Pon no Michi


Pon no Michi is a Japanese original anime television series created by IIS-P and animated by OLM. It aired from January to March 2024. A manga adaptation by Tsukasa Unohana was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Nakayoshi from September 2023 to March 2024.

Plot

Nashiko Jippensha is a high school student from Onomichi who has been kicked out of her house. Having no place to go where she can hang out with her friends, she soon discovers that her father has left behind a vacant mahjong parlor he used to own. As such, Nashiko cleans up the parlor and turns it into her personal hangout.

Characters

;Nashiko Jippensha
;Pai Kawahigashi
;Izumi Tokutomi
;Riche Hayashi
;Chonbo
;Haneru Emi

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Tsukasa Unohana was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Nakayoshi from September 1, 2023, to March 1, 2024. Its seven chapters were collected in a single tankōbon volume released on January 12, 2024.
A "self-proclaimed unofficial" official spin-off manga series by Jun Endō, titled Pon no Michi: Ryūkyoku Shānyū-hen, was serialized on Kodansha's YanMaga Web website and app from January 8 to April 22, 2024.

Volumes

''Pon no Michi''
''Pon no Michi: Ryūkyoku Shānyū-hen''

Anime

The original anime television series by OLM was announced on May 23, 2023. It is an original work by IIS-P, and features direction and series composition by Tatsuma Minamikawa, original character designs by Negi Haruba, animation character designs by Kenji Ota, and music composed by Sachiko Takahashi, Takuma Sogi, hisakuni, Riko Ohashi, Kanji Eguchi, and Shari. The series aired from January 6 to March 23, 2024, on the Animeism programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS. The opening theme song is "Ponpopopon", performed by Kana Nakada feat. Pon no Michi All Stars, while the ending theme song is "Good Luck Waker", performed by Halca.
Animation Digital Network is streaming the series on YouTube outside of Asia, while Hidive began streaming it on January 30, 2026. Remow licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.

Episodes