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Kumarba Kids' YouTube Channel Gets TV Anime Next April
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Kumarba animation YouTube channel for kids posted a new video on Wednesday, revealing that the channel will have a television anime that will premiere on TV Tokyo and other channels in April 2024.
The cast from the YouTube channel will reprise their roles in the anime, including Fairouz Ai as Kumarba, Mai Satō as Tabris, Honoka Inoue as Nekorun, and Picchorina as Bagurin.
Shōichirō Hiwatashi, the representative director of Kumarba Inc., is the television anime's director and producer, and is also credited for the original work. Creative House Pocket is producing the animation. Kōki Hashimoto (Bōken Tairiku Ania Kingdom, A Galaxy Next Door episode scripts) is writing and supervising the series scripts. Kotaro Sakamoto is credited as scenario coordinator. Chika Sekine is the creative director. Yuka Kawashima is credited for motion capture. Rei Yanagisawa is the assistant producer. Mikirō Tsuchimoto is the marketing producer.
The Kumarba YouTube channel launched in 2019, and centers on the adventures of the five-year-old video-loving bear Kumarba, and his friend, the squirrel-themed tablet Tabris. Kumarba is joined by his friend Nekorun, and the Internet-dwelling virus Bagurin. The channel currently has 467,000 subscribers.
The anime will be an "action-comedy" that sees Kumarba and Tabris facing off against Bagurin, who is wreaking havoc on the online world.
Sources: Kumarba YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
