Be prepared to craze over the latest anime adaptation! Based on the manga by Oshioshio, My Deer Friend Nokotan will be directed by Masahiko Ota at WIT Studio. A school comedy series, the anime adaptation is slated for a July 7, 2024 release.
My Deer Friend Nokotan has revealed additional cast members and theme songs. The additional cast members are Yurika Kubo as Neko Nekoyamada, Rio Tsuchiya as Kinu Tanukikoji, and Chinatsu Akasaki as Chiharu Tsubameya.
The opening theme song is “Shikairo Days” (performed by Megumi Han, Saki Fujita, Rui Tanabe, and Fuka Izumi), and the ending theme song is “Shika-senbei no Uta” by Megumi Han and Saki Fujita.
Fans Can’t Help But Compare My Deer Friend Nokotan To Asobi Asobase
With the release of the trailer My Deer Friend Nokotan, fans can’t help but compare the series to Asobi Asobase. Asobi Asobase is not a typical middle-school slice of life and is determined to divert from the trope of cute girls doing cute things in the anime. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga as follows:
No one knows Torako used to be a delinquent. All of her classmates only know her as the perfect student. But everything changes when Nokotan, a transfer student with antlers, enters her life. Antlers aren’t the only thing strange about Nokotan.
Her deer nose can sniff out Torako’s secret past! Whether it’s at school or the zoo, chaos follows this doe-eyed girl’s every step. Torako has so many questions! Is Nokotan a deer, a girl, or something in-between?
You can watch the official trailer released by It’s Anime below, which follows the story and antics of Nokotan, a transfer student with antlers.
Although fans on X are complaining about the atrocious use of AI, they can’t help but be drawn into this ridiculous, yet entertaining anime. An X user pointed out that the trailer gives off the same feeling as Asobi Asobase, and they are not wrong.
Peak kino! Asobi Asobase feeling
— TDR (@er_toni93) May 28, 2024
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— IMU (@whatevernojutsu) May 28, 2024
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Asobi Asobase is a show about what it really is like to be a girl in middle school. Although the comic scenes are effective, the show also combines the horrors of middle school, so it would be best to categorize the anime as a comedy horror. Going by the trailer of My Deer Friend Nokotan, it radiates the same feeling as Asobi Asobase.
What is Asobi Asobase About?
As for the “plot” of Asobi Asobase, the show revolves around Olivia, who speaks native Japanese but looks foreign and claims to speak English as her first language even though she isn’t able to speak it at all.
Her first buddy and their peculiar club’s supreme ring commander is Hanako. In classic middle-school tradition, she’s also officially nuts. Although Kasumi appears to be the smartest person in the group, she is not a very good student and would much rather write BL novels while being afraid of real males.
They form the “pastime” club because of a variety of unimportant reasons. While some members of the club believe the club is about studying old men who stare at women, others believe it is about playing games and engaging in traditional pastimes.
Every episode is made up of a few brief clips showing them playing a game or pastime that goes terribly wrong because of their own lunacy, peculiarity, or brutality, depending on the situation.
Frequently asked questions
What is My Deer Friend Nokotan about?
It is a school comedy following Torako Koshi, a high schooler hiding her former delinquent reputation behind a model-student image. Her cover is threatened when Nokotan (Noko Shikanoko), an antlered deer-human transfer student whose nose can sniff out secrets, enters her life. The series plays its absurd premise for over-the-top laughs.
Who made the My Deer Friend Nokotan anime and when did it release?
The anime is produced by WIT Studio with Masahiko Ota directing, based on the manga by Oshioshio. It was slated to premiere on July 7, 2024. Its opening theme is “Shikairo Days” and the ending theme is “Shika-senbei no Uta.”
Why are fans comparing My Deer Friend Nokotan to Asobi Asobase?
Viewers reacting to the trailer described it as having an “Asobi Asobase feeling.” Both are school comedies that subvert the usual cute-girls-doing-cute-things formula with chaotic, unhinged humor rather than gentle slice-of-life gags, which is why fans drew the comparison.
