Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again

Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again (Japanese: じいさんばあさん若返る, Hepburn: Jīsan Bāsan Wakagaeru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kagiri Araido. It began serialization on the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts in October 2019 and ended in June 2024. It later received parallel serialization on Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alunna magazine in July 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gekkō aired from April to June 2024.

Plot

The story follows the elderly couple, Shozo Saito and Ine Saito who live in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. One day while checking their apple farm they notice a golden apple growing in one of the trees. After eating that apple, the two found themselves physically restored to their 20s.

Characters

Shozo Saito (斎藤 正蔵, Saitō Shōzō)

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (vomic, anime)

Husband of Ine.

Ine Saito (斎藤 イネ, Saitō Ine)

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (vomic, anime)

Wife of Shozo.

Mino Saito (斎藤 未乃, Saitō Mino)

Voiced by: Shiori Mikami

Shozo and Ine's granddaughter.

Shiori Saito (斎藤 詩織, Saitō Shiori)

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama

Shozo and Ine's other granddaughter, and Mino's cousin.

Shōta Igarashi (五十嵐 将太, Igarashi Shōta)

Voiced by: Junta Terashima

Yoshiaki Saito (斎藤 義明, Saitō Yoshiaki)

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu

Shozo and Ine's son.

Kaede Saito (斎藤 楓, Saitō Kaede)

Voiced by: Tomo Sakurai

Shozo and Ine's daughter-in-law and Mino's mother.

Satoshi Takahashi (高橋 聡, Takahashi Satoshi)

Voiced by: Shōhei Kajikawa

Hajime Takahashi (高橋 一, Takahashi Hajime)

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Setsu Takahashi (高橋 セツ, Takahashi Setsu)

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Kagiri Araido, Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again began serialization on Araido's Twitter and Pixiv accounts on October 26, 2019 and ended in June 15, 2024. It later began parallel serialization on Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alunna magazine on July 13, 2022.

Media Factory compiled the series' chapters into tankōbon volumes. Eight volumes were released from June 22, 2020 to June 21, 2024.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 9, 2023. It is produced by Gekkō and directed by Masayoshi Nishida, with Yukie Sugawara handling series composition, Nagisa Takahashi designing the characters, and Tomoki Hasegawa composing the music. The series aired from April 7 to June 16, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Kimi ga Ojīchan Atashi ga Obāchan" (君がおじいちゃんあたしがおばあちゃん, "You are Grandpa, I am Grandma"), performed by Koresawa, while the ending theme song is "Soitoge Yo-Yo!!" (添い遂げYO-YO!!, "Married for Life Yo-Yo!!"), performed by Shin-ichiro Miki and Mamiko Noto. Crunchyroll licensed the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

Episodes

Reception

In 2020, the manga was ranked sixth in the Next Manga Awards in the web category.

The series has 1 million copies in circulation as of October 21, 2022.

Notes

References

External links

• Official manga website at Pixiv (in Japanese)
• Official manga website at Nico Nico Seiga (in Japanese)
• Official manga website at ComicWalker (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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