Series synopsis
Kemono Friends, also known as けものフレンズ is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on TV Osaka on January 11, 2017. It ended on March 17, 2019. It stars Aina Aiba, Riko Koike, Saki Ono and Madoka Kan.
Japari Park is an enormous integrated zoo built somewhere in this world. A mysterious substance found there, called "Sand Star," causes the animals to turn into humanoid beings called "Animal Girls"! These new creatures spend every day peacefully with the zoo's visitors... but after some time, a lost child turns up in the park. The child's attempt to find the way home turns into a great adventure with the Animal Girls!
Premise
Japari Park is an enormous integrated zoo built somewhere in this world. A mysterious substance found there, called "Sand Star," causes the animals to turn into humanoid beings called "Animal Girls"! These new creatures spend every day peacefully with the zoo's visitors... but after some time, a lost child turns up in the park. The child's attempt to find the way home turns into a great adventure with the Animal Girls!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Aina Aiba as Iwatobi Penguin (voice)
- Riko Koike as Caracal
- Saki Ono as Araiguma
- Madoka Kan as Kanzashi Fuuchou
- Mashiro Yagi as Katakake Fuuchou
- Yuka Ozaki as Serval (voice)
- Kana Motomiya as Fennec
- Kyouka Tamura as Gentoo Penguin
Supporting cast
- Ikuko Chikuta as Humboldt Penguin
- Aya Uchida as Kaban (voice)
- Minami Tsuda as Jaguar
- Reina Kondo as Kotsume Kawauso
- Ruka Nemoto as Koutei Penguin
- Yui Ishikawa as Kyururu
- Yukiyo Fujii as Alpaca Suri
- Kaori Maeda as Giant Panda
- Yuki Kaneko as Karugamo
- Mami Yamashita as Margay
- Mikoi Sasaki as Royal Penguin
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | January 10, 2017 | September 19, 2017 |
| Season 1 | 12 | January 11, 2017 | March 29, 2017 |
| Season 2 | 12 | January 7, 2019 | March 17, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Year's party with lots of beasts! Summer Party | January 10, 2017 |
| 2 | Episode 12.1 | April 5, 2017 |
| 3 | JRA Crossover | June 30, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Savanna Area Serval's life in Japari Park is happy as can be. One day, she finds a lost child with no memories! After the curious cat names her newfound friend, the pair set out for Japari Library to find out who the lost little one is! Source: crunchyroll |
January 11, 2017 |
| 2 |
Jungle Area Serval and Bag find out that Japari Park has a "bus"--the perfect way to traverse the park. They recruit Jaguar to help them get to it, but when they find it... Source: crunchyroll |
January 18, 2017 |
| 3 |
Mountain Bag and Serval need to charge the bus's battery at a mountaintop café, but can't take the ropeway there. Instead, they ask Crested Ibis for help, only her singing is, uh, indescribable. Source: crunchyroll |
January 25, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beyond Memories Emerging from a mysterious laboratory in Japari Park, a human child encounters two Friends, Serval and Caracal, who name her Kyururu. After finding a sketchbook where Kyururu emerged from, the group travel to the locations drawn in the sketchbook in order to find Kyururu's home. Along the way, they come across Indian Spot-Billed Duck, who leads them to the second location in Kyururu's book, a monorail station. When a Cerulean appears, Indian Spot-Billed Duck distracts it while the others head onto the monorail before another mysterious Friend defeats the Cerulean. |
January 7, 2019 |
| 2 |
Panda and Panda Stopping off at Azea Park to search for the next location in Kyururu's sketchbook, the group meet Giant Panda, who falls asleep while giving them directions, and Red Panda, who attempts to guide them without knowing where it actually is. Despite this, the group do eventually find the location of a playground, which Kyururu and the others help put back together. When Ceruleans show up to destroy the playground, Giant Panda gets upset and beats them all single-handedly. After learning that some other Friends were searching for a human, Kyururu and the others set off towards their next destination, the Marine Life Park. |
January 14, 2019 |
| 3 |
Creatures of the Sea The girls arrive at the Marine Life Park and meet Bottlenose Dolphin and California Sea Lion, who take them on a boat to a stadium submerged underwater. After showing Kyururu the stadium, Dolphin and Sea Lion refuse to take everyone back to land unless they give them a reward. Recalling something about the stadium, Kyururu uses objects on the boat to teach Dolphin and Sea Lion new tricks to perform, with the applause they receive convincing them to take everyone back. Meanwhile, a Giant Armadillo and Giant Pangolin who are following Kyururu's trail report to a mysterious figure. |
January 21, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Osaka |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 11, 2017 |
| Last aired | March 17, 2019 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 02:05:00 |