Animal Pals (Kanji: 6つのアニマル!捕食組) (Romanji: 6-tsu no Animal! Hoshokugumi) is a short-format anime series premiered in early 2019.
Plot[]
Leonidas (Koichi Yamadera) introduces Zayats (Tomoko Kaneda) to his group of highschool friends.
Characters[]
All voice actors employed by Across Entertainment except noted.
Character | Original Voice Actor | Description |
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Kumahiro Jonokuchi |
Mitsuo Iwata |
A big, fat, gluttonous grizzly bear who lives with the ambition of becoming a great sumo wrestler. |
Haina Horikawa |
A warm, gentle and kind-hearted hyena with extraordinary culinary skills. Nothing makes her happier than seeing people enjoy the food that she has prepared. | |
Leonidas's best friend and most loyal companion. A 12 year old green rabbit who loves to eat durian. | ||
A friendly lion and a strong fighter. He is unstoppable and can do anything to help his friends out when in need. | ||
Hyotaro Kurotani |
A studious panther with a crush on Haina, although he nearly always ends up rejected. | |
Torahei Mitsubayashi |
A 47-year old tiger and a retired veteran huntsman, who proudly claims to have been the greatest huntsman the world has ever known. |
Character | Original Voice Actor | Role in the episode |
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Episode 2: Kumahiro's Crush | ||
Nozomi |
Mariya Ise |
Kumahiro falls in love with her. |
Atsukichi |
Revealed to be Nozomi's boyfriend at the end of the episode, leaving Kumahiro heartbroken. | |
Episode 3: Who's Afraid of the Wolf Army? | ||
Volk |
Daisuke Ono |
Antagonist of the episode. Defeated in a two-on-one fight against Zayats and Leonidas. |
Pan |
Akio Ōtsuka |
Antagonist of the episode. Sumo wrestles with Kumahiro. |
Kat |
Inuko Inuyama |
Antagonist of the episode. Attempts to attack Hyotaro, but eventually outsmarted. |
Khamlyon |
Ryūsei Nakao |
Antagonist of the episode. Defeated by Haina through her "womanly charms". |
Minos |
Romi Park |
Antagonist of the episode. Defeated by Torahei in a sword fight. |
Episode 4: Meet the Mitsubayashis | ||
Machiko Mitsubayashi |
Kanako Ishida |
Revealed to be Torahei's wife. Has a cooking battle with Haina later in the episode. |
Tadashi Mitsubayashi |
Hana Satō |
Revealed to be Torahei's son. Seen greeting his father and later playing with Zayats. |
Harumi Mitsubayashi |
Revealed to be Torahei's daughter. | |
Episode 5: A Date with Disaster | ||
Restaurant Employee A |
Fuyuka Ono |
Antagonist of the episode. Attempts to crash Haina and Hyotaro's date, only to be scolded by the manager at the end of the episode. |
Restaurant Employee B |
Mayuko Suzuki |
Antagonist of the episode. Attempts to crash Haina and Hyotaro's date, only to be scolded by the manager at the end of the episode. |
Restaurant Manager |
Yoshihisa Kawahara |
Scolds the two employees at the end of the episode. |
Episode 6: Pan's Return | ||
Pan |
Akio Ōtsuka |
Antagonist of the episode. |
Rhinos |
Hōchū Ōtsuka |
Sumo wrestles with Kumahiro at the start of the episode. |
Episode 7: Another Chance to Win her Heart | ||
Mirana |
Aya Hirano |
Appears immediately after Kumahiro says that at least Zayats doesn't have a girl too. She and Zayats walk off shortly afterwards. |
Nozomi |
Mariya Ise |
Catches Atsukichi impressing a crowd of girls, becomes heartbroken and breaks up with him. Later gives Kumahiro a chance to be her boyfriend, but friendzones him at the end of the episode. |
Atsukichi |
Seen impressing a crowd of girls, but Nozomi sees this and breaks up with him. | |
Episode 8: With love, Leonidas | ||
Michiru |
Leonidas attempts to impress her throughout the episode, only to discover that she's engaged. | |
Episode 9: Let's Play Soccer! | ||
Mano |
Rica Matsumoto |
Plays soccer with Lucille and Zayats, with Leonidas, Kumahiro, Haina, Hyotaro and Torahei joining later on for a 4v4 soccer match. |
Lucille |
Sayaka Aoki |
Plays soccer with Mano and Zayats, with Leonidas, Kumahiro, Haina, Hyotaro and Torahei joining later on for a 4v4 soccer match. |
Masako Nozawa |
Spectator, shifts the narrator as announcer for the 4v4 match. | |
Referee |
Ikki |
Pops up periodically inbetween the 4v4 match. |
Episode 10: Torahei the Babysitter | ||
Mano |
Rica Matsumoto |
Is taken care of by Torahei, along with Lucille and Zayats. |
Lucille |
Sayaka Aoki |
Is taken care of by Torahei, along with Mano and Zayats. |
Character | Voice Actor |
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Kumahiro Jonokuchi | Billy West |
Haina Horikawa | Cherami Leigh |
Zayats | Alec Brawnston |
Leonidas | |
Hyotaro Kurotani | Carlos Alazraqui |
Torahei Mitsubayashi | Christopher Bevins |
Nozomi | Monica Rial (ep. 2) Amanda Lee (ep. 7) |
Atsukichi | Wayne Grayson |
Volk | Christopher Sabat |
Pan | Harry Xiong |
Kat | Tara Strong |
Khamlyon | Sean Schemmel |
Minos | Alexis Tipton |
Machiko Mitsubayashi | Jamie Marchi |
Tadashi Mitsubayashi | Jessica D. Stone |
Harumi Mitsubayashi | Debora Rabbai |
Restaurant Employee A | Jennifer Alyx |
Restaurant Employee B | Michelle Ruff |
Restaurant Manager | Nolan North |
Rhinos | Scott McNeil |
Mirana | Jennifer Paz |
Michiru | Kristen Schaal |
Mano | Stephanie Nadolny |
Lucille | Cristina Valenzuela |
Referee | Tom Kane |
Trivia[]
- This is the first official anime series where Tomoko Kaneda voices Zayats.