Soon after the streaming of the final 12th episode in Japan last night, the official website for the My Deer Friend Nokotan TV anime posted a new music video for the opening theme song “Shikairo Days” composed with various footage from the anime.The song performed by the anime’s four main voice cast members as their respective characters — Megumi Han (as Noko Shikanoko), Saki Fujita (as Torako Koshi), Rui Tanabe (as Anko Koshi), and Fuka Izumi (as Meme Bashame) — reached No. 1 on Spotify’s viral chart in Japan, and the creditless opening movie released on YouTube has topped 25 million views to date.
“Shikairo Days” Special Anime Music Video
My Deer Friend Nokotan Creditless Opening Movie
Sento-kun, the mascot character of Nara Prefecture, made a guest appearance in the final episode of the anime, and a special visual featuring a collaboration between Nokotan and Sento-kun has also been released.
Additionally, to commemorate the streaming of the final episode, the original manga’s author, Oshioshio, released a newly drawn illustration thanking viewers for their support.
The TV anime adaptation of Oshioshio’s My Deer Friend Nokotan (known as Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan in Japan) comedy manga series premiered in Japan on July 7, 2024.Crunchyroll, which is streaming all the episodes now, describes the series:
Koshi Torako has everyone fooled. Her classmates see her as the perfect honor student, unaware of her secret delinquent past. But her new picturesque school life is thrown into chaos when she bumps into Shikanoko Noko, a girl with antlers! Mayhem seems to follow this strange doe-eyed girl. Who, or what, is she?
Sources: Twin Engine press release, “My Deer Friend Nokotan” TV anime official website / X (formerly Twitter)© Oshioshio, Kodansha / Hino Minami High School Deer Club
