New Saturday daily character images have been released for the upcoming The Shiunji Family Children television anime series, highlighting the shy Kotono Shiunji. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in 2025.
© 宮島礼吏・白泉社／ 「紫雲寺家の子供たち」製作委員会
Ryoki Kamitsubo (Main director of Hidamari Sketch, director of Softenni, Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence, artist and script director of episodes 3 and 7) is directing the anime, with Noboru Kimura (Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture) is the series writer and Miki Muto (OSHI NO KO Season 2 co-animation training director) is the character designer and animation director. Akki, Ginnojo Hoshi and Shota Horie are the composers, while Doga Kobo is in charge of animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime's main voice cast includes:
• Yuichiro Umehara as Arata Shiunji • Chika Anzai as Banri Shiunji • Marika Kono as Seiha Shiunji • Rie Takahashi as Oka Shiunji • Hana Hishikawa as Minami Shiunji • Kana Ichinose as Kotono Shiunji • Chiaki Kobayashi as Shion Shiunji
The Children of the Shiunji Family is based on the romantic comedy manga of the same name by Rent-A-Girlfriend's Reiji Miyajima, with Reiji Yukino credited as co-artist. The series debuted in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine on February 25, 2022, and has released five tankobon volumes as of October 2024.
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Yen Press released the manga in English and the summary description is as follows:
Love between brother and sister. Love between man and woman. The most forbidden thing is the most resilient thing. The Shiunji family's two sons and five daughters shine like bright gems, each with equal intelligence and beauty. And with their wealthy father's pedigree behind them, how could they not be the talk of the town? Eldest son Arata has spent his entire life being swayed by the whims of his colorful sisters, yet a little teasing won't stop him from valuing his family above all else. anything and anyone else. But when his youngest sister turns fifteen, their father reveals a long-hidden secret about the Shiunji “siblings” and knocks Arata’s world off its axis…
