The Kusakabes

The Kusakabes is a Japanese-American-British traditionally animated children's slice-of-life series, produced by Satsuki Film Company and premiered on August 7, 2017.

On November 18, 2021, Satsuki Film Company revealed that a revival of the series is in the works. It is set to premiere on Astro+ sometime in the summer of 2022.

Cast and characters
Additional voices: Fumiyo Kohinata

Home media
Prior to the show's premiere in August 2017, a promotional DVD containing the first three episodes was released in June of that year. This could be obtained by sending an envelope containing a token (which had been included in an advertisement featured in various magazines at the time) and a 50¢ coin to Satsuki Film Company.

In March 2018, the first season was released in four volumes by the then-new Satsuki Video Company, on both DVD and Blu-ray. The second and third seasons followed later. Complete season box sets were also released.

In some countries such as Eruowood, it was also released on TechEruo System. The TES releases are accompanied with simple mini-games such as slide puzzles, as most 1happycats/SVC releases on the format do.

Production
Rumor has it that during the production of Pokémon Strange Journeys: Mystery of the Missing Kid, a crossover with My Neighbor Totoro, 1happycats Productions and Satsuki Film Company gained interest in the characters from that film, which led them to create this show.

Japan

 * Nippon TV

Australia

 * ABC Kids

Canada

 * Treehouse

United Kingdom

 * Channel 4

United States

 * HBO Family
 * Cartoonito