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Odekake Kozame Creator Makes Bocchi the Rock! Crossover Comic

The world's cutest shark and Bocchilla united to hold sway at Japan's biggest anime convention this past weekend, to the delight of their fans, including a certain famous voice actress.

Odekake Kozame creator Penguin Box released a Bocchi the Rock! collaboration short comic on March 19. The four-page comic follows as the titular shark Kozame-chan explores the annual AnimeJapan event at Tokyo Big Sight. The shark encounters Hitori Goto, Ikuyo Kita, Ryo Yamada, and Nijika Ijichi from Bocchi the Rock! In true Goto fashion, she is shocked at Kozame-chans's social media presence and summons Bocchilla. Caught up in the moment, Kozame-chan also dons a Bocchilla outfit and the two “reign terror” on the anime event.

The Odekake Kozame franchise then posted an original AnimeJapan Odekake Kozame x Bocchi the Rock! illustration. The illustration features Hitori Goto holding Kozame-chan:

Kozame-chan appeared at AnimeJapan for meet-and-greets throughout the two-day event. Cast members Kana Hanazawa (Kozame-chan), Megumi Han (Anko-chan), Misaki Kuno (Usame-chan), and Yuichiro Umehara (Man with a Mohawk) also appeared at the Kadokawa Booth Stage for a talk show on March 23, and the booth sold Bocchi the Rock! and Odekake Kozame crossover merchandise.

Naturally, Bocchilla crashed Kozame-chan's meet-and-greets:

Hanazawa lamented on social media on March 22 that she wanted to meet Kozame-chan, after seeing posts from one of the meet-and-greets. Thankfully, she met the shark during the booth stage event and later shared photos and videos with Kozame-chan:

Sources: Penguin Box's X/Twitter account (link 2, link 3), Odekake Kozame's X/Twitter account (link 2), Kana Hanazawa's X/Twitter account (link 2), Kadokawa Anime's YouTubechannel