A new anime adaptation of the 2000 manga series Tokyo Mew Mew titled Tokyo Mew Mew New will premiere sometime next year.
Tokyo Mew Mew New is an upcoming anime adaptation based on the manga series created by writer-artist duo Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi. An anime series from studio Pierrot ran from 2002 to 2003 and was featured during Cartoon Network’s Toonami programming block.
The upcoming series was announced on the official Twitter page for the franchise and includes a list of staff on the project.
✨Anime Infor & Teaser Visual✨
TV anime TOKYO MEW MEW NEW will be broadcast in 2022!!
◯Staff
Director: Natori Takahiro
Character Designer: Ishino Satoshi
Series Director: Yamada Yuka
Sound Director: Kameyama ToshikiAnimation Produce: Yumeta Company×Graphinica#mewmew_new pic.twitter.com/deA6gplAhx— アニメ『東京ミュウミュウ にゅ～♡』公式 TOKYO MEW MEW NEW (@mew_mew_new) February 22, 2021
A summary of the series from MyAnimeList can be found below.
Ichigo Momomiya expected her date with her crush, Masaya Aoyama, to have a more romantic ending than her falling asleep after she sees a vision of a cat entering her body. Things get even stranger when, the next day, she begins displaying cat-like behaviors such as an intense craving for fish. When Masaya is attacked by a monster, she discovers that she is able to transform into the cat-eared magical girl, Mew Ichigo.
After she saves Masaya, two researchers named Ryou Shirogane and Keiichiro Akasaka approach her and reveal they had injected her with Iriomote Cat DNA in order to create a magical girl that can save the world from aliens. Ichigo is tasked with fighting these monsters, but saving the world proves to be just too much for Ichigo to handle by herself. Fortunately, she learns that there are four other girls just like her, and now, Ichigo must find them quickly before the aliens completely take over the planet.
It’s unknown at the time of publishing if Tokyo Mew Mew New will be a reboot or sequel of the original series.
