Atashin'chi NEXT Gets New Episodes With Taku Kimura Directing
Shin-Ei Animation paired the Atashin'chi NEXT announcement with its New Oishinbo project at the same 50th anniversary stage, bundling two revival properties in one presentation.
Key Facts
- Shin-Ei Animation announced new episodes of Atashin'chi NEXT on September 19, 2026, at the ABEMA Anime Festival 2026 Shin-Ei Animation 50th Anniversary Special Stage.
- Taku Kimura, who directed the television anime Yani Neko, will direct the new Atashin'chi NEXT episodes.
- The cast includes Kumiko Watanabe as Mother, Fumiko Orikasa as Mikan, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yuzuhiko, and Kenichi Ogata as Father.
- Shin-Ei Animation also announced a new television anime adaptation of Oishinbo at the same event.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer, Anime Anime.
Shin-Ei Animation announced on September 19, 2026, that Atashin'chi NEXT will receive a new batch of episodes. The announcement came during the ABEMA Anime Festival 2026 Shin-Ei Animation 50th Anniversary Special Stage. Taku Kimura, who directed the television anime Yani Neko, takes over as director for the new episodes. A teaser video was released on the anime's official YouTube channel. The original cast returns. Kumiko Watanabe voices Mother, Fumiko Orikasa voices Mikan, Daisuke Sakaguchi voices Yuzuhiko, and Kenichi Ogata voices Father. Atashin'chi NEXT adapts stories from Eiko Kera's original manga that were not animated in previous adaptations. The first batch of five episodes streamed monthly from June to October 2024. A second batch of five episodes followed on November 20, December 20, January 20, February 20, and March 20. The manga commemorates its 30th anniversary. The series is based on Eiko Kera's manga about the Tachibana family.
The new batch follows the same release pattern as the previous two rounds. The first five episodes streamed monthly from June to October 2024. Five more followed on the 20th of each month from November through March.
Taku Kimura is affiliated with Studio Lemon. Kimura directed the television anime Yani Neko before taking over here, and the production announcement describes his direction as one that makes the original work's appeal shine. He inherits the chair from the earlier Atashin'chi NEXT run.
Shin-Ei Animation placed the Atashin'chi NEXT news on the same stage as its other revival. At the ABEMA Anime Festival 2026 Shin-Ei Animation 50th Anniversary Special Stage, the studio also confirmed a new television anime for Oishinbo, based on Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki's manga. The press release calls the Oishinbo revival "the origin, and the pinnacle" and confirms a super teaser video.
The franchise's older broadcast run aired from 2002 to 2009. A film followed in 2003, a 40-minute 3D film in 2010, and Shin Atashin'chi ran from October 2015 to April 2016. Crunchyroll streamed that series as it aired, and the official YouTube channel has carried the series and Shin Atashin'chi with English subtitles since May 2020.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News ATASHIn'CHI Next Net Anime Gets New Episodes
- Denfaminicogamer 『あたしンちNEXT』新エピソード制作決定。『ヤニねこ』の木村拓氏が新たに監督を務める
- Anime Anime 「美味しんぼ」“究極”の“食”アニメが復活―新作TVアニメが始動！「あたしンちNEXT」新エピソード制作も決定