The upcoming fall 2024 TV anime Kinoko Inu held an advance screening for its first three episodes at the Shinjuku Piccadilly theater in Tokyo today on September 8. At the event, which was attended by the seven main voice cast members, a second trailer, premiere date, and the opening theme song artist were announced.The anime will begin broadcasting and streaming in Japan on October 3, and the second trailer below also features the opening theme song “Kinoko Inu” performed by the Okinawa-born mixture band HY. The song will be available digitally on October 4.
Kinoko Inu TV anime 2nd Trailer
HY artist photo
The TV anime is based on Kimama Aoboshi’s fantasy manga of the same name.The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Comic Ryu magazine from July 2010 to February 2022, releasing 15 tankobon volumes. The series has printed over 1.75 million copies according to the publisher’s press release.The introduction on the anime’s official website reads:
Picture book author Hotaru Yuyami lost his beloved dog, Hanako. He was in the depths of a dark and deep sadness, regretting his inability to do anything about it. One day, he notices a pink mushroom growing under the snow willow tree in his garden. As he gazed at it idly, it suddenly began to move, wagging its tail and coming closer to him. “A mushroom…dog?”Despite his doubts, he decides to live with this mysterious creature, “Kinoko Inu” (Mushroom Dog). Then he started drawing where he wasn’t supposed to draw, ate all the melon bread and takoyaki, and made all sorts of messes, but his playful attitude is hard to hate.
The days spent with Kinoko Inu, involving his childhood friend Komako-chan, the editor, and Yara-kun of the Mushroom Research Institute, gradually changes Hotaru’s expression. This is a slightly mysterious and heartwarming animation that depicts the funny days of Hotaru and everyone together with Kinoko Inu, who is too mysterious in many ways.
Kagetoshi Asano directs the TV anime at animation studio C-Station. Jin Tanaka provides the series composition, Daisuke Endou provides the character designs, and Akiyuki Tateyama provides the music.Main voice cast members include:
Kinoko Inu voiced by Daiki Kobayashi
Hotaru Yuyami voiced by Yuto Uemura
Komako Amano voiced by Anna Nagase
Itsuki Yara voiced by Takuma Terashima
Plum voiced by Misaki Kuno
Anzu Uehara voiced by Hinano
Tsubaki Uehara voiced by Sayaka Senbongi
Main visual
Source: Tokuma Shoten press release ©Kimama Aoboshi, Tokuma Shoten / Hoshihato-cho Mushroom Research Institute
