The new future TV “Abema” will deliver the 2nd season of the popular youth mystery TV anime “Small Citizen Series” every Saturday night from 25:30 on Saturday, April 5, 2025. In addition, on March 8th (Sat) and 9th (Sun), we will broadcast all the episodes for free on March 8th (Sat) and 9th (Sun), and on April 5th (Sat), we will broadcast the cast talk part of the 2nd advance screening for free.

“Small Citizen Series” is an anime based on a popular mystery novel that has sold over 1.1 million copies in total, by Naoki Prize-winning author and Naoki Prize-winning author of the “Classical Club” series, including “Hyouka”. Kobato Tsunegoro, who had a bitter experience in the past due to his excellent reasoning power, and Yuki Osanai, a classmate of the same aspirations, wanted to become a pure and modest “small citizen”. Even though they help each other, they connect with each other, but for some reason, youth mystery in which you get involved in inexplicable incidents and misfortunes is depicted. In July 2024, the long-awaited anime adaptation, the meticulously crafted mysteries and the delicate interactions between Kobato and Osanai became popular. In the second season, the story will be drawn up to the “Autumn Limited Chestnut Kinton Incident” and “Winter Limited Bonbon Chocolat Incident”, which is attracting the attention of many fans.

This time, “Abema” has decided to deliver the 2nd season of the TV animation “Small Citizen Series” simultaneous and independently in advance. From 25:30 on Saturday, April 5, 2025 (Saturday) from 25:30 pm, the latest news on the “ABEMA Anime Channel” will be broadcast on terrestrial free simultaneous free terrestrial broadcasting, and will be available independently in advance. For one week after the broadcast, you can enjoy the latest stories for free.

In addition, the free exclusive broadcast of the cast talk part has been decided from the second advance screening of the “Small Citizen Series” on Saturday, April 5th. Shuichiro Umeda (role of Tsunegoro Kobato), Hinata Hina (role of Yuki Osanai), Shin Furukawa (playing Kengo Dojima), Teppei Uenishi (playing Takahiko Urino), Yume Miyamoto (Jukiko Nakamaru) The second part, in which Seiichiro Yamashita (playing the role of Yuto Hitani) and others will be on stage, will be delivered free of charge on the “Anime LIVE Channel” from 24:45 on Saturday, April 5 (*). “ABEMA” is the only place where you can enjoy cast talks by gorgeous voice actors for free.

In addition, there will be a free broadcast of all the episodes of the first season for the opening of the second term. On March 8th (Sat) 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. on the 9th (Sun) at 3:25 p.m., all 10 episodes of the first period will be broadcast free of charge at once, and all episodes will be distributed free of charge for one week after the broadcast.

This is your chance to watch all the popular youth mystery “Small Citizen Series” for free. By all means, please enjoy the world of precise mysteries presented by Naoki Prize-winning author Honobu Yonezawa at “ABEMA” for the opening of the new season.

*There will be no distribution of the first part of the talk part and the main part of the anime.

“Small Citizen Series” Season 2 Simultaneous/Simultaneous/Simultaneous Single-In-Dials Delivery Overview

(c) Honobu Yonezawa, Tokyo Sogensha/Small Citizen Series Production Committee

<Broadcast date and time & program URL>
Broadcast date and time: Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 25:30 (from 25:30 p.m. every Saturday)
Broadcast Channel: Abema Anime Channel
Program URL: https://abema.tv/channels/abema-anime/slots/f5qu46ajkb7zkv
*You can enjoy the latest stories for free for one week after the broadcast.

・You can watch the latest episodes as much as you want with “ABEMA Premium” and “Advertisement ABEMA Premium” (*1)!
Delivery start date and time: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 26:00 (from 26:00 every Saturday night)
Program URL: https://abema.tv/video/title/12-25

“Small Citizen Series” 2nd Advance Screening Cast Talk Part Exclusive Free Broadcast

<Broadcast date and time & program URL>
Broadcast date and time: Saturday, April 5, 2025 24:45-25:30 pm
Broadcast channel: Anime LIVE channel
Program URL: https://abema.tv/channels/anime-live/slots/f5qu3ngzh8p27y
Cast cast (honor titles omitted): Shuichiro Umeda (playing Jogoro Kobato), Meina Hitsuji (playing Yuki Osanai), Shin Furukawa ( Kengo Dojima, Teppei Uenishi (playing Takahiko Urino), Yume Miyamoto (playing Jukiko Nakamaru), Seiichiro Yamashita (playing Yuto Hitani)
*You can enjoy it for free after the broadcast until June 30th (Monday).
*There will be no distribution of the talk part of Part 1 and the main part of the anime.

Click here for details of the pre-screening!
Official HP: https://shoshimin-anime.com/news/

Commemorating the 2nd pre-delivery decision! There is also a free broadcast of all the episodes of the first season!

(c) Honobu Yonezawa, Tokyo Sogensha/Small Citizen Series Production Committee

(c) Honobu Yonezawa, Tokyo Sogensha/Small Citizen Series Production Committee

<Broadcast date and time & program URL>
Broadcast date and time: Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:00 pm to 24:30 pm
March 9th (Sun) 3:25pm to 7:55pm, 7:55pm – 24:25pm
Program URL:
https://abema.tv/channels/special-plus-7/slots/f5qu469javmpab
https://abema.tv/channels/special-plus-7/slots/fbvtyfafhw6am (Sunday, 9th March, 3:25pm)
https://abema.tv/channels/special-plus-7/slots/f5qu2sg4efgpth (Sunday, 9th March, 7:55 pm)
*You can enjoy all the episodes for free for one week after the broadcast.

[Summary of the second term]

<Introduction>
I wanted to know
I wonder what love is.

Kobato-kun and Osanai-san from second year of high school who helped each other to end the “mutual relationship”.
Mr. Osanai begins a relationship with Urino-kun, who is a first year in the newspaper club. Urino-kun struggles to cover the arson incidents that occurred in the city in the school newspaper in order to show his good side to Mr. Osanai.
On the other hand, Kobato begins a relationship with his classmate Nakamaru. While spending peaceful days, I encountered an arson site on the riverbed… I wonder what will happen when Kobato-kun and Osanai-san make a fresh start as a small citizen.

<CAST>
Kobato Tsunegoro: Shuichiro Umeda
Yuki Osanai: Hitsuji no Kuina
Kengo Dojima: Shin Furukawa
Takahiko Urino: Teppei Kaminishi
Tokiko Nakamaru: Yume Miyamoto
Yuto Hitani: Seiichiro Yamashita

<STAFF>
Original: Honobu Yonezawa (published by Sougen Suiri Bunko)
Director: Mamoru Kobe
Series composition: Toshiya Ohno
Character design: Atsushi Saito
Sub-character design and total drawing director: Mayu Gushiken
Color design: Yuki Akimoto
Art director: Hijiri Ito (Studio ARA)
Art setting: Tomoyuki Aoki, Yukie Inose
Director of photography: Tomoyuki Shiokawa (T2Studio)
CG Director: Yuji Koshida
Edited by: Rie Matsubara
Music: Takahiro Obata
Sound director: Katsunori Shimizu
Sound Effect: Yasota Shota
Animation Producer: Masakazu Watanabe
Line Producer: Takumi Arao
Animation production: Lapin track

OP Theme: Yorushika “The Martians”
ED Theme: Nagi Nagi “SUGARIDDLE”

Official website: https://shoshimin-anime.com/

*1_If you register for “ABEMA Premium”, which costs 1,080 yen per month (tax included), you can watch limited works, and enjoy limited functions such as “Chasing Play” and “Download Function”. In addition, you can watch “Abema Premium” limited content with advertisements at “Abema Premium” with an advertisement for 580 yen (tax included) per month.

■ About “Abema”
“Abema” is a video distribution business that aims at TV innovation as a “new future TV”. Registration is not required, and about 25 channels of various genres such as 24-hour news channels, original dramas, romance programs, anime, sports, etc. are broadcast 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
In addition, the number of original episodes is Japan’s No. 1 (*) video service that originated in Japan. You can enjoy your work at any time, such as TV or on-demand, and watch your shows according to your lifestyle on your smartphone, PC, tablet, or TV device, regardless of where you live.
In addition, if you register for “ABEMA Premium”, which costs 1,080 yen (tax included) per month, you can watch limited works, and enjoy limited functions such as “Chasing Play” and “Download function”. In addition, you can watch “Abema Premium” limited content with advertisements at “Abema Premium” with an advertisement for 580 yen (tax included) per month.

(*) As of October 2024, our own research