Zomi: Rabbit from Space

Zomi: Rabbit from Space is a Japanese/American anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and NickFamily Studios for Nicktoons Family. Spun-off from World of Pilots (and picked up prior to the anthology's premiere), the series was Nicktoons Family's first original anime series. The first season premiered on December 7th, 2019 and is listed at 13 episodes. The first episode of the full series was simulcast on Nicktoons Family, Nickelodeon Family, and SurgeAnime Extra. After the full anime's pickup, NickFamily Studios and Aura Japan signed a production deal with Doga Kobo for production of three further anime series specifically for Nicktoons Family. Crunchyroll streams episodes of the original Japanese version with subtitles concurrently with the dubbed Nicktoons Family broadcast. Dubbed episodes were also made available on Bantaview an hour after the Nicktoons Family broadcast; following the shutdown of Bantaview, the streaming rights to the first two seasons' dub was transferred to Flare+.

The pilot episode was released through electronic sell-through prior to the premiere of World of Pilots on August 11th, 2019. AuraAnime Licensing stated that all proceeds through September 30th, 2019 would go directly to Kyoto Animation staff devastated by the Kyoto Animation arson attack.

In February 2020, a second season by Doga Kobo and ENGI, titled Zomi: Super Space Mission, has been announced for an August 2020 premiere on Nicktoons Family. Crunchyroll would stream the Japanese version with subtitles concurrently with the dubbed broadcast. Dubbed episodes would appear on Bantaview an hour after the Nicktoons Family broadcast, and the first three dubbed episodes would appear on Flare+ at launch. In April 2020, it was announced that the second season was delayed to October 2020 due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The season eventually premiered on October 2nd, 2020.

A third and final season, Zomi: The Final Battle, was announced alongside a videogame based off the anime. The season began broadcast in July 2021. Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+ stream the final season in North America concurrent with its US broadcast. It was announced that, following the end of Zomi, all future Nickelodeon Family/NF original anime development would move to either the main channel space (including the daytime and nighttime blocks) or to Flare+.

A six-episode CGI anime, simply titled ZOMI, was announced to be in production by Studio Aura 3DCG for a Fall 2023 broadcast on NFCartoons (which replaced Nicktoons Family at the start of 2022). The anime would be the first Zomi anime Doga Kobo isn't involved with. Crunchyroll, Funimation (due to the anime being part of an existing series) and Flare+ would simulcast the anime in North America.

Characters

 * Zomi (voiced by Aya Hirano (JP), Wendee Lee (EN) , Deng Hong (MAND) )

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Premise
Zomi, a rabbit-like creature from a faraway planet, is traveling in her spaceship one day when suddenly it crashes to Earth. Zomi decides to adjust to life on Earth after deciding to live there.

Episodes
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Broadcast
The series began airing on Nicktoons Family in the United States on December 7th, 2019. Crunchyroll streams the Japanese version concurrent with the broadcast of the English dub. The first episode was also simulcast on Nickelodeon Family and SurgeAnime Extra. SurgeAnime Extra later began re-broadcasting the anime in April 2020.

The series premiered in Canada on YTV Family on February 10th, 2020, and in Japan on TV Akihabara on April 5th, 2020.

Chinese streaming site Bilibili acquired simulcast rights to the series in China, and announced a censored Mandarin dub would be released concurrent with the US broadcast.

In Germany, the series was acquired by Aura, which is producing a German dub for broadcast.

Home media
On April 30th, 2020, NickFamily DVD Distribution and Funimation co-distributed the first season on Blu-ray in North America.

Videogame adaptation
In 2020, Aura Games co-licensed the videogame development rights to the IP to Bandai Namco Entertainment for a videogame based off of the anime. Titled Zomi: Rabbit in a Videogame, the videogame is planned to be released in July 2021 in Japan and North America for the Nintendo Switch.

Trivia
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