The PV of the TV anime "Nezumi-kun's Waistcoat" has been released. The theme song has been decided to be "Good Luck! My Friend feat. Tsuyoshi Muro & Sakana-kun" by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.
"Mouse's Waistcoat" is a picture book series by Yoshio Nakae and Noriko Ueno published by Poplar Publishing in 1974. A humorous and heartwarming story told by the main character, Mouse-kun, whose trademark is a red vest, and his friends. The anime will be produced entirely using CG in order to express the feel and atmosphere unique to picture books. In addition to such footage, the PV also unveiled the voices of Kenjiro Tsuda and Mamiko Noto, who play all the characters including Nezumi-kun and Nemi-chan.
The PV also uses part of the theme song "Good Luck! My Friend feat. Tsuyoshi Muro & Sakana-kun". Comments were also received from Atsushi Yanaka and Kinichi Mogi of the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Tsuyoshi Muro, who sang on the song, and Kun Sakana, who participated on the soprano saxophone.
The TV anime will be broadcast on NHK E-Tele from April 4th. The film will be directed by Nobuyoshi Habara, character design and CG director by Kanemori Yasuda, and produced by Creadom8.
