A TV anime adaptation of the Chainsmoker Cat manga has been revealed with a July broadcast start date, teaser visual, and teaser trailer. The latter includes a few peeks of detailed-looking background environments and foreground objects in addition to the show’s hapless catgirl protagonist, Yani (voiced by Yuko Natsuyoshi).
Lemon Studio’s Taku Kimura (Dragonite and the Special Delivery) is directing the anime at Bibury Animation Studios. Other staff credits include Riki Matsuura (Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Devil designer) as character designer and Keiichi Suzuki as music composer.
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Chainsmoker Cat (Yanineko) is based on a manga by Nyan Nyan Factory. The manga started serialization in Kodansha’s seinen manga publication Young Magazine in 2023 and will release its 11th volume in Japan onFebruary 6, 2026. It was originally a Twitter comic.
Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga’s synopsis as such:
Where there’s smoke, there’s a catgirl chainsmoking in this comedy manga! A look at the daily troubles of one catgirl and her attempts to get her life together.
Welcome to Yani’s apartment. Please don’t mind the smell. Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly.
Behind on her rent and unable to hold down a job, her friends and sister rally around to help her out. But when she’s using her pee to put out cigarette fires, they may just have their work cut out for them.
Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?
Source: @yanineko_anime
