As part of the upcoming ‘Summer 2022’ anime season in Japan, the iconic Tokyo Mew Mew media franchise by Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi will be receiving a reboot. While the original TV anime had a less than stellar reception from older audiences, the new mahou shoujo anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks for home video release and digital distribution. Going by the title Tokyo Mew Mew New (東京ミュウミュウ にゅ～♡), the series will be simulcast exclusive on HIDIVE in many countries excluding Asia as the episodes air in Japan. There is no word on whether an English dub is in the works.
Animated by Yumeta Company (Re:Stage! Dream Days, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, Kiniro no Corda: Primo Passo) and Graphinica (Hellsing Ultimate, Hello World,Juni Taisen: Zodiac War), the series is directed by Takahiro Natori (episode director for My Hero Academia, Gosick and Erin) with series composition from Yuka Yamada (Non Non Biyori, Mushishi, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Season 2). Character design is provided by Satoshi Ishino (character designer for Release the Spyce and Date A Live, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood animation director).
Five new Japanese actresses chosen for the project will make their voice acting debut as the main cast in TOKYO MEW MEW NEW. They perform in-character in “Smewthie,” a special music project formed to promote TOKYO MEW MEW NEW. The quintet will be joined by veterans of the Japanese voice acting community, including Yuichi Nakamura (CLANNAD, Haikyu!! 3rd Season, Jujutsu Kaisen) as Ryo Shirogane, Yuma Uchida (Ahiru no Sora, Fruits Basket (2019), Banana Fish) as Masaya Aoyama, Kaori Ishihara (The Hentai Prince & the Stony Cat, IRODUKU: The World in Colors, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic) as Masha and Yusuke Shirai (Sasaki and Miyano, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!, My Dress-Up Darling) as Keichiro Akasaka.
About Tokyo Mew Mew New
The scientists of the μ(Mew) Project use DNA of endangered species to create a team of heroines imbued with amazing super-human abilities. One of them, Ichigo Momomiya, awakens to discover she is armed with all the skills of a Iriomote cat. Ichigo must band together with other Mew Mew girls to repel an alien incursion, all the while hiding their thrilling double lives from friends and family.
