Kemono Friends: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Japari Park is 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.

Series details

• Title: Kemono Friends
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Anime
• Premiere date: 2017-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-04-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 28 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23048
• IMDb ID: tt6562940
• TVDB ID: 319997

Cast and credited roles

• Yuka Ozaki — Serval
• Aina Aiba — Rockhopper Penguin
• Aya Uchida — Kaban
• Ikuko Chikuta — Humboldt Penguin
• Kana Motomiya — Fennec
• Kyōka Tamura — Gentoo Penguin
• Mikoi Sasaki — Royal Penguin
• Ruka Nemoto — Emperor Penguin
• Saki Ono — Common Raccoon
• Aya Uchida — Lucky Beast
• Riko Koike — Caracal
• Yui Ishikawa — Kyururu

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-10; final listed air date 2017-03-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-01-14; final listed air date 2019-04-01; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kemono Friends 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.