History Manga / ChisSweetHome

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ain't she just so cute?]]]]

The anime is produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, and each episode is three minutes long. The episodes correspond to one chapter from the manga. Chi is voiced by Creator/SatomiKoorogi, better known in Japan as Himawari Nohara from ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'' and internationally as Togepi from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.

The anime is produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, and each episode is three minutes long. The episodes correspond to one chapter from the manga. Chi is voiced by Creator/SatomiKoorogi, better known as Menchi of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' and Umagon/Ponygon from ''Manga/ZatchBell''.

%% CuteClumsyCreature: Chi, Chi, a thousand times Chi.

%% FromStrayToPet

%% UrineTrouble: Goes with PottyEmergency above.

* LongLostRelative: In the 2016 series [[spoiler: Chi eventually meets and befriends her brother and sister, Telly and Ann. However, she still doesn't know they're her siblings and vice-versa.]]

* TalkingAnimal: Similar to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} in that the cats' mouths don't actually move, except for typical cat noises.

* Youhei and his parents' hair color would sometimes change in a different story or scene in the earlier volumes of the manga. In the anime, their hair color is completely different, most notable for Youhei, whose hair was orange in the original manga while his hair is brown in the anime.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Youhei and his parents' hair color would sometimes change in a different story or scene in the earlier volumes of the manga. In the anime, their hair color is completely different, most notable for Youhei, whose hair was orange in the original manga while his hair is brown in the anime.

[[Characters/ChisSweetHome Has its own character page.]]

* MovingAngst: {{Inverted}}. In episode 102, Blackie's owners move away and take Blackie with them. In episode 103, Chi ends up going through the Five Stages of Grief, especially since she has become close to him. However, in episode 104, she comes to the realization that even if she can't see him, he's still there.* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: InUniverse; Chi and Youhei (the Yamadas' son) provide most of the humor.

%% NotSoAboveItAll: Alice.

* PottyFailure: Youhei around the same time Chi's being litter-trained.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: The landlady, [[spoiler:when referring to the "bear cat" (see Episode 87)]]

* AdultFear: Episode 25 of the CGI reboot series is a possibly unintentional example for anyone who's ever owned both a pet cat and a pet bird. Chi repeatedly tries to eat the parakeet that the Yamadas are pet-sitting, ends up letting it out of its cage, and generally causes a huge mess. It's all PlayedForLaughs, but if you've ever been in that situation, you probably won't find it funny.

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ChisSweetHome Has its own character page.]]

The manga finally wrapped up in 2015 after it's 11 year run. However, the anime has now gotten a reboot serving as a sequel to the Madhouse anime, airing in 2016. The reboot's episodes are about ten minutes long as opposed to three, the first season aired 51 episodes and it has now begun its second season.

Originally a ({{seinen}}!) manga series written by Konami Kanata, Chi's Sweet Home is the story of a lost kitten who tries to return home to her mother and littermates, only to be adopted by a couple (the Yamadas) and their young son Youhei. However, the apartment complex in which the family lives doesn't allow pets, so a lot of time is spent preventing the landlady and the other tenants from seeing Chi. Later, the Yamadas move into a new house, and Chi has to adjust once again to her new surroundings.