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Bono Bono Planetarium Anime's Video Reveals September Debut

The official website for the new anime of Mikio Igarashi's four-panel gag comedy manga Bono Bono began streaming a promotional video for Bono Bono - Uchū kara Kita Tomodachi (Bono Bono - The Friend That Came From Space), the anime's original planetarium anime, on Thursday.

The anime will be shown at the Gotanda Cultural Center from September 16 to October 9 every Saturday and Sunday, and on national holidays.

The original announcement noted that the anime will also be shown at planetariums throughout Japan this fall.

Shin Katagai (Neo Angelique Abyss) is directing the original anime at Eiken in collaboration with TYO Animations. Mitsutaka Hirota is returning to pen the script.

The anime series of eight-minute shorts premiered in April 2016 on Fuji TV, and is still airing. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan. The anime stars:

Fukuko Yukimiyama as Bono Bono
Aya Ogata as Chipmunk (Shimarisu)
Shinpei Takano as Raccoon (Araiguma)
Yūki Kurofuji as Fishing Cat (Sunadori Neko)

Hidenori Yamaguchi (episode director for Machine Hayabusa, Sazae-san) is directing the anime at Eiken (Sazae-san, Musashi no Ken) in collaboration with TYO Animations. Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation) is handling the series composition, and Takatsugu Wakabayashi (Majin Bone, Dragonar Academy) is composing the music.

Igarashi's manga depicts the absurd gag humor of Bono Bono the otter, Shimarisu the chipmunk, Araiguma the raccoon, and other animals.

Igarashi serialized the original manga in Manga Life, Manga Club and other Takeshobo magazines from 1986 onward, and the series' first 40 volumes have 9 million copies in print. The first television anime of the manga ran from April 1995 to March 1996, and the new television anime that premiered last year is celebrating the manga's 30th anniversary.

Source: Comic Natalie