The ultimate self-learning AI yearns for a family in the new Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! anime, and her story will surely captivate the hearts to many. As Alma-chan boots up for a new family life, Final Weapon has everything you need to know to keep up with the weekly schedule and episodes of Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!.
In Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!, Alma-chan is an AI in the form of a small and sweet girl, weaponized to the teeth. She thinks her creators, Enji and Suzume, are her mom and dad. As the pair begin to grow romantic feelings for each other, Alma becomes the glue that keeps them inseparable in what could be their greatest experiment, a calm (and eventful) family life.
Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! episodes will release on Sundays at 6:30 a.m. PST / 9:30 a.m. EST on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! will air for at least 11 episodes this season.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – October 5 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – October 12 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – October 19 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – October 26 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – November 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – November 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – November 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – November 23 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – November 30 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – December 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – December 14 – OUT NOW
New episodes of Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Standard Time: 6:30 a.m. PST
- Mountain Standard Time: 7:30 a.m. MST
- Central Standard Time: 8:30 a.m. CST
- Eastern Standard Time: 9:30 a.m. EST
- Greenwich Mean Time: 2:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
ZAQ performs the opening theme song “Dramatic Overlay.” KAF performs the ending theme song “Arifuretetai (I Want to Be Ordinary)”
The cast of the Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! anime includes:
- Hika Tsukishiro as Alma
- Ryōta Suzuki as Enji Kamisato
- M.A.O as Suzume Yobane
- Rika Nagae as Makina
- Hinaki Yano as Neon
- Hikaru Tōno as Toki Kamisato
- Saku Mizuno as Hana Yashiki
- Sayaka Senbongi as Tokoyo Omoikane
Yasuhiro Minami directs the Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! anime series at Studio Flad. Yukie Sugawara oversees the series scripts, and Mika Yamamoto is the character designer.
Additional staff members include:
- Series Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi
- Assistant Director: Reiko Nozaki
- Sub-Character Designer: Ruriko Watanabe
- Prop Design: Ayako Tauchi
- Mecha Prop Design: Joma
- Art Setting: Yukiko Ashino
- Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki
- Color Design: Yuki Tozawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomoya Yokoyama
- Editor: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
- Sound Director: Kazuki Kuwahara
- Music: Mito (clammbon)
- Music Production: Lantis
Where Can I Watch Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family!?
Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! will air on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and BS Asahi channels in Japan, alongside various streaming services. Crunchyroll will stream the Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! anime worldwide excluding Japan and mainland China.
What is Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! About?
Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype website ran the original manga by Nanateru, and Kadokawa published three volumes in total. The sequel manga Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z launched on July 31, 2024, and it’s still ongoing.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via MangaDex:
A slice-of-life comedy about an ultimate weapon in the shape of a cute little girl named “Alma”, and the two scientists who created her! These two scientific geniuses are constantly being befuddled by Alma’s incisive questions and analysis of their relationship!
