Tonari_no_Yōkai-san
Tonari no Yōkai-san
Japanese manga series
Tonari no Yōkai-san (となりの妖怪さん, "The Yōkai Next to Me") is a Japanese manga series by noho. It originally began serialization online via Twitter in August 2017. It was then serialized via East Press' Mato Grosso website from July 2018 to January 2022 and has been collected in four tankōbon volumes and a side story volume. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films premiered in April 2024.
| Tonari no Yōkai-san | |
Cover of Tonari no Yōkai-san volume 1 by East Press | |
| となりの妖怪さん | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | noho |
| Published by | East Press |
| Magazine | Mato Grosso |
| Original run | July 2018 – January 6, 2022 |
| Volumes | 4 + 1 side story |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Aimi Yamauchi |
| Written by | Tomoko Konparu |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Liden Films |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | ANN (ABC, TV Asahi) AT-X, BS12 TwellV [ja] |
| Original run | April 7, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 4 |
In a version of Earth where youkai, humans and gods live together, a twenty-year-old cat named Buchio, who lives in a rural village in Japan, evolves into a Nekomata. Buchio sets out to learn more from his youkai peers about his evolution. Meanwhile, Mu-chan, who is a member of the human family who takes care of Buchio, becomes curious about their neighbor Jiro, a crow Tengu who performs ritual Shinto duties.
- Mutsumi Sugimoto (杉本 睦実, Sugimoto Mutsumi) / Mu-chan (むーちゃん, Mū-chan)
- Voiced by: Asaki Yuikawa[2]
- Jirōbō Enkazan (縁火山 次郎坊, Enkazan Jirōbō) / Jirō (ジロー)
- Voiced by: Ryosuke Higa[2]
- Buchio Ōishi (大石 ぶちお, Ōishi Buchio)
- Voiced by: Yuki Kaji[2]
- Tazenbō Fuchibiyama (縁火山 太善坊, Fuchibiyama Tazenbo) / Occhan (おっちゃん, Otchan)
- Voiced by: Jin Urayama[3]
- Yuri Tachibana (立花 百合, Tachibana Yuri)
- Voiced by: Yō Taichi[3]
- Taira Tanaka (田中 平, Tanaka Taira)
- Voiced by: Kenji Hamada[3]
- Takumi Ōishi (大石 拓海, Ōishi Takumi)
- Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[3]
- Ryo Sano (佐野 龍, Sano Ryō)
- Voiced by: Yūko Sanpei[3]
- Rein Nakagawa (中川 虹, Nakagawa Rein)
- Voiced by: Megumi Han[3]
- Hayachiyo (早千代)
- Voiced by: Yuko Kaida[3]
- Sanmoto Gorozaemon (山本五郎左衛門, Sanmoto Gorōzaemon)
- Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami[3]
- Suzu Sakaki (坂木 すず, Sakaki Suzu)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi[3]
- Benmaru Kobayashi (小林 弁丸, Kobayashi Benmaru) / Betobeto-san (ベトベトサン)
- Voiced by: Tatsumaru Tachibana[3]
- Nishiya Chiaki (西谷 千彰, Chiaki Nishiya) / Wagen (ワーゲン, Wāgen)
- Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima[3]
- Kazuhiko Nishiya (西谷 和彦, Nishiya Kazuhiko)
- Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka[3]
Manga
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 10, 2018[4] | 978-4-781-61672-8 |
| 2 | July 10, 2019[5] | 978-4-781-61792-3 |
| 3 | October 17, 2020[6] | 978-4-781-61924-8 |
| 4 | April 7, 2022[7] | 978-4-781-62054-1 |
| SS1 | August 18, 2023[8] | 978-4-7816-2234-7 |
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on the fourth volume of the manga on April 7, 2022.[9] It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Liden Films and directed by Aimi Yamauchi, with scripts written by Tomoko Konparu, characters designed by Shigemitsu Abe, and music composed by Avex Music Creative and Blue Bird's Nest.[10][2] It premiered on April 7, 2024, on the Animazing!!! programming block on all ANN affiliates, including ABC and TV Asahi.[lower-alpha 1] The opening theme song is "Obake Himawari" (お化けひまわり, "Ghost Sunflower"), performed by Pii, while the ending theme song is "Iro no Naka" (イロノナカ), performed by Aoi Kubo.[3] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[11]
Episodes
| No. | Title [12][lower-alpha 2] | Directed by [lower-alpha 3] | Written by [lower-alpha 3] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 3] | Original air date [lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Aiya Yamauchi | Tomoko Konparu | Aiya Yamauchi | April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07) |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Ryoko Nakano | Tomoko Konparu | Ryoko Nakano | April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Yasuyuki Shinozaki | Tomoko Konparu | Masao Suzuki | April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Ryōta Karasawa | Tomoko Konparu | Yuki Komoda | April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) |
- ABC and TV Asahi listed the series premiere on April 6, 2024, at 26:00, which is effectively April 7 at 2:00 a.m. JST.
- Every episode is untitled but all the titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[13]
- "Tonari no Yokai-san (TV Series 2024– ) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- Cayanan, Joanna (November 29, 2023). "Tonari no Yōkai-san Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, April 2024 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- Dempsey, Liam (February 22, 2024). "Tonari no Yokai-san Anime Reveals Main Trailer, Visual and Premiere Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- となりの妖怪さん １ (in Japanese). East Press. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- となりの妖怪さん ２ (in Japanese). East Press. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- となりの妖怪さん ３ (in Japanese). East Press. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- となりの妖怪さん ４ (in Japanese). East Press. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- となりの妖怪さん外伝 （上） (in Japanese). East Press. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 29, 2022). "Tonari no Yōkai-san Manga Listed With Anime Project". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 27, 2023). "Tonari no Yōkai-san Anime Confirmed With TV Broadcast in 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- Mateo, Alex (April 3, 2024). "Crunchyroll Reveals More Streaming Anime for Spring, Multiple Profiles". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- "Sutōrī｜Terebi Anime "Tonari no Yōkai-san" Kōshiki Saito" Story｜TVアニメ『となりの妖怪さん』公式サイト [Story｜TV Anime "Tonari no Yōkai-san" Official Website]. tonari-no-yokai-san.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- "Watch Tonari no Yokai-san - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- Tonari no Yōkai-san official manga website at Mato Grosso (in Japanese)
- Tonari no Yōkai-san official anime website (in Japanese)
- Tonari no Yōkai-san (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia