TV Asahi Sets Obocchama-kun Reborn For 2027, With Chie Kōjiro Returning
The Japanese broadcast is the second leg of a co-production whose Indian run started in August 2025, and it formalizes the split Japan-India workflow that TV Asahi said was chosen because a Japan-made sequel could not meet Indian demand in time.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
TV Asahi announced that Obocchama-kun Reborn, a new Indian-animated take on Yoshinori Kobayashi's manga, will air in Japan in 2027. Chie Kōjiro returns as the protagonist from the 1989 anime. Sidheswar Shukla directed at Green Gold Animation, with Shinei Animation handling the scenario under Kobayashi's supervision. The 26-episode series, aimed at ages 6 to 11, is a co-production with Sony Pictures Networks India and already aired in India on Sony Yay! from August 2025.
The show is the same Japanese-Indian co-production announced in 2024, and TV Asahi shared a teaser video and visual alongside the 2027 date. Kobayashi's involvement runs through the scenario stage: Shinei Animation produced it under his supervision, and the episode order mixes manga stories that were never adapted with new ones he supervised.
TV Asahi's Maiko Sumida described the reasoning at last December's Aichi-Nagoya International Animation Film Festival, saying the scenario would be produced in Japan and the animation in India to meet scheduling demands. In India, the original 1989 anime found a large audience during the 2020 lockdowns.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News New Obocchama-kun Anime Airs on TV in Japan in 2027 (Updated)