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New Tokyo Mew Mew Project Teased With Countdown Site
posted on by Egan Loo
A website opened on Saturday, February 22 at 22:22:22 with a countdown to tease a new project for the Tokyo Mew Mew franchise. Some Japanese people unofficially celebrate February 22 as "Cat Day" due to the wordplay between the Japanese for "2" (ni) and "meow" or "mew" (nyan). The countdown will end on April 2 at 22:22:22 Japan Time (9:22:22 a.m. EDT).
The April issue of Reiko Yoshida/Kodansha" in its copyright notice.
Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi serialized their original Tokyo Mew Mew magical girl manga from 2000 to 2003 (with Kodansha credited for the franchise's original concept), and Kodansha Comics released the manga in three omnibus volumes with a new translation in 2011.
The manga inspired a 52-episode television anime series from 2002 to 2003, and published the manga in English.
The franchise Tokyo Mew Mew manga focuses on male characters instead of the female characters of the previous manga and anime.
Yoshida and Ikumi published a new two-chapter manga Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn in December and January.
Update: Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode's credit corrected. Thanks, Mew Berry
Source: Comic Natalie
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