Japan's semi-public broadcaster NHK has announced that Pingu, the British-Swiss stop-motion clay animated penguin series by Otmar Gutmann, is returning in a new CG animated series for their E-Tele. 52 7-minute Pingu in the City shorts will run weekly starting October 7th.

Staff:

Screenplay: Kimiko Ueno (Crayon Shin-chan movies and Aliens vs. Shinnosuke) and Shigenori Tanabe (Kemono Friends)

Director: Naomi Iwata (Gregory Horror Show)

Music: Ken Arai (Parasyte, Starmyu)

Production: Polygon Pictures (Knights Of Sidonia, Ronja the Robber's Daughter)









via Yaraon

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.