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New Rilakkuma Anime Reveals Short Anime Format, Main Staff, April 2026 Debut
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Aniplex revealed on Monday the teaser visual, short anime format, main staff, and April 2026 debut for the new anime adaptation of San-X's Rilakkuma character.
The short anime's website also opened on Monday and revealed the character visuals:
Yoshimi Itazu (The Concierge anime film, Rilakkuma anime announcement video) and Yumi Kamakura (The Grimm Variations, Mashin Sōzōden Wataru) are directing the anime at Production I.G. Chiyo Morita (The Concierge anime film, Rilakkuma anime announcement video) is designing the characters, and Kōta Yokoseki (If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord), Yoshiya Ikeda (Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom VR film), and Mizuki Kanno are composing the music. Legendoor is in charge of music production, and Keiko Matsushita (The Concierge, Haikyu!! series) is the animation producer.
YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta performs the anime's theme song "stay with me."
The Rilakkuma announcement video's staff also includes other veterans of The Concierge such as concept color designer Izumi Hirose, in-between animator Maiko Nogami, editor Junichi Uematsu, and cinematographer Hiroshi Tanaka.
San-X launched the character that Aki Kondo created in 2003.
Netflix premiered the Rilakkuma and Kaoru (Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san) anime series in 2019, and the Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure stop-motion anime series in 2022.
Source: Press release
