The TV anime "Super Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You), based on the manga by Jinushi currently serialized in the manga magazine "Big Gangan" (Square Enix), will begin airing nationwide on 28 TBS affiliated stations every Thursday at 11:56 PM starting July Getsuku. The second main promotional video, featuring the opening theme "Ichijiku Kemuri" by the band "Zutto Mayonaka de Ii no ni.", has been released on YouTube.
The PV features Sasaki and Yamada in work mode. It depicts a scene where Sasaki, a corporate slave, spends a casual time with Tayama, whom he meets in a smoking area behind a supermarket. The PV also shows Tayama's striking expression as he is taken aback by an unexpected remark from Sasaki.
It was also announced that a special program, "The Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Special Program ~Three People Talk on ABEMA's Special Program~," will be streamed on ABEMA from 8:30 PM on July 4th. Takuya Sato, who plays Sasaki, Seina Hoshiki, who plays Yamada/Tayama, and Shinya Takahashi, who plays Suzuki, will appear and explain the appeal of the work and characters.
"Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You" is a popular manga series that began serialization on Jinushi's Twitter account (now X) in March 2022. The first chapter garnered approximately 280,000 likes and was selected as the number one web manga in the "Next Manga Award 2022." The comic books have sold over 3 million copies. The story follows Sasaki, a middle-aged man, and Tayama, a woman with somewhat eccentric clothing whom Sasaki meets at his regular supermarket, as they have casual conversations in the smoking area behind the supermarket.
The anime will be directed by Rihito Suzuki and Aoi Mori, and produced by Asahi Production.
