Global InformationPui Pui Molcar information
| Pui Pui Molcar | |
 Cover for the official DVD box set released by Bandai Visual | |
| PUI PUI モルカー (Pui Pui Morukā) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tomoki Misato (season 1) Hana Ono (season 2) |
| Produced by | Ikumi Hayashi |
| Written by | Tomoki Misato |
| Music by | Shota Kowashi |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation Japan Green Hearts (season 1) UchuPeople (season 2) |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka) |
| Original run | January 5, 2021 – December 24, 2022 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Anime film | |
| Tobidase! Narase! Pui Pui Molcar | |
| Directed by | Tomoki Misato |
| Written by | Tomoki Misato |
| Music by | Shota Kowashi |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation, Japan Green Hearts |
| Released | July 22, 2021 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Mankyū |
| Written by | Yuuko Kakihara |
| Released | 2024 |
Pui Pui Molcar (Japanese: PUI PUI モルカー, Hepburn: Pui Pui Morukā, "Pui Pui Cavy-Car") is a Japanese stop-motion short anime series produced by Shin-Ei Animation[1] and Japan Green Hearts in cooperation with Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series is directed and written by Tomoki Misato, with Misato and the staff in Japan Green Hearts designing the characters and models and Shota Kowatsu composing the music. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo through its Kinder TV children's variety program on January 5, 2021.[2] The series' title is a play on the words Molmot (モルモット, morumotto, the Japanese word for guinea pig) and car, which reflects the main characters. Upon its release, it was received positively by fans and critics due to its simple storyline in each episode.
A second season titled Pui Pui Molcar Driving School (Japanese: PUI PUI モルカー DRIVING SCHOOL, Hepburn: Pui Pui Morukā DRIVING SCHOOL, "Pui Pui Cavy-Car DRIVING SCHOOL")[3][4] aired between October and December 2022.[5]
A 3DCG film is set to premiere in Japanese theaters in 2024.
- ^ "Shin-Ei Animation Announces Stop-Motion Puppet TV Series About Guinea Pig Cars". Anime News Network. December 1, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "話題の超絶癒し系アニメ『PUI PUIモルカー』1話をWebで見る方法は？" (in Japanese). Dengeki Hobby. January 12, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "『PUI PUI モルカー』新シリーズ 放送決定記念 PV 【2022年秋放送】". YouTube. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ @molcar_anime (May 31, 2022). "お知らせ📢 ／ PUI PUI モルカー 新シリーズ ✨2022年秋 放送決定！✨ ＼ 今度の PUI PUI #モルカー は… プイプイ！ワクワク！大暴走？！ youtu.be/RcouHCSRjA4 molcar-anime.com" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Pui Pui モルカー：新シリーズ「Driving School」10月スタート 舞台はドライビングスクール 4台の新モルカー 教習モルカーも！". 14 July 2022.