{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4a84f8aa1e386e349a287b19","clusterId":"c_c203c8e93b6bfa35a4b01e55","slug":"yuka-oshima-s-haru-to-gen-manga-gets-short-tv-anime-for-january","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Yuka Ōshima's Haru to Gen Manga Gets Short TV Anime for January","summary":"A short-format television anime of Yuka Ōshima's Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~ will premiere next January on tvk. The story follows Gen, a 70-year-old man estranged from his wife and daughter after a divorce, who takes in his three-year-old granddaughter Haru after his daughter's death. Kōdai Satō directs at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio with Studio Nanahoshi.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation puts Kadokawa's TATESC vertical-scrolling label into a short-form TV slot, a path that until now has mostly carried full-length series.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKōdai Satō is directing the adaptation at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio in collaboration with Studio Nanahoshi. Taeko Miura is handling sound direction, with Maki Takuma on sound effects, bermei.inazawa composing the music, RD on sound production, and Kazuya Takahashi as executive producer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manga centers on Gen, a 70-year-old man who was estranged from his wife and daughter after a divorce many years ago. After his daughter\u0026#39;s death, he is entrusted with his three-year-old granddaughter Haru, and he faces raising a child for the first time. Ōshima launched the manga on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s TATESC Comic vertical-scrolling, full-color webcomic label in December 2022. Kadokawa published its first compiled volume in March 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Haru to Gen casts its lead as a 70-year-old man, and the production is short-format. The January tvk slot caps how much of Oshima's story Kōdai Satō and the two studios can adapt.","twitterPost":"Haru to Gen makes a 70-year-old grandfather the lead, and Kōdai Satō directs it at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio as a short-format series.","threadsPost":"Haru to Gen gives its lead role to a 70-year-old man, with the granddaughter arriving as a three-year-old. Kōdai Satō directs at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio as a short-format anime, and a short format of this kind tends to favor vignettes over full arcs of Oshima's story.","newsletterBlurb":"A short-format television anime of Yuka Ōshima's Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~ will premiere next January on tvk. The manga follows a 70-year-old man raising his three-year-old granddaughter for the first time after his daughter's death. Kōdai Satō directs at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio with Studio Nanahoshi.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-15/yuka-oshima-haru-to-gen-~70-sai-hajimete-kosodate~-manga-gets-short-tv-anime/.241794\",\"title\":\"Yuka Ōshima's 'Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~' Manga Gets Short TV Anime\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4429,"outputTokens":704,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789465466,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T09:38:32.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c203c8e93b6bfa35a4b01e55","canonicalTitle":"News\nYuka Ōshima's 'Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~' Manga Gets Short TV Anime","representativeArticleId":"a_f22daa5c5f1def3249ecd721","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Imagica Infos\",\"Imageworks Studio\"],\"people\":[\"Yuka Ōshima\",\"Kōdai Satō\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T07:57:26.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T07:57:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-15/yuka-oshima-haru-to-gen-~70-sai-hajimete-kosodate~-manga-gets-short-tv-anime/.241794","title":"News\nYuka Ōshima's 'Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~' Manga Gets Short TV Anime"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~"],"manga_titles":["Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Imagica Infos","Imageworks Studio"],"people":["Yuka Ōshima","Kōdai Satō"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}