Mainichi Kaasan (毎日かあさん) is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara, based on her experiences as a housewife and mother. It was serialized on a weekly basis in the newspaper's morning edition from October 2002 to 26 June 2017.[1][2] The manga was later collected into 14 volumes.[2] It won several awards, including the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004,[3] the Short Story Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2005,[4] and the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011.[5] was adapted into an anime television series directed by Mitsuru Hongo that aired on