It has been revealed that Aiba Masaki will voice the CEO of the venture company Menimeni Eyes Company and the developer of AI Molcar in the feature-length animated film "PUI PUI Molcar The Movie MOLMAX," a completely new version of the stop-motion animation "PUI PUI Molcar," which features the characters Molcar made of wool felt. It has also been revealed that Otsuka Akio will play the driver of a Dodge that goes missing. In the new film, the high-tech era arrives in Mol City, where the Molcars live, and AI Molcar, an AI Molcar, appears. A special trailer was also released on YouTube.
"PUI PUI Molcar" is a stop-motion animation in which the characters Molcar, guinea pigs made of wool felt that have been turned into cars, play an active role. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo's children's program "Kinder TV" from January to March 2021, and was popular not only with children but also with adults, trending on Twitter every week.
The new TV anime series "PUI PUI Molcar DRIVING SCHOOL" aired from October to December 2022. The movie version "Jump Out! Let's Go! PUI PUI Molcar", which screens all 12 episodes of the TV anime, was released in July 2021. The movie version "Let's Go! PUI PUI Molcar + DRIVING SCHOOL: Preparation Edition", which screens all 12 episodes of the TV anime and episodes 1 and 2 of "PUI PUI Molcar DRIVING SCHOOL", was released in September 2022.
The new movie version will be directed by Mankyu, who has also directed "Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Pop-up Picture Book and the Secret Child", with the script written by Kakihara Yuko and Misato Tomoki, who was the original creator and director of the first season of the TV series, participating as general supervisor. It will be released on November 29th.
