Two more new cast members are joining the upcoming CITY The Animation TV anime series. The show is scheduled to premiere in Japan on July 7, 2025.
The new cast members include Kazutomi Yamamoto as the landlord Obaba and Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Ii Hito, whose name is roughly translated into English as “Good Guy.”
登場人物
オババ（おばば）／モクメセイ荘 大家
（CV. #山本和臣）めちゃくちゃ強ぇえ
『CITY THE ANIMATION』は7月6日放送開始
https://t.co/JiaaQS4olG#アニメCITY #animeCITY pic.twitter.com/dWSMjVB24t
— 『CITY THE ANIMATION』公式 (@city_anime_info) April 7, 2025
いい人（いいひと）
（CV. #水内清光）いい人すぎる男
『CITY THE ANIMATION』は7月6日放送開始
— 『CITY THE ANIMATION』公式 (@city_anime_info) April 7, 2025
New weekly cast announcements will be announced every Monday on the anime’s official Twitter/X account.
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, the anime’s main 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
CITY The Animation is based on the surreal comedy slice of life manga by Nichijou‘s Keiichi Arawi, which ran in Kodansha’s Morning magazine from September 29, 2016 to February 4, 2021. A total of 13 tankobon volumes were released.
Kodansha USA releases Arawi’s City manga series in English under its former Vertical imprint, describing the main premise 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…
