The four-panel manga Chikomaru has been made into a short animation to commemorate the third anniversary of its serialization. Distribution has started on YouTube’s “S HOPRO Channel” and other channels, and the non-credit ED “What will I do today” has also been released.
Animation production is Aware! Pie in the Sky is responsible for ” Meisaku-kun, ” ” Chibi Godzilla Strikes Back, ” and ” Hyakusho Kizoku. “The film will be directed by Haruka Suzuki, who also directed the ending animations for NHK Minna no Uta’s “Mushi no Tsutomu” and “Bocchi Za Rock.”
Episode 0 of the anime, “Because the Floor is Thin,” and the non-credit ending, “What are you going to do today?” will be distributed simultaneously on YouTube, as well as on the official accounts of X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok. I’m unlucky, and it’s a little tricky. You can see the cute but pitiful Chikomaru moving and talking.
This work depicts the daily life of Chikomaru, a cute but slightly pitiful hamster who lives in a house with a thin floor. It is a famous work viewed over 100 million times on various SNS accounts. Feedback from mainly women in their 20s and 30s has been, “That’s true!” and “It’s so cute but so pitiful.”