The official website for the television anime adaptation of Maedakun’s web manga Puniru wa Kawaii Slime (Puniru is a Cute Slime) revealed on Saturday the film’s main cast and visuals.
Image via Twitter account for the manga Puniru wa Kawaii Slime
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Yūshi Ibe (Tearmoon Empire) is directing the series at TOHO animation STUDIO. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is supervising the series’ scripts and Aya Tanaka (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II supporting character design, animation director) is designing the characters.
The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created the slime and named it Puniru. Seven years passed, Puniru transformed into a beautiful young woman.
Maedakun launched Shogakukan’s online published manga “Shūkan Coro Coro Comics” (“Weekly Coro Coro Comics”) in March 2022. The manga ranked 4th in the Web Manga category of the “Next Manga Awards”( Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2022. Shogakukan published the manga’s fifth compiled book volume on January 26.
Source: Puniru wa Kawaii Slime anime website, Mantan Web
by Mainichi Shimbun