ATASHIn’CHI Next Brings Five New Episodes Starting November 20

There is more to look forward to for fans of the Tachibana family. The official ATASHIn’CHI YouTube channel started streaming a trailer on Friday for ATASHIn’CHI Next, the newest net anime in the long running series, and it confirms five fresh episodes on the way.

The episodes will roll out one at a time on the twentieth of each month, beginning November 20 and continuing through December, January, February, and March 2026. The opener adapts the “Akaniku Melon,” or Orange Cantaloupe, story from the seventh manga volume.

This follows a first batch of five episodes that aired on the same monthly rhythm from June to October 2024. The whole project celebrates the 30th anniversary of Eiko Kera’s original manga and is digging into stories the earlier anime never adapted.

ATASHIn’CHI has a deep history on screen. The manga inspired a television anime that ran from 2002 to 2009, a film in 2003, a 40 minute 3D film in 2010, and a newer series called Shin ATASHIn’CHI across 2015 and 2016. Crunchyroll carried that run, and the franchise’s YouTube channel has offered the shows with English subtitles since May 2020.

At its heart, the series is a warm look at the everyday Tachibana household: a clumsy but devoted mother, a quiet father who likes things his own way, the romantic teenager Mikan, and the deceptively naïve Yuzuhiko. Kera drew the original manga in the Yomiuri Shimbun for nearly eighteen years before wrapping it in 2012, then returned with a new run titled ATASHIn’CHI SUPER in 2019.

My take: Slice of life comedies like this age beautifully, and it is heartening to see the Tachibanas back for a 30th anniversary. A new episode each month is a gentle little treat to look forward to.