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New Etotama Anime Short Premieres in May
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The live-streamed "Onsen & Aina Suzuki's "Etonyanran" theme song will launch on digital services on April 28.
The new Etotama ~Nyan-Kyaku Banrai~ (unofficially translated by ANN as Meow-llions of Customers) anime Niconico Live Stream Eto~lk" special on April 24 at 4:30 p.m. (3:30 a.m. EDT).
In addition, there will be an audio drama with three 20-minute episodes, which when combined with the anime, will add up to about 90 minutes of new story content.
The video above describes how the story begins:
The seemingly eternal cat-and-mouse battle has ended, and now everyone is living peacefully. One day, an Eto-musume (Zodiac girl) named Na-tan appears, to the puzzlement of the 12 signs, and to the unreserved delight of Nya-tan (whose spirits are always lifted by the pure, straightforward Na-tan). Meanwhile, Chu-tan also appears and warns of a looming disaster. "The seal ... has been broken." Who is this mysterious Eto-musume Na-tan? What in the world is the deity that has awoken beneath the seal?
The anime production announced the cast with a promotional video:
The following cast are returning:
- Rie Murakawa as Nyaatan
- Sayaka Ōhara as Chū-tan
- Eriko Matsui as Mō-tan
- Yuiko Tatsumi as Shima-tan
- Yuka Aisaka as Usa-tan
- Maaya Uchida as Dora-tan
- Shaa-tan
- Ari Ozawa as Uma-tan
- Mai Fuchigami as Mei-tan
- Kii-tan
- Piyo-tan
- Mariko Honda as Inu-tan
- Uri-tan
- Hiro Shimono as Takeru Tendo
- Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Tencho
In addition, Aina Suzuki is ing the cast as Na-tan
Minako Okuguchi is the "pretty mode animation director."
The announced the new anime as a series in February 2018.
The first 12-episode television anime series premiered in April 2015. streamed the anime as it aired, and it describes the story:
Since ancient times, Japan has upheld the tradition of the 12 Zodiac signs. Eto-musumes (Zodiac girls), who have the appearance and behavior of the animals of the Zodiac, are pure hearted messengers who act as a bridge between humans and the gods. Every 60 years, the “ETM 12” tournament takes place in Tokyo's Akihabara district, where aspiring girls from all over Japan gather for the chance to become the next zodiac sign. One of those girls is Nya-tan, a cat girl who was tricked by a sneaky rodent and was not able to become a Zodiac girl. There is only one condition to become an Eto-musume: you must defeat the other 12 signs. But with strength bestowed to them from the heavens above, no one has been able to defeat them for 2000 years. The story begins when Nya-tan meets Takeru Amano!
Ponycan USA released the series in three Blu-ray Disc sets in 2015-2016.
Hiroma Hino launched a manga adaptation in Zekū (Trinity x Venus) are credited with the manga's original story.
Source: Etotama anime's website, Comic Natalie
