Fans of the comedy series “Kemono Friends” following the end of the series on a 12th episode received a surprise gift posted on Tuesday on both Youtube and Nico Nico Douga. It was a 3 minute video titled “12.1st” episode “Bus-teki” (Bus-like), and it reayed to the viewer on what had occurred in between the 12th episode’s part A and B. In just a single week the video reached a view count of over 1.4 million on Nici Nico and fans are now anticipating possible extra episodes to come.
These speculations were put to a stop however with a post that was made by the director himself yesterday. From his tweet it translates to:
“Oh, there will be no 12.2nd episode! Please have enough sleep, everyone. I wanted to keep playing a fool who was burning up his life and bank account, but I have to finish on other main works such as a cover of the Kemono Friends book first. Fortunately, I have been offered a lot of work that almost squeeze me to death. Thank you so much.”
As what can be discerned from the post, he currently has much on his plate and had used his own money in the creation of the surprise short mini. While fans may not receive any extra episodes for the series, there will be a performance of the series’ opening theme song “Yokoso Japari Park he” (Welcome to The Japari Park) by three members of Doubutsu Biscuit and the five of PPP (PePaPu) on Friday, April 14 in TV Asahi’s prestigious music program Music Station starting at 20:00 (JST)
So, while there may not be any further videos on the adventures of the Animal Girls in Japari Park, there are still other programmes and events related to the comedy series to enjoy.
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