Beatcats!! (2021 TV series)

Beatcats!! (previously known as Beatcats!! Idol Cat Stars) is a Japanese 3DCG short-form anime series by Studio Aura 3DCG, based off the Sanrio/Sega collaboration Beatcats. The anime debuted in Japan on all TXN stations on April 7th, 2021, following the first episode of Monster Coins ReStart!. Episode 13, initially set to air on TV, was instead announced to be bundled with the Japanese Blu-ray releases of the series. The anime additionally serves as the first anime outside of Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle: The Animation that Studio Aura 3DCG provides the main animation for.

Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+ stream the series in North American territories, with Flare+ acquiring the exclusive streaming license in Europe (excluding Germany and France).

On December 3rd, 2020, it was announced that Nicktoons Family would begin airing the series as part of its SaturdayZone block in July 2021. Aura Germany began airing it in August 2021 as one of its last bilingual (English-German) programs before its switch to a monolingual (German-language) network in January 2022.

In July 2021, Studio Aura mentioned that they would not work on any more episodes of the series for the foreseeable future since their 3DCG division would be focusing on the production of Tria and the final season of Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle: The Animation. Some of the staff that worked on the anime would go on to work on the anime adaptation of the Kitchen Princess: Search for the Angel Cake light novel and later Crush Gear: Protect The Club!. However, a theatrical film titled Get Your Heart Beat (named after the slogan for the franchise) was announced on July 2nd, 2022 for an April 2023 release. The film would be simulcast via Crunchyroll and Flare+ as it releases in Japan (despite its library slowly merging into Crunchyroll, Funimation would also simulcast the film, due to it being a continuation of a previous series). AuraAnime Licensing would partner with Crunchyroll to release the film theatrically in North America. Following Nicktoons Family becoming NFCartoons in 2022, AnimeCore Extra would co-fund the film for broadcast on its AnimeCore Theater block.

Characters
Main article: Beatcats

Episodes
TBA.

Home video
A Blu-ray boxset distributed by Aura Japan would release in Japan in July 2021. On May 13th, 2021, AuraAnime Licensing announced a November 1st, 2021 Blu-ray release for the series in North America. AuraAnime Licensing UK has not stated whether it will release the series on Blu-ray in the UK and Ireland.

Trivia
TBA.