From Japari Library, the Kemono Friends Wiki
What is Kemono Friends?
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Kemono Friends, also known as KemoFure, is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Mine Yoshizaki, that focuses on the adventures of anthropomorphized animal girls known simply as Friends. It began as a 2015 mobile game but has expanded into a manga, stage play and wildly successful 2017 anime with multiple new projects planned for the future. While it is a relatively new IP, the franchise has succeeded in making a name for itself on its path to becoming a "series that will last 100 years".
The universe of Kemono Friends, contrary to its innocent appearance, is expansive and complex. It boasts a cast of over 400 characters as well as an intricate and puzzling backstory. What's more, much of the series's media has never seen an official release outside of its native Japan. Our wiki, Japari Library, exists as a resource for the series's English-speaking fanbase. It features translations, detailed analyses of the franchise's lore, and information on Friends and the real creatures from which they came.
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Friend of the Week
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The Ezo Red Fox is a subspecies of the red fox native to the Japanese island region of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin, and the territorially disputed Southern Kuril Islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu. These foxes also exist in the Chiba and Saitama prefectures of Japan as an invasive species.
Ezo Red Foxes were first studied on Sakhalin island in 1924 by Kyukichi Kishida, who gave them their formal name in Japanese, Kita kitsune. This name translates literally to "North Fox”. The “Ezo” of the English name comes from an old name for Hokkaido.
In the Kemono Friends Nexon game, Ezo Red Fox debuted as a tremendously shy, fighting game passionate Friend. In her character quest, she is invited by Serval to play a game Mirai brought to the Japari bus but fails to notice a wave of attacking ceruleans while playing. Ashamed, she vows to defeat the next wave all by herself! Ezo Red Fox is also the subject of an event quest where she is voted the winner of a popularity contest but doesn’t attend the ceremony to be honored. Everyone then starts looking for her.
Want to know more about our Friend of the Week? Check out this reddit post!
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Mobile Games
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Latest Version: 2.1.2
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| Current Event: "Sakura Dancing! School Entrance Ceremony" (3/19/19-3/29/19)
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Kemono Friends News
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1/12/2019:
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Games
| Kemono Friends 3 and Kemono Friends: Planet Tours a new mobile and arcade game respectively, has been announced by SEGA. You can preregister here and instructions for preregistering are here.
11/2/2018:
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Collab
| A visual for Anime Jam 2018 has been posted on Twitter, featuring characters, including Friends, in Christmas-themed outfits.
10/29/2018:
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Games
| Kemono Friends Pavilion has received a major update, introducing Generation 2 Friends and a new area, the Generation 2 Savanna.
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Collab
| A new collaboration with the Hitachishi Kamine Zoo has revealed a redesign for Japanese Cormorant, along with a new Friend, Great Cormorant.
10/28/2018:
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Anime
| The official broadcast date of Season 2 has been announced as January 7th, 2019, via Twitter.
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Anime
| The seventh episode of the Welcome to Japari Park ONA has been released.
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Misc
| A new visual for Season 2 has revealed two new Friends; Greater Lophorina and Western Parotia.
10/16/2018:
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Music
| An official MV for Fennec Who Listens to Everything I Say from the Safari Drive album has been uploaded.
10/12/2018:
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Misc
| In honor of the Year of the Pig, promotional materials for New Year's 2019 have revealed a new Friend, Desert Warthog, along with a new design for Giant Forest Hog.
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Misc
| For Halloween, the official Kemono Friends Twitter account has posted a Tweet revealing two new Friends, Cerberus and Jack-o'-Lantern, along with an EX design for Common Vampire Bat.
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Projects
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Kemono Friends (2015 Mobile Game) Translation Progress
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Did You Know?
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- While the Generation ? Northern White-Faced Owl is called Professor Konoha, her Generation 2 counterpart was called Professor Konoha-chan.
- Most known types of Cerulean are based on real-world algae, both in design and name.
- The Kemono Friends anime only features a single island of Japari Park, known as the Kyōshū Region.
- Kemonoplasm enables Friends' tails to "clip through" their clothing.
- Kako and Nana are cousins.
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