Manga 'Yani Neko' Gets TV Anime in Summer 2026

by DatRandomDude
Feb 1, 7:44 AM | 18 Comments

An official website opened for a television anime adaptation of Nyannyan Factory's Yani Neko (Chainsmoker Cat) manga on Monday, revealing the main staff, cast, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere on Tokyo MX and other stations in July 2026.

Voice actress Yuuko Natsuyoshi (Chou Kaguya-hime!, Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha) is starring as Yani Neko.

Staff
Director: Taku Kimura (Studio Lemon) (Star Wars: Visions - Tatooine Rhapsody, Kairyuu to Yuubinyasan)
Script: Takashi Aoshima (Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo, Kakushigoto)
Character Design: Riki Matsuura (Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze-hen creature design, Enen no Shouboutai main animator)
Music: Keiichi Suzuki (No.6, Tokyo Godfathers)
Studio: Bibury Animation Studios

Nyannyan Factory originally posted the comedy manga on X (formerly Twitter) in November 2022. Weekly Young Magazine began serializing the manga in February 2023. Kodansha published the tenth volume in November 2025, with the 11th volume going on sale on February 6.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English in February 2025 and released the first volume on December 9. The second volume is set to be released on March 17.

Yani Neko ranked 12th in the print category at the 2023 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards and ranked 18th in the Male Readers category in the 2024 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Rankings.

Synopsis
Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. She smokes so much that her apartment smells like ash and is littered with cigarette butts—and plenty of other trash! Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly. Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Teaser PV

Official site: https://yanineko-anime.com/
Official X: @yanineko_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

Yani Neko on MAL

18 Comments Recent Comments

this is the closest drug addiction anime with great quality that the fandom will ever get

Yesterday, 5:03 AM by deg

I had a feeling this manga would get an anime adaptation soon after being picked up for translation. It's a fun concept, even though I'm not the smoking type myself. The animation in the PV looks pretty solid as well.

Yesterday, 5:01 AM by SeiyaTempest

nice, smoking is cool, we need more smoking anime

Yesterday, 2:00 AM by Catalano

Me rn seeing an anime like this pop up.

Feb 1, 9:24 PM by Daviljoe193

"Damn bitch you live like this?"

Feb 1, 7:36 PM by thebrentinator24

Looks pretty laid back, always nice seeing more adaptations. 💪

Feb 1, 6:42 PM by Retro8bit

Is this a cry for help from anime and manga artists, considering how much they smoke to deal with work stress?

Feb 1, 5:30 PM by Tropisch

This anime reminds me of that Nintendo ds game that helps you get over a smoking addiction

Feb 1, 4:44 PM by VivavideoUser2x

@WatchTillTandava Why not both?

Feb 1, 4:19 PM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:
I hope this will at least have a plot and not just satisfy some fetish for cute girls smoking.

I'd honestly contentedly take either one. The cute girls smoking aesthetic is visual bliss.

Feb 1, 4:17 PM by WatchTillTandava

@WatchTillTandava I hope this will at least have a plot and not just satisfy some fetish for cute girls smoking.

Feb 1, 4:04 PM by RobertBobert

Cats... don't smoke, it's bad for your health!!! 🥺🙏

Feb 1, 12:03 PM by PrincesaLuminosa

Oh, I am so all over this. Cute girls smoking is sex appeal epitomized. Wouldn't mind if this is more a comedy, an iyashikei, both, or any form of Slice of Life and just meandering day to day hijinks with this anthropomorphic feline submerged in clouds of smoke.

In actual life I only smoke two cigs a day and such has been the case for the past decade, but I miss chain-smoking in times past, although it really is an excessive and over the top borderline suffocating-type practice when you stop to think about it and once you get past and outside of it. Which is probably why it fits OCD neurotypes like a lock in a key.

Feb 1, 11:12 AM by WatchTillTandava

Sooo excited for this, when I first heard the announcement that the anime was starting production I read through all the manga that was available in English and bought the few physical volumes that exist in English. Probably gonna be like one of the three anime I actually end up watching weekly this year.

Feb 1, 9:08 AM by estroRin

This got adapted? I run across this manga every once in a while, so I'm sort of intrigued.

Why is the animation actually fantastic?? The compositing is wonderful, and everything is smooth...

Feb 1, 8:50 AM by detarameMAL

cats have many lives so it's okay if they smoke

Feb 1, 8:32 AM by tragedydesu

high quality animation tho holyyyy

Feb 1, 8:28 AM by BigBlueBash

Another Lung cancer anime coming this summer lol.

Feb 1, 7:57 AM by ZXEAN