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The official website for the stage play adaptation Kemono Friends announced on Tuesday that the series will get a new stage play after four years. The new play is titled Butai”Kemono Friends”Ōkina Mimi to Chiisana Kiseki Re:Japari Stage! (“Kemono Friends”Large Ears and Small Miracles Re:Japari Stage!), will take place at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX in Tokyo from October 20 to 31.
Hiroki Murakami is directing and writing the script. The play will star former Nogizaka46 idol Iori Sagara as the Bat-Eared Fox. Other cast members include Rihona Katō, Mao Noguchi, Suzuka Morita, Akari Waki, Haruka Satō, Ruka Aizawa, Shiori Inaoka, Honoka Okada, Narumi Katase, Miyu Kurogi, Chie Nakahara, Naruto Fukui, Ayasa Mizutani and Yuka Hirata.
The series’ first stage play debuted in June 2017 and the second stage play debuted in November 2018. The third stage play took place in fall 2019.
Nexon’s original Kemono Friends app game launched in early 2016 and ended service in December 2016 of that year—before the Kemono Friends anime aired. The 12-episode anime television series then premiered in January 2017 and ended in March 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Kemono Friends 2, the second season of the 12-episode anime television series, premiered in Japan in January 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the anime worldwide outside Asia. Discotek Media has released the first season on Blu-ray Disc.
Sega’s Kemono Friends 3 launched in Japan for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in June 2022. Its smartphone version of the game launched in September 2019, and Kemono Friends 3 arcade game: Planet Tours also launched in September 2019, but ended service in September 2021.
The franchise has also inspired smartphone apps and comic books. Kemono Friends Picross for Nintendo Switch launched in Japan and the West in October 2018. Neocraft launched Kemono Friends: Kingdom on the QooApp game app, on Android and on iOS in July and The game is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Sources: stage play Kemono Friends website, Natalie Stage, Hack Anime
