Anime 2025 · 1 season · Comedy

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Animation Comedy Female Protagonist Found Family Family Life Artificial Intelligence Robots Iyashikei

She's small. She's sweet. She's…capable of obliterating a tank in under three seconds?! Built by Enji and Suzume, two underappreciated genius scientists, Alma is the ultimate self-learning AI. There’s just one thing: She thinks they’re her mom and dad! Now as unexpected co-parents, the duo must hide their budding romantic feelings while taking on the messiest experiment of all: family life!

Original title: アルマちゃんは家族になりたい
Country of origin: 🇯🇵 Japan
Year: 2025
Studio: Studio Flad
Source material: Manga

Channel: Tokyo MX · Sun TV
Studio: Studio Flad · KADOKAWA · Bandai Namco Music Live · BS Asahi

Trivia & behind the scenes

Origins

The series was serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website from July 2021 to February 2024, and was later collected into three tankōbon volumes.

Origins

A sequel manga by the same illustrator, titled Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z, began serialization on the same website in July 2024, with two volumes collected as of October 2025.

Reception

The manga was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in 2021 in the web category.

Trivia

Yen Press announced in June 2026 that it had licensed the manga for English publication, set to begin in December 2026.

Casting

The titular android character had two different voice actresses: Manaka Iwami voiced her in the original promotional video, while Hika Tsukishiro took over the role for the anime adaptation.

References

To celebrate the release of the manga's first volume, a promotional video was uploaded to the Kadokawa Anime YouTube channel on March 10, 2022, featuring Manaka Iwami's voice performance as Alma-chan.

Music

The anime's opening theme song 'Dramatic Overlay' is performed by Zaq, while the ending theme 'Arifuretetai' ('I Want to Be Ordinary') is performed by Kaf.

Trivia

The anime television series was produced by Studio Flad and aired from October 5 to December 14, 2025, on AT-X and other networks, with Crunchyroll streaming the series.

Themes

artificial intelligence (a.i.) android slice of life based on manga family seinen anime robot girl comedy

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