The upcoming live-action and CG hybrid series, Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure has released a teaser that reveals the cast! It is slated to premiere on Netflix in December 13, 2022. A key visual is also shared.
Shunsuke Takeuchi will be voicing the titular character, the egg yolk Gudetama, and 23 other characters in the series. Takeuchi is known for voicing Revolver in Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains, Harumi Takeda in My Senpai is Annoying, and many more. Gudetama’s friend, a freshly hatched chick, Shakipiyo, will be voiced by Seiran Fukushima. OLM will be the animation production studio, known for producing Pokemon, Berserk, Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin, and many more.
Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure Synopsis
Gudetama is an egg yolk who just wanted to laze around. It befriended a newly hatched chick, Shakipiyo, who is still attached to the eggshell. Gudetama just resigned itself to end up on someone’s plate, but Shikapiyo had different ideas. Swept up by Shikapiyo’s overbearing nature, Gudetama then left the refrigerator to embark on a journey together to find their mother.
Check the key visual below:
The visual showed the two main characters of the story (from left to right): Shakipiyo and Gudetama. Their personalities can be discerned – Shakipiyo being more energetic, and Gudetama being relaxed.
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Watch the teaser below:
The teaser is narrated by Gudetama’s voice actor himself, Shunsuke Takeuchi, and tells the story of the lazy and unmotivated egg yolk. It engages in a journey in the real world, and met more cute characters along the way.
All of these characters are also voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi. Shunsuke switches from his deep narrator’s voice into Gudetama’s high-pitched one, which is impressive and funny to watch. It makes the viewers eager to watch the upcoming series!
Gudetama Character Background
Gudetama is a cartoon character created by Sanrio, a Japanese company where the famous Hello Kitty came from. Emi Nagashima is credited for illustrating and designing Gudetama. Gudetama is conceptualized to be an egg yolk who is lazy and sad.
Gudetama became a popular character in Japan, most specifically to teens and adults. A research paper conducted by Theodore Bonnah explored how teens and adults relate to Gudetama in terms of depression and demotivation. Gudetama is even considered as one of Japan’s mascots, as noted by a lot of online sources. One website even labeled it as the representation of a millennial burnout generation.
Hence, it spawned a TV program with animated shorts that aired in TBS Channel last 2014. As of 2017, it had reached near 1000 episodes with 1 minute duration each.
There are also video games, themed activities, establishments, and merchandises that feature Gudetama.
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