Nekopara (Anime)


 * For the NEKOPARA OVA see: Nekopara OVA

Nekopara is a Japanese anime television series by NEKO Works.

Story
Kashou Minaduki, a son of a long line of Japanese confection makers, moved out to open his own patisserie "La Soleil".

When unpacking his stuff, Kashou found two of the catgirls(“neko”) that his family had been raising hiding in the boxes: Chocola and Vanilla. He wanted to send them back initially, but they begged and pleaded until he gave in. Now they run La Soleil together.

They spent some great time with the help of Shigure, sister of Kashou, and other catgirls in their family: Azuki, Maple, Cinnamon and Coconut.

One day, when Chocola goes out to run some errands, she meets a kitten.

The story starts with their encounter...

Development
On December 28, 2018, NEKO Works announced on Twitter that a TV anime of NEKOPARA has been planned.

The first episode premiered at Anime Expo 2019 for western audiences, along with an anime discussion with creator Sayori and anime director Yamamoto Yasutaka.

The series premiered on January 9th, 2020 on Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X in Japan and on Funimation for US, CA, UK, IE, AU, NZ audiences.

Home Video
On the same day the anime premiered in Japan and for the select regions on Funimation, Avex Pictures announced that they were releasing 3 different Blu-Ray box set's of the anime.

Volume 1 released on March 29, 2020, and contains episodes 1-4. Volume 2 released on May 29, 2020, and contains episodes 5-8. Volume 3 released on July 31, 2020, and contains episodes 9-12.

An unoffical DVD of the anime was also launched in Malaysia on an unknown date.

On an unknown date, Funimation confirmed a Blu-Ray for the entirety of the series. This implementation officially released on May 18, 2021. With Episodes 1-8 on Disc 1, and Episodes 9-12 and the text-less versions of the opening credits (Both versions) and the closing credits (Including the version found on Episode 9) on Disc 2.