Kids who dream of some day visiting space will have some fresh inspiration soon, because Uchuu Nanchara Kotetsu-kun (“Space Something or Other Kotetsu-kun”, known in English as Space Academy), a manga by Yuuji Nishimura about animal people training to become astronauts, is being adapted into a children’s TV anime that will broadcast on NHK E TV beginning in April of 2021.
Uchuu Nanchara Kotetsu-kun will broadcast on NHK E TV on Wednesdays during the 18:45 time slot (6:45pm JST) beginning on April 07, 2021.
The story of the series is set at Animal Country Space Academy, and it follows the adventures of Kotetsu, a first year pilot candidate, and his friends as they learn the skills that they need to become space explorers.