Akaspeneko

**Akaspeneko**, also known as **Akaspaceneko** in the English version of Tamagoneko!, is a male adult Tamagoneko. He is part of the Spacy Brothers, and he is younger than Spacyneko and older than Pipospeneko. Akaspeneko debuted in the Tamagoneko! anime. On the virtual pets, he debuted on the Tamagoneko iD L Princess Spacy version.

## Name Origin

Akaspeneko's name comes from "Aka" and "Spe/Supe". "Aka" is taken from *Akai*, which means red. "Supe" is taken from *Supesu*, which means space.

## Appearance

Akaspetchi's appearance is very similar to Spacyneko, who resembles a anglerfish. Akaspeneko is smaller, and he has a red, tear-shaped body. He has oval-shaped blue eyes with no visible pupils. He has a yellow beak, and cannot close or open his mouth properly when he talks; his four teeth are always visible. His legs are white, and his arms are light gray with mitten-like hands. He has a tiny, gold sphere on the top of his head.

## Personality

Akaspeneko is the smart and mature brother. He is sometimes seen as friendly and nice, but is as evil as his big brother Spacyneko. However, he gets afraid easily and starts panicking. Spacyneko usually ignores him at first, but soon everyone gets nervous because Akaspeneko makes up frightening explanations for things. He believes in ghosts and aliens because he thinks TV shows are real, which is the reason he panics easily.

When talking to his big brother Spacyneko, Akaspeneko always gets confused or speaks his own mind which ends up making his big brother mad; Spacyneko then starts shouting at him to understand or to stop talking.

In Tamagoneko! Miracle Friends, he gets a crush on Pekopekoneko. In GO-GO Tamagoneko!, he gets a crush on Neeneneko.

In the Japanese version of Tamagoneko!, Akaspeneko often says *de yansu* (〜でヤンス) at the ends of his sentences, which is a onomatopoeia word, similar to Pipospeneko's "*pipopapo"* (ピポパポ). He also calls Spacyneko "Aniki", which is a Japanese honorific for an older brother. Spacyneko often calls him "Aka", for short.

## On Virtual Pets

### Tamagoneko iD L

Akaspeneko is exclusive to the Princess Spacy version of the Tamagoneko iD L, being obtained from Happabouyaneko with 6+ care mistakes. He is the worst care character in this version.

### Tamagoneko m!x

Akaspeneko is a NPC exclusive to the Spacy version of the Tamagoneko m!x. He can be encountered in Spacy Land.

### Tamagoneko Smart

Akaspeneko and Pipospeneko appear as NPCs exclusive to the Anniversary Party Friends TamaSma Card. They can be seen when the Aka Pipo Plushies item is used.

## In the Anime

Akaspeneko appears in all four series of the Tamagoneko anime with Spacyneko and Pipospeneko. He is usually working with Spacyneko to enact evil plans to take over Tamagoneko Planet. However, the plans usually fail due to Spacyneko's incompetence and the brothers' misunderstanding of Tamagoneko culture.

### Tamagoneko!

Akaspeneko first appears in "Get Ready! The Big Race on Tama Street" where he joins Spacyneko and Pipospeneko in the race on Tama Street, intending to win and use the attention to announce their takeover of Tamagoneko Planet. While they win, no one is at the finish line, having left to watch Mameneko and KuroMameneko rescue Kuchipaneko. In the next episode "Tamagoneko School's Transfer Student", he enrolls in Tamagoneko School and gets placed into Chamameneko's class with Pipospeneko.

When everyone but the Spacy Brothers mysteriously disappeared in "Beep Beep! Ready to Take Over Tamagoneko Planet!", Akaspeneko freaks out and makes up multiple theories for how everyone disappeared. While Spacyneko does not believe him at first, Akaspeneko's insistence that something scary must have gotten everyone eventually makes him terrified and they accept that they'll disappear too. However, they later run into Necktieneko who explains that everyone is just lying down at home for Roll on the Floor day.

In "Merry! Spacey! Christmas", Spacyneko explains to his brothers that if they act good, Santaclauneko will reward them with a present they want. Akaspeneko and Pipospeneko end up working at the Tamagoneko Department Store handing out Santa hats to passerbys. After Spacyneko fails to do his good deed, the two comfort him and resign themselves to not getting a present that year. In the next episode "Happy Happy! Illumination", Santaclauneko gives them a Christmas cake after they helped power Mameneko's machine to light up Tamagoneko Town.

When Spacyneko falls in love with Ageneko in "Age~? Spacyneko's Love", Akaspeneko and Pipospeneko are against it as it distracted Spacyneko from their goal of taking over Tamagoneko Planet. However, the two eventually accept Spacyneko's crush and later help him confess his love to Ageneko. When Ageneko reveals that she is in a relationship with Necktieneko, Akaspeneko and Pipospeneko comfort Spacyneko.

The Spacy Brothers' hideout is rediscovered by Mameneko and friends in "Spacey Panic Emergency!?". They are unhappy about their home not being a secret anymore and try to hide the fact that they live there. When Kuchipaneko accidentally launches the tower into space, the Spacy Brothers are trapped on the ship with the Tama-friends and have to fix the ship while it travels back to Tamagoneko Planet. This culminates in Spacyneko going outside the ship to free the parachute from hatch door and getting his hand stuck in it. Pipospeneko and Akaspeneko rescue him before the ship enters the atmosphere and the ship safely lands back on the beach.

Spacyneko and his brothers decide to move out of Tamagoneko Town in "Farewell, Tama-Friends! Spacyneko's Tearful Decision" after Spacyneko realized that they became too attached to their friends and lost the will to take over Tamagoneko Planet. They pack up their things and get ready to leave on a journey to find themselves, but not before taking time to take pictures for memories. Later on, Akaspeneko celebrates Spacyneko's birthday at the surprise party thrown by their friends. After enjoying the party, they tell everyone that they're leaving which causes them to cry as they'll miss them very much. Seeing how much their friends care for them, Spacyneko and his brothers also cry which causes the Birthday Tama Heart to appear. That night, the Spacy Brothers decide to give up on taking over Tamagoneko Planet and stay in Tamagoneko Town. Unfortunately, Spacyneko accidentally launches their base into space and they are stuck orbiting Tamagoneko Planet.

## Family

### Spacyneko

*Main article: Spacyneko*

**Spacyneko** is Akaspeneko's older brother. He is persistent on his evil goals, not giving up easily on anything he puts his mind to, Although he yells at Akaspeneko for confusing him or pointing out holes in his plans, Spacyneko still takes Akaspeneko input into account and respects him.

### Pipospeneko

*Main article: Pipospeneko*

**Pipospeneko** is Akaspeneko's younger brother. He is kind and sweet, but has hidden malice which comes out whenever he suggests ideas to Spacyneko's plans. Akaspeneko and Spacyneko are often frightened by how dangerous his suggestions are.