Mewkledreamy

Mewkledreamy (Japanese: ミュークルドリーミー, Hepburn: Myūkurudorīmī) is a character franchise created by Sanrio, illustrated by character designer Mayumi Yanagita. The franchise was officially launched in 2017.

Mewkledreamy
Anime key visual
ミュークルドリーミー
(Myūkurudorīmī)
GenreMagical girl
Created bySanrio
Anime television series
Directed byHiroaki Sakurai
Produced byYuuji Matsukura
Written byHiroko Kanasugi
Music byRuka Kawada
StudioJ.C.Staff
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka), AT-X, Kids Station
Original run April 5, 2020 – present
Episodes16
Manga
Published byKodansha
MagazineOtomodachi, Tanoshii Yōchien
DemographicKodomo
Original runApril 2020 issue – present

An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff premiered on all TXN stations in Japan on April 5, 2020.

Story

Franchise

Mew is a light violet stuffed kitten created in a world from the sky by doll-making fairies. One day, she fell from the sky and was picked up by a human girl. The girl hugged and spoke with Mew every day. Hoping to express her gratitude to the girl, Mew made a wish to the moon. After the moonlight made Mew's star pattern in her ear shine, she began to be able to speak. Since then, Mew and the girl chat every day. They can have the same dream when they sleep together, while playing and exchanging secrets in the dream.

Anime

Yume is a cheerful first-year junior high school student who by chance picked up Mew, a speaking kitten plush who fell from the sky. By becoming Dream Partners, Mew possesses the power of "Dream Synchro" and is able to enter one's dream along with Yume. That night, the queen of Miracle Dreamy Kingdom appeared in Yume's dream, telling her that if she and Mew collect a lot of Dreamy Stones, she can grant her one wish. Since then, Yume starts to collect Dreamy Stones with Mew, while enjoying her school life.

Characters from anime

Stuffed kittens
Mew (みゅー, Myū)
Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki[1]
The main kitten protagonist, a light violet stuffed kitten. She is sweet and kind, and is afraid of dogs (except Q-chan). She ends her sentences with "~mya". She possesses the power of "Dream Synchro", an ability to enter one's dream. She fell down from the sky one day and was picked up by Yume, thus becomes her Dream Partner.
Peko (ぺこ, Peko)
Voiced by: Yurika Kubo[1]
A light yellow stuffed kitten. He loves eating and making others laugh. He is Maira's partner. Like Maira, he speaks Kansei dialect. He and Maira makes a comedy duo named "Dasshi♡Fun'nyuu" (lit. "skim milk powder").
Suu (すう, Sū)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[1]
A light blue stuffed kitten. She is clever and gentle. She ends her sentences with "~desu". She is Kotoko's partner. Her glasses have several abilities, including detecting Black Abysses and watching past events by rewinding time.
Yuni (ゆに, Yuni)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[1]
A black stuffed kitten. He likes mischief, but is also quite clumsy. He is rival of Mew and co.. He created Tsugi and Hagi when he was lonely, and treasures them a lot. He ends his sentences with "~nyui". Working for the Queen of Nightmare, he uses Black Abysses to mess up people's dreams. Like Mew, he is a stuffed kitten from the sky, but was not made by the same fairies who made Mew and co.. After he was dropped to the human world, he was not discovered by anyone and thus was left alone, before the Queen of Nightmare made him become able to move and speak; this made him respect the Queen a lot.
Tsugi (つぎ, Tsugi)
Voiced by: Misaki Kuno[1]
A stuffed kitten created by Yuni. She likes Yuni a lot. She ends her sentences with "~tsugi".
Hagi (はぎ, Hagi)
Voiced by: Natsumi Fujiwara[1]
A stuffed kitten created by Yuni. He likes Yuni a lot. He ends his sentences with "~hagi".
Nene (ねね, Nene)
Voiced by: Marika Kouno[2]
A pink stuffed kitten. She is cheerful and kind, and likes taking care of others. She is good at dream divination, sports and singing. She loves flowers. She is Tokiwa's partner.
Rei (れい, Rei)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[2]
A white stuffed kitten. His full name is "Rei de Richard". He calls himself "a prince of a royal family from the country of love".

Humans

Major
Yume Hinata (日向 ゆめ, Hinata Yume)
Voiced by: Natsumi Murakami[1]
The main human protagonist, a cheerful first-year junior high school student who enters the cheerleading club. She owns a dog named "Q-chan". She does not like tomatoes. She by chance picks up Mew, becomes her Dream Partner, and starts collecting Dreamy Stones with her.
Maira Tsukishima (月島 まいら, Tsukishima Maira)
Voiced by: Ayasa Itō[1]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's classmate and Peko's partner. Coming from Kyoto, she speaks Kansai dialect. She is a model of a popular fashion magazine. She knows a lot about fashion, but also loves comedy, hoping to become a comedian one day. She plans to establish a comedy studying club in school. She and Peko makes a comedy duo named "Dasshi♡Fun'nyuu".
Kotoko Imai (今井 ことこ, Imai Kotoko)
Voiced by: Eri Yukimura[1]
A third-year junior high school student who is Yume's senior and Suu's partner. Her grade is the top of the third-years, and she is the president of the computer club. She is good at taking care of others. Hoping for a society where humans and robots peacefully live together, she and the computer club put effort on creating robots; "Kotokoto" was her first robot.
Asahi Minamikawa (南川 朝陽, Minamikawa Asahi)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi[1]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's classmate and neighbour, as well as childhood friend. He is good at sports, and enters the tennis club. He has a crush on Yume.
Haruhito Sugiyama (杉山 遼仁, Sugiyama Haruhito)
Voiced by: Yuuki Ogoe[3]
A third-year junior high school student who is Yume's senior. He is the president of the boys' tennis club and the student council. He is popular in school, and Yume has a crush on him.
Tokiwa Anzai (安西 ときわ, Anzai Tokiwa)
Voiced by: Ai Fairouz[4]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's classmate and Nene's partner. She is a transfer student who comes from the Yamanashi Prefecture. She is excellent at sports, and is also good at playing piano, astronomy and biology. She joins the cheerleading club and the choir club. Before transferring to Yume's school, she discovered Nene by a river.

Ichigo Junior High School
Yuri Sawamura (沢村 百合, Sawamura Yuri)
Voiced by: Kana Ichinose[3]
A third-year junior high school student who is Haruhito's classmate and childhood friend. She is the president of the calligraphy club and the vice-president of the student council.
Wakaba Midorino (緑野 わかば, Midorino Wakaba)
Voiced by: Yūki Hirose[3]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's friend since grade school. She enters the cheerleading club with Yume. She has a crush on Shouhei.
Kaede Akana (赤名 かえで, Akana Kaede)
Voiced by: Ayumi Mano[3]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's friend since grade school. She is well-informed on and likes to talk about romance gossips. She enters the tennis club. She seems to have a crush on Teacher Aoi.
Hana Shiraishi (白石 はな, Shiraishi Hana)
Voiced by: Yuka Nukui[3]
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's friend since grade school. She loves drawing, and enters the art club.
Teacher Aoi (青井先生, Aoi-sensei)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Yume's class teacher.
Shouhei Kitada (北田 翔平, Kitada Shōhei)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa
A first-year junior high school student who is Yume's friend since grade school. He is a good friend of Asahi.
Momiji Akana (赤名 もみじ, Akana Momiji)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi
Kaede's older sister. She is the president of the girls' tennis club.
Misaki Konno (紺野 美咲, Kon'no Misaki)
Voiced by: M・A・O
She is the president of the cheerleading club.
Yui Aida (藍田 結衣, Aida Yui)
Voiced by: Saya Tanaka
She is a member of the cheerleading club who practices with Yume. She is Yume's senior. She later becomes the new president of the cheerleading club, replacing Misaki.
Yoshimi Oshio (押尾 好美, Oshio Yoshimi)
Voiced by: Mayu Mineda
She is the president of the Sugiyama fan club.
Yoshio Maruyama (丸山 ヨシオ, Maruyama Yoshio)
Voiced by: Shōya Chiba
He is a member of the student council.
Suzuko Kakumoto (角本 スズ子, Kakumoto Suzuko)
Voiced by: Maria Sawada
She is a member of the student council.
Keigo Kozawa (小沢 圭吾, Kozawa Keigo)
Voiced by: Shōgo Sakata
He is a member of the boys' tennis club who is Asahi's senior. He later becomes the new president of the boys' tennis club, replacing Haruhito.
Hasegawa (長谷川, Hasegawa)
Voiced by: Natsumi Kawaida
She is the president of the choir club.
Morimura (森村, Morimura)
Voiced by: Manaka Iwami
A first-year junior high school student who is a member of the girls' tennis club. She has a crush on Asahi.
Mika (ミカ, Mika)
Voiced by: Aya Yamane
A first-year junior high school student who is a member of the girls' tennis club. She is Morimura's friend.

Major humans' family
Haruna Hinata (日向 はるな, Hinata Haruna)
Voiced by: Yuka Terasaki
She is Yume's mother. She is the section manager of her company.
Nana Gotou (後藤 なな, Gotō Nana)
Voiced by: Konomi Kohara
She is Yume's younger cousin.

Others
The Queen Above the Skies (お空の上の女王さま)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue[3]
The queen of Miracle Dreamy Kingdom. She appeared in Yume's dream and told her if she can collect a lot of Dreamy Stones with Mew, she can grant her one wish.
The Queen of Nightmare (悪夢の女王様)
Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa
She gave life to Yuni, and orders him to spread Black Abysses.
Q-chan (きゅうちゃん, Kyū-chan)
Voiced by: Asuna Tomari
It is a dog owned by the Hinata family. At first, it was scared of by Mew, who is afraid of dogs, but it actually wanted to become her friend; after the events in episode 9, they finally get closer.

Media

Anime

An anime television series based on the toy franchise was announced at the Sanrio Expo 2019 to be animated by J.C.Staff. Chiaki Kon[5] (Golden Time, Devils and Realist) was to direct the series with Natsumi Murakami be the first cast member to be announced.[6] On September 10, 2019, a promotional video released by Sanrio's YouTube channel introduced additional characters in the anime.[7] On January 31, 2020, the anime's website that the anime would premiere in April.[1] The site also announced ten more cast members and three more staff members,[1] including Hiroko Kanasugi (PriPara, RobiHachi) as writer and Mai Furuki (Planet With) as character designer. However Kon stepped down as director due to unknown issues and will remain in the project as Project Consultant. The directorial role will be filled out by Hiroaki Sakurai (Di Gi Charat, UFO Baby, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) instead.[8] On February 27, 2020, the anime was confirmed to be premiere on April 5, 2020, and more cast members and characters, as well as the theme songs were announced.[3] On April 26, 2020, Sanrio announced that episode 5 and later episodes would be delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[9] On May 23, 2020, it was revealed that new episodes would resume on May 31, 2020.[10]

Episode List
No. Title Original air date
01"The Story of the Beginning"
"Hajimari no sutōrī" (はじまりのストーリー)		April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
02"Trial Club Joining with Dream Synchro"
"Yumeshinkuro de kari nyūbu" (ユメシンクロで仮入部)		April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)
03"Let's Enter Senpai's Dream"
"Senpai no yume ni haitchao" (先輩の夢に入っちゃお)		April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)
04"Another Dreamy Mate?"
"Mōhitori no dorīmī meito?" (もう一人のドリーミーメイト？)		April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)
05"Kotoko and Kotokoto"
"Kotoko to kotokoto" (ことことコトコト)		May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31)
06"The First Mid-Term Test"
"Hajimete no chūkan tesuto" (はじめての中間テスト)		June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07)
07"Hurray! Hurray! Childhood Friend"
"Fure! Fure! Osananajimi" (フレッ！フレッ！おさななじみ)		June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14)
08"A Big Quarrel in the Camp School!?"
"Rinkan gakkō de ō genka!?" (林間学校で大ゲンカ！？)		June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)
09"The Melancholy of Q-chan"
"Kyū-chan no yūutsu" (きゅうちゃんのゆううつ)		June 28, 2020 (2020-06-28)
10"Sleepless Yume-chan in a Rainy Day"
"Amefuri nebusoku yume-chan" (雨ふりねぶそくゆめちゃん)		July 5, 2020 (2020-07-05)
11"Let's Play With Nana-chan"
"Nana-chan to asobo" (ななちゃんとあそぼ)		July 12, 2020 (2020-07-12)
12"I'll Find It First-nyui"
"Oretchi ga saki ni mitsukeru nyui" (オレっちが先に見つけるにゅい)		July 19, 2020 (2020-07-19)
13"Transfer Student Tokiwa-chan"
"Tenkōsei tokiwa-chan" (転校生ときわちゃん)		July 26, 2020 (2020-07-26)
14"The Great Battle for Tokiwa-chan"
"Tokiwa-chan dai sōdatsu" (ときわちゃん大争奪)		August 2, 2020 (2020-08-02)
15"Heart-Throbbing Fireworks Festival"
"Dokidoki hanabi taikai" (ドキドキ花火大会)		August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09)
16"I Really am Cheer-Chao!"
"Watashi wa yappari chiatchao!" (私はやっぱりチアっちゃお！)		August 16, 2020 (2020-08-16)
17"The Fearsome Cherry-Tomatoman"
"Kyōfu no puchitomatoman" (恐怖のプチトマトマン)		August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)

Music

Maria Sawada performed both the series' opening theme "Mirai Kuru Kuru Yume Kururu!" (Japanese: ミライくるくるユメくるる！, "Future's Coming, Dream's Coming!") and the ending theme "Tokimeki Collector" (Japanese: トキメキコレクター, Hepburn: Tokimeki Korekutā, "Heartbeat Collector"). The series's music is composed by Ruka Kawada (The Idolmaster franchise).

Manga

A tie-in manga adaptation is being serialized in two of Kodansha's magazines, Otomodachi and Tanoshii Yōchien, since April 2020 issue.[6]

References
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  3. Antonio Pineda, Rafael (February 27, 2020). "Sanrio's Mewkledreamy TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists, April 5 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  4. "「ミュークルドリーミー」新キャラクターの転校生役でファイルーズあい出演". Comic Natalie. June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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  6. Pineda, Rafael (August 30, 2019). "Sanrio's Mewkledreamy Character Gets Spring TV Anime by J.C. Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  7. Pineda, Rafael (September 10, 2019). "Sanrio's Mewkledreamy TV Anime Unveils Promo Video, Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  8. "サンリオ新作アニメ「ミュークルドリーミー」追加キャストに豊崎愛生、釘宮理恵ら". Comic Natalie. January 31, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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