Sanrio announced at its Sanrio Expo 2019 event on Friday that its Mewkledreamy character is inspiring a television anime that will premiere in 2020. Natsumi Murakami plays Yume in the anime. Chiaki Kon ( Nodame Cantabile: Finale , Devils and Realist , Golden Time ) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff .

The character will also receive a manga adaptation that will run in Kodansha 's Otomodachi and Tanoshii Yōchien magazines beginning in January.

The story begins when a middle school girl named Yume sees something fall from the sky, and meets a pale violet-colored kitten named Mew. It turns out that Mew has the power of "Yume Synchro" (Dream Synchro), the power to enter dreams. In the dream world, the girl and Mew collect Dream Stones.

Source: Comic Natalie