Kyoto Animation announced on Sep 21, 2024, that Keiichi Arawi’s manga CITY will be adapted into anime, titled CITY THE ANIMATION, set to air in 2025. This marks Kyoto Animation’s first new project in six years.
The anime adaptation announcement was accompanied by a PV and teaser visual.
Taichi Ishidate, known for works like Beyond The Boundary and Violet Evergarden, will helm the project.
Voice actors include:
- Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo
- Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi
CITY is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. It was serialized from September 2016 to February 2021 in Kodansha’s Seinen manga magazine Morning. It was published in 13 tankobon volumes.
In North America, the series is licensed by Vertical.
MAL describes the plot of CITY as:
From the 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…
Source: Kyoto Animation YouTube