The oldest daughter of the Shiunji family, Banri Shiunji, takes the spotlight this week in a newly released date visual for the upcoming The Shiunji Family Children TV anime series. The anime is expected to premiere in Japan on April 8, 2025 and will run for 12 episodes.
The visual showcases Banri Shiunji enjoying an alcoholic beverage in the night at a fancy hotel tower area. A total of five date visuals are expected to be released within the next five days, leading up to the show’s official premiere date.
Ryoki Kamitsubo (Hidamari Sketch chief director, Softenni director, Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence Episode 3 and 7 storyboard artist and director) is directing the anime series, with Noboru Kimura (Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture) as series screenwriter and Miki Muto (OSHI NO KO Season 2 co-animation training director) as character designer and chief animation director. Doga Kobo is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Yuichiro Umehara as Arata Shiunji
- • Chika Anzai as Banri Shiunji
- • Marika Kono as Seiha Shiunji
- • Rie Takahashi as Oka Shiunji
- • Hana Hishikawa as Minami Shiunji
- • Kana Ichinose as Kotono Shiunji
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Shion Shiunji
The anime is based on the romantic comedy manga series by Rent-A-Girlfriend‘s Reiji Miyajima, with Reiji Yukino as co-artist. The manga began serialization in Hakusensha’s Young Animal on February 25, 2022 and has released six tankobon volumes as of March 2025. Yen Press releases the manga in English for North America.
Crunchyroll is streaming The Shiunji Family Children anime series, describing the main synopsis as.
The Shiunji family with their seven children reside in a mansion within Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. The eldest son, Arata, is tired of being pushed around by his five sisters and daydreams of a life without them. That is, until Arata’s father reveals a shocking truth — Arata isn’t biologically related to his sisters! The siblings’ relationships will be tested as they navigate life in this new light.
