Kumarba Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Shoichiro Hiwatari, a subsidiary of Akatsuki Co., Ltd.) will be in charge of animation production of “Nmeneko”, which will be broadcast on TBS from April 2025. In addition, the key visual and PV for the TV anime “Nmeneko” have been released, and the staff and cast have been lifted.

The popular X “Nmeneko” from Hunet Co., Ltd. (head office: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture) has already been made into a TV animation!
It has been decided that it will be broadcast on TBS from April 2025 as a short animation.

■Released a cute visual and PV that conveys the world view of “Nmeneko”!
Nmeneko, who loves to eat, has released a wonderful key visual that conveys the relationship between Usukuro, who is warmly watching over it. In addition, the PV has also been released, and it is a video that shows the warm-hearted and hectic daily drama of Meneko Usukuro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqgpjw98jq

Cast & main staff information lifted! Comments have arrived!

The role of Meneko is decided by Megumi Han, and the role of Usukuro is Hiro Shimono!
In addition, the main staff information has also been lifted, and the director said, “I’m home! Chibi Godzilla” and “Kumaba” Tommy Hino, the script/scenario composition is “Paripi Koumei”, “Midnight Punch” Hideaki Shirasaka, and animation production is produced by “Kumaba” of “Kumaba”.

<Megumi Ban Meneko role>

Nenko and Usukuro start talking. When I think that Shirimoto-sensei’s warm and lovely daily life, the voice, words, and sounds move, and the tempo and time are born, the happiness swells. Sometimes you can be like a friend, like a family, like a lover. !

＜Hiroshi Shimono/yakuroyakuro＞

This time, I’m going to play “Usukuro” who is kind to “Nmeneko” as a partner of “Nmeneko”!
Wanting to create a unique and gentle atmosphere and a view of the world of two people (two?)
I think it’s a work that can be enjoyed by men and women of all ages, so please take a moment to think of it as a relaxing moment! !

<Shirimoto (original)>

I admired a happy life and drew a female girl.
I would be very happy if I could bring the joy and taste to the lives of everyone who saw the two of them.

<Tommy Hino (Director)>

The two of them are two people who want to watch with a smile, thinking that everyone is someone’s female cat and someone’s faintness. I’m a little worried about the inner fat and the liver of the slug.

<Yuki Katayama (TBS Producer)>

When I first saw the happy daily life of the two men and Usukuro, I immediately became “the two people I want to watch over all of Japan” in my mind! We will have fun creating with the teachers and staff so that even one person wants to watch over the anime, so please take a look!

introduction

“Nmeneko” drawn by popular creator Shirimoto, who has 250,000 followers of X.
Cats who live leisurely every day. I just want to live by doing what I enjoy. It’s a manga depicting the funny daily life of such cats.
There are posts with more than 1 million impressions in X, and a popular work that has been released in 10,000 buzzes is made into a TV animation!

Program overview

[Title] “Nmeneko”
[Broadcast information] Started broadcasting on TBS from April 2025
[Staff]
Original Shirimoto
Directed by Tommy Hino
Screenplay, series composition, Hideaki Shirasaka
Animation production Kumarba
[Cast]
Megumi Ban Megumi
Weak Shimono Hiro

[Animation official X] @anime_nmeneko (https://x.com/anime_nmeneko)
[Official HP] https://nmeneko-anime.jp

Original information

“Nameko”
Original: Shirimoto
[Official X]: @shirimoto (https://x.com/shirimoto)

Animation by Kumarba

The kids’ IP “Kumaba Channel” which our company operates has distributed songs and educational animations on YouTube, with 540,000 subscribers and a total of 900 million views. In addition, since 2024, the anime was broadcast on TV Tokyo and has been supported by preschool children and their families.
Using this production and operational know-how, we will produce the animation of the TV animation “Nmeneko”. And we aim to maximize the recognition of “Nmeneko” by making full use of TV, YouTube, and SNS.