'Dōbutsu Biscuit x PPP' Returns for Kemono Friends 2
Anime's Opening Song
The official Twitter account for the Kemono Friends franchise revealed that
"Dōbutsu Biscuits x PPP" is performing the opening song "Notteke~
Japari Beat" (Get on Board! Japari Beat) for Kemono Friends 2, the anime's second season. Masayoshi
Ōishi (Overlord,
Monthly Girls' Nozki-kun opening songs) is writing the
lyrics and composing the song.
"Doubutsu
Biscuits x PPP" is composed of voice actresses Yuka Ozaki(Serval), Kana Motomiya (Fennec), Saki Ono (Common Raccoon), Mikoi
Sasaki (Royal Penguin), Ruka Nemoto (Emperor Penguin), Kyōka Tamura (Gentoo Penguin), Aina Aiba (Rockhopper Penguin), and Ikuko
Chikuta (Humboldt
Penguin). The same group performed the opening song for the first season.
The anime will
premiere on January 7 at 26:05 a.m. (effectively January 8 at 2:05 a.m.) on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, and AT-X. The cast will appear at
preview screenings of the first episode in 11 venues throughout Japan from
December 17 to December 26.
The new
season's story begins with Serval and Caracal finding a "human" child
in the forest. As they travel with the child, they meet new Friends, uncover
the secrets of Japari Park, and become involved in an event that will
"shake the earth."
New cast
members include:
·
Yui Ishikawa as Child
·
Riko Koike as Caracal
·
Madoka Suge as Western Parotia
·
Mashiro Yagi as Greater lophorina
·
Mami Yamashita as Margay
·
Kaori Maeda as Giant Panda
Ryuichi Kimura (Aikatsu!) is directing the anime at Tomason. Takuya Masumoto is writing and supervising
the series' scripts. Hideo Taniguchi(Folktales from Japan) is the CG director. Nobuyuki
Abe returns
as the sound director. Yasuyuki Konno is credited for sound
effects. Akiyuki Tateyama returns as the music
composer. Shinnosuke Numata is credited as
animation producer.
Nexon's original Kemono
Friends app game launched in early 2016 and ended service
in December of that year — before the Kemono
Friendsanime even aired. The 12-episode television anime
then premiered on TV Tokyo and TV
Osaka in January 2017 and ended in March 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and is also
currently streaming the Welcome
to the JAPARI PARK (Yōkoso
Japari Park) spinoff anime.
Sources: Comic Natalie
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