{"id":124100,"date":"2025-06-08T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=124100"},"modified":"2025-06-09T03:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:05:43","slug":"welcome-to-the-city-with-city-the-animations-2nd-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/08\/welcome-to-the-city-with-city-the-animations-2nd-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the City With CITY The Animation&#8217;s 2nd Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>CITY The Animation<\/em>&#8216;s second trailer is here, delivering more scenes of the titular city&#8217;s going-ons and inhabitants while continuing to <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/23\/kyoto-animations-city-the-animation-gets-stunning-1st-trailer-july-6-premiere\/\">boggle the mind<\/a> with how unified the foreground and background aspects of the show look due to the anime&#8217;s aesthetic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It was also announced that the anime is a Prime Video streaming exclusive in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300eCITY THE ANIMATION\u300fPV\u7b2c2\u5f3e\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YP17uvO9amU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>CITY The Animation\u00a0<\/em>is set to premiere on July 6 JST (effectively July 7 at 12 AM JST). It is based on\u00a0the<em>\u00a0<\/em>manga by\u00a0<em>Nichijou<\/em>\u2018s\u00a0<strong>Keiichi Arawi<\/strong>, which ran from 2016 to 2021 in Kodansha\u2019s Morning. Kodansha USA describes the premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em><b>From Keiichi Arawi, the adored creator of\u00a0nichijou, this surreal-slapstick series revolves around a penniless college student, Midori Nagumo, who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people. And as this reckless girl runs about, she sets the city in motion.<\/b><\/em><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Midori is in a bit of a bind. She is in debt, and her landlady is trying to shake her down for unpaid rent. Her best friend refuses to loan her cash since she\u2019s wised up to her tricks. Maybe some bullying would help. Or a bit of petty theft? Neither is sustainable. Maybe getting a job would settle things\u2026 But working means less time for fun adventures in the big city\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Update:<\/strong> Added Prime Video information.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:&nbsp;<strong>Taichi Ishidate&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Violet Evergarden&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Violet Evergarden the Movie<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Nichijou<\/em>&nbsp;assistant director)&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director:<strong>&nbsp;Tamami Tokuyama&nbsp;<\/strong>(character designer and animation director on KyoAni\u2019s 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mp3vtjlz07Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSouzou-hen\u201d commercial<\/a>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer:<strong>&nbsp;Kana Miyata<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Nichijou<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Beyond the Boundary<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Background art director&nbsp;<strong>Shiori Yamazaki<\/strong>&nbsp;(\u201cSouzou-hen\u201d background art).<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director:&nbsp;<strong>Hiroki Ueda<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Miss<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Kobayashi\u2019s Dragon Maid S<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 3D director:&nbsp;<strong>Tatsunori Kase<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sound! Euphonium<\/em>&nbsp;Season 3 assistant 3D director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Sound director:&nbsp;<strong>Yota Tsuruoka<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Nichijou<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>MONOGATARI Series OFF &amp; MONSTER Season<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:&nbsp;<strong>Kyoto Animation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>&nbsp;Mikako Komatsu<\/strong>&nbsp;as Midori Nagumo<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Aki Toyosaki<\/strong>&nbsp;as Nikura<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>&nbsp;Yui Ishikawa<\/strong>&nbsp;as Wako Izumi<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Yoshihisa Kawahara<\/strong>&nbsp;as Tsurubishi Makabe<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>&nbsp;Miyu Irino<\/strong>&nbsp;as Tatewaku Makabe<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Ayaka Nanase<\/strong>&nbsp;as Matsuri Makabe<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Azusa Tadokoro<\/strong>&nbsp;as Eri Amakazari<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Yu Wakui<\/strong>&nbsp;as Riko Izumi<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> KyoaniChannel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY The Animation&#8216;s second trailer is here, delivering more scenes of the titular city&#8217;s going-ons and inhabitants while continuing to boggle the mind with how unified the foreground and background aspects of the show look due to the anime&#8217;s aesthetic. It was also announced that the anime is a Prime Video streaming exclusive in Japan. 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