Chi's Sweet Home

Chi's Sweet Home (チーズスイートホーム) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Konami Kanata. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Morning from 2004 to 2015, with its chapters collected in twelve  volumes and four larger volumes in North America. The manga has been licensed for North American distribution by the publisher Vertical Inc. An anime adaptation lasting two seasons aired from March 2008 to September 2009. A 3DCG anime television adaptation lasting two seasons began airing in October 2016 to September 2018, and a third season is set to premiere worldwide on Netflix in July 2024.

Plot
A small grey and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside with her family. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Yohei, and his mother, Miwa. They take the kitten home, but, as pets are not allowed in their housing complex, they try to find her a new home. This proves to be difficult, and the family decides to keep the kitten.

While being housebroken, the kitten mistakenly answers to "Chi" (as in shi- from shikko, the Japanese word for "urine") and this becomes her name. Chi then lives with her new family, learning about different things and meeting new people and animals.

Yamada family

 * Chi (チー)
 * Chi is a small grey and white kitten with large eyes. She is easily distracted and does not have much experience of the world. Chi is particularly attracted to small moving objects, but is scared by larger animals, especially dogs. Although her speech is audible to the viewers, the Yamadas cannot hear her talk. It is revealed that the name her mother gave her is Sarah.
 * Chi is a small grey and white kitten with large eyes. She is easily distracted and does not have much experience of the world. Chi is particularly attracted to small moving objects, but is scared by larger animals, especially dogs. Although her speech is audible to the viewers, the Yamadas cannot hear her talk. It is revealed that the name her mother gave her is Sarah.


 * Yohei Yamada (山田 ヨウヘイ)
 * Yohei is a little boy who finds Chi when she gets lost. He is cheerful, kind, obedient, and fond of toy trains.
 * Yohei is a little boy who finds Chi when she gets lost. He is cheerful, kind, obedient, and fond of toy trains.


 * Mom (おかあさん)/Miwa Yamada (山田 ミワ)
 * Mom is a housewife. She stays home with Yohei and Chi.
 * Mom is a housewife. She stays home with Yohei and Chi.


 * Dad (おとうさん)/Kento Yamada (山田 ケント)
 * Dad is the working man of the house, a graphic designer who often works from home. He is very fond of Chi and wants her to like him in return, but he is often called upon to do things that make her angry with him such as taking her to the vet or trimming her claws.
 * Dad is the working man of the house, a graphic designer who often works from home. He is very fond of Chi and wants her to like him in return, but he is often called upon to do things that make her angry with him such as taking her to the vet or trimming her claws.

Manga
The manga series is written and illustrated by Kanata Konami. The first chapter was released in issue 6/2004 of the Weekly Morning manga magazine. 12 tankōbon were released. In contrast to the serialized version, which is black and white, the tankōbon version is in full color. The manga ended in June 2015. The English language version of the manga is published by Vertical Inc, and is oriented left-to-right like an American comic, instead of the typical Japanese right-to-left format. One reason for this could be to avoid confusing American readers. It has also been translated into French as Chi - Une vie de chat by Glenat.

Anime
The anime series is directed by Mitsuyuki Masuhara and produced by Madhouse and the first episode aired on 31 March 2008. The episodes are about 3 minutes long and equivalent to one chapter from the manga.

The opening theme is "Home is the best!" Ouchi ga ichiban (おうちがいちばん) by Satomi Kōrogi.

The second season of Chi's Sweet Home, called Chi's new Address (チーズスイートホーム あたらしいおうち Chi's Sweet Home: Atarashii Ouchi), began airing 30 March 2009.

The show was dubbed into French and began airing in France on Piwi+ in September 2014. On September 5, 2016, the series began airing on Radio-Canada.

In the Weekly Morning magazine's 22nd and 23rd issues of 2016, it was announced that the manga would receive a 3DCG anime television adaptation that began airing on October 2, 2016, called Chi's Sweet Adventure (こねこのチー　ポンポンらー大冒険 Koneko no Chī: Ponpon-rā dai bōken). An English-dubbed version of the first season streamed on Amazon Prime Video on April 21, 2018.

A third season titled Chi's Sweet Summer Vacation (こねこのチー ポンポンらー夏休み Koneko no Chī: Ponpon-rā natsuyasumi) is set to premiere worldwide on Netflix on July 19, 2024.