Chiikawa

Chiikawa (ちいかわ), also known as Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu (なんか小さくてかわいいやつ), is a Japanese manga series by Nagano. It has been serialized online via Twitter since January 2020 and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo premiered in April 2022.

Characters

 * Chiikawa (ちいかわ)


 * Hachiware (ハチワレ)


 * Usagi (うさぎ)


 * Momonga (モモンガ)


 * Ponchette no Yoroi-san (ポシェットの鎧さん)


 * Rōdō no Yoroi-san (労働の鎧さん)


 * Ramen no Yoroi-san (ラーメンの鎧さん)


 * Rakko (ラッコ)


 * Kuri-Manjū (くりまんじゅう)

Anime
An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo was announced on October 28, 2021. The television series is directed by Takenori Mihara, with Yuma Yamaguchi composing the music. It premiered on April 4, 2022, on Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV morning news and entertainment program. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series outside of Asia.

Reception
The series has over 2.7 million copies in circulation.

The series has been nominated for the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in 2024 in the General category. The series won the 53rd Japan Cartoonists Association Award in the Manga Division.

Chiikawa merchandise experienced a surge in popularity in China in early 2024.