A new key visual and teaser PV trailer have been released for the Chi’s Sweet Summer Vacation 3DCG anime series. The new anime serves as the third overall season in the Chi’s Sweet Home series. It will begin streaming in Japan exclusively on Netflix this July 2024.
The newly revealed cast members highlighted in the 53-second trailer of Chi’s Sweet Summer Vacation include:
- • Yu Serizawa as Aina
- • Aimi Tanaka as Tida
- • Kanae Kuninaka as Umikaji
- • Rikako Aikawa as Champloo
- • Miki Nagasawa as Grandmother
- • Ryosuke Higa as Grandfather
Kiminori Kusano (Chi’s Sweet Adventure season 1-2 director) is returning to direct season three, with Misuzu Chiba (Aikatsu!, Doraemon) once again writing the series’ screenplay, and Kenji Kondo (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S) and Kei Kawano as music composers. Marza Animation Planet is in charge of the animation production for the series.
The first season of the Chi’s Sweet Adventure 3DCG anime series premiered in Japan in October 2016. Amazon streamed the anime on its Anime Strike service with English subtitles in January 2017, along with an English dub. The second season premiered in April 2018, with Amazon once again streaming it.
Two 2D TV anime series from Madhouse were also previously released in 2008 and 2009. Crunchyroll streamed the second television anime series Chi’s New Address in several countries as it aired in Japan. Discotek Media licensed both seasons and released them on DVD. A short OVA was also released in 2010.
Kanata Konami’s original Chi’s Sweet Home manga ran in Kodansha’s Morning magazine from 2004 to 2015. A total of 12 tankobon volumes were released during its publication. Vertical licensed the manga in 2009, and later re-released the series in three-in-one omnibus format.
Kodansha USA currently releases the manga in English, describing the synopsis as:
Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Overcome with loneliness, she breaks into tears in a large park meadow, where she is rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The little kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm and inviting Yamada apartment… where pets are strictly not permitted.
