{"id":67535,"date":"2026-06-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67535"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:22:38","slug":"popular-japanese-chocolate-snack-gets-an-anime-adaptation-to-the-confusion-of-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/popular-japanese-chocolate-snack-gets-an-anime-adaptation-to-the-confusion-of-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Japanese\u00a0chocolate\u00a0snack\u00a0gets\u00a0an anime adaptation, to the confusion of many\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 1, Lotte announced that its long-running&nbsp;<strong>Pai no Mi<\/strong>&nbsp;snack&nbsp;line&nbsp;will be adapted into an&nbsp;anime&nbsp;series, earning&nbsp;a unanimous wave of&nbsp;confused&nbsp;\u201cWhat?\u201d and \u201cHow?\u201d&nbsp;responses&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oricon\/status\/2061279879321337880\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese netizens<\/a>.&nbsp;Far from a simple animated ad, the upcoming&nbsp;original&nbsp;series will be produced by&nbsp;a&nbsp;star-studded team of creators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled\u00a0Welcome to Pai no Mi Oshi\u00a0no Mori\u00a0(\u201cWelcome to Pai no Mi Oshi Forest\u201d), Lotte\u2019s upcoming anime\u00a0is\u00a0handled jointly by Shin-Ei Animation\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the studio behind\u00a0long-running\u00a0domestic classics like Doraemon and Crayon Shin-Chan\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and Toho Animation.\u00a0 It&#8217;s set to air\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@-lotte-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official Lotte YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0starting June 4.\u00a0The adaptation serves as part of Lotte\u2019s \u201cWelcome to the Pie no Mi Oshi Forest\u201d initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created in 1979, Pai no Mi are\u00a0bite-sized, hexagonal-shaped pastries with milk chocolate\u00a0at\u00a0their center\u00a0(other flavors such as strawberry are also available).\u00a0While the\u00a0packaging\u00a0predominantly features\u00a0the snacks\u00a0amidst a forested background\u00a0(alluding to the\u00a0snack\u2019s\u00a0name, which\u00a0roughly\u00a0translates\u00a0to \u201cpie fruit\u201d),\u00a0they are\u00a0often accompanied by a pair of cartoony\u00a0squirrels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\uff3c\ud83c\udf33 \u300e\u30d1\u30a4\u306e\u5b9f\u300f\u3297\ufe0f\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\ud83c\udf33\uff0f<br><br>48\u5e74\u76ee\u306b\u3057\u3066\u3001\u307e\u3055\u304b\u306e\u2026<br>\u300e\u30d1\u30a4\u306e\u5b9f\u300f\u306e\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u304c\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01\ud83c\udf89<br><br>\u307c\u304f\u305f\u3061\u304c\u558b\u3063\u3066\u52d5\u3044\u3061\u3083\u3046\u3088\ud83d\udd7a<br>\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u5f85\u3063\u3066\u3066\u306d\uff01<br><br>\u30106\u67084\u65e5(\u6728)0:00\u516c\u958b\uff01\u3011<br>\u516c\u5f0fYouTube\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u3067\u914d\u4fe1\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\ud83c\udfa5<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DnK5qUUzN0\">https:\/\/t.co\/DnK5qUUzN0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%9F?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30d1\u30a4\u306e\u5b9f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E6%8E%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u63a8\u3057\u306e\u68ee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQmWxiVmUf\">pic.twitter.com\/LQmWxiVmUf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ed\u30c3\u30c6 \u30b3\u30a2\u30e9\u306e\u5b9f\u25ce\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@lotte_koalanomi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lotte_koalanomi\/status\/2061274040984338661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing from this \u201csource material,\u201d two\u00a0squirrels,\u00a0Pile and Roxy,\u00a0are the stars of the\u00a0Pai no Mi anime,\u00a0voiced by\u00a0Yumiko Kobayashi (Shinnosuke Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan) and Rie Hikisaka (Hana Nono\/Cure Yell in\u00a0HUGtto!\u00a0PreCure)\u00a0respectively. 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