Story of girl with supernatural sight & mysterious pink creature Pō-chan

A television anime adaptation of Rensuke Oshikiri's horror comedy web manga Pupipō! was announced on Wednesday. The weekly shorts will premiere on TV Tokyo on Friday, December 20 at 25:53 (effectively Saturday, December 21 at 1:53 a.m.)

The story centers around Wakaba Himeji, a fifth-grade girl who can see things others cannot. As a result, she is scared by her surroundings, keeps her distance from others, and lives a lonely life. One day, she meet a mysterious soft, pink creature that cries "Pupipō!" — and her life is changed from that day forward.







Shiho Sasaki plays Wakaba Himeji Chisato Mori plays the pink creature Pō-chan



Mai Goto plays Reiko "Aa-chan" Azuma, a cheerful girl with glasses who is a fan of occult interests. She transfers into Wakaba's class.



Kotomi Otsuka plays Naoya Yūki, Wakaba's classmate who can not only see spirits, but also see their past when he touches them



Setsuo Itō plays Ryōhei Ameyama, Wakaba's classmate with a love-hate relationship with her



Hanae Ōkubo plays Miyori Sonoda, Wakaba's classmate with a love-hate relationship with Yūki





Keiji Fujiwara and Misao play Wakaba's papa and mama, respectively, and Tadashi Miyazawa plays Bakusan-sensei.

Kaoru Suzuki is directing the anime at AIC Plus+. Motoshi Chūjō is in charge of the series scripts, and Takumi Yokota is designing the characters.

The manga ran in the free web comic magazine Flex Comix Blood from 2007 and 2009. The Comic Meteor web site is now offering the manga, and three compiled book volumes have been published.

Source: MoCa

Images © Rensuke Oshikiri, Comic Meteor/AIC