Amazing! Tobu Zoo & Friends Collaboration Vol. 3 will be held! New Friends and newly drawn illustrations to commemorate the collaboration!

The third collaboration between Tobu Zoo and Kemono Friends is now underway. In addition, new Friends and newly drawn illustrations were announced to commemorate the collaboration.

Kemono Friends" is a popular content that is currently being developed in multiple ways, including comic serialization (Monthly Shonen Ace/KADOKAWA) and goods. The character concept design is by Mine Yoshizaki, known for "Sergeant Keroro" and other works, and the TV anime that aired from January to March 2017 was well received for its original anime story. Directed by Tatsuki-san of "Tesagure! Bukkatsu Mono", series composition by Shigenori Tanabe of "Danchi Tomoo", and animation production by Yaoyoro of "Tesagure! Bukkatsu Mono" and the animation was produced by Yaoyorozu. Even after the show finished airing, collaboration projects with zoos and other organizations were developed and became a major topic of conversation. A second season is also in the works, although a specific date has not yet been decided.

This time, a new collaboration project between "Kemono Friends" and Tobu Zoo, which collaborated with the park last spring and summer, has been decided.
The collaboration period will last for about two months, from April 21 (Sat) to July 1 (Sun), 2018.

In this collaboration, a panel of 51 characters (planned), including the new Friends, will appear in the park, and the penguin idol unit "PPP (Pepapu)" and the six voice actors of Manager Margay in the work will make in-park broadcasts.

In response to an enthusiastic request from Tobu Zoo, Mine Yoshizaki, the concept designer of the popular "Fureai Zoo Parade*" event held at Tobu Zoo on Sundays and holidays, has drawn the illustrations for the collaboration! Please wait for further information on other details of the collaboration goods.

Event Information

Tobu Zoo & Friends Collaboration Vol. 3
・Date: April 21 (Sat) - July 1 (Sun), 2018
*The park will be closed on Wednesdays in June.
Location: Tobu Zoo (110 Suga, Miyashiro-cho, Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama Prefecture)
*The event may be canceled for safety reasons when there are many visitors.

<Collaboration details
■Exhibition of 51 character panels (planned)
A record number of 51 character panels (planned) will be displayed at each animal exhibit and other locations. Please enjoy the similarities between the characters and the original animals by comparing them together.

Penguin Idol Unit "PPP" & Margei will make in-park broadcasts
Mirai Sasaki (Royal Penguin), Ryufu Nemoto (Kotei Penguin), Kyoka Tamura (Gentoo Penguin), Aina Aiba (Flying Fish Penguin), Yukiko Tsukita (Humboldt Penguin), and Mami Yamashita (Margei) will make a broadcast in the park.

PPP version of Tobu Zoo theme song

To commemorate the collaboration, the five members of PPP will cover the theme song of Tobu Zoo. The song will be broadcast in the park.

Sales of original goods
PPP will sell original goods featuring illustrations newly drawn for this event.

＜Related events
PPP "Pepap in the Sky! Release Event
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2018 (scheduled to start at 13:00)
Venue: Tobu Zoo Event Stage "HOLA!
For more information, check out the "Kemono Friends MUSIC Special Site "!

(C)Kemono Friends Project