The anime series, titled Gan Gan Ganko-chan, celebrates the franchise’s 20th anniversary.
NHK opened an official website for a series of television anime shorts based on its long-running educational puppet program Zawazawa Mori no Ganko-chan (Ganko-chan of Rustling Forest) on Monday.
Takumi Itou is the sound director, with Masami Kitakata handling sound effects.
Nobutaka Yoda is directing the anime at 10 Gauge, and is also in charge of music alongside Shūji Kakoi.