Chainsmoker Cat (Season 1)

Chainsmoker Cat (2026) is a Japanese anime comedy you can watch online at iFILM, and the premise alone is worth the click: catgirl Yani can't go five minutes without lighting up.

She can't hold a job, she's always behind on rent, and her sister and friends have long given up trying to talk sense into her. Every time Yani swears she'll quit, the cravings win within the hour and she's back to a fresh pack. Cat ears and a tail are treated as completely normal here; the cigarette is the actual scandal.

An all-female voice cast — Yuko Natsuyoshi, Misato Matsuoka, Yurie Funato and five others — carries a story that's really about self-sabotage dressed up as slice-of-life fantasy. Don't expect a sober meditation on addiction; the tone stays sketch-comedy light throughout. If deadpan humor about bad habits is your thing, this delivers. Chainsmoker Cat streams online on iFILM right now.