City (manga)

City
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (from left to right) Midori Nagumo, Mimineko, and Ayumu Niikura
Genre
Manga
Written byKeiichi Arawi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
Original runSeptember 29, 2016 – present
Volumes14
Anime television series
City the Animation
Directed byTaichi Ishidate
Music byPiranhans
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed byAmazon Prime Video
Original networkTokyo MX, ABC, TV Aichi, AT-X, BS11
Original run July 7, 2025 – present
Episodes7

City (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. It began serialization in September 2016 in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning. It has been published in 14 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the series is licensed by Vertical.

An anime television series adaptation titled City the Animation, produced by Kyoto Animation, premiered in July 2025. It is the studio's first non-sequel anime in six years, and the studio's second anime adapted from a manga series by Arawi after the 2011 adaptation of Nichijou.

Plot

The story follows the Mont Blanc Trio, consisting of sophomores Midori Nagumo and Wako Izumi and freshman Ayumu Niikura, as they navigate their lives alongside a populace filled with not-quite-ordinary people in the city aptly called City.

Characters

Mont Blanc Trio

Midori Nagumo (南雲 美鳥, Nagumo Midori)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[3] (Japanese); Erica Lindbeck[4] (English)
A 20-year-old university sophomore at Mont Blanc University. She works as a waitress at the Makabe's Western Bistro, and she is a resident of the Mokumesei Manor.
Ayumu Niikura (新倉 (にーくら), Niikura)
Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki[3] (Japanese); Cat Protano[4] (English)
An 18-year-old freshman at the same university as Nagumo and Wako, who dreams of becoming a photographer. She is also a resident of the Mokumesei Manor.
Wako Izumi (泉 わこ, Izumi Wako)
Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa[3] (Japanese); Brenna Larsen[4] (English)
Similar to Nagumo, she is a university sophomore at the same university as Nagumo and Niikura and is also a resident of the Mokumesei Manor. However, she has an airhead personality and likes to stalk Nagumo.

Makabe family

Tsurubishi Makabe (真壁 鶴菱, Makabe Tsurubishi)
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara[5] (Japanese); Brent Mukai[4] (English)
The owner and head chef of their family restaurant that specializes in Western-style cuisine. He is married to his wife, who is an archaeologist, and father to their children, Tatewaku and Matsuri.
Tatewaku Makabe (真壁 立涌, Makabe Tatewaku)
Voiced by: Miyu Irino[5] (Japanese); Kevin Andrew Rivera[4] (English)
A second-year high school student and a substitute player on his school's soccer team. He is the older brother to Matsuri. He has a crush on Riko.
Matsuri Makabe (真壁 まつり, Makabe Matsuri)
Voiced by: Ayaka Nanase[5] (Japanese); Sarah Miller-Crews[4] (English)
A middle school student who spends her free time with Ecchan, her best friend. She is the younger sister to Tatewaku.
Obaba (御婆)
Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto[6] (Japanese); Kaitlyn Robrock (English)
Tsurubishi's mother-in-law and Tatewaku and Matsuri's grandmother. She is the owner of Mokumesei Manor, an apartment complex where the Mont Blanc Trio resides.

Adatara family

Dr. Adatara (安達太良博士, Adatara-hakase)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[7] (Japanese); Brook Chalmers[8] (English)
The patriarch of the family and a retired scientist.
Mr. Adatara (安達太良父, Adatara-chichi)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[7]
The owner of their liquor store. He and Mrs. Adatara have five children.
Mrs. Adatara (安達太良母, Adatara-haha)
Voiced by: Mayumi Asano[7] (Japanese); Shelby Young (English)
Wife of Mr. Adatara and mother to their five children.
Tatsuta Adatara (安達太良 達太, Adatara Tatsuta)
Voiced by: KENN[7] (Japanese); Ryan Colt Levy[9] (English)
The eldest son of the family. A former soccer player and the current heir to the family-owned liquor store.
Kamome Adatara (安達太良 かもめ, Adatara Kamome)
Voiced by: Coco Hayashi[7]
The eldest daughter of the family. She served as a manager to Shia Azumaya.
Ryōta Adatara (安達太良 良太, Adatara Ryōta)
Voiced by: Satoshi Inomata[7]
The second son and middle child of the family and classmate of Tatewaku and Riko. He is called the "modern-day William Tell" by his peers.
Umi Adatara (安達太良 うみ, Adatara Umi)
Voiced by: Haruna Fukushima[7] (Japanese); Kaitlyn Robrock (English)
The eldest of the twins.
Sora Adatara (安達太良 そら, Adatara Sora)
Voiced by: Yuuki Temma[7] (Japanese); Kaitlyn Robrock (English)
The youngest of the twins.

Other characters

Riko Izumi (泉 りこ, Izumi Riko)
Voiced by: Yū Wakui[5] (Japanese); Shelby Young[10] (English)
The younger sister of Wako who is a student at City South High School and is constantly drowsy, prompting her friends to try and wake her up during important events.
Eri Amakazari (雨飾 えり, Amakazari Eri) / Ecchan (えっちゃん)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro[5] (Japanese); Cristina Vee[4] (English)
A student from City South Junior High School who is best friends with Matsuri. She has a hard time trying to tell her that she and her family will move to England over the summer.
Kamaboko Oni (鬼 カマボコ, Oni Kamaboko)
Voiced by: Yu Miyazaki[11] (Japanese); Max Mittelman[4] (English)
An author and neighbor of the Mont Blanc Trio at the Mokumesei Manor, who writes and illustrates the manga Mr. Bummer (落胆くん, Rakutan-kun) for Weekly City.
Todoroki ()
Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki[11] (Japanese); Andrew Russell[4] (English)
An editor working for Weekly City who idolizes Kamaboko and serializes his manga as editor-in-charge.
Nice Man (いい人, Ii Hito)
Voiced by: Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi[6]
A stoic and self-described good person.
Sumire Sakurakomi Tanabe (タナベ菫桜子美, Tanabe Sumire Sakurakomi)
Voiced by: Yūko Gotō[12] (Japanese); Kaitlyn Robrock (English)
A retired police officer and well-mannered woman who often rewards the citizens of City for their good actions.
Hotaka (穂高)
Voiced by: Jin Domon[12]
The butler of Tanabe. He often acts on Tanabe's behalf in expressing gratitude to the citizens of City through capturing them using his chain.
Rindō Obina (帯那林道, Obina Rindō)
Voiced by: Makoto Kaneko[13] (Japanese); Max Mittelman[4] (English)
The captain of the City South High School soccer team, which Tatewaku serves as a substitute player.
Yamato Kurogane (黒金大和, Kurogane Yamato)
Voiced by: Atsushi Kousaka[13]
A member of the City South High School soccer team.
Tekaridake Nobuteru (光岳伸晃, Nobuteru Tekaridake)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[14] (Japanese); A.J. LoCascio[4] (English)
The leader of Mont Blanc University's Tekaridake Troupe, whose members are animals.

Media

Manga

The series is written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi and began serialization in Kodansha's Morning magazine on September 29, 2016.[15][16] The series concluded on February 4, 2021.[17][18] Kodansha published the series in 13 volumes.[19] An online autograph contest was held to celebrate the final volume's release.[20] The series returned in Morning on December 12, 2024, three years after its conclusion.[21]

At Anime Expo 2017, Vertical announced they licensed the series for English publication.[22]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 23, 2017[23]978-4-06-388708-2March 27, 2018[2]978-1-94-505478-5
2 April 21, 2017[24]978-4-06-388719-8June 12, 2018[25]978-1-94-505479-2
3 September 22, 2017[26]978-4-06-510229-9September 18, 2018[27]978-1-94-719418-2
4 March 23, 2018[28]978-4-06-511157-4December 11, 2018[29]978-1-94-719426-7
5 July 23, 2018[30]978-4-06-512026-2April 30, 2019[31]978-1-94-719473-1
6 November 22, 2018[32]978-4-06-513610-2October 22, 2019[33]978-1-94-719498-4
7 March 22, 2019[34]978-4-06-514954-6January 21, 2020[35]978-1-94-719499-1
8 July 23, 2019[36]978-4-06-516295-8May 12, 2020[37]978-1-94-998019-6
9 November 21, 2019[38]978-4-06-517782-2October 13, 2020[39]978-1-94-998045-5
10 March 23, 2020[40]978-4-06-518933-7January 5, 2021[41]978-1-94-998067-7
11 August 20, 2020[42]978-4-06-520306-4May 25, 2021[43]978-1-64-729006-1
12 November 20, 2020[44]978-4-06-520307-1July 27, 2021[45]978-1-64-729049-8
13 April 23, 2021[46]978-4-06-522116-7January 25, 2022[47]978-1-64-729062-7
14 July 23, 2025[48]978-4-06-540019-7

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, titled City the Animation, was announced on September 21, 2024. It is produced by Kyoto Animation as the studio's first non-sequel anime since the arson attack in 2019 and directed by Taichi Ishidate, with character designs and chief animation direction handled by Tamami Tokuyama, color designs by Kana Miyata, art direction by Shiori Yamazaki, 3D direction by Tatsunori Kase, sound direction by Yōta Tsuruoka, and music by the Piranhans.[3] The series premiered on July 7, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme is "Hello", performed by Furui Riho, while the ending theme is "Lucky", performed by TOMOO.[5][7][a] Amazon Prime Video is streaming the series worldwide.[50]

Episodes

No.Title [51][52]Directed by [51]Written by [51]Storyboarded by [51]Original release date [a]
1"Makabe Family"
Transliteration: "Makabe-ke" (Japanese: マカベ家)
Taichi IshidateAyano SatoTaichi IshidateJuly 7, 2025 (2025-07-07)
"Friends"
Transliteration: "Tomodachi" (Japanese: 友達)
"Crispy Noodles"
Transliteration: "Kata Yakisoba" (Japanese: 固焼きそば)
"Dr. Adatara"
Transliteration: "Adatara-hakase" (Japanese: 安達太良博士)
"Wako Izumi"
Transliteration: "Izumi Wako" (Japanese: 泉わこ)
"Room 203"
Transliteration: "203-Gōshitsu" (Japanese: 203号室)
"Dream"
Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: )
At the Makabe family's Western Bistro, Tsurubishi and Matsuri demand Tatewaku to wear a miniskirt based on his horoscope reading. Tatewaku complies to his embarrassment, only to be laughed at by his family. Matsuri later attends school and bonds with her best friend Eri "Ecchan" Amakazari, deepening their friendship. Midori Nagumo begins her work at the bistro with Tsurubishi as they serve Ii Hito, unaware that Dr. Adatara is spying on them. Nagumo and Tsurubishi's antics cause them to destroy Dr. Adatara's surveillance equipment and ruin Ii Hito's order of yakisoba, though Ii Hito remains oblivious to the chaos. Elsewhere, Wako Izumi loses her point card to the bistro and calms herself with various trinkets, only for a police officer to return the card to her. Nagumo arrives home to Mokumesei Manor, where her neighbors Kamaboko Oni and Todoroki reluctantly decide to end the publication of his manga Mr. Bummer for Weekly City. Nagumo reunites with her roommate Ayumu Niikura and they discuss their day. Niikura asks Nagumo about her dreams, and Nagumo replies she wants to do something fun.
2"City South Eleven"
Transliteration: "City Minami Irebun" (Japanese: CITY南イレブン)
Noriyuki KitanoharaAyano SatoNoriyuki KitanoharaJuly 14, 2025 (2025-07-14)
"Trio"
Transliteration: "San-ningumi" (Japanese: 3人組)
"Editorial Trio"
Transliteration: "San-nin no Henshū" (Japanese: 3人の編集)
"Instruction"
Transliteration: "Shinan" (Japanese: 指南)
"Beautiful Bird"
Transliteration: "Byūtifuru Bādo" (Japanese: ビューティフルバード)
"Playing God"
Transliteration: "Kamisama Gokko" (Japanese: 神様ごっこ)
"The Path of Manga"
Transliteration: "Manga Michi" (Japanese: 漫画道)
"Conflict! Niikura vs Niikura"
Transliteration: "Kattō! Niikura vs Niikura" (Japanese: 葛藤!にーくらvsにーくら)
Tatewaku and the City South High School soccer team discuss game plans to protect their star player Sasago from injury, only for it to manifest to their horror. Elsewhere, Nagumo and Niikura meet Wako for the first time and establish friendly relations. Nagumo and Niikura later follow a guide from Weekly City to charm people and earn raises, though they are left embarrassed when it does not work. Niikura recalls how she was charmed by Nagumo's charisma when they were in high school. The next day, Matsuri and Ecchan discuss the thought of making people's prayers come true, as Ecchan forgets to tell Matsuri she would be moving away. At Weekly City's headquarters, Todoroki learns from his supervisor that the magazine will receive a replacement manga artist, so he exchanges farewells with Kamaboko after publishing the final issue of Mr. Bummer. However, Todoroki is forced to bring back Kamaboko and revive his manga when he learns that Kamaboko's replacement became suddenly unavailable. Later, Niikura fights her temptations to take a 500-yen coin from the ground, and she expresses anger towards her good conscience, who arrived late.
3"Tekaridake Troupe! Volume"
Transliteration: "Gekidan Tekaridake! No Maki" (Japanese: 劇団テカリダケ!の巻)
Takuya YamamuraMasashi NishikawaTakuya YamamuraJuly 21, 2025 (2025-07-21)
"Riko Izumi's Close Call!"
Transliteration: "Izumi Riko Kikiippatsu!" (Japanese: 泉りこ危機一髪!)
"Bakery"
Transliteration: "Panya" (Japanese: パン屋)
"Kindness Revolution"
Transliteration: "Yasashisa Kakumei" (Japanese: やさしさ革命)
"The Harisen and the Hideout"
Transliteration: "Harisen to Ajito" (Japanese: ハリセンとアジト)
"We're a Team! Refreshing Class 3!"
Transliteration: "Bokura wa Nakamada! Sawayaka Sankumi!" (Japanese: 僕らは仲間だ!さわやか3組!)
Tekaridake Nobuteru, a student at Mont Blanc University who leads the eccentric Tekaridake Troupe, tells its members, who are animals, to rehearse his new script, but they do not comply unless he bribes them with food. At City South High School, Wako's sleep-deprived sister, Riko, gets in various close calls that causes her to reminisce her childhood with Wako. Later, Nagumo and Niikura purchase bread at a bakery, only to find out that one piece of bread is being sold periodically and at fluctuating prices. They head back to Mokumesei Manor, and Niikura tests a harisen that does not harm Nagumo and Wako. The trio then finds out the paper used is a treasure map, so they follow its trail but realize the loot is meaningless. Meanwhile, Matsuri and Ecchan discuss the idea of universal kindness and engage in kind gestures. Back at City South High School, Riko is saved countless times by her classmates Tatewaku and Ryōta Adatara during a quiz, much to the amazement of their class; their teacher, noticing this, decides to end the session while promising to make their next quiz harder.
4"The Star of Tanabe"
Transliteration: "Tanabe-san no Hoshi" (Japanese: タナベさんのホシ)
Nobuaki MarukiAyano SatoRyo MiyakiJuly 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
"A Very Strange Visitor"
Transliteration: "Yonimokimyōna Hōmonsha" (Japanese: 世にも奇妙な訪問者)
"Ms. Tanabe and Hotaka"
Transliteration: "Tanabe-san to Hotaka" (Japanese: タナベさんと穂高)
"Tsurubishi Makabe's Twilight"
Transliteration: "Makabe Tsurubishi no Tasogare" (Japanese: 真壁鶴菱の黄昏)
"To Be Continued"
Transliteration: "Tsudzuku" (Japanese: つづく)
"Ecchan and the Real Deal and the Bread Festival"
Transliteration: "Ecchan to Honba to Pan Matsuri" (Japanese: えっちゃんと本場とパンまつり)
"Human Intersection"
Transliteration: "Ningen Kōsakuten" (Japanese: 人間交錯点)
While out on a delivery run, Nagumo is informed of Ii Hito's good behavior. Nagumo returns to the Western Bistro and sees Ii Hito rewarding her and Tsurubishi for good actions, despite having done nothing. Later at night, Tatewaku returns home when he is greeted by a voice claiming to be him from the future. After answering its questions, he finds out it is Tsurubishi confronting him about his poor grades. Sometime later, Tsurubishi recounts to Tatewaku on his visits to a restaurant that closed down before he could order anything else. Elsewhere, Matsuri and Ecchan discuss the English pronunciation of certain words. Meanwhile, Sumire Sakurakomi Tanabe and her butler Hotaka discuss the good actions of City's citizens as they witness Nagumo performing one, prompting Hotaka to pursue her to thank her. Nagumo reunites with Niikura and Wako, where she finds a pendant that Niikura is adamant on hiding it. She decides to pursue the pendant as it is snatched by an animal named Mimineko, with Niikura chasing her. Before she can get the pendant, Nagumo is finally caught by Hotaka and taken inside a limousine, which leaves much to Niikura's bewilderment.
5"Tower"
Transliteration: "" (Japanese: )
Minoru ŌtaMasashi NishikawaMinoru ŌtaAugust 4, 2025 (2025-08-04)
"Bad Time"
Transliteration: "Baddo Taimu" (Japanese: バッドタイム)
"Abacus and Braids"
Transliteration: "Soroban to Mittsuami" (Japanese: そろばんと三つ編み)
"Running Through Youth"
Transliteration: "Kakenukeru Seishun" (Japanese: かけ抜ける青春)
"Definitely Safe Niikura"
Transliteration: "Zettai Anzen Niikura" (Japanese: 絶対安全にーくら)
Nagumo is escorted by Hotaka to the Tanabe mansion and is held captive at the Hospitality Towers' waiting room until she is rewarded. There, she encounters Ii Hito and they plot their escape. Nagumo learns from Ii Hito of the towers rewarding hospitality to those who stay, as Wako later joins them. The group passes several trials while descending the tower. Meanwhile, Niikura continues chasing after Mimineko and the pendant and finds it being taken by Matsuri and Ecchan. Niikura tries taking the pendant by force, but she is unsuccessful and Mimineko escapes again. Niikura calls Nagumo on her whereabouts and runs to the towers, while various City citizens congregate at the Tanabe mansion. Nagumo's group passes the final trial and heads outside to find a massive party being held. Nagumo and Wako reunite with Niikura, who remarks she did not retrieve the pendant. Mimineko delivers the pendant to an antiques shop owner and he puts it up for sale, revealing Niikura's pendant contains a picture of Nagumo. The end-credits scenes depict an ancestor of Tanabe sharing his compassion with City's citizens and the formation of the Hospitality Towers.
6"Good Morning Adatara"
Transliteration: "Guddo Mōningu Adatara" (Japanese: グッドモーニング安達太良)
Taichi OgawaAyano SatoTaichi OgawaAugust 11, 2025 (2025-08-11)
"Niikura vs Soccer Team"
Transliteration: "Niikura VS Sakkā-bu" (Japanese: にーくらVSサッカー部)
"Death March"
Transliteration: "Rinjū Māchi" (Japanese: 臨終マーチ)
"Tatami Room and Freesia"
Transliteration: "Ozashiki to Furījia" (Japanese: お座敷とフリージア)
"Wako Izumi's Mission"
Transliteration: "Izumi Wako no Misshon" (Japanese: 泉わこのミッション)
"We Are Friends! The Silent Trio"
Transliteration: "Bokura wa Nakamada! Sairento Sankumi" (Japanese: 僕らは仲間だ!サイレント3組)
"A Voyage Between Passion and Calmness"
Transliteration: "Jōnetsu to Reisei no Ma no Kōkai" (Japanese: 情熱と冷静の間の航海)
"Farewell"
Transliteration: "O Wakare" (Japanese: お別れ)
The Adatara family experiences a hectic breakfast as they leave for their errands. Meanwhile, Niikura is confronted by the City South High soccer team's lackadaisical demeanor, causing Niikura to lose her temper. Later, Dr. Adatara fakes his death and eavesdrops on Tsurubishi admitting his care for him. Dr. Adatara then wakes up to reveal his prank, frightening Tsurubishi. At Mokumesei Manor, Todoroki and Kamaboko discuss releasing Mr. Bummer as a dual-manga series after seeing another manga following Kamaboko's style, which eases Kamaboko's fears of Mr. Bummer being cancelled again. Wako submits her photos for a competition, while Riko's classmates try to help accomplish her quiz quietly. They finish it in time, but they are forced to answer a makeup exam. Todoroki later encounters Wako and invites her to publish for Weekly City after seeing her skills, though Wako declines much to Todoroki's dismay. As the day comes to a close, Ecchan tearfully says her farewells to Matsuri, and they sit by the river.
7"Countdown"
Transliteration: "Kauntodaun" (Japanese: カウントダウン)
Noriyuki KitanoharaMasashi NishikawaNoriyuki KitanoharaAugust 18, 2025 (2025-08-18)
"Champion of Justice"
Transliteration: "Seigi no Mikata" (Japanese: 正義の味方)
"Stand Up! Tsurubishi!!"
Transliteration: "Tate! Tsurubishi!! No Maki" (Japanese: 立て!鶴菱!!の巻)
"An Evening of Boredom"
Transliteration: "Taikutsuna Yoru wa" (Japanese: 退屈な夜は)
"Late-Night Snacker"
Transliteration: "Yoru no Shokuji-sha" (Japanese: 夜の食事者)
"Kuratake the Barber"
Transliteration: "Riyō no Kuratake" (Japanese: 理容のクラタケ)
"Hell"
Transliteration: "Jigoku" (Japanese: 地獄)

Reception

At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Rob McMonigal picked the series as the best continuing series for grown-ups.[53]

The series has been praised by most critics. Sean Gaffney from A Case Suitable for Treatment gave the series praise, saying it "made him smile".[54] Ian Wolf from Anime UK News stated that he liked the series, stating that fans of Arawi's style in Nichijou will also like this series.[1] Ross Locksley from UK Anime Network felt similarly about the manga, rating it a seven and saying the rating is a nine for fans of Nichijou and a five for anyone else.[55] However, Katherine Dacey from The Manga Critic was more critical, calling the series' jokes "tired slapstick [humor]" and the characters "strenuously unpleasant".[56]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Tokyo MX listed the series premiere on July 6, 2025, at 24:00, which is effectively July 7 at midnight JST.[49]

References

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