# Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup

Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup (きのこいぬ, Kinoko Inu) is a Japanese manga series by Kimama Aoboshi. It was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from July 2010 to February 2022 and was collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing. An anime television series adaptation produced by C-Station aired from October to December 2024.

## Characters
### Kinokoinu (きのこいぬ)

    Voiced by: Daiki Kobayashi

### Hotaru Yūyami (夕闇 ほたる, Yūyami Hotaru)

    Voiced by: Yūto Uemura

### Komako Amano (天野 こまこ, Amano Komako)

    Voiced by: Anna Nagase

### Itsuki Yara (矢良 いつき, Yara Itsuki)

    Voiced by: Takuma Terashima

### Plum (プラム, Puramu)

    Voiced by: Misaki Kuno

### Anzu Uehara (上原 あんず, Uehara Anzu)

    Voiced by: Hinano

### Tsubaki Uehara (上原 つばき, Uehara Tsubaki)

    Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi

### Ayumi Amano (天野 あゆみ, Amano Ayumi)

    Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Kimama Aoboshi, Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from July 17, 2010, to February 28, 2022. Its chapters were collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes from October 13, 2011, to May 13, 2022. The series is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
| 1 | October 13, 2011 | 978-4-19-950267-5 | July 30, 2014 | 978-1569703083 |
| 2 | June 13, 2012 | 978-4-19-950297-2 | December 31, 2014 | 978-1569703090 |
| 3 | December 13, 2012 | 978-4-19-950316-0 | — | — |
| 4 | May 13, 2013 | 978-4-19-950341-2 | — | — |
| 5 | September 13, 2013 | 978-4-19-950354-2 | — | — |
| 6 | August 12, 2016 | 978-4-19-950522-5 | — | — |
| 7 | March 13, 2017 | 978-4-19-950556-0 | — | — |
| 8 | November 13, 2017 | 978-4-19-950597-3 | — | — |
| 9 | July 13, 2018 | 978-4-19-950634-5 | — | — |
| 10 | February 13, 2019 | 978-4-19-950669-7 | — | — |
| 11 | September 13, 2019 | 978-4-19-950686-4 | — | — |
| 12 | May 13, 2020 | 978-4-19-950707-6 | — | — |
| 13 | December 11, 2020 | 978-4-19-950726-7 | — | — |
| 14 | August 12, 2021 | 978-4-19-950747-2 | — | — |
| 15 | May 13, 2022 | 978-4-19-950778-6 | — | — |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 13, 2024. It is produced by C-Station and directed by Kagetoshi Asano, with Jin Tanaka handling series composition, Daisuke Endō designing the characters and Akiyuki Tateyama composing the music. The series aired from October 3 to December 19, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Kinokoinu", performed by HY, while the ending theme song is "Heart B-b-beat!!", performed by Iberis&. Crunchyroll streams the series.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Kinokoinu Is Born" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu Tanjō" (Japanese: きのこいぬたんじょう) | Kagetoshi Asano | Jin Tanaka | Kagetoshi Asano | October 3, 2024 (2024-10-03) |
| 2 | "Kinokoinu and Hanako" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu to Hanako" (Japanese: きのこいぬとはなこ) | Kagetoshi Asano | Tamaho Ouchi | Kagetoshi Asano | October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10) |
| 3 | "Where Are You Going, Oh, Kinokoinu?" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu yo Doko e Iku" (Japanese: きのこいぬよ どこへいく) | Shingo Kaneko | Jin Tanaka | Masayuki Kurosawa | October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17) |
| 4 | "Kinokoinu, It's Time to Party" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu Pate Isuru" (Japanese: きのこいぬ　ぱーてぃする) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | October 24, 2024 (2024-10-24) |
| 5 | "Kinokoinu and Hiragana" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu to Aiueo" (Japanese: きのこいぬとあいうえお) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | October 31, 2024 (2024-10-31) |
| 6 | "Kinokoinu and the Visitor" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu to Hōmonsha" (Japanese: きのこいぬとほうもんしゃ) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | November 7, 2024 (2024-11-07) |
| 7 | "Kinokoinu's Sibling" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu no Kyōdai" (Japanese: きのこいぬのきょうだい) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | November 14, 2024 (2024-11-14) |
| 8 | "Kinokoinu Goes Shopping" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu no Kaimono" (Japanese: きのこいぬのかいもの) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21) |
| 9 | "Kinokoinu and the Smail" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu Tokata Mutsuri" (Japanese: きのこいぬとかたむつり) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | November 28, 2024 (2024-11-28) |
| 10 | "Kinokoinu Is a Popular One" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu wa Nin Kimono" (Japanese: きのこいぬはにんきもの) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05) |
| 11 | "Kinokoinu Goes to the Beach" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu Umi e Iku" (Japanese: きのこいぬ うみへいく) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12) |
| 12 | "The Mystery of Kinokoinu" Transliteration: "Kinoko Inu no Nazo" (Japanese: きのこいぬのなぞ) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19) |