Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again

Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again (じいさんばあさん若返る) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kagiri Araido. It began serialization on the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts in October 2019 and ended in June 2024. It later received parallel serialization on Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alunna magazine in July 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gekkō aired from April to June 2024.

Plot
The story follows the elderly couple, Shozo Saito and Ine Saito who live in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. One day while checking their apple farm they notice a golden apple growing in one of the trees. After eating that apple, the two found themselves physically restored to their 20s.

Characters

 * Shozo Saito (斎藤 正蔵)
 * Husband of Ine.
 * Husband of Ine.


 * Ine Saito (斎藤 イネ)
 * Wife of Shozo.
 * Wife of Shozo.


 * Mino Saito (斎藤 未乃)
 * Shozo and Ine's granddaughter.
 * Shozo and Ine's granddaughter.


 * Shiori Saito (斎藤 詩織)
 * Shozo and Ine's other granddaughter, and Mino's cousin.
 * Shozo and Ine's other granddaughter, and Mino's cousin.


 * Shōta Igarashi (五十嵐 将太)


 * Yoshiaki Saito (斎藤 義明)
 * Shozo and Ine's son.
 * Shozo and Ine's son.


 * Kaede Saito (斎藤 楓)
 * Shozo and Ine's daughter-in-law and Mino's mother.
 * Shozo and Ine's daughter-in-law and Mino's mother.


 * Satoshi Takahashi (高橋 聡)
 * Mino's boyfriend, who later becomes her husband after her grandparents' passing at the end of the series.
 * Mino's boyfriend, who later becomes her husband after her grandparents' passing at the end of the series.


 * Hajime Takahashi (高橋 一)


 * Setsu Takahashi (高橋 セツ)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Kagiri Araido, Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again began serialization on Araido's Twitter and Pixiv accounts on October 26, 2019 and ended in June 15, 2024. It later began parallel serialization on Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alunna magazine on July 13, 2022.

Media Factory compiled the series' chapters into tankōbon volumes. Eight volumes were released from June 22, 2020 to June 21, 2024.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 9, 2023. It is produced by Gekkō and directed by Masayoshi Nishida, with Yukie Sugawara handling series composition, Nagisa Takahashi designing the characters, and Tomoki Hasegawa composing the music. The series aired from April 7 to June 16, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Kimi ga Ojīchan Atashi ga Obāchan" (君がおじいちゃんあたしがおばあちゃん), performed by Koresawa, while the ending theme song is "Soitoge Yo-Yo!!" (添い遂げYO-YO!!), performed by Shin-ichiro Miki and Mamiko Noto. Crunchyroll licensed the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

Reception
In 2020, the manga was ranked sixth in the Next Manga Awards in the web category.

The series has 1 million copies in circulation as of October 21, 2022.