Little Mouse’s Red Vest Anime Gets 2nd Season on October 3 – News

The official X/Twitter account for the television anime of Nakashiwo and Noriko Ueno‘s Little Mouse’s Red Vest (Nezumi-kun no Chokki or literally, Nezumi-kun’s Vest) picture book series announced on Monday that the anime will have a second season that will premiere on the NHK Educational channel on October 3 at 9:30 a.m. (October 2 at 8:30 p.m. EDT). Kenjirō Tsuda and Mamiko Noto will return as cast members for the second season.

The picture books center on the titular mouse Nezumi-kun, who wears a signature red vest. The Tobidasu Ehon 3D movie featured the character in 2010.

Kenjirō Tsuda voices Nezumi-kun in the anime, while Mamiko Noto voices Nemi-chan. Besides these two roles, the two voice actors are also voicing every other character in the show.

Nobuyoshi Habara (Fafner, Broken Blade, Star Blazers 2202, My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s) is directing the anime at Creadom8. Kanemori Yasuda is the character designer and CG director.

The first season of the anime premiered on NHK Educational on April 4, and the 13th and final episode of the first season aired on June 27.

The book series began in 1974 with Nezumi-kun no Chokki, with the series now having 43 volumes with over 5 million copies in print. Nakashiwo writes the story, while Noriko Ueno, who died on February 28, 2019, drew the illustrations.

Sources: Little Mouse’s Red Vest anime’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie