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Sanrio, JO1's JOCHUM Characters Get TV Anime
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official Twitter account for JOCHUM, characters created by Sanrio as a collaboration with Japanese boy band JO1, announced on Saturday that the characters are getting a television anime. The anime will begin airing this summer as part of the Mezamashi Doyо̄bi (Mezamashi Saturday) program, which airs in Japan from 6:30-8:00 a.m.
Hazumu Sakuta (Sumikko Gurashi Sorairo no Mainichi) is directing the anime at Fanworks (Aggretsuko). Yoichi Kato (Yōkai Watch) is writing the script.
The 11 JOCHUM characters consist of PiHai the black fox (representing JO1 member Sukai Kinjo), Rain the blue fox (Ren Kawashiri), Micoon the microphone (Junki Kōno), Chimata the rabbit (Syoya Kimata), Yanukami the dragon (Shо̄ Yonashiro), Mamechi the corgi (Issei Mamehara), Pop-poh the penguin (Takumi Kawanishi), Chulala the chihuahua (Shion Tsurubo), Moco the angel (Shо̄hei О̄hira), Ruru the white dog (Ruki Shiroiwa), and Bira the sunflower (Keigo Satо̄). The characters all live in a single big house.
The JO1 idol group was formed during the Produce 101 Japan reality show in 2019. The band debuted in 2020, and Sanrio collaborated to create the JOCHUM characters in 2022. They have performed theme songs for The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Fanfare of Adolescence.
Sources: JOCHUM's Twitter account, Comic Natalie
