The Yanineko (Chainsmoker Cat/ ヤニねこ) manga by Nyan Nyan Factory has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation, which will premiere in July 2026. A promotional video and teaser visual for the anime have been released.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tfxuLFVu7o]
Kimura Taku is directing the anime at Bibury Animation Studio, and the anime will star Natsuyoshi Yuuko as Yaniko Satou.
Nyan Nyan Factory started the manga in February 2023 in Kodansha’s Young Magazine, and Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in August 2023. The manga’s 11th volume will be released on February 6th, 2026.
Seven Seas releases the manga in English under the title Chainsmoker Cat, and it will release the manga’s second volume on March 17th, 2026, and the third volume on June 16th, 2026. Seven Seas described the manga’s story below:
“Welcome to Yani’s apartment. Please don’t mind the smell. Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly.
Behind on her rent and unable to hold down a job, her friends and sister rally around to help her out. But when she’s using her pee to put out cigarette fires, they may just have their work cut out for them.
Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?”
