Little Shark’s Day Out

The upcoming feature film Eiga Odekake Kozama: Tokai no Otomodachi ("Little Shark's Day Out The Movie: A Friend in A Big City") announced two additional voice cast members today at the KADOKAWA panel during Anime Japan 2025.Manaka Iwami (Mahiru Shiina in The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten) voiced Sora, a second grade student at Yauo High School. Due to her parents' work, she has to transfer to “Tokai (Big City)”.Message from Manaka Iwami:Before the voice recording session, I watched the series on YouTube, and I was so relieved to see the world where the innocence of Kozame-chan that reminded me of important things and healed me! I wondered what the story would be about since it was going to be made into a movie, but Usame-chan and Ankou-chan were also very cute, I was so healed during the session.

The official website for the Little Shark's Day Out (Odekake Kozame in Japan) anime series today released a second key visual for the upcoming feature film Eiga Odekake Kozama: Tokai no Otomodachi ("Little Shark's Day Out The Movie: A Friend in A Big City"). The key visual features the protagonist Kozame-chan walking in the middle of “Shibugyo,” a shopping district reminiscent of Shibuya.2nd key visual The site has also revealed two new characters for the film — Mohican Aniki voiced bu Yuichiro Umehara (Goblin Slayer in GOBLIN SLAYER) and Haruto voiced by Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba).Message from Yuichiro Umehara:I am very happy to have been selected to appear in “Little Shark's Day Out." I didn't think I would be able to pass when I auditioned, so I am surprised and looking forward to the voice recording. I hope you will enjoy the interaction between the cute Kozame-chan and Mohican Aniki, who lives in the city.

The official website for the Little Shark's Day Out (Odekake Kozame in Japan) anime series today announced the title of the upcoming feature film to release in the summer of 2025: Eiga Odekake Kozama: Tokai no Otomodachi ("Little Shark's Day Out The Movie: A Friend in A Big City"). The site also released a teaser trailer and visual for the film. Kana Hanazawa, who has voiced the protagonist Kozame-chan, serves as the narrator of the trailer.Teaser visual It was also announced that the film's two new characters, Ankou-chan will be voiced by Megumi Han (Gon Freecss in Hunter x Hunter) and Usame-chan by Misaki Kuno (Momo Kawamoto in March comes in like a lion).Ankou-chanMegumi HanUsame-chanMisaki KunoThe synopsis reads:Kozame-chan, who came in front of the station of Yauo-cho, meets a girl named Sora on a bench, looking sad and downcast.

Today, the last episode of short comedy anime Little Shark's Day Out debuted... or so we thought! At the end of the sweet little series, it was announced that Kozame-chan's adventures will continue in a new animated series.To celebrate, the anime's official ch