The official website for TV Tokyo’s children’s programming block Kinder TV revealed on Friday that the mascot character Chiitan is getting its own television anime.
The same designers who created Shinjō-kun, the city’s official mascot character, also designed the mascot character Chiitan, who also gained popularity on social media acting unofficially as tourism ambassador.
The anime will premiere on Kinder TV and in other timeslots on April 3.
The mascot character is based on a real-world female pet otter of the same name, who gained a social media following big enough to become the honorary tourism ambassador of the city of Susaki, Kochi.