City (manga)
City is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. It was serialized from September 2016 to October 2025 in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning. It has been published in 15 volumes. In North America, the series is licensed by Vertical.
An anime television series adaptation titled City the Animation, produced by Kyoto Animation, aired from July to September 2025 on Tokyo MX. 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, with both series set in the same universe.
Plot
The story follows the Mont Blanc Trio, consisting of university 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;Ayumu Niikura
;Wako Izumi
Makabe family
;Tsurubishi Makabe;Tatewaku Makabe
;Matsuri Makabe
;Obaba
;Professor Makabe
Adatara family
;Dr. Adatara;Mr. Adatara
;Mrs. Adatara
;Tatsuta Adatara
;Kamome Adatara
;Ryōta Adatara
;Umi Adatara
;Sora Adatara
Other characters
;Riko Izumi;Eri Amakazari / Ecchan
;Kamaboko Oni
;Todoroki
;Daisuke Naganohara
;Nice Man
;Sumire Sakurakomi Tanabe
;Hotaka
;Rindō Obina
;Yamato Kurogane
;Tekaridake Nobuteru
Media
Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi and began serialization in Kodansha's Morning magazine on September 29, 2016. The series concluded on February 4, 2021. Kodansha published the series in 13 volumes. An online autograph contest was held to celebrate the final volume's release. The series returned in Morning on December 12, 2024, three years after its original conclusion, before concluding again on October 16, 2025. The second run was collected in two additional volumes.At Anime Expo 2017, Vertical announced they licensed the series for English publication.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation, titled City the Animation, was announced on September 21, 2024. It was 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. The series aired from July 7 to September 29, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks, running for a single cour of 13 episodes, with most containing multiple short segments per episode, with there being 80 segments in total. The opening theme is "Hello", performed by Riho Furui, while the ending theme is "Lucky", performed by Tomoo. Amazon Prime Video is streaming the series worldwide.Episodes
Reception
At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Rob McMonigal picked the series as the best continuing series for grown-ups.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". 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. 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. However, Katherine Dacey from The Manga Critic was more critical, calling the series' jokes "tired slapstick " and the characters "strenuously unpleasant".