[Chocolate Co., Ltd.]
The collaboration with “Otter’s” is back for the first time in four years on the popular corner “Okitand” on ABC TV’s “Good Morning Asahi!” New opening will be released from August 26th
*Chocolate Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 26, 2024
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The collaboration with “Otter’s” is back for the first time in four years on the popular corner “Okitand” on ABC TV’s “Good Morning Asahi!” New opening will be released from August 26th
Character label “CHOCOLATE CHARACTER” by CHOCOLATE Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yusuke Watanabe) “LABEL” (abbreviation: CCL) is the character “Otter” by animation artist Takada Bear, which will be released on August 26th by Asahi Broadcasting Television Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Representative Director: Toshiaki Imamura, hereinafter referred to as ABC Television). We are pleased to announce that we have started a collaboration for the first time in about 4 years with the mini-quiz corner “Okitarand” on the morning information program “Good Morning Asahi.”
This collaboration is the second collaboration following the first collaboration that was broadcast from October 2020 to October 2021, and the opening theme is an arranged version of the song “Cha-ho! No Uta” by “Raccos”. Announcer Sawada, who appears on the same program, sings “Cha-ho! no Uta”
Good morning
ver.”, an original animation entirely drawn by Takadabea, creator of “Otters” will be played, and “Otters” characters such as “Colaco” and “Rakodi” will also appear in the main corner. In addition, the opening video of the same corner will be released on ABC TV’s official YouTube channel.
■“Okitand” x “Otter’s” new collaboration broadcast start date: Monday, August 26, 2024
■“Okitando” broadcast timing:
Every Monday to Friday around 7:32 *In “Good morning Asahi”
■“Okitando” new opening video URL:
https://youtu.be/X4d6gQlVjX8
About the new collaboration between “Okitand” and “Otter”
In October 2020, the cheerful sea otter characters “Otters” created by animation artist Takada Bear will be featured on ABC TV’s
long-established morning information program “Good Morning Asahi” (abbreviation: Oha Asa), which has been running for over 45 years. It will appear for the first time in four years following the first collaboration that was broadcast from October 2021.
Of course, “Otter’s” appears in the main part of the corner where various quizzes and games are played, but at the opening, the “Otter’s” song “Cha-ho! “Cha-ho! no Uta” arranged by
“Good morning ver.” will be played.
■About the opening video:
The animation that accompanies the song is entirely drawn by Takada Bear, and includes motifs and foods unique to the Kansai region, as well as familiar characters from “Good Morning Asahi” such as “Okita”, “Mezame”, and “Chief Yanopan”. ” will also appear to liven up the opening.
-Characters (some)-
Colaco
Lacodi
Lacomal
Okita
Awakening
Director Yanopan
■About “Cha-ho! no Uta Oha Asa ver.”:
“Otter’s” first picture book “Cha-ho!” released in June 2023. This is a special version of the original song “Cha-ho! No Uta” from “Ohayo Asahi Desu” (published by Poplar Publishing). An original lyric arrangement has been added to the original song “Cha Ho! No Uta,” whose related music video has been played over 3.5 million times, and Announcer Sawada (commonly known as Sawa Dee), who appears on the same program, has taken on the new vocal role. I’m doing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4d6gQlVjX8
About “Otter’s”
■“Otter’s”:
Funny and mysterious sea otters created by animation artist Takada Bear. Fun, crazy, and funny things happen one after another. Official website: https://raccos.com/
X (old Twitter): https://twitter.com/raccosdesu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raccosdesu
■“Otter’s” author Takada Bear:
Born in 1994. Animation, illustration, goods production, etc. Creates popular characters such as “Ketakuma” and “Otter”.
X (old Twitter): https://twitter.com/takadabear
About “Good morning Asahi”
Morning information program produced by Asahi Broadcasting Television Co., Ltd. (Kansai local, Monday to Friday)
(5am to 8am). Broadcast started in 1979. Based on the concept of “invigorating the mornings of Kansai,” we deliver news and trend information centered on Kansai topics. The mascot character is Asa Okita, a slightly famous early bird rabbit in the Kansai region. Website: https://www.asahi.co.jp/ohaasa/index.html
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