The official Twitter account for JOCHUM, characters created by Sanrio as a collaboration with Japanese boy band JO1, introduced on Saturday that the characters are getting a tv anime. The anime will start airing this summer season as a part of the Mezamashi Doyо̄bi (Mezamashi Saturday) program, which airs in Japan from 6:30-8:00 a.m.

Hazumu Sakuta (Sumikko Gurashi Sorairo no Mainichi) is directing the anime at Fanworks (Aggretsuko). Yoichi Kato (Yōkai Watch) is writing the script.

The 11 JOCHUM characters encompass PiHai the black fox (representing JO1 member Sukai Kinjo), Rain the blue fox (Ren Kawashiri), Micoon the microphone (Junki Kōno), Chimata the rabbit (Syoya Kimata), Yanukami the dragon (Shо̄ Yonashiro), Mamechi the corgi (Issei Mamehara), Pop-poh the penguin (Takumi Kawanishi), Chulala the chihuahua (Shion Tsurubo), Moco the angel (Shо̄hei О̄hira), Ruru the white canine (Ruki Shiroiwa), and Bira the sunflower (Keigo Satо̄). The characters all stay in a single massive home.

The JO1 idol group was fashioned through the Produce 101 Japan actuality present in 2019. The band debuted in 2020, and Sanrio collaborated to create the JOCHUM characters in 2022. They’ve carried out theme songs for The Seven Lethal Sins: 4 Knights of the Apocalypse, Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations, and Fanfare of Adolescence.

Sources: JOCHUM‘s Twitter account, Comedian Natalie