A new visual has been unveiled for the ongoing CITY The Animation, which features best friends Eri and Matsuri holding hands in a field of colorful flowers. The latest visual was released ahead of the show’s 13th and final episode that will air in Japan on September 29, 2025. The anime first premiered on July 6, 2025, with Amazon Prime Video streaming it worldwide.
Taichi Ishidate (Violet Evergarden and Violet Evergarden the Movie, Nichijou assistant director) is directing the anime series, with Tamami Tokuyama (character designer and animation director on the 2021 “Souzou-hen” commercial) as character designer and chief animation director, Kana Miyata (Nichijou, Beyond the Boundary) as color designer, Shiori Yamazaki (“Souzou-hen” background art) as background art director, Hiroki Ueda (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S) as composting director, Tatsunori Kase (Sound! Euphonium Season 3 assistant 3D director) as 3D director, and Yota Tsuruoka (Nichijou, MONOGATARI Series OFF & MONSTER Season) as sound director. Kyoto Animation is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, some of the anime’s ensemble voice cast includes:
- • Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo
- • Aki Toyosaki as Nikura
- • Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi
- • Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tsurubishi Makabe
- • Miyu Irino as Tatewaku Makabe
- • Ayaka Nanase as Matsuri Makabe
- • Azusa Tadokoro as Eri Amakazari
- • Yu Wakui as Riko Izumi
The original surreal comedy slice of life manga series by Nichijou‘s Keiichi Arawi ran in Kodansha’s Morning magazine from September 29, 2016 to February 4, 2021. Fourteen tankobon volumes have been released as of July 2025. The manga then returned to serialization in the same magazine after three years on December 12, 2024.
Kodansha USA releases the CITY manga series in English, which was formerly released under its now-consolidated Vertical imprint. It describes the main synopsis as:
From Keiichi Arawi, the adored creator of Nichijou, this surreal-slapstick series revolves around a penniless college student, Midori Nagumo, who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people. And as this reckless girl runs about, she sets the city in motion.
Midori is in a bit of a bind. She is in debt, and her landlady is trying to shake her down for unpaid rent. Her best friend refuses to loan her cash since she’s wised up to her tricks. Maybe some bullying would help. Or a bit of petty theft? Neither is sustainable. Maybe getting a job would settle things… But working means less time for fun adventures in the big city…
Sources: CITY The Animation Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News
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