Chainsmoker Cat Anime is Getting an ‘Evil Dragon Unleashed’ Uncut Version

The staff for the TV anime adaptation of Nyan Nyan Factory’s Chainsmoker Cat manga confirmed that there will be an uncut “Evil Dragon Unleashed” version that respects the work’s direction on some of the episodes. For context, the original manga series has toilet humor and gross-out comedy bits, which could be off-putting for on-air audiences.

In Japan, fans can watch the “Evil Dragon Unleashed” version of Chainsmoker Cat on the AT-X premium subscription channel and AnimeFesta, DMM TV, Fuji TV On Demand, Hulu, Netflix, and Anime Times streaming services. Meanwhile, the on-air version will stream on 18 streaming services, including AnimeFesta and Anime Times. 

Chainsmoker Cat will premiere on July 2 at 24:30, or July 3 at 12:30 a.m. JST, on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels.

Wasureranneyo performs the opening theme song “Nanmonee,” and Necry Talkie performs the ending theme song “Kemuri to Blue (Smoke and Blue).”

The cast of the anime includes:

• Yūko Natsuyoshi as Yani Neko
• Misato Matsuoka as Yaku Neko
• Yurie Funato as Hame Neko
• Ayaka Shimizu as Kansai Neko
• Shiori Izawa as Al Neko
• Riko Akechi as Tatsurō Ochinpo
• Tetsu Inada as Landlord

Taku Kimura (Studio Lemon) directs the anime at Bibury Animation Studio, and Takashi Aoshima writes the scripts. Riki Matsuura is designing the characters, and Keiichi Suzuki is composing the music.

Newly announced staff members include:

• Sound Production: Magic Capsule
• Color Design: Yuiha Ōta
• Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
• Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
• Compositing Director of Photography: Hisashi Yonezawa
• Art Directors: Atelier Musa’s Yukiko Maruyama, Shōtarō Yoshino

Nyan Nyan Factory is serializing the Chainsmoker Cat manga series in Kodansha’s Young Magazine. Kodansha will publish the manga’s 11th volume on February 6. Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga series in English. published the first volume b

Lastly, Seven Seas Entertainment describes the series as follows:

Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. She smokes so much that her apartment smells like ash and is littered with cigarette butts—and plenty of other trash! Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly. Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?