BS TV Tokyo announced on Saturday that the live-action series based on Chie Shinkyū’s Wakako-zake manga will get an eighth season that will debut on BS TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo 4K on January 8 at 24:00 (effectively January 9 at 12:00 a.m.).
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The fourth season premiered in January 2019, and the fifth season premiered in April 2020 and aired for 12 episodes.
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The sixth season premiered in January 2022, and the seventh season premiered in July 2023.
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The manga inspired a 12-episode series of three-minute anime shorts, starring Miyuki Sawashiro, that premiered in July 2015.