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Mitchiri Neko TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January 4 Premiere
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The official website for the anime adaptation of marketing company Frencel's Mitchiri Neko character franchise revealed the anime's cast, staff, and January 4 premiere date on Friday.
The anime will premiere on January 4 on MX TV at 5:59 p.m., and will air on weekdays in that time slot.
The anime will star:
- Yūichi Nakamura as Colorful
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Piyopiyo
- Jun Fukuyama as Mitchi
- Takahiro Sakurai as Honey
- Saori Hayami as Ribon
- Noriaki Sugiyama
- Hina Kino
- Kaede Hondo
- Satomi Akesaka
Frencel is credited with the original work, and Kyō Yatate is directing the series at helo.inc. Shiori Yamazaki is the sound director, and Tetsuya Kobayashi is composing the music.
The franchise centers on the cats known as "Mitchiri Neko," who seem to multiply greatly when left alone. (As the official YouTube channel for the franchise explains, "'Mitchiri' means sticking together or packed, and 'neko' means a cat in Japanese.") The cats are able to speak and mimic human behavior. The franchise has a variety of cat characters who have distinct personalities.
The franchise began as a four-panel manga on the Famitsu.com website in 2012, and it later moved to the Famitsu app. The manga currently runs on DeNA's Manga Box app. The manga inspired a smartphone game titled Mitchiri Neko Mix that debuted in January 2014. The franchise also inspired a series of short animations that began in the official Mitchiri Neko YouTube channel in 2014.
The franchise is also inspiring a new smartphone game titled Mitchiri Neko Bubble, and pre-registration is currently available for the game.
Frencel and G-angle are credited for a new manga adaptation that launched in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on October 3.
