An official television anime adaptation of Sho Kasugai’s action-comedy manga Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) has been announced.
Manga And Awards
The anime is directly based on the original manga series by Sho Kasugai. And currently manga is Ongoing. Currently 8 Volumes are in circulation. Manga Serialized in Shonengahosha’s Young King OURs magazine since March 2021. The series was won in the Want to Deliver It to the World category at the 1st Rakuten Kobo E-Book Awards in 2023.
Millennium Family Anime Teaser Trailer
Director And Studio
Masato Jinbo is directing the Millennium Family anime. He is multitalented as an anime director, storyboard artist, and screenwriter. He is highly known for his high-octane fantasy action to romantic comedies.
His Famous Work:
- The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie: Jinbo directed this massively popular romantic-comedy finale. His work on the film earned him a nomination for Best Director at the prestigious Newtype Anime Awards.
- The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2: He stepped in to helm the second installment of this global dark-fantasy isekai hit.
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Jinbo made his major series directorial debut with this highly popular magical girl spin-off franchise, directing multiple seasons and films between 2014 and 2016.
- Restaurant to Another World: He served as both the director and series composition writer for this beloved, cozy culinary fantasy series.
- The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You: He contributed extensively to the script and composition layout for this breakout harem comedy
PartsCraft Studio is animating Millennium Family anim. PartsCraft is an independent animation studio founded in 2018. Interestingly, Masato Jinbo himself established the studio to serve as a specialized company for animation planning and production.
Famous Work:
- Because PartsCraft is a young studio, so they have functioned in the background helping larger studios like SILVER LINK. or J.C.STAFF.
- Millennium Family is one of the studio’s first massive, fully-produced television anime adaptations.
Millennium Family Anime Story
The core plot of Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) mixes high-stakes action with chaotic family comedy. The story revolves around seven siblings born in England who share a unique congenital biological anomaly: they are entirely immortal. They have successfully lived for more than a thousand years, making humanity’s ultimate dream of eternal life their everyday reality. After spending several centuries living completely separate lives across the globe, the extraordinary siblings decide to reunite.
They move into the same household to attempt something normal mortals take for granted: living together under one roof. However, combining seven distinct, chaotic personalities that have developed over a thousand years creates a wildly dysfunctional and loud domestic life. Their peaceful reunion is short-lived. A mysterious, powerful network realizes what the siblings possess and moves to capture them. Because their blood holds the secret to eternal life, they become the prime targets of three massive institutional forces.
The Criminal Underworld: Syndicate syndicates wanting to monetize immortality.Corrupt Hospital Organizations: Black-market medical researchers looking to harvest their biological data.International Military Factions: Global armies looking to create unstoppable, immortal super-soldiers. Led by characters like the sword-wielding brother Theo, the family is forced to band together. They must utilize their centuries of combat experience, unique survival skills, and un-killable bodies to fight off waves of high-tech mercenaries while trying to maintain their chaotic household.
Episodes And Streaming Details
Like we all know that anime adaptation for Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) was just officially greenlit, so final streaming distribution licenses have not been fully finalized or announced yet. Based on standard television anime production for initial adaptations, it is highly expected to run for 1 cour (roughly 12 to 13 episodes).
Streaming Details
Officially production committee has confirmed that the series will air natively on TBS and its affiliated networks across Japan. Platforms: Exclusive worldwide streaming rights (such as Crunchyroll or Netflix) have not been officially assigned yet. However, Crunchyroll actively reported on the initial production reveal and remains a strong candidate to pick up the simulcast rights for international region.
News Source: Official Website of Millennium Family Anime
