Bananya: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bananya is a mysterious cat who hides inside a banana. Bananya lives undercover inside a real banana, and no-one has ever seen the part covered by banana skin...

When nobody is around, Bananya secretly plays and creates mischief. Bananya likes to play and eat sweet things. Bananya's dream is to become a stylish chocolate banana.

Series details

• Title: Bananya
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2016-07-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Saitama
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 3 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 18739
• IMDb ID: tt6631966
• TVDB ID: 313676

Cast and credited roles

• Yûki Kaji — Bananya
• Ayumu Murase — Tora Bananya
• Kana Yūki — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-07-04; final listed air date 2016-09-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-10-01; final listed air date 2019-12-24; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2024-10-14; final listed air date 2024-12-16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bananya on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.