The official Japanese website for the Cheburashka character began streaming a new 3D CG anime short titled “Cheburashka -Tomodachi Mitsuketa-” (Cheburashka -I Found a Friend-) on Wednesday.
Makoto Nakamura also worked on the 2014 short “Cheburashka Dōbutsuen e Iku” (Cheburashka Goes to the Zoo).
Yu Nagasaki (2019 Fruits Basket anime’s second ending) directed and scripted the short, with Takeshi Imazu, Toshimasa Narita, and Satomi Ichiyanagi animating.
ZENTOY and Yayoi Nagano (2019 Fruits Basket anime’s second ending animation sequence) produced the short.