# Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again

Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again (Japanese: じいさんばあさん若返る, Hepburn: Jīsan Bāsan Wakagaeru) 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, Saitō Shōzō)

    Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (vomic, anime)
    Husband of Ine.

### Ine Saito (斎藤 イネ, Saitō Ine)

    Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (vomic, anime)
    Wife of Shozo.

### Mino Saito (斎藤 未乃, Saitō Mino)

    Voiced by: Shiori Mikami
    Shozo and Ine's granddaughter.

### Shiori Saito (斎藤 詩織, Saitō Shiori)

    Voiced by: Nao Tōyama
    Shozo and Ine's other granddaughter, and Mino's cousin.

### Shōta Igarashi (五十嵐 将太, Igarashi Shōta)

    Voiced by: Junta Terashima
    Mino's boyfriend, who later becomes her husband after her grandparents' passing at the end of the series.

### Yoshiaki Saito (斎藤 義明, Saitō Yoshiaki)

    Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu
    Shozo and Ine's son.

### Kaede Saito (斎藤 楓, Saitō Kaede)

    Voiced by: Tomo Sakurai
    Shozo and Ine's daughter-in-law and Mino's mother.

### Satoshi Takahashi (高橋 聡, Takahashi Satoshi)

    Voiced by: Shōhei Kajikawa

### Hajime Takahashi (高橋 一, Takahashi Hajime)

    Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

### Setsu Takahashi (高橋 セツ, Takahashi Setsu)

    Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi

## Media
### 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 on 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.
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
| 1 | June 22, 2020 | 978-4-04-064532-2 |
| 2 | November 21, 2020 | 978-4-04-065981-7 |
| 3 | April 23, 2021 | 978-4-04-680353-5 |
| 4 | October 22, 2021 | 978-4-04-680727-4 |
| 5 | April 22, 2022 | 978-4-04-681336-7 |
| 6 | October 21, 2022 | 978-4-04-681799-0 |
| 7 | August 16, 2023 | 978-4-04-682378-6 |
| 8 | June 21, 2024 | 978-4-04-683683-0 |

### 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, "You are Grandpa, I am Grandma"), performed by Koresawa, while the ending theme song is "Soitoge Yo-Yo!!" (添い遂げYO-YO!!, "Married for Life Yo-Yo!!"), performed by Shin-ichiro Miki and Mamiko Noto. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Grandpa and Grandma and the Sports Festival" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Undōkai" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと運動会) | Masayoshi Nishida | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07) |
| 2 | "Grandpa and Grandma and Their Children" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Kodomo-tachi" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと子供たち) | Masayoshi Nishida | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) |
| 3 | "Grandpa Turns Old Again" Transliteration: "Jīsan, Jīsan ni Modoru" (Japanese: じいさん、じいさんに戻る) | Shigenori Awai, Kimo Ousei | Yukie Sugahara | Masayoshi Nishida | April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) |
| 4 | "Grandpa and Grandma and the Cultural Festival" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Bunkasai" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと文化祭) | Hiromichi Matano | Yukie Sugawara | Hiromichi Matano | April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) |
| 5 | "Grandma's Memory Turns Young Again" Transliteration: "Bāsan, Kioku ga Wakagaeru" (Japanese: ばあさん、記憶が若返る) | Genkai Kana | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) |
| 6 | "Grandpa and Grandma on Their Honeymoon: Tokyo Arc" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan no Shinkonryokō　Tōkyō-hen" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんの新婚旅行 東京編) | Masayoshi Nishida | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) |
| 7 | "Grandpa and Grandma on Their Honeymoon: Atami Arc" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan no Shinkonryokō Atami-hen" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんの新婚旅行 熱海編) | Kiyotaka Takezawa | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) |
| 8 | "A New Grandpa and Grandma Appear" Transliteration: "Aratana Jīsan Bāsan Arawareru" (Japanese: 新たなじいさんばあさん現れる) | Shigeru Yamazaki | Yukie Sugawara | Shigeru Yamazaki | May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26) |
| 9 | "Grandpa and Grandma and a Summer Festival" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Natsu Matsuri" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと夏祭り) | Shigenori Awai | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | June 2, 2024 (2024-06-02) |
| 10 | "Grandpa and Grandma's Daily Life" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Nichijō" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと日常) | Keiaki Takagi | Yukie Sugawara | Keiaki Takagi | June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) |
| 11 | "Grandpa, Grandma and Winter Festival" Transliteration: "Jīsan Bāsan to Fuyu Yasumi" (Japanese: じいさんばあさんと冬休み) | Masayoshi Nishida | Yukie Sugawara | Masayoshi Nishida | June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) |

## 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.