Director Shin'ya Kawame wanted to prioritize 'pleasant backgrounds' and a story reinterpreted as fantasy, carefully crafting a particularly delicate depiction of the rural setting.

Since manga author Atto drew inspiration from various places lived in or visited during childhood, without a single real-world reference location, the staff decided not to establish a specific 'sacred place' even in the anime adaptation, conducting location scouting in Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Wakayama, and Niigata.

Renge's famous greeting 'Nyanpasu' was chosen on the suggestion of author Atto to be a word easy to remember and repeat on social media.

The greeting 'Nyanpasu' became such a phenomenon that it won the gold medal (first place) at the 'Anime Ryuukougo Taishou' (award for trending anime words) in 2013.

The series sparked a strong desire among viewers for rural life and a veritable hunt for 'sacred places', also leading to the reprinting of manga volumes already published at the time of broadcast.

The anime won first place in the ranking of preferred anime from autumn 2013 compiled by Akiba Souken (Kakaku.com).

In the film 'Non Non Biyori Vacation' an original character was introduced, Aoi Niizato, whose image was drawn directly by manga author Atto, based on an idea proposed by screenwriter Reiko Yoshida.

Throughout the series the opening themes were entrusted to the group nano.RIPE, with lyrics and music composed by their vocalist Kimiko, while the ending themes were performed by the four lead voice actresses with lyrics and music by ZAQ.