A second new main trailer has been revealed for the upcoming third season of Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer’s days, which features some scenes from upcoming episodes. Season three will begin broadcasting in Japan on October 3, 2025.
The newest trailer also highlights the third season’s ending theme song “Kage ni Nari Hinata ni Nari” by rock band pachae.
Yutaro Sawada (returning) is directing the third season and serving as scriptwriter. Ayane Matsumoto (Bocchi the Rock! Ending 3 animator) is also returning as character designer, animation director, and animator, with Spectrick serving as music composer and Ari working on the background art. Pie in the sky is handling the animation production once again for the series.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Hiromu Arakawa
- • Mariko Honda as Ishii
- • Shigeru Chiba as Oyaji-dono
- • Kujira as Okan
The first season of the short anime series was released in Japan from July 7, 2023 to September 22, 2023 for 12 total episodes. The second season aired in Japan on October 4, 2024 and concluded with another 12 episodes on December 20, 2024.
REMOW streamed the first season on the It’s Anime YouTube channel with multiple subtitle languages.
The anime is based on Hiromu Arakawa’s autobiographical farming essay manga, which focuses on her seven years working as a farmer in Hokkaido before becoming an established manga artist. It has been serialized in Shinshokan’s Wings magazine since July 28, 2009. It first debuted in Un Poco from December 28, 2006 to March 28, 2009, before the magazine ceased publication. The series has since been serialized in the Wings magazine and has released eight tankobon volumes as of December 2023. The now defunct JManga service previously released the manga in English digitally in 2012.
Japan Media Arts Festival describes the main premise of the Hyakusho Kizoku manga series 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.
Sources: Tokyo MX Official YouTube Channel, Crunchyroll News
