Chickip Dancers

Chickip Dancers (チキップダンサーズ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Fanworks, based on San-X's series of anthropomorphized food characters of the same name. The five minutes per episode show is the first terrestrial broadcast TV anime with San-X characters. It aired on NHK Educational TV from October 2021 to March 2022. A second season aired from September 2022 to March 2023, and a third season premiered aired from September 2023 to March 2024. A video game, soundtrack CD and several children's books based on the series have been released.

Characters

Chicken Bone (ほねチキン)[1][2] - A bone-in chicken who is timid but also curious.[3]

Coach Skipping Frog (スキップガエル先生)[1] - The group's dance teacher, a frog who is always skipping.[3]

Dango (だんご)[1] - A dango (dumpling) who is like an older sister, calmly watching over everyone.[3]

Milky Ice (ぎゅうにゅうアイス)[1] - A milk ice cream who is a sweet boy.[3]

Kushikatsu (くしかつ)[1] - A kushikatsu (deep fried meat skewer) with a lot of allure.[3]

Gristle (なんこつ)[1] - A piece of chicken cartilage yakitori who is constantly training.[3]

Candy Apple (りんごあめ)[1] - A candy apple who is full of energy.[3]

Production and release

On February 12, 2021, San-X revealed the "Chickip Dancers," a new series of mascot characters that would star in an anime television series of the same name. It is a short anime, and each episode is five minutes long. This is the first terrestrial television broadcast anime with San-X characters.[4] The series is produced by Fanworks and directed by Rareko, who is also overseeing the series' scripts alongside Shigenori Tanabe. It aired from October 5, 2021 to March 29, 2022 on NHK Educational TV. Erino Yumiki performed the opening theme "Chickip Dance".[5][6][7]

A second season aired from September 27, 2022, to March 28, 2023,[8] and a third season aired from September 25, 2023, to March 25, 2024.[9]

Aside from the anime series, character goods and other media mix were also planned to be developed.[5][10] A Chickip Dancers video game for Nintendo Switch was released in 2022,[11][12] and a soundtrack CD was released the same year.[13] Several Chickip Dancers children's books were published in Japan by Shogakukan.[13][14]

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