Shortly after its second season finale, it has been announced that a third season of Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer’s days is confirmed to be in production. The second season first aired in Japan on October 4, 2024 and recently concluded with its 12th episode on December 20, 2024.
The first season of the short anime series premiered in Japan from July 7, 2023 to September 22, 2023 for 12 total episodes.
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Yutaro Sawada (Inui-san!) directed the first season and was also credited as scriptwriter and line director. Ayane Matsumoto (Bocchi the Rock! Ending 3 animator) was the character designer, animation director, and animator. Precious tone served as the music composer and Ari is credited with creating the background drawings. Pie in the sky was in charge of the animation production for the first and second seasons, respectively.
Meanwhile, the short anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Hiromu Arakawa
- • Mariko Honda as Ishii
- • Shigeru Chiba as Oyaji-dono
- • Kujira as Okan
Remow streamed the first season on YouTube with multiple subtitle languages.
The anime is based on Hiromu Arakawa’s autobiographical farming essay manga, which follows her seven years as a farmer in Hokkaido prior to becoming an established manga artist.
It has been serialized in Shinshokan’s Wings magazine since July 28, 2009. It ran in Un Poco from December 28, 2006 to March 28, 2009, before the magazine ceased publication. The series is published under the Wings Comics label and has released eight tankobon volumes as of December 2023. The manga was digitally published in English by the defunct JManga service in 2012.
Japan Media Arts Festival describes the Hyakusho Kizoku manga as:
Before becoming a manga artist, Arakawa Hiromu spent seven years working as a farmer in Hokkaido. Well acquainted with the many emotions that are part and parcel of agricultural work, she captures the harsh realities of Japanese dairy farming while also shedding light on this tough and powerful way of life in a series of side-splitting episodes. Known for numerous works in which she celebrates the joys of life, in this essay-style comic Arakawa reveals her own roots and little-known truths about farming life.
Source: Hyakusho Kizoku Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
