The upcoming anime adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s CITY manga, CITY The Animation, has revealed new details, including additional cast members, the theme songs, and its official premiere date. Fans can mark their calendars for July 6, 2025, when the series will debut on television.
More Residents Join the CITY: New Cast Members Announced
A stage event at AnimeJapan 2025 showcased a promotional video, revealing new additions to the cast of CITY The Animation.
The newly announced cast members include:
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tsurubishi Makabe
- Miyu Irino as Tatewaku Makabe
- Ayaka Nanase as Matsuri Makabe
- Azusa Tadokoro as Eri Amakazari
- Yū Wakui as Riko Izumi
- Takehito Koyasu as Dr. Adatara and Adatara’s father
- Mayumi Asano as Adatara’s mother
- KENN as Tatsuta Adatara
- Satoshi Inomata as Ryōta Adatara
- Coco Hayashi as Kamome Adatara
- Haruna Fukushima as Umi Adatara
- Yūki Tenma as Sora Adatara
These actors join the previously announced main cast:
- Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo
- Aki Toyosaki as Niikura
- Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi
“Hello” and “Lucky”: Theme Songs Set the Tone
The anime’s opening and ending theme songs have also been revealed. Singer-songwriter Riho Furui will perform the opening theme song, “Hello,” while singer-songwriter TOMOO will perform the ending theme song, “Lucky.” The Piranhans are composing the anime’s music, with Pony Canyon in charge of music production.
Production Team
CITY The Animation boasts a talented production team at Kyoto Animation. Taichi Ishidate (Violet Evergarden, Beyond the Boundary) is directing the anime, which is Kyoto Animation’s first non-sequel anime in six years.
Other key staff members include:
- Tamami Tokuyama: Character Designer and Chief Animation Director
- Shiori Yamazaki: Art Director
- Kana Miyata: Color Designer
- Hiroki Ueda: Director of Photography
- Tatsunori Kase: 3D Director
- Yōta Tsuruoka: Sound Director
About the CITY Manga
Keiichi Arawi (Nichijou, Helvetica Standard) launched the CITY manga in Kodansha’s Morning magazine in September 2016. The series concluded in February 2021, with Kodansha publishing the 13th and final compiled book volume in April 2021. Vertical licenses the series in North America. The series returned in Morning on December 12, 2024, three years after its conclusion.
Story
Kyoto Animation describes the anime as follows:
“This town is not just a normal town. There’s laughter, love, and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting stuff comes one after another. Welcome to CITY.”
The surreal-slapstick series revolves around Midori Nagumo, a penniless college student who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people.
