"PUI PUI Molcar" sequel animated film in production, new look of Sushi Molcar "grilled salmon" unveiled

It has been announced that a sequel to the stop-motion animation "PUI PUI Molcar," featuring the wool felt characters Molcar, will be produced. The completely new feature-length animated film "PUI PUI Molcar The Movie MOLMAX" was released on November 29th, and the production of the sequel was announced. It has also been revealed that the Sushi Molcars (Salmon, Marinated Saba, and Shrimp) that appear in "PUI PUI Molcar The Movie MOLMAX" will have new appearances in the film. In a certain situation, they will be visually "grilled," becoming grilled salmon, grilled marinated mackerel, and grilled shrimp. The visual of the grilled salmon has been released. It has also been announced that one of the secret characters in the "Molcarso Mascot MAX" (8 types in total) being distributed as a special gift to moviegoers will be grilled salmon. The seared and burnt parts of the seared salmon Molcarso mascot MAX are said to have been painted by hand. "PUI PUI Molcar" is a stop-motion animation featuring Molcars, guinea pigs made from wool felt that have been transformed into cars. It aired on TV Tokyo's children's program "Kinder TV" from January to March 2021, and was popular with both children and adults, trending on Twitter every week. A new TV anime series, "PUI PUI Molcar DRIVING SCHOOL", aired from October to December 2022. A movie version of the TV anime, "Jump Out! PUI PUI Molcar", which will screen all 12 episodes at once, will be released in July 2021. The movie version of "Narase! PUI PUI Molcar + DRIVING SCHOOL Yoshuhen", which will screen all 12 episodes of the TV anime and the first and second episodes of "PUI PUI Molcar DRIVING SCHOOL", was released in September 2022. "PUI PUI Molcar The Movie MOLMAX" is a high-tech era that has arrived in Mol City, where the Molcars live, and AI Molcar, an AI Molcar, appears. It is produced as a CG animation and will be directed by Mankyu, who has worked on "Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Pop-up Picture Book and the Secret Child", with Misato Tomoki, who was the original creator and director of the first season of the TV series, participating as the general supervisor.