The official website for the television anime of Hiromu Arakawa‘s autobiographical manga Hyakushō Kizoku (The Peasant Noble) announced on Friday that the show is getting a third season.
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The final episode of the second season aired on Friday.
The first season of the anime premiered on the Tokyo MX channel in July 2023. Each episode was four minutes long.
The eighth volume of the manga bundled all 12 aired episodes of the first season, in addition to two unaired episodes on DVD in December.
Yūtarō Sawada (Inui-san!) directed the first season at Pie in the sky, and also penned the scripts and served as line director. Ayane Matsumoto (Gunma-chan storyboard, episode director, animator) designed the characters and also served as animation director and animator. Ari was in charge of backgrounds. Minori Yamada is credited for ending animation. Precious tone composed the music. The Japan Agriculture Group’s Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives is credited for supervising the agricultural aspects.
The manga follows Arakawa as she worked as a farmer in Hokkaido for seven years before she became a manga creator. The experience eventually informed her work on her Silver Spoon manga, which centers on students of an agricultural school.
Sources: Hyakushō Kizoku anime’s website, Comic Natalie
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