Story Synopsis

ATASHIn’CHI follows the everyday life of the Tachibana family: Mother, who gives her all despite her clumsiness; Father, a man of few words who insists on doing things his own way; Mikan, a high-school hopeless romantic; and Yuzuhiko, who seems emotionless at first glance but is actually quite naïve.