A little sharp head "Kewpie" made the first television animation in the 100th anniversary of birth

The eyes of a cowardly hair style like a bit sharp head, a character that raised both hands a little "Kewpie"Is a character I thought of by American illustrator Rose O'Neill in 1909, celebrating 100 years since my birth this year. So, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth, the first TV animation will be produced.

The narration of the work is said to be served by an actress Ryoko Hirosue and Takinori Sasaki and Mr. Kyou.

Details are as below.
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Human beings coexist with Kewpie, as cute and innocent kewpies in each other, cute and innocent kewpies will fly down beside us and deliver warm love in a mysterious world like a toy box turned upside down .
There are also a lot of messages reminiscent of "irreplaceable objects" that people who live in modern times tend to forget, and it is a story that children and adults can enjoy.

I am introducing.

Kewpie is a character with Cupid as a motif, and Rose O'Neill announced an illustration to the magazine "COSMOPOLITAN" in 1903. Since the name was decided in the story "The KEWPIES 'Christmas Frolic" announced in 1909, this is said to be the moment of birth. In 1913, it was registered as a design patent including features such as "a little opened arms at a position slightly apart from the body", "sharp-pointed hair style", "stuffy tummy", etc. It solidified.

This animation will be broadcast at WOWOW from December. According to the director, it seems that it will be an animation which "opens a picture book one page at a time" in a total of 26 stories each talk 5 minutes each. Kazuo Kitagawa representative of "Nippon Kewpie Club" is in charge of supervision, and Shinji Arakawa of "Soul of Medallot" will serve as director. In addition, in the character design Miyako Yatsu who was responsible for the character dealt with "伊 ache 天 翔", in the series composition is the name of Mr. Takashi Yamada of "Yume color patissiere" "Ojamajo Doremi series" is raised.