The production team behind the Chainsmoker Cat (Yanineko) television anime, based on Nyan Nyan Factory’s manga, announced on Wednesday that voice actress Yū Kobayashi is joining the cast as Penpen Neko. The character makes her first appearance in episode six, airing this Thursday.
About the Series
Chainsmoker Cat is a comedy set in a world where humans, catgirls, and similar species coexist. The story follows Yani, a catgirl with a severe smoking addiction whose apartment is perpetually buried under cigarette butts and general filth. Every attempt to quit ends in near-instant failure. The manga — serialized in Kodansha’s Young Magazine — features toilet humor, gross-out comedy, and characters regularly consuming alcohol and drugs. Seven Seas publishes the English edition.
Cast
- Yūko Natsuyoshi — Yani Neko (real name: Yaniko Satō)
- Misato Matsuoka — Yaku Neko (real name: Yakuko Koshimaru)
- Yurie Funato — Hame Neko (real name: Yurufuwa*Tenshi Hameko)
- Ayaka Shimizu — Kansai Neko (real name: Kaoruko Nishi)
- Shiori Izawa — Aruko Neko (real name: Aruko Sakai)
- Riko Akechi — Tatsurō Ochinpo
- Tetsu Inada — Landlord
- Rina Honnizumi — Imoko
- Niina Nakabayashi — Jikaki Neko
- Yū Kobayashi — Penpen Neko (newly announced)
Staff
Taku Kimura of Studio Lemon (Kairyū to Yūbinya-san; “Tattooine Rhapsody” from Star Wars: Visions) is directing the anime at Bibury Animation Studio. Takashi Aoshima (Himouto! Umaru-chan; The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You) is handling series composition, with Riki Matsuura on character design and Keiichi Suzuki (Saint Young Men; Tokyo Godfathers) composing the score.
Rock band Wasureranneyo performs the opening theme “Nanmonee,” while Necry Talkie performs the ending theme “Kemuri to Blue” (Smoke and Blue). Additional staff includes:
- Art Directors: Yukiko Maruyama (Atelier Musa), Shōtarō Yoshino
- Color Key Artist: Yuiha Ōta
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Broadcast & Streaming
The anime premiered on July 2 at 24:30 JST (effectively July 3 at 12:30 a.m.) on Tokyo MX and BS11, with AT-X joining the lineup on July 25. WWWave Corporation’s OceanVeil streaming platform simulcasts the series internationally.
The anime comes in two versions: the “Evil Dragon Unleashed” cut, which preserves the director’s full creative intent, and the “On-Air” cut edited for terrestrial broadcast. The uncut version is available on AT-X (premium tier) and via AnimeFesta, DMM TV, Fuji TV On Demand, Hulu, Netflix, and Anime Times in Japan. OceanVeil also streams the “Evil Dragon Unleashed” version.
Manga
Kodansha published the 13th compiled volume of the manga on August 6, while Seven Seas released the third English-language volume on June 16.
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