Joseph Luster
October 24, 2024 
Shortly after its premiere earlier this month, the Puniru is a Kawaii Slime anime has a new cast joining the adaptation of Maedakun’s manga. The latest is Ikue Otani—known as the iconic voice behind Pikachu in the Pokémon anime and games—who will voice an entity known as Runrun.
Here’s a look at Runrun’s design:
Yushi Ibe is directing the anime, with Michiko Yokote on series composition, Aya Tanaka on character designs and Izumi Mori on music for the TOHO animation STUDIO production.
The Puniru wa Kawaii Slime manga is serialized in Shogakukan’s digital manga magazine Weekly CoroCoro Comic, with four collected volumes in print at the time of this writing. The story follows a young boy named Kotaro and a slime he created named Puniru, which took the form of a cute and carefree girl.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs, describing the story like so:
Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Plot
Seven years ago, Kotaro made a slime that unexpectedly came to life. He named her Puniru, and they’ve been best friends ever since. The two have grown up a lot over the years, and Puniru is now a beautiful, carefree girl who can shapeshift into other cute forms. But with her spontaneous spirit and wild antics, Kotaro can never catch a break!
Source: Anime News Network
