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Odekake Kozame Anime Gets 2nd Film
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The second episode of the online radio program SameRadi! announced on Sunday that the anime of Penguin Box's Odekake Kozame (Little Shark's Day Out) manga will have a second film. The staff presented a teaser trailer and a teaser visual for Eiga Odekake Kozame Mizu no Machi no Omoide (Little Shark's Day Out the Movie: Memories of the Water Town):
Odekake Kozame Chōhen Kozame to Mizu no Machi (Little Shark's Day Out: Little Shark and the Water Town) is the name of the franchise's first volume-long manga story, which will ship on November 19.
Director Chihiro Kumano and character designer Ayumi Takeuchi are returning from the project's first film and second net anime season, and scriptwriter Hiroaki Nagashima and the ENGI animation studio are also returning from all previous anime titles in the franchise. Three cast members — Kana Hanazawa (Kozame-chan), Megumi Han (Anko-chan), and Misaki Kuno (Usame-chan) — gave messages to celebrate the announcement of the new film.
The manga and its anime adaptations follow the nostalgic everyday adventures of a young shark.
Penguin Box debuted the manga on X (formerly Twitter) in June 2021. The manga's eighth compiled book volume shipped in Japan on March 16.
The manga's first anime adaptation premiered on YouTube in August 2023, and its 60th and final episode streamed in May 2024. The anime also aired on television.
The first film, Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi opened in Japan in August 2025. The film centers on the titular character Kozame-chan's trip to the city, when she sees a glittering poster of the city in front of the Yaocho's train station. Dazed by a shark-shaped cloud, Kozame-chan boards the train and heads to the bright, noisy, crowded city, and starts a big adventure.
The second, ongoing season premiered on April 12 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates inside the Animori! program, which airs at 7:00 a.m. JST. The season also streams on YouTube starting on April 12 at 7:05 a.m. JST.
Source: Press release
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