Sanrio Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Tomokuni Tsuji, hereinafter referred to as Sanrio) “Kuromi’s Pretty Journey” is a completely new short animation featuring Kuromi on the official YouTube channel from Thursday, October 31, 2024. We will start the distribution of “Multiverse Great Escape!”

Kuromi is a character that is rapidly gaining popularity, especially among the Z generations, such as being in the top 3 for the third consecutive year in the Sanrio character’s popular polling project “Sanrio Character Awards”. Kuromi’s Pretty Journey, a short animation featuring Kuromi, which was released last year, has exceeded 50 million views (*). “Kuromi’s Pretty Journey” “Hascha Mecha! The Great Escape of Multiverse!” is a long-awaited new series, where Kuromi gets lost in the world of multiverse and struggles to return to the original world with the mysterious handsome “Nico” whom he meets there. Popular voice actor Yuki Kaji will play the new character “Nico”, which will be appearing for the first time this time. In the world of multiverse, unique Kuromi such as “zombie” Kuromi, “villainous daughter” Kuromi, “manga artist” Kuromi will appear one after another. In addition, the English dubbed version will be released on the same day on the official Sanrio overseas YouTube channel “Hello Kitty and Friends”.

A short animation teaser video is being released on Kuromi’s official YouTube channel from today. Will Kuromi be able to return to the original world? What is the identity of “Nico”? Please look forward to the release on Thursday, October 31st.
*As of October 24, 2024. Cumulative number of views on YouTube and TikTok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1dqjclqkwg

Short anime official website: https://kuromi.sanrio.co.jp/prettyjourney/

Outline of the short animation “KUROMI’S PRETTY JOURNEY ~ Haschy! Multiverse Escape!”

Title
“KURIMI’S PRETTY JOURNEY ~ A mess! Escape from a multi-verse! ~”
Staff
Series composition Takayuki Abe
Screenplay Yojine/Domeshi
Director Sachi Miura
Animation production Qzil.La / IMAGICA INFOS Co., Ltd. / Studio NANAHOSHI
Music Future Ancient Orchestra
Delivery schedule
From 18:00 on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Episode 1 to 3 official Kuromi YouTube channel
Started distribution on (https://www.youtube.com/@kuromisanrioofficial6829)
Scheduled to be released every Thursday All 19 episodes + 2 spin-off episodes

The new character “Nico” will be played by Yuki Kaji, a popular voice actor!

Nico Profile

A mysterious handsome man who calls himself the “University Spatrol” that protects the safety of multiverse. They work together to bring Kuromi back to the original world, but since he grew up in a greenhouse and is ignorant of the world, he keeps making mistakes. Even so, while fighting and helping each other, a strange bond with Kuromi is born little by little. Keep an eye on the relationship between the two traveling in time and space!

Comment from Yuki Kaji

This time, Kuromi-chan’s short animation has been decided to be distributed! I play Nico, a mysterious handsome man who supports Kuromi. The theme of this anime is “Multiverse”. You can enjoy Kuromi-chan with various views of the world! It’s a short animation that makes you love Kuromi-chan more! Are you excited? A lot of combination! I hope you enjoy it as many times as you like!

Yuki Kaji Profile
Debuted as a voice actor in 2004.
He has played many popular characters such as “Attack on Titan” Ellen Jaeger, “My Hero Academia” Shoro Todoroki, and “Haikyu!!”
In 2013, he won the Best Actor Award for Best Actor for the Best Voice Actor for the first time in history.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the voice actor, the AI speech synthesis project [Soyogi Fractal] was launched.

A teaser video is now available!

Starting today, we are releasing a teaser video of “KURIMI’S PRETTY JOURNEY ~ Hachamecha! Multiverse Escape!” on the official YouTube channel.

Kuromi Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kuromisanrioofficial6829

You can win the autographed script and Kuromi goods set! SNS posting impression campaign carried out

Following Kuromi’s official X, we will carry out an SNS posting impression campaign where you can win a script signed by Yuki Kaji by lottery from those who reposted the campaign target posts and posted their impressions of the short animation. Details will be announced at the official Kuromi X at a later date.

Let’s watch the previous work at the same time with My Melody!

In commemoration of the release of “KURomi’s Pretty Journey ~Multiverse Escape!” JOURNEY” has been decided to carry out a distribution plan that allows you to see at the very moment with the secondary audio with My Melody.
Delivery date and time: From 20:00 on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, it will be released on the official youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@kuromisanrioofficial6829).

Kuromi Existing information

[Kuromi Profile]

A self-proclaimed rival of My Melody.
The charm point is the black hood and the pink skull.
My hobby is keeping a diary.
Recently, I’ve been obsessed with romance novels.
My favorite color is black. Rakkyo is my favorite food.
Birthday: October 31st

【What is the #world Chromicization Plan?】

The “#World Chromiization Plan” is a plan to fill the world with Kuromi and Kuromies. By conveying Kuromi’s message, we will increase the number of “KUROMIES” companions who can sympathize with Kuromi and become who they want to be with Kuromi. Please look forward to Kuromi’s future activities.

The progress of the “#World Chromiization Plan” and the daily life of Kuromi are posted on each site and SNS.

・”#World Chromiization Plan” Official Website (Renewal from Friday, October 4): https://kuromi.sanrio.co.jp
・X (former Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/kuromi_project
・Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/kuromi_project/
・TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@kuromi_project

I can surpass me
I have no regrets about myself so far.
But I’m not satisfied.
It’s the best right now, and tomorrow will be even better!
If you think so,
I think every day will be more fun.
No matter how old you are,
Don’t care about other people’s eyes
You can run on the road that believes in yourself.
Everyone can love themselves more
I’m going to change the world.

Look,
Let’s be who you want to be!
#World Chromiization Plan In progress!