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PuniRunes Anime Gets 4th Season

Takara Tomy announced on Saturday that hat its PuniRunes toyline will get a fourth anime season. Takara Tomy did not reveal the premiere date.

The anime's third season in July 2025.

The first season ran on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka from October 2022 to March 2023. The second season then debuted in October 2024.

Spin Master began streaming the anime on YouTube in September 2024. Spin Master is releasing the toy line in the United States.

Unlike other digital pets that you can raise, the PuniRunes toys also have a hole where you can put your finger to "pet" the soft creature inside. The anime follows the daily life of PuniRunes — mysterious creatures who love to be coddled — and Yuka, a fourth-grade girl who loves soft, squishy things. (Puni-puni is the Japanese onomatopoeic term for soft and squishy.)

Kunihiko Yuyama (Fairy Princess Minky Momo, Pokémon) served as chief director of the first season, and Kentarō Yamaguchi directed at OLM Digital. Gigaemon Ichikawa (Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan, The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made, A Galaxy Next Door) was in charge of the series scripts, while Sayuri Ichiishi (Pokémon, Tamagotchi!) designed the characters. Nanahira performed the theme song "Puni Puni PuniRunes Punix Version."

Sources: PunRunes Puni anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie