Fans of Mr. Osomatsu is getting a dog-themed anime series inspired by the iconic comedy series.
According to Anime News Network, Matsuinu’s official website recently announced a television anime series featuring dog breeds of the six Matsuno brothers. This will be the first animated work about the Inu tribe, which started out as a product line selling toys, books and even a collaboration with a cafe. It will debut as a segment of TV Tokyo’s Iniminimanimo (or Eeeny Meeny Mini Mo), a television program featuring programs aimed at young children. The website announced the film’s release date with a key image of the main hairy cast. Mr. Matsuinu will premiere on TV Tokyo on October 7. AT-X will begin airing the series on October 12. No international release date has been announced yet.
Point Pictures (Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic) will produce Matsuinu. Tetsuya Endo, who previously served as Toei Animation’s One Piece Episode Director and Studio Ghibli’s Assistant Director for My Neighbor Totoro, will direct the spinoff. Endo is also assisting Writer Hitomi Ogawa (The Aquatope on White Sand) in composing works for the series. Yuki Nagashima, who served as the main animator for Toei’s One Piece Film: Red, is designing the characters. Avex Pictures (Fairy Tail Zero, Kingdom) will produce music for the series.
The anime adaptation of Mr. Osomatsu was successful
Brand Mr. Osomatsu’s popularity began with Fujio Akatsuka’s 1962 Osomatsu-kun manga. Written as a slice-of-life comedy, the film revolves around six 10-year-old sextuplets who, thanks to their oldest brother’s questionable leadership abilities, often get into trouble. They also both love the same person; a girl named Totoko. Pierrot adapted the series into an anime in October 2015, spanning three seasons and chronicling the brothers’ lives as young men. Exploding in popularity as a cult hit, the franchise expanded to include three animated films, a live-action film, and several animated shorts.
Anime Mr. Osomatsu is directed by Yoichi Fujita (Gintama) and has a script written by Michiko Yokote (Masamune-kun’s Revenge, RIN-NE), Shu Matsubara and Yukio Otada. Takahiro Sakurai (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc), Daisuke Ono (Attack on Titan) and Hiroshi Kamiya (One Piece, Attack on Titan) play Osomatsu, Jushimatsu and Choromatsu, respectively. Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass), Miyu Irino (Haikyu!) and Yuichi Nakamura (Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma) play Ichimatsu, Todomatsu and Karamatsu. The role of Totoko is played by Aya Endo (Goblin Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen).
Matsuinu will premiere in Japan on October 7. The Mr. Osomatsu is available now on Crunchyroll and Peacock.
Source: Matsuinu’s official website, via Anime News Network
