An anime adaptation was teased back in February 2024 for The Shiunji Family Children manga. It’s been mostly quiet since then but we did learn that the animation production studio Doga Kobo will be the ones handling the adaptation. The series will be directed by Ryouki Kamitsubo from the series composition by Noboru Kimura. Miki Muto is serving as both the chief animation director and the character designer.
The production debuted on April 8th, 2025, and now Crunchyroll has released a clip from the fifth episode. Kotone lays down the law with her sisters.
Check out our review of the first volume of the manga.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Shion Shiunji
- Chika Anzai as Banri Shiunji
- Hana Hishikawa as Minami Shiunji
- Kana Ichinose as Kotono Shiunji
- Marika Kōno as Seiha Shiunji
- Rie Takahashi as Ouka Shiunji
- Yūichirō Umehara as Arata Shiunji
- Masaki Terasoma as Kaname Shiunji
The series features the opening theme song “Honey Lemon” performed by NACHERRY.
The manga comes from creator Reiji Miyajima of Rent-A-Girlfriend fame with support from illustrator Reiji Yukino. Known originally as Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi, it began serialization in Young Animal for Hakusensha in 2022 and has three volumes released so far in Japan and the fourth saw a July 17th, 2024 release. Yen Press is bringing it out in English.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The love between brother and sister. The love between man and woman. That which is most forbidden is most unyielding. The two sons and five daughters of the Shiunji family shine like brilliant gems, each with intelligence and beauty in equal measure. And with the pedigree of their wealthy father behind them, how could they not be the talk of the town? Eldest son Arata has spent his life being tossed around by the whims of his colorful sisters, yet a little teasing won’t stop him from valuing his family over anything and anyone else. But when his youngest sister turns fifteen, their father reveals a long-hidden secret of the Shiunji “siblings” and knocks Arata’s world off its axis…
