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Gunma-chan Mascot Anime Streams Episode Before October 3 TV Premiere

The official website for the television YouTube will stream a full seven-minute episode from the anime from Friday, September 17 at 6:00 p.m. (5:00 a.m. EDT) until October 2.

The same channel also began streaming the anime's second promotional video on Thursday. The video introduces Gunma-chan and the mascot's colorful daily life:

The Anime Times services will begin streaming episodes on October 4 at 12:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. EDT), followed by other services.

Yui Ogura plays Gunma-chan's friends Aoma (right) and Mimi (left).

Other cast include:

Yuri Yamaoka as Yayoi-hime, princess of the Strawberry Tribe

Nozomi Yamamoto as Kiryū-san, a fashion designer

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Shō Hayami as "Professor Monoshiri," who knows various things

Mutsumi Tamura as Tama, the vocalist of the rock band Nyaz

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The current pony mascot debuted as the "Yūma-chan" mascot for a sports competition in 1994, and became the prefecture's Gunma-chan mascot in 2008. It replaced an earlier Gunma-chan design that the prefecture used since the 1980s.

Sources: Gunma-chan anime's Twitter , Comic Natalie