Kadokawa is handling the home video release for the winter 2019 anime series Kemono Friends 2 and have set the schedule for the property. The series is getting a Blu-ray only release that will run for four volumes beginning on May 24th, 2019. It’s priced well at 5,500 yen and will come with a guidebook with each volume.
The game itself began back in March 2015 on Android and iOS and has done well since then. The series is directed by TATSUKI based on the scripts by himself and Shigenori Tanabe. The character designs are listed as coming from Mine Yoshizaki, the creator behind Sgt. Frog, and it’s being animated at Yaoyorozu.
The Japanese cast includes Yuka Ozaki as Serval, Kana Motomiya as Fennec, Saki Ono as Common Raccoon, Aya Uchida as Kaban, Mikoi Sasaki as Royal Penguin, Ruka Nemoto as Emperor Penguin, Kyōka Tamura as Gentoo Penguin, Aina Aiba as Rockhopper Penguin, Ikuko Chikuta as Humboldt Penguin, Mami Yamashita Margay, Haruka Terui as Hippopotamus and Miyuhan as Sand Cat.
Plot concept: The anime’s story takes place in Japari Park, a “gigantic integrated zoo.” In the zoo, due to the mysterious “sand star” substance, the animals start turning into human-shaped creatures called Animal Girls. Japari Park is a place where many people visit and have fun at, but one day a lost child wanders into the park. The lost child starts a journey to return, but because so many Animal Girls join in on the quest it becomes an unexpected grand adventure.
| S2 Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05/24/19 | Guidebook |
| 2 | 06/26/19 | Guidebook |
| 3 | 07/24/19 | Guidebook |
| 4 | 08/23/19 | Guidebook |
| S1 Volume | Date | Extras |
| 1 | 03/25/17 | Guidebook |
| 2 | 04/26/17 | Guidebook |
| 3 | 05/26/17 | Guidebook |
| 4 | 06/26/17 | Guidebook |
| 5 | 07/26/17 | Guidebook |
| 6 | 08/26/17 | Guidebook |
[Source: Kemono Friends]
