Nyanbo! | |
にゃんぼー! | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Akira Iwamoto |
Produced by | NYANBO FP |
Written by | Akira Iwamoto |
Studio | Shirogumi |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[1] (streaming) Discotek Media (home video)[2] |
Original network | NHK-E |
Original run | September 27, 2016 – March 28, 2017 |
Episodes | 26 |
Nyanbo! (にゃんぼー!) is a Japanese anime television series by Shirogumi. It is a spin-off of Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&! manga, based on the cat versions of the Danbo characters within the series. It began airing on September 27, 2016, on NHK-E.[3]
The original Nyanbo or Nyanboard 60mm figures were created by Sentinel in December 2015.[4] The figure maker Kotobukiya released smaller 35mm versions called Nyanboard nyano in December 2016,[5] and larger 90mm versions called Nyanboard [mini] in January 2017.[6]
The anime began airing on September 27, 2016, on NHK-E as part of its "mini-anime" program. The opening theme for the series is "Uchū Kara Yattekita Nyanbō" (宇宙からやってきたにゃんぼー) by Trio Ōhashi.[8]
The series is simulcast on Crunchyroll outside of Asia,[9] who are also the master licensee for the series.[1] Discotek Media will release the series on home video.[2]
No. | Title | Original airdate | |
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1 | "The Cats That Come From The Stars" "Hoshi Kara Kita Neko" (ほしからきたネコ) | September 27, 2016 | |
The first episode introduces Tora and his friends, and their quest to find the lost UFO pieces. | |||
2 | "We Love Sparkly Things" "Kirakira ga Suki" (キラキラがすき) | October 4, 2016 | |
As Kotora places a ball into a UFO piece, the UFO piece rejects it. While searching for pieces that could fit, the group meets the Nyanbo Angels. | |||
3 | "Mike the Hard Worker" "Ganbariya Mike" (がんばりやミケ) | October 11, 2016 | |
Mike attempts to prove Tora that he is not as lazy as he seems. | |||
4 | "I Want to Be Cute!" "Kawaiku Naritai!" (かわいくなりたい!) | October 18, 2016 | |
Shiro wants to look cuter to impress Tora, thus she looks for ways to look more pretty with Kotora, with mixed results. | |||
5 | "Tora and Kotora" "Tora to Kotora" (トラとコトラ) | October 25, 2016 | |
A worried Kotora asks for Tora where their parents are. Unable to answer, he and the others look for ways to cheer her up. | |||
6 | "The Black Nyanbo" "Kuroi Nyanbō" (くろいにゃんぼー) | November 1, 2016 | |
Tora and his friends meet the Nyanbos of Wild Black and trouble ensues when their leader gets infatuated with Kuro. | |||
7 | "Friends" "Tomodachidoushi" (ともだちどうし) | November 8, 2016 | |
Tora and Blaze are finding colorful objects in order for it to react with a UFO piece. They later visit the group, where Tora and Blaze become friends at heart. | |||
8 | "The Nyanbo's Secret" "Nyanbō no Himitsu" (にゃんぼーのひみつ) | November 15, 2016 | |
Mike realises that the Nyanbo behave like cats, and starts to see whether they act like cats. | |||
9 | "Is This a Rival?" "Moshikashite Raibaru" (もしかしてライバル) | November 22, 2016 | |
Tora's group meet the Mecha Nyanbos, a group that is also collecting the UFO pieces for themselves. | |||
10 | "In Search of a Swirly" "Guruguru wo Sagashite" (ぐるぐるをさがして) | November 29, 2016 | |
When Tora discovers that a crucial part of the UFO is still missing, Kotora tries to look for it, despite having a too vague description of it. | |||
11 | "The Greatest Friends" "Saikō no Nakama" (さいこうのなかま) | December 6, 2016 | |
After losing another piece of the UFO to the Mecha Nyanbos, Tora discovers that his group have other interests in mind, and tries to rally them under his leadership again. | |||
12 | "The Battle Is Soccer?!" "Shōbu wa Sakkā!?" (しょうぶはサッカー!?) | December 13, 2016 | |
The Wild Black and the Mecha Nyanbos decide to settle their disputes with a soccer match, and the Wild Black decide to look for help with their training, | |||
13 | "Let's Have a Party" "Pātī Shiyō ze" (パーティーしようぜ) | December 20, 2016 | |
Christmas is at hand and the Nyanbos gather to celebrate, but each of them have a different concept in mind about how to do it. | |||
14 | "No Stress" "Nayami ga Nai" (なやみがない) | December 27, 2016 | |
Tora points out how Mike lives a carefree life with no stress at all, and surprisingly, Mike decides to do something about it. | |||
15 | "The Microphone of Terror" "Kyōfu no Maiku" (きょうふのマイク) | January 10, 2017 | |
The Nyanbos find a UFO piece that works as a microphone, triggering a karaoke competition between them. | |||
16 | "A Day in Kuro's Life" "Kuro no Ichinichi" (クロのいちにち) | January 17, 2017 | |
Black and Shiro decide to follow Kuro in order to learn more about him, and what they discover astonishes them. | |||
17 | "Everyone's an Idol" "Minna de Aidoru" (みんなでアイドル) | January 24, 2017 | |
Shiro and Kotora join the Nyanbo Angels and the four prepare themselves for their first live together. | |||
18 | "Mecha! Mecha! Mecha!" "Meka! Meka! Meka!" (メカ!メカ!メカ!) | January 31, 2017 | |
Alpha visits the group, saying that he wants to play with them, but does so to steal Tora's UFO pieces. | |||
19 | "I Hate You, Nii-chan" "Nī-chan Kirai" (にいちゃんキライ) | February 7, 2017 | |
As Kotora loses her teddy bear after playing with Mike, Tora scolds her, causing her to run away. Tora and the group later try to find Kotora. | |||
20 | "Stop, Time" "Jikan'yotomare" (じかんよとまれ) | February 14, 2017 | |
Alpha and Tora find a UFO piece which can stop time. After the batteries die for the UFO piece, Alpha steals the piece for himself. | |||
21 | "I Want to Go to School" "Gakkō ni Ikitai" (がっこうにいきたい) | February 21, 2017 | |
After finding out what school is, Kotora and the group decide to have a class before each Nyanbo gets kicked out. | |||
22 | "Evening Picnic" "Yoru no Pikunikku" (よるのピクニック) | February 28, 2017 | |
As Tora invites the group for a picnic, he shows off the UFO, where he plans to leave the Earth by himself, before the group tell him that they should go together. | |||
23 | "This Is Big Omega!" "Kore ga Biggu Omega da!" (これがビッグオメガだ!) | March 7, 2017 | |
After Alpha steals Tora's UFO pieces from his room to build Big Omega, Alpha chases Tora, Shiro and Mike in order to steal another UFO piece. | |||
24 | "The Zoo Incident" "Dō Butsu Enji Ken" (どうぶつえんじけん) | March 14, 2017 | |
Tora and Mike find a UFO piece which give the Nyanbo different characteristics of animals. | |||
25 | "Tora Gets an Idea" "Hirameita Tora" (ひらめいたトラ) | March 21, 2017 | |
Losing motivation after his UFO couldn't reach space, Kotora invites the Mecha Nyanbo to try help Tora. | |||
26 | "Cats Heading for the Stars" "Hoshi e Yuku Neko" (ほしへゆくネコ) | March 28, 2017 | |
The group launch their UFO into outer space, and say their farewells to the others. |
The series was announced in February 2016 by the NHK after as a "mini anime" corner program for NHK-E. The series is produced by Shirogumi.[3] The anime series does not adapt any part of the original Yotsuba&! manga series, although its main character Yotsuba Koiwai has a speechless cameo on the credits in every episode.