The Chainsmoker Cat manga series by NyanNyanFactory is getting an anime adaptation set to premiere in July 2026. A teaser visual and trailer were released along with the main cast and staff.
Yuko Natsuyoshi voices the main character Yani. Studio Bibury Animation is animating the series with Takuya Kimura as director. Takashi Aoshima is in charge of the script, Riki Matsuura is handling character designs, and Keiichi Suzuki is composing the music.
NyanNyanFactory launched the manga in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine in February 2023. There are currently 10 volumes in circulation, with the 11th volume releasing on February 6, 2026.
Seven Seas is releasing the manga in English, and they describe it as:
Where there’s smoke, there’s a catgirl chainsmoking in this comedy manga!
A look at the daily troubles of one catgirl and her attempts to get her life together. Welcome to Yani’s apartment. Please don’t mind the smell. Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly.
Behind on her rent and unable to hold down a job, her friends and sister rally around to help her out. But when she’s using her pee to put out cigarette fires, they may just have their work cut out for them.
Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?
Source: Chainsmoker Cat anime official X (formerly Twitter), Website
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