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Netflix Streams Puniru is a Kawaii Slime, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Puniru is a Kawaii Slime premiered on October 6 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Ani-One Asia streamed the first season in India as it aired in Japan. The anime is confirmed for a second season.
The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created a slime and named it Puniru. Seven years pass, and Puniru transforms into a beautiful young lady.
The anime stars:
- Yū Sasahara as Puniru
- Shūichirō Umeda as Kotarō
- Risa Shimizu as Mami Kirara
- Junya Enoki as Yūsuke Nanpa
- Yumiri Hanamori as Alice Okanega
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Gо̄-yan
- Kōsuke Echigoya as Hone-chan
- Kazuya Nakai as Hiroshi Mado
Yūshi Ibe (Tearmoon Empire) directed the first season at TOHO animation STUDIO. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) oversaw the series scripts, and Aya Tanaka (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II sub-character designer, chief animation director) designed the characters. Izumi Mori composed the music.
Maedakun launched the manga in Shogakukan's "Shūkan Coro Coro Comics" ("Weekly Coro Coro Comics") online publication in March 2022. The manga ranked #4 in the Web Manga category of the "Next Manga Awards" (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2022. Shogakukan published the manga's sixth compiled book volume on September 27.
Hideki Okamoto (Bakugan: Evolutions, Mysteria Friends) directed anime at J.C. Staff. Takao Yoshioka (Horimiya) was in charge of the series scripts. Tomoyuki Shitaya (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) designed the characters. Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Dr. Stone) composed the music. Meichan performed the opening theme song "Shutter Chance," and voice actresses Kaori Maeda and Akari Kitō as their characters performed the ending theme song "Watch Me" for the show's first half.
Seven Seas licensed the manga as part of its Ghost Ship imprint, and it describes the story:
“I have no interest in real girls!” So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Lilliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer--and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.
Hashimoto launched the ongoing manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website in 2019. The manga has over 1.7 million copies in circulation.
Aiming and Team Caravan developed a smartphone game for the franchise titled 2.5 Jigen no Lilysa: Tenshi-tachi no Stage (2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels' Stage). The cosplay battle role-playing game launched for iOS and Android devices on September 3, and for PC via Steam on October 31.
