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JOCHUM TV Anime Gets 2nd Season in October
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The staff for the anime of JOCHUM, the characters created by Sanrio as a collaboration with Japanese boy band JO1, revealed on Monday the anime is getting a second season that will debut on October 4 and will air within Fuji TV's Mezamashi Doyо̄bi (Mezamashi Saturday, or literally, Wake Up Saturday) program, which airs from 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.
Hazumu Sakuta (Sumikko Gurashi Sorairo no Mainichi) is returning to direct the new season at Fanworks (Aggretsuko). Yoichi Kato (Yōkai Watch) is returning to write and oversee the series scripts.
The one-minute short anime began airing in summer 2024 within Fuji TV's Mezamashi Doyо̄bi program.
The first anime series starred:
- Yuri Noguchi as PiHai
- Kaito Takeda as Rain
- Taichi Kusano as Micoon
- Nanami Yoshimura as Chimata
- Shoma Uno as Ya-nu-ka-mi
- Sakura Kawaguchi as MAMEchi
- Momo Ishibashi as Pop-poh
- Masato Sugiyama as Chulala
- Mahana Yamasaki as Moco
- Kanon Amane as Ruru
- Yūdai Mino as Bira
The 11 JOCHUM characters consist of PiHai the black fox (representing JO1 member Sukai Kinjo), Rain the blue fox (Ren Kawashiri), Micoon the microphone (Junki Kōno), Chimata the rabbit (Syoya Kimata), Ya-nu-ka-mi the dragon (Shо̄ Yonashiro), MAMEchi the corgi (Issei Mamehara), Pop-poh the penguin (Takumi Kawanishi), Chulala the chihuahua (Shion Tsurubo), Moco the angel (Shо̄hei О̄hira), Ruru the white dog (Ruki Shiroiwa), and Bira the sunflower (Keigo Satо̄). The characters all live in a single big house.
The JO1 idol group was formed during the Produce 101 Japan reality show in 2019. The band debuted in 2020, and Sanrio collaborated to create the JOCHUM characters in 2022. They have performed theme songs for The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Fanfare of Adolescence.
Sources: JOCHUM's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
