Enoki Films presents a brand-new CG animation series entitled “Nyanko on the Star Island”

New lovely heroes skip into an exciting world of adventure!
“Nyanko on the Star Island,” one of the most popular on-line and mobile games hops up on the TV screen in the world.

Based on the characters and story of this brand on-line game, a full CG animation series of 26 episodes X 15 minutes will be ingeniously developed and produced.


“Nyanko” is the name of imaginary creatures. They are cheerful and a bit mischievous.
Their dream is to build up an Eutopia on a mysterious island called the Star Island.
With this high hope in their hearts, our heroes make their way through the rough seas.
On the destination island, they plow, cultivate, seed, irrigate and grow wonderful grains, vegetable and fruit to build up their own Eutopia.

Construction of houses, roads and bridges are hard part of their task. Yet, they will get over any obstacles as they know the importance of working together and helping each other.

“Nyanko on the Star Island” is a wonderful and heartwarming story for children and the whole family.

Hopi, Toto and Mao, three good friends, are looking for the legendary island called “The Star Island” in the unknown sea. They want to pioneer new farm land there. This island will be their Eutopia.
After struggling over the roaring sea, threesome, Hopi, Toto and Mao, landed the Star Island. They begin to cultivate the land quickly. However, they will encounter unexpected troubles. Will they be able to make a dream town successfully…?

Upon landing the island, three Nyankos starts exploring the island for water and food. They are washed away in the torrent and dragged on the runaway lorry. They narrowly survived from exhaustion and hunger when find the breadfruit tree and the tree of sausage.
Threesome starts plowing the land. Then they pant vegetables and sow grains. Suddenly Grandon the big boss of this island and the Moppies his mole minions pop up to destroy the farm field. But our heroes overcome such interference and continue cultivation.


Hopi and two buddies keep plowing while they are enjoying skip and dance. They cook the meal under the blue sky and savor the tasty food.
Soon threesome, Hopi, Toto and Mao, realize that they need more helping hands. Reedley the migratory bird flies away to talk to Cortes the merchant Nyanko for support. Before long, numerous colorful balloons carry Nyankos to the island.


Nyanko helpers are divided into groups of field works, cooking etc. Threesome opens the welcome part to treat them.
Couple of shops are built and the bread is on sale one of them. Many ‘shopping’ Nyankos come up for delicious bread. Hopi, Toto and Mao invite the Nyanko helpers to bake as much bread as possible. It is a great fun for them.
Grandon the boss mole, does not like the Nyankos enjoying the life on the island. He orders his minions, Moppies, to carry out the Nyanko-harassing plans.
On the beach, Big Mama, the mother of Kaneezes enjoys strolling on the sand with her children. Grandon gives Big Mama a spiteful suggestion to chase away the outsiders.

Now, the comical tag-of-wars with hilarious actions just begin…!!!

Hopi:

10 years old. Cheerful and cracking. He’s the song of the king of the continent. Naturally-born leader. He’s a lamp of curiosity to challenge anything new. He feels he was not coping up well with his father, though.

Toto:

10 years old. A bookworm and a grind. Knowledgeable and inquisitive. He likes to take care of plans and animals. A counselor type of guy who puts up a suggestion for a problem.

Mao:

9 years old. Slightly chubby and easygoing. He is good at cooking because he has a healthy appetite always. Sharp nose on good food especially delicious smell. Watch out, guys! When screwed, he is stubborn and troublesome!

Reedly:

14 years old. Am migratory bird who threesome meet on the way to the Star Island. He meddles them like he is a ‘big brother’ of toddlers. A kind of clown and a very talkative guy. Although he makes blunders and mistakes sometimes, he has a good heart to take care of our heroes always. He even rushes far away from the island just to bring the rescue team for them

Grandon:

10 years old. The big boss of mole clan who inhabits for a long time on the island. Grandon and his minions called “Moppy” dig underground tunnels everywhere. They have been enjoying carefree life but one day Three some “Nyanko” and Reedley land to cultivate the land. Grandon is upset tremendously as Nyanko’s activities jeopardized his peaceful life. He and the Moppy-minions scheme all the kind of tricks to interfere Nyanko’s work.

Moppy:

8 years old. The minions of Grandon. There are so many Moppy on the island. Under the strict order of their boss; Grandon, Moppies pop up everywhere to Nyanko’s exploitation. They have good respect their big boss actually. (They don’t speak. Though.)

Big Mama:

33 years old. The mother crab taking countless children along with her. The Star Island is the home of them. She strolls on the seaside front with the long trail of children behind.

Kaneeze:

Big Mama’s children. They tag along with Big Mama. Some of them are curious about many things and jump off the beach. Then, Big Mama flurries after them. (They don’t speak.)

Mr. Hal:

30 years old. The carpenter. Momo’s father. A stone-headed obstinate person. He has a bitter tongue, but, is gentle at heart. He cares about his daughter greatly. He is proud of his work and never stops a job until he satisfies the end result.

Momo:

10 years old. Mr. Hal’s daughter. She is the childhood friend of Hop, Toto and Mao. She comes with her father to the island to help our hero’s exploitation. Very sweet-tempered. Everybody likes her. Her dream is to build a bridge.

Cortes:

18 years old. A traveling salesman. He has a gif of gab in selling anything to anybody. He has a good item sometimes. A sly but excellent seller. His weakness is his sister, Sakura.

Sakura:

9 years old. The childhood friend of threesome. Sakura spits out anything what she thinks. So, she has a sharp and strong tongue. Actually, she is honest and help others always. So, nobody ever pushes her back.

Butler:

60 years old. Hopi’s father, Drasky. He was the baby-sitter when Hopi was small. Drasky askes Butler to go to the Star Island for taking care of Hopi.

Drasky:

40 years old. Father of Hopi. A tall and rich person. He is the king of Nyanko Kingdom on the continent. He looks angry against Hopi but it’s the disguise of his true feeling for the son. He cares about Hopi so much with sweet heart just like he has a sweet tooth on cakes and snoozes.

Episode 1 - 13

Episode 1: Nyanko on the Star Island

A tiny boat is tossed in the stormy sea. Hopi, Toto and Mao cling to the rails desperately, avoiding to be blown off. They set out to find the Star Island. Next morning, Reedley the migrant bird, shout excitedly. “It’ an island. The Star Island!” After landing the island, threesome start exploring to search food. They go into the forest and find a breadfruit tree on the waterfall. Knowledgeable Toto says the breadfruit is not edible. But, hungry Mao is eager to grab it.
Episode 2: Let’s do the ‘vege-dance’!

Hopi, Toto and Mao break ground to grow vegetables. But, their work is interrupted by Grandon the boss mole and Moppies, his minions. Threesome try to make friend of them. Grandon talks to Big Mama about the “plan to kick out threesome.” Reedley the migrant bird flurries to tell their plan to threesome. Hopi looks calm and confident. “Don’t worry about that.”
Episode 3: The helpers are coming down.

When Hopi, Toto and Mao look up in the sky in the morning, they jump for joy as many, many Nyankos hanging to the balloons are coming down to the Star Island. They are the helping hands who Reedley brought here for the support of pioneering. Among them, there are Cortes the traveling salesman, Hal the carpenter, Momo his daughter and Sakura the mischievous sister of Cortes. All of them are good friends of threesome. The island gets cheerful and bustling. But, Grandon the boss mole gets angry for chattering and noises. On the beach, Cortes pitches a beach-cleaner to Big Mama.
Episode 4: An explosive epical product

Nyankos set up a stone oven, kitchen, milk container and other tools thanks to the help of Cortes the salesman and Hal the carpenter. Then, Cortes has got the order of a large amount of ‘would-be’ special product of the island. Toto and Mao are at a total loss to cook such. But, Hopi encourages them to make something special together. Nyankos collect themselves and decide to bake the cornbread as the special product of the island, because they know they harvested the corn too much. When they put the dough in the oven, it swells up huge…!
Episode 5: Sakura’s Fashion Boutique

Sakura is fed up with the specialty of the island; the cornbread. She is a bit frustrated. She skips the field work because her hands get dirty. Hopi suggests her to make something she likes. After brief thinking, Sakura opens a fashion boutique. Nyankos are excited at new swanky clothes. Hopi finds a cap of strange shape. Mao says it’s like a flying saucer. Hearing that, Hopi throws it high involuntary.
Episode 6: Hal does not know Momo’s wish.

Our threesome know Momo hopes to be a good carpenter like her father. They ask Hal to take his daughter to fix the bridge. Hal refuses them as the place is dangerous. Then, Hopi and two friends suggest the tree-cutting race between Hal and Momo. If Momo wins, Father take Moo with him. Momo tries to cut the tree with an ax she is not used to swing.
Episode 7: Sentimental Memory

Now the bridge is completed. Hopi, Toto, Mao come to the forest for develop more field. But, they find it is the playground of Moppies, the children of Grandon and turn back. Mao gets disappointed badly as he wants to grow various vegetable, there. Hal tell him he can glow the vegetables where they plowed already. Nyankos plants potatoes and set up the large pan and the smoking oven. They cook a lot of meals. Mao recalls they taste same as he had in his hometown.
Episode 8: Is Tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Hopi and Mao argue whether Tomato is a vegetable, or, a fruit. Toto tries to stop quarrel. They accept that the winner who’d make better tomato dish will be choose which is which. Hopi cooks spaghetti napolitana at the pasta shop. Mao makes tomato ketchup in the large pan. Sakura and Momo like Mao’s ketchup better. Frustrated, Hopi wants to find new tomato recipe. Cortes recommends Hopi to use new model of mixer.
Episode 9: Reedley the immigrant bird

While enjoying the warm sun in the square, threesome recall the time when they met Reedley the immigrant bird at the firs time. They saved unconscious Reedley floating on the surface of the sea. Reedley recovered soon and promised to help them to find the Star Island. Hopi, Toto and Mao were delighted. Just then, the heavy storm was coming closer….
Episode 10: Sweet and sour! Trouble of cakes.

Nyankos made the orchard and built the place for the ice-maker and the cake-oven. They are excited to make a ton of delicious cakes. They wait and wait, but the cake-oven is not arriving. Cortes says it’d take more time to deliver it to the island. Sakura gets up-set as she looks forward to it. The fruit trees in the orchard die down after they picked up the fruits 3 times. Now, it is hopeless to make chocolate sundae of which a large amount of orders has been come in already.
Episode 11: Fish! Fish! Fishing Operation!

Hopi, Toto and Mao are fishing in the sea-fishing spot. Big Mama, the mother crab, tells threesome that they can catch bigger fish if they go off shore. Threesome ask Hal and his helpers to build a boat. They buy new fishing rods and hooks. They get into the sea triumphantly. What do they want to catch? It’s the legendary King-Gold-Fish. They compete who will catch if first. But They pick up octopuses and squids. Then, Toto’s rod bends with big pull…
Episode 12: Christmas on the Star Island

It’s Christmas time on the island. Nyankos ask to each other what they want for the Christmas present. Looking down Nyankos on the island, Reedley bumps the Santa-Nyanko who pops up from the middle of nowhere. Hal repairs the crashed sleigh. Hopi and friends bake the cookies for Santa-Nyanko who dropped the presents. He, in return, gives wonderful presents to all the people on the Star Island.
Episode 13: Grandon’s rain shelter

Rain falls on the Star Island. It never stops. Grandon’s tunnel is flooded with water. Grandon and Moppies narrowly escape from their home and stay in the house of Nyanko threesome. Hopi and his two friends think what they can do for Grandon and Moppies to refuge from the rain. Big Mama says “It’s none of their business.” So, our heroes wait and see until Grandon ask help. Then. Grandon tells them they can open the forest in return of helping the moles.

Episode 14 - 26

Episode 14: King of Nyankos – Drasky

One day the king of Nyanko Kingdom comes to the Star Island. Everybody is surprised except Hopi because he is the son of King. Hobe gets nervous. He knows that King came here to take Hopi back to the palace. Hopi resists King’s order. Toto and all the friends invite the king for the guide tour of this island. They show places they cultivated and give hearty welcome to the king.
Episode 15: A Flying Crab?

Big Mama, the mother of crab children, climbs up a rock and jumps high. She tells Hopi and his friends she is training to fly in the air. Flying in the air is her long-time dream since she was a kid. Hope and his friends make a trampoline to help her jumping higher. Does her dream come true, then?
Episode 16: Toto’s Flower love-song

When Toto hears Momo’s birthday comes soon, he wants to make her happy to present a flower bouquet. Toto buys flower seeds from Cortes and plants them in the flow bed. But no sprouts come out. Mao walks by, hamming a song. Then, wow! Toto startles flowers are coming out altogether. Now, he knows singing is essential to make flowers blossom. So, he asks Hopi and white Nyankos to sing a song with him.
Episode 17: Exciting Adventure in the night forest

Mao is frightened of the ghosts he saw in the night. Hopi and all his friends including Momo and Sakura set out to explore the forest in the night. They have to make sure if the ghosts are around on the island. Concerned about the kids’ expenditure, Butler, Hal and Cortes follow them quietly. Night walk in the forest is not easy. Hopi and the kids are narrowly escaped from falling in the river and stumble on the tree roots. They are making a big fuss. Well, would there be ghosts on the island?
Episode 18: Moa’s Capriccio – the first Love

When Mao is about to take a bit of his favorite shortcake, Sakura pops up and wants to have it. She gets fretful at reluctant Mao. He finally yields Sakura’s demand and gives her the whole shortcake. Sakura says “I Like you, Mao. Thank-you.” with her charming eyes-up-glance. Mao’s eyes changes into the heart shape. He falls in love with Sakura instantly. Then, Mao ask Cortes, Sakura’s brother, to allow him to marry her….!?
Episode 19: Hopi’s treasure

Hope lost the precious badge which his father the King gave him. Toto and Mao help him to search everywhere but they cannot find it. Hope is not getting along with Grandon usually, but he asks even him to find it. Then, Big Mama, the mother of crab children., sends a message to him that she saw Hopis badge…
Episode 20: Handy King and clumsy Papa

Drasky, the king of Nyanko Kingdom, cannot forget the taste of chocolate he had on the Star Island. He comes up to the island and he’s very happy to get his most desired chocolate. He wants to help Hopi’s work for the delicious chocolate. But the king is not handy in managing any works. He fails doing field works and taking care of ranch labors. What can he do, then?
Episode 21: Grand Opening! Grandon’s shop

An ugly-looking stand appeared in the village square. Grandon opened a grocery and fruit shop. He is confident he can sell all the crops of the island. Hopi and his friends compete with him by offering new recipe of “Carbonara” to the customers. But, no one comes up to their shop until noon. Because all the Nyankos rush to Grandon’s stand for shopping…!
Episode 22: Cortes’s toll

Ridley escorted a beautiful girl Minmin to the Star Island. Minmin can foresee the future with her crystal ball. Hopi and friends are suspicious first but begin believing when they see what happens on the crystal ball. They ask Minmin to tell their fortunes. Seeing this, Sakura pesters Cortes to get Minmin’s crystal ball. Cortes tries to make his sister happy, but it’s not an easy task…
Episode 23: Discovery! Adventure! Secret Cove

Ridley guides Hopi and his friends to a cave. They find a lorry there and get on it to explore the cave. They find the old minerals but soon attacked by the large flock of bats. The lorry speeds up to the deep slope. In the meantime, Grandon outrages as his lorry is missing.
Episode 24: Don’t worry! I’ll build a good house!

Big Mama and Canises, her children, are saved by Ridley when they are washed off to the ocean. Big Mama asks Hal to build a solid house so that her family will be safe. Hal works hard to make a good house. Then, Big Mama demands many things which Hal does not think good idea. While they are arguing, a great helper comes up….
Episode 25: Too close to fight each other?

Hopi asks Cortes to fix the broken mixer. Cortes says it’d take a long time to fix it. So, Hopi buys a fryer. Toto is upset as Hopi bought it without telling him. Hopi insists they can cook a new recipe with the fryer. Mao tries to make up between two friends but Hopi takes out on Mao, too. Threesome’s friendship scatters away.
Episode 26: It’s our Star Island!

Hopi and his friends go to the square in the sunny morning. They see many Nyankos doing exercise usually but there’s nobody today. They go to the vegetable field. No Nyankos with aprons working there. Nobody is seen in the ranch and the dormitory. Total silence everywhere. Hopi, Toto and Mao wonder where all the Nyankos are gone…???

Format: 26 episodes X 15 minutes
Genre: 100% CG animation
Transmission: Scheduled to start on October 6, 2018 on TOKYO MX, in Japan.
Weekly airing: Saturday 7:55 ～ 8:10
Produced By: NYANKO PROJECT
Distributed by: ENOKI FILMS CO., LTD.

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