Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Anime, My Melody & Kuromi Stop-Motion Animated Series Nominated for International Emmy
Winners will be announced at New York City on November 23.
The Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 had its world premiere in October 2025 during the Global Stage Hollywood Film Festival 2025 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre in Hollywood. It had a limited two-week theater screening run in nine cinemas throughout Japan starting in the same month. The eight-episode anime screened in two four-episode parts. The first part includes the titles A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard, Sasaki Stopped a Bullet, Love is Blind, and Shikaku. The second part includes the titles Mermaid Rhapsody, Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome, Nayuta of the Prophecy, and Sisters. There was also a two-week screening run in South Korea at MEGABOX theaters. Additionally, two titles from the series, A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard and Shikaku, were nominated in the Short Film category of the Bucheon International Animation Festival.
Viz Media licensed both the Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26 manga collections. The company released the former in January 2023 and the latter in April 2023. Shueisha published the first and second compiled book volumes in Japan in October and November 2021, respectively.
The story is set in Mariland where My Melody and Kuromi live. Netflix describes the story:
My Melody opens a cake shop in Mariland. After encountering a heart in the forest, strange things start happening around her. Meanwhile, Kuromi's Japanese sweets shop across the street is always empty. Kuromi searches for the secret to My Melody's cakes. My Melody and Kuromi work hard to prepare for a sweets-making contest judged by the world-famous pastry chef Pistachio. However, no one knows that this will lead to an incident that threatens the fate of Mariland.
Tomoki Misato (Pui Pui Molcar stop-motion television series) directed the series at TORUKU from WIT STUDIO, and Shūko Nemoto wrote the scripts. LE SSERAFIM performed the theme song "Kawaii (Prod. Gen Hoshino)."
The anime won the Best Animation award at Singapore's 2025 Asian Academy Creative Awards.
Source: International Emmy Awards
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