{"id":56452,"date":"2023-02-28T22:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=56452"},"modified":"2023-03-02T00:56:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T08:56:35","slug":"kuma-kuma-kuma-bear-punch-premieres-on-april-3-napping-illustration-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/kuma-kuma-kuma-bear-punch-premieres-on-april-3-napping-illustration-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch! Premieres on April 3, &#8220;Napping&#8221; Illustration Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An April 3 Japanese premiere date has been revealed for <em>Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!<\/em>. The anime&#8217;s Twitter account also released a cute illustration of Yuna and Fina napping.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!&nbsp;<\/em>is based on the light novel series written by&nbsp;<strong>Kumanano<\/strong>&nbsp;and illustrated by&nbsp;<strong>029&nbsp;<\/strong>and is the sequel to 2020\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear<\/em> anime. The light novels are published under Shufu to Seikatsusha\u2019s PASH Books label and have 20 tankoubon volumes, including a short story anthology, as of October 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">3\u6708\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u306d\u3002<br>4\u6708\u306e\u653e\u9001\u307e\u3067\u3042\u3068\u5c11\u3057\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001<br>\u30e6\u30ca\u3068\u30d5\u30a3\u30ca\u306f\u307e\u3060\u304a\u663c\u5bdd\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3088\u3046\u3067\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kumabear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kumabear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6CKgcFb96u\">pic.twitter.com\/6CKgcFb96u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u304f\u307e\u30af\u30de\u718a\u30d9\u30a2\u30fc\u300d\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@kumabear_anime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kumabear_anime\/status\/1630766428914864128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Seven Seas Entertainment describes the light novels as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported to a world like the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The returning staff from the first season includes <strong>Yuu Nobuta<\/strong>&nbsp;as director,&nbsp;<strong>Hisashi Ishii<\/strong>&nbsp;as series director,&nbsp;<strong>Takashi Aoshima<\/strong>&nbsp;as series composer,&nbsp;<strong>Yuuki Nakano<\/strong>&nbsp;as character designer and chief animation director,&nbsp;<strong>Mimika Iwa<\/strong>&nbsp;as color designer, and&nbsp;<strong>Shigeo Komori<\/strong>&nbsp;as music composer.&nbsp;<strong>EMT Squared<\/strong> is again the animation production company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u304f\u307e\u30af\u30de\u718a\u30d9\u30a2\u30fc\u3071\u30fc\u3093\u3061\uff01\u300d<br>4\u67083\u65e5\u3088\u308a\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\uff01<br><br>\u3010AT-X\u3011\u6bce\u9031\u6708\u66dc 22:00\uff5e\u00a0<br>\u30ea\u30d4\u30fc\u30c8\u653e\u9001\uff1a\u6bce\u9031\u6c34\u66dc10\uff1a00\uff5e\uff0f\u6bce\u9031\u91d1\u66dc16\uff1a00\uff5e\u00a0<br>\u3010TOKYO MX\u3011\u6bce\u9031\u6708\u66dc 22:30\uff5e<br>\u3010\u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u3011\u6bce\u9031\u6708\u66dc 24:00\uff5e<br>\u3010KBS\u4eac\u90fd\u3011\u6bce\u9031\u6708\u66dc 24:00\uff5e<br>\u3010BS11\u3011\u6bce\u9031\u6708\u66dc 25:00\uff5e<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YccBDBZzmp\">https:\/\/t.co\/YccBDBZzmp<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kumabear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kumabear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5KsmGUq6P\">pic.twitter.com\/o5KsmGUq6P<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u304f\u307e\u30af\u30de\u718a\u30d9\u30a2\u30fc\u300d\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@kumabear_anime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kumabear_anime\/status\/1630765833139130369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">New staff members include art director <strong>Hariu Katsufumi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Slow Start<\/em>) and photography director<strong>&nbsp;Youichirou Satou<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>White Album 2<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the returning cast includes\u00a0<strong>Maki Kawase<\/strong> as Yuna,<strong> Azumi Waki<\/strong> as Fina, <strong>Rina Hidaka<\/strong>\u00a0as Noire Foschurose,\u00a0<strong>Inori Minase<\/strong>\u00a0as Shia Foschurose, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@kumabear_anime<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An April 3 Japanese premiere date has been revealed for Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!. 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