{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6f30b3ba786f928912d5fbe6","clusterId":"c_e03ce970259309da5fb6196d","slug":"atashin-chi-next-adds-monthly-episodes-from-january-1","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ATASHIn'CHI Next Adds Monthly Episodes From January 1","summary":"Shinei Animation announced Friday that new episodes of ATASHIn'CHI Next will debut on the franchise's YouTube channel on January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST, with further episodes on the first Friday of each month at the same time. The website also revealed a key visual, the returning main cast, and Kinmokusei performing the theme song \"Saraba.\"","whyItMatters":"The announcement turns a five-episode batch released across 2025 and early 2026 into a standing monthly slot on YouTube, giving the manga's unadapted stories a fixed home rather than a one-off release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTaku Kimura directs the series, with Masae Otake designing characters. Daisuke Sakaguchi returns as Yuzuhiko, Fumiko Orikasa as Mikan, Kenichi Ogata as Father and Kumiko Watanabe as Mother. The anime adapts stories from Eiko Kera\u0026#39;s original manga that the earlier television series did not cover, and it commemorates the 30th anniversary of that manga.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prior batch of five episodes ran on November 20, 2025, December 20, 2025, and January 20, February 20 and March 20 this year. The first five debuted monthly from June to October 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ATASHIn'CHI Next moves to the first Friday of every month at 6:00 p.m. JST after the January 1 debut. That cadence keeps the YouTube channel on a schedule Shinei Animation can hold without a TV slot.","twitterPost":"ATASHIn'CHI Next settles into a first-Friday monthly slot after January 1, a YouTube schedule Shinei Animation can keep without a TV timeslot.","threadsPost":"ATASHIn'CHI Next is not returning as a weekly TV show. Shinei Animation is putting new episodes on YouTube on the first Friday of each month at 6:00 p.m. JST, starting after January 1. A monthly drop is the schedule the channel can actually hold.","newsletterBlurb":"Shinei Animation set January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST for the next ATASHIn'CHI Next episodes on the franchise's YouTube channel, with new episodes following on the first Friday of each month. The site also showed a key visual and named Kinmokusei as the theme song performer. The main cast returns, and the anime adapts manga stories the earlier TV series left out.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-13/atashinchi-next-net-anime-additional-episodes-debut-on-january-1/.243794\",\"title\":\"ATASHIn'CHI Next Net Anime's Additional Episodes Debut on January 1\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5422,"outputTokens":769,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794572967,"createdAt":"2026-11-13T12:23:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-13T12:28:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T12:28:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e03ce970259309da5fb6196d","canonicalTitle":"News\nATASHIn'CHI Next Net Anime's Additional Episodes Debut on January 1","representativeArticleId":"a_f55f0a9844c91dc5503f2102","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"ATASHIn'CHI Next\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Taku Kimura\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-13T11:45:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-13T11:45:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T12:28:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-13/atashinchi-next-net-anime-additional-episodes-debut-on-january-1/.243794","title":"News\nATASHIn'CHI Next Net Anime's Additional Episodes Debut on January 1"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["ATASHIn'CHI Next"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Taku Kimura"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["New ATASHIn'CHI Next episodes debut on the franchise's YouTube channel on January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST.","Further episodes stream on the first Friday of every month at 6:00 p.m. JST.","Kinmokusei performs the opening and ending theme song \"Saraba.\"","Taku Kimura directs the anime, with Masae Otake designing characters.","The anime commemorates the 30th anniversary of Eiko Kera's original manga."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["atashin-chi-next","taku-kimura"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"atashin-chi-next","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"green","story_count":2,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"taku-kimura","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}