Chiikawa
| Chiikawa | |
 Cover of Chiikawa volume 1 by Kodansha | |
| ちいかわ | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nagano |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takenori Mihara |
| Music by | Shūgo Tokumaru |
| Studio | Doga Kobo |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 4, 2022 – present |
| Episodes | 24 |
Chiikawa (ちいかわ), also known as Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu (なんか小さくてかわいいやつ, "Something Small and Cute"), is a Japanese manga series by Nagano. It has been serialized online via Twitter since January 2020 and has been collected in four tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo premiered in April 2022.
Characters
- Chiikawa (ちいかわ)
- Voiced by: Haruka Aoki[1]
- Hachiware (ハチワレ)
- Voiced by: Masato Tanaka[1]
- Usagi (うさぎ)
- Voiced by: Ari Ozawa[1]
- Momonga (モモンガ)
- Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi[2]
- Ponchette no Yoroi-san (ポシェットの鎧さん)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[2]
- Rōdō no Yoroi-san (労働の鎧さん)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi[2]
- Ramen no Yoroi-san (ラーメンの鎧さん)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[2]
- Rakko (ラッコ)
- Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[2]
- Kuri-Manjū (くりまんじゅう)
- Voiced by: Takayuki Asai[2]
Media
Manga
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 12, 2021[3][4] | 978-4-06-522396-3 (regular edition) 978-4-06-522729-9 (special edition) |
| 2 | August 23, 2021[5][6] | 978-4-06-524251-3 (regular edition) 978-4-06-524252-0 (special edition) |
| 3 | March 23, 2022[7][8] | 978-4-06-526611-3 (regular edition) 978-4-06-527386-9 (special edition) |
| 4 | July 22, 2022[9][10] | 978-4-06-528650-0 (regular edition) 978-4-06-528579-4 (special edition) |
Anime
An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo was announced on October 28, 2021.[11] The television series is directed by Takenori Mihara, with Yuma Yamaguchi composing the music. It premiered on April 4, 2022, on Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV morning news and entertainment program.[12][1] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series outside of Asia.[13]
Episode list
| No. | Title [14] | Directed by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Animation directed by [a] | Original air date [15] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hard Pudding" Transliteration: "Katame no Purin" (Japanese: かためのプリン) | Takenori Mihara | Takenori Mihara | Tomoko Tsuji | April 4, 2022 |
| "Hotcake" Transliteration: "Hottokēki" (Japanese: ホットケーキ) | |||||
| 2 | "Sphinx" Transliteration: "Sufinkusu" (Japanese: スフィンクス) | Takenori Mihara | Takenori Mihara | Tomoko Tsuji | April 8, 2022[b] |
| "It's Real" Transliteration: "Honmono da" (Japanese: ほんものだ) | |||||
| 3 | "Squid" Transliteration: "Ika" (Japanese: イカ) | Ryūho Nogi | Masako Satō | Akihiko Oka | April 15, 2022 |
| "Pie Stew" Transliteration: "Pai Shichū" (Japanese: パイシチュー) | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 1, 2022). "Chiikawa Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, April 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 14, 2022). "Chiikawa Anime Reveals 6 New Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（１）なんか楽しくて飾れる絵本付き特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（２）なんか楽しくて開ける絵本付き特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（３）なんか楽しくて遊べるかるた付き特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ（４）なんか楽しくて遊べるかるた付き特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ "Twitter Manga Chiikawa Gets Anime by Doga Kobo Next Year". Anime News Network. October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 4, 2022). "Chiikawa Anime Premieres This Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael (July 2, 2022). "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Peter Grill Season 2, Chiikawa, Ragna Crimson, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "Chiikawa" ちいかわ [Chiikawa]. anime-chiikawa.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Chiikawa" ちいかわ [Chiikawa]. anime-chiikawa.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
External links
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Chiikawa (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
 | This anime-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |