The most
politically incorrect cat in manga arrives on television. It has been
officially announced that the Chainsmoker Cat anime (known in
Japan as Yanineko) will premiere in July 2026. The
series will air across TOKYO MX and other networks, marking a surprising
development given the content of the original work.
Along with
the announcement, a visual showing the protagonist smoking on the balcony was
revealed, as well as a promotional video that mixes vignettes from the manga
with animated footage, culminating with the characteristic phrase: "Umee
nya" (It's delicious, nya).
Chainsmoker
Cat Anime Details
The
animation production has been entrusted to Bibury Animation Studios.
The direction is in charge of Taku Kimura, with series composition
by Takashi Aoshima and character design by Riki
Matsuura. The music will be composed by Keichi Suzuki.
Voice
cast
To bring
the titular degenerate cat to life, a versatile actress has been selected:
- Yuko
Natsuyoshi as Yanineko
Team reactions
Both the
lead actress and the creators expressed their amazement at the fidelity of the
adaptation:
Yuko Natsuyoshi (Voice of Yanineko):
"Yanineko is really dirty, but somehow she's still cute, which I find
mysterious. The character casually crosses lines that no human should, so it's
so terrible that it becomes funny."
Nyan Nyan Factory (Original Creator):
"When the scripts and character designs came in, I was surprised to see
that it was being adapted exactly as it was... The art I've already seen, as
well as the opening and closing songs, are of an extremely high quality."
About
Chainsmoker Cat
The Nyan
Nyan Factory manga
is currently serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine. The story
follows an anthropomorphic cat addicted to tobacco, lacking ethics and
cleanliness, who spends her days smoking and causing trouble for her younger
sister and her friends.
Volume 11
of the manga will go on sale on February 6.
