Kinokoinu Mushroom Pup (2024)

Season 1

Author Hotaru Yuyami has just tragically lost his beloved dog. While gazing at a tree in his yard, he notices a strange pink mushroom, and it’s…moving?! The mushroom suddenly turns into an adorable dog, and Hotaru decides to take it in. Now, alongside his editor and a mushroom researcher, Hotaru shares heartwarming and hilarious moments with his new capricious companion.

Released Oct. 3, 2024 Episode 24 min 14+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Seinen, Anime: Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.slice-of-life, tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime, imdb.death-of-a-loved-one, imdb.writers, imdb.dog, imdb.animal-in-title + 30 more, imdb.mushroom, imdb.editor, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.depressed, imdb.pink-mushroom, imdb.iyashikei-anime-animation, imdb.iyashikei, imdb.researcher, imdb.feeling-depressed, imdb.seinen, imdb.slice-of-life-anime-animation, imdb.animals-family, imdb.mushroom-researcher, imdb.daily-life, imdb.adult-cast, imdb.fungus, imdb.bisexual, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.anthropomorphic-mushroom, imdb.loss-of-dog, imdb.anthropomorphic-fungus, imdb.anthropomorphism, imdb.depressed-author, imdb.depressed-man, imdb.primarily-adult-cast, imdb.pet, imdb.plant-turns-into-an-animal, imdb.seinen-anime-animation, imdb.predominantly-adult-cast, imdb.slice-of-life

Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Production Companies: C-Station

Network: AT-X

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

6.5

/53/

Trakt

/19/

TMDb

/3/

MAL

6.8

/3106/

Daiki Kobayashi
Kinokoinu (voice)

Yuto Uemura
Hotaru Yuuyami (voice)

Takuma Terashima
Itsuki Yara (voice)

Misaki Kuno
Plum (voice)

Anna Nagase
Komako Amano (voice)

S1E1 - Kinokoinu Is Born

Storybook author Hotaru is depressed, unable to focus on work after losing his beloved dog, Hanako. A strange creature shows up in his yard that looks like a mushroom but also a dog. Komako, his childhood friend and editor, is baffled by the situation.

Oct. 3, 2024, midnight

S1E2 - Kinokoinu and Hanako

Itsuki is a superfan of Hotaru and falls in love with him at first sight. Hotaru is tricked by Komako to accepting an interview and photoshoot for a dog magazine. Hotaru is struck with an intense realization after taking Kinokoinu on a walk.

Oct. 10, 2024, midnight

S1E3 - Where Are You Going, Oh, Kinokoinu?

"Hotaru gets frustrated at Kinokoinu for disrupting his work. Kinokoinu gets upset and runs away after Hotaru compares it to Hanako."

Oct. 17, 2024, midnight

S1E4 - Kinokoinu, It's Time to Party

"Hotaru catches Kinokoinu releasing spores in the morning. Komako hosts a Halloween takoyaki party for Kinokoinu. Kinokoinu releases white spores after the party at night, which is a spectacular sight."

Oct. 24, 2024, midnight