The New Adventures of Kyoro-chan!

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**The New Adventures of Kyoro-chan!** (だいすき！ キョロちゃん) is a reboot of Kyoro-chan (キョロちゃん). It first premiered on July 1, 2021, and is currently airing on Kids Station, TV Tokyo, Minimax, and Riviakids Television.

## Cast (of both the original version and the English dub)

* Kyoro-chan (キョロちゃん) (Miyako Itō/Barbara Goodson)
* Pachikuri (パチクリ) (Takako Honda/Veronica Taylor)
* Kurin (クリン) (Mao Ichimichi/Cassandra Lee Morris)
* Mikken (ミッケン) (Kurumi Mamiya/Cristina Vee)
* Mascara (マスカーラ) (Yūko Sanpei/Laura Bailey)
* Dr. Matsugale (マツゲール博士)/Narrator (ナレーター) (Koichi Yamadera/Kyle Hebert)
* Penki (ペンキ) (Motoko Kumai/Abby Trott)
* Penko (ペンコ) (Taeko Kawata/Stephanie Sheh)
* Bobo (ボボ) (Ikue Ōtani/Tara Strong)
* Metori (メトリさん) (Tachibana Yu-ko/Kate Higgins)
* **TBA**

## Episodes

1. Welcome Back to Angel Island!
2. Pachikuri, The Martial Master!
3. Kurin's Yummy Bread
4. Mikken the Know-It-All Bird
5. The Mystery of Nature
6. Let's Dance!
7. Kyoro-chan's Slumber Party!
8. The Fast and the Feathered!
9. Sports Day
10. Detective Kyoro-chan
11. Kurin's Secret
12. The Surprise Birthday Party!
13. Captain Kyoro and the Pirate Treasure!
14. The Big Switcheroo
15. Kyoro-chan's Circus! (Part 1)
16. Kyoro-chan's Circus! (Part 2)
17. Kyoro-chan The Celebrity!
18. The First Day of School
19. The Spooky Halloween Festival!
20. Summer Camp
21. A Trip to France! (Part 1)
22. A Trip to France! (Part 2)
23. Kyoro-chan Meets the Tamagotchis!
24. The All-You-Can-Eat Contest!
25. King Kyoro-chan
26. Winter's Here!
27. Santa Comes to Angel Island
28. You're Talking Crazy!
29. Kyoro-chan's New Year's Special!
30. Kurin the Singer
31. Fame is Easy...Or Is It?
32. Fresh Off the Grill!
33. Firebird Kyoro to the Rescue
34. Kyoro-chan's Secret Admirer
35. My Melody Comes Back
36. The Shooting Star
37. We Can't Sleep!
38. The Angel Olympics
39. Mikken's School Test
40. The Candy House
41. I Got You Good!
42. Sheriff Pachikuri
43. The Time Traveling Machine
44. The Legend of The Golden Jewel
45. Kyoro-chan's Kooky Candy Store
46. The Children's Day Festival
47. Kyoro B. Goode
48. Condor's Secret
49. Kyoro-chan On Ice
50. The New Teacher
51. Kyoro-chan: The Musical!
52. The Super Secret Fan Club
53. Go For The Goal!
54. The Surprise Box!
55. I, Penguin-Bot
56. Lights, Camera, Kurin!
57. A Trip to The Amusement Park
58. Penki and Penko's Graduation Ceremony
59. Make A Wish!
60. The Kyoro-chans
61. A Magical Storybook Adventure
62. Testing, Testing
63. Pachikuri-Man
64. When I Grow Up...
65. Ms. Metori, The Queen of Gossip!
66. The Incredible Shrinking Kyoro (Part 1)
67. The Incredible Shrinking Kyoro (Part 2)
68. Kyoro-chan and The Beanstalk
69. Sing It Out Loud!
70. The New Toy Store
71. The Halloween Party
72. Brush Those Pearly Whites!
73. Lovelin and Melodytchi's Visit
74. The Birdie Boys! (Part 1)
75. The Birdie Boys! (Part 2)
76. Penko's Imaginary Friend
77. The Christmas Recital
78. Backwards Angel Island
79. Penki and Penko's Christmas Feast
80. The New Year's Countdown
81. Another New Year on Angel Island!
82. It's in the Soup
83. Bobo's Dog Show
84. And Stay Out!
85. It Couldn't Be Better Than This
86. Kyoro-chan's Second Musical!
87. The Return of The Kyoro Rangers!
88. Penki at the Bat
89. Penki Bats Again!
90. The Cooking Contest
91. Kurin's Magic
92. Bobo Meets His Match
93. Party Time in the Angel Stadium
94. Kyoro Hood
95. Who's Who?
96. Penko and the Seven Dwarfs
97. Condor's Big Movie!
98. Can't Stop Singing!
99. The Riddle Game
100. Kyoro-chan's 100th Episode Special!/A Trip to The Dinosaur Museum
101. Mikken's Missing Book/The One-Inch Bird
102. The Show Must Go On!/Walking on The Moon
103. Kyoro-chan the Teacher/Penko's Got The Hiccups!
104. The Freeze Ray/Sleeping Penguin (Part 1)
105. Sleeping Penguin (Part 2)/Penki on Stage!
106. Grandma Tortoise and The Red Hare/Working at The Café
107. The Little Voice Actors/Bobo's Dog School
108. Kyoro-chan the Mailbird/The Golf Birds
109. Into the Angelverse
110. Everyone Has a Talent!/The King and Queen of Angel Island
111. Movie Night/Runaway Toys
112. The Mystery of the Missing Painting/The Rap Battle
113. The Egg Hunt/The Roller Skating Show
114. Princess Kurin's Glass Slippers/The Wizard of Angel Island
115. Around the World in 11 Minutes/Journey to the Center of the Island
116. The Drawing Contest/Penko's New Dress
117. The Perfect Pancakes/The Pretending Machine
118. The Return of The Red Pants/Memeritcho Sings Opera
119. A Sea Adventure/Penko's Lost Bow
120. The Three Little Birds/The Giant Bubble Machine
121. Kyoro-Laddin/A New Friend from America
122. The Return of The Three Musketeer Birds/The Football Game
123. Condorette Saves Halloween!/The Mysterious Letter
124. The Angel Island Music Awards/The Magic Wand
125. Annabelle's Hamster/Food Fight!
126. The Shichi-Go-San Celebration/Jump Into the Story!
127. The Little Kiddie Show/The Little Match Penguin
128. Samurai Kyoro/The Golden Touch
129. Giving Over Getting/Trim Up the Tree!
130. Kyoro-chan: The Christmas Musical!
131. Santa Helps Out/Arctic Freaks
132. What's New?
133. Kyoro-chan's Second New Year Special!
134. Police Officer Kyoro/The Rainbow
135. Penki and Penko on TV/The Barbershop Quartet
136. Space Rangers!/The Kaguya Penguin

## Music

### Opening Themes

* Kyoro-chan Deshu (キョロちゃんでしゅ) (covered by Perfume; originally by Chacha) (episodes 1 - 27)
* Exciting Angel Island (わくわくエンゼルアイランド) (by Miyako Itō, Takako Honda, Mao Ichimichi, and Kurumi Mamiya) (episodes 28 - 34; also the first original opening theme)
* Oto Melody (オトメロディー) (covered by Mao Ichimichi and Takako Honda; originally by Mikako Takahashi) (only used in episode 35)
* The Angel Mambo! (エンゼルマンボ！) (by Chiaki) (episode 36 - 52)
* Spread Your Wings And Fly! (翼を広げて飛べ！) (by Mao Ichimichi) (originally from episode 30) (episodes 53 - 70)
* Don't Forget! (忘れないで！) (by Nogizaka46) (episodes 71 - 99)
* A Fun Day (楽しい一日) (by Perfume and Mao Ichimichi) (episodes 100 - 132)
* Best of Both Worlds (両方の長所) (by hitomi) (episodes 133 - present)

### Ending Themes

* Everyone's Paradise (みんなのパラダイス) (by Chiaki) (episodes 1 - 26; also the first original ending theme)
* Jingle Bells (ジングルベル) (by Miyako Itō, Takako Honda, Mao Ichimichi, Kurumi Mamiya, Motoko Kumai, Taeko Kawata, and Koichi Yamadera) (only used in episodes 27, 130 and 131)
* Celebrate Good Times! (良い時間を祝いましょう！) (by You'll Melt More!) (episodes 28 - 34)
* My Dream! My Melody! (マイドリーム！ マイメロディ) (covered by Miyako Itō, Takako Honda, Mao Ichimichi, Kurumi Mamiya, Rei Sakuma, and Junko Takeuchi; originally by My Melodies) (only used in episode 35)
* If you say "Ta", it's Tamago? (「た」と言ったらたまご？) (by Miyako Itō and Koichi Yamadera) (episodes 36 - 52)
* If We'd Never Said "Goodbye"... (もし「さようなら」を言わなかったら…) (by Hikaru Nishida) (episodes 53 - 70)
* My Little Angel! (私の小さいエンゼル！) (by Motoko Kumai and Taeko Kawata) (episodes 71 - 99)
* Kyoro-chan's Drawing Song (キョロちゃんの絵描き歌) (covered by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; originally by Isako Saneyoshi) (episode 100 - present)
* Smooth Sailing (順風満帆) (by Chara) (episode 133 - present)

## Critical reception

The show was generally positively received both in Japan and internationally, especially in the United States, Taiwan and Hungary (the two other countries were where the original series was huge in). The crossover episodes, however, received the most popularity in Japan, as the franchises the show crossed over with are known on varying levels internationally.

## Trivia

* The reboot came out on the exact same day and month that the original series was first broadcast, back in 1999.
* The title was originally the name of a manga in the Shōgaku Ichinensei (First Grade) magazine from the 2000s. Why that name was chosen was because it sounded nice for the reboot.
	+ Although said manga's logo wasn't used for it, Instead, it was replaced with a new one that's similar to the logo from the 1999 anime.
* This is known for being Nippon Animation's first reboot of an anime by Group TAC (Japanese: 株式会社グループ・タック), which got defunct due to bankruptcy back in 2010.
* Tobacco and drinks such as champagne or beer were removed and were replaced with toothpicks, pipes, water, and juice respectively. This was because that it wasn't appropriate to include these stuff in a children's anime at the time, especially in the original series.
* Episode 23 is a crossover special with the *Tamagotchi!* anime, that was aired to celebrate what was the Tamagotchi franchise's 25th anniversary in 2021.
	+ Coincidentally, Rie Kugimiya is known for the voice of Mentamaru-chan and Mametchi, while Yūko Sanpei voiced Melodytchi, and was also the new voice of Mascara respectively.
		- Kurumi Mamiya also respectively voiced Mikken and Grippatchi/Ms. Perfect, while Hiroshi Ōtake voiced Principal Mimizu and Grandpa Makumo.
* Some voice actors/actresses have been changed from the original series.
	+ Kurin is voiced by Mao Ichimichi in this series, due to her original voice actress (Takako Uemura) now becoming a pianist.
	+ Dr. Matsugale is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera in this series, due to the death of Rokurō Naya, his original voice actor, in 2014.
	+ Mascara is voiced by Yūko Sanpei in this series, due to her original voice actress (Hinako Yoshino) retiring from the industry.
	+ Grandpa Makumo would later be voiced by Chō, after his original actor (Hiroshi Ōtake) passed away on August 2022.
* The series would later have two stories in one episode by starting with episode 100, instead of episode 57.
* While the first opening theme and third ending theme themselves were covers of songs from the original series (with the exceptions of the fourth opening and ending themes for episode 35, which were covers of songs from *Onegai My Melody*), later ones were original songs made for the reboot that are sung by either various artists, or the characters.
* Some characters from the original series are seen making their own comebacks in the reboot, or even with cameo appearances.
* Some episodes are remakes of episodes from the original series, such as episode 8, which's plot was based on "Run! Kyoro-Car" (走れ！ キョロカー).