MAPPA Announces Hometown Is the Best Anime for Netflix With First Trailer Reveal

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Hometown Is the Best! anime announced by MAPPA for Netflix. Watch the first trailer and explore staff, story details, and manga origins.

Studio MAPPA used its 15th Anniversary Lineup Reveal to announce a new anime adaptation of Jimoto Saikō! (Hometown Is the Best!), the gritty coming of age manga by Jimoto Saikō!. The series will stream exclusively on Netflix, and the announcement was accompanied by a first trailer featuring the song “milk” by aiko, along with an initial promotional image.

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What Is Hometown Is the Best

Hometown Is the Best! is a grounded, socially charged drama that follows a group of teenagers growing up in a town plagued by violence, poverty, and discrimination. Unlike MAPPA’s typical action heavy catalog, this series leans into realism, emotional tension, and the harsh truths of adolescence in a broken environment.

The anime aims to capture the manga’s raw tone and unfiltered portrayal of youth navigating survival, identity, and friendship.

Who Is Making the Anime Adaptation

MAPPA is producing the series with a creative team focused on character driven storytelling.

Confirmed staff includes:

  • Director: Tokio Igarashi
  • Series Composition: Ryō Takata
  • Character Design: Rio
  • Animation Production: MAPPA

The combination of MAPPA’s visual intensity and a grounded narrative suggests a stylized yet emotionally heavy adaptation.

Who Is in the Voice Cast

The cast has not yet been announced. MAPPA confirmed that voice actor reveals will follow in future promotional updates.

What Is the Story About

The story centers on Chanel, a girl growing up in a town overwhelmed by social decay.

Her environment includes:

  • Violence
  • Drug abuse
  • Poverty
  • Discrimination
  • Older students covered in tattoos and prone to aggression

Chanel and her friend Chihiro struggle to navigate daily life in a place where danger feels constant and hope is scarce. The narrative explores whether the two can survive, grow, and find meaning in a community that seems determined to swallow them whole.

Themes include:

  • Survival in hostile environments
  • Friendship under pressure
  • Social inequality
  • Youth resilience
  • The search for identity

Where Did the Manga Originate

Hometown Is the Best! began as a web published manga on Twitter, where it quickly gained traction for its raw storytelling and unfiltered depiction of troubled youth.

Publication timeline:

  • Began on Twitter
  • Collected volumes followed due to rising popularity
  • Volume 8 released in August 2025

The series has built a strong fanbase for its honesty and emotional weight.

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