Furry friends are out, furry colleagues are in. The previously announced Rascal the Raccoon anime spin-off, titled Araiguma Calcaldan, today revealed an April 2025 release date and a new key visual, along with character and story details that tease a zany workplace comedy.
Araiguma Calcaldan Key Visual
Araiguma Calcaldan Characters
The series’ main cast is as follows (from left to right, above):
Comical voiced by Yohei Azakami
Subcal (a play on the word for ‘subculture’) voiced by Kensho Ono
Acacal voiced by Junya Enoki
Logical voiced by Taku Yashiro
Middle voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda
Henry Hirakawa directs Araiguma Calcal-dan at studio Nippon Animation, which produced the original 1977 Rascal the Raccoon anime based on the 1963 book by Sterling North, with character designs by Ayano Yoshioka (Let’s Make a Mug Too), sound direction by Kisuke Koizumi and music by Alisa Okehazama (JUJUTSU KAISEN).
The story is set around five employees working hard in the lesser Tama branch of a secret society aiming for world domination called the Calcal Group: an aspirational new recruit, a polite but self-conscious superior, a modern guy with a cold attitude to everything, a hotheaded but kind senior employee and a handsome older man leading the pack.
A stage event for the series will be held at AnimeJapan 2025 on March 22-23 with Junya Enoki, Taku Yashiro and Kensho Ono in attendance.
Source: Comic Natalie
