Urawa no Usagi-chan (浦和の調ちゃん, lit. Usagi-chan of Urawa) is a Japanese anime television series aimed to promote Urawa in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The series aired in Japan from April to June 2015.[1][2] A second season titled Musasino! was scheduled to premiere in July 2017,[3] but was delayed to July 2022.[4][5]
Plot
The series is set in Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture.[6] It follows 8 junior high school students in their daily lives in the ward. Five of them belong to the "Railway Club", while 3 are members of the student council.
Musasino! follows the Railway Club as they try to save themselves from being disbanded. It also introduces characters from Urawa's neighboring Ōmiya Ward.
Characters
The eight main characters represent the stations in Saitama Prefecture that bear "Urawa" on those names. All main voice cast are natives of Saitama Prefecture.[7]
The school's delusional student council president. She wears cat ears and bat wings and has unrealistic ambitions to take over the school, and eventually Saitama. She sees the Railway Club as a big obstacle.
An anime television series produced by A-Real and directed by Mitsuyuki Ishibashi aired from April 10 to June 26, 2015, on TV Saitama.[8] The anime series also aired on KBS Kyoto starting April 13, 2015. Crunchyroll started to stream the anime on April 9, 2015.[6] The ending theme is Urawa ga Tomaranai (URAWAがとまらない, Urawa Doesn't Stop) by Everyone Interested From Urawa Third High School (Asami Seto, Satomi Akesaka, Rumi Ōkubo, Miyu Kubota, Yō Taichi, Hisako Tōjō, Keiko Watanabe, and Nao Tamura). A second season titled Musasino! (むさしの!) was set to premiere in July 2017,[3] but suffered a lengthy delay[4] eventually premiering July 2, 2022, with Crunchyroll once again streaming it.[5][9] The second season's ending theme is Usagi-chan Taisō (うさぎちゃん体操, Usagi-chan Gymnastics).
Episode list
Urawa no Usagi-chan (season 1, 2015)
No. overall
No. in season
Title
Original air date
1
1
"May Today be Another Good Day" "Kyō mo Ī Hi de Arimasu yō ni" (今日もいい日でありますように)
April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
2
2
"Let's Go to Club!" "Bukatsu e Ikō!" (部活へ行こう!)
April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17)
3
3
"Today, Around the Time the Wind Speaks" "Kaze, Katarikakeru Kyō Kono Goro" (風、語りかける今日この頃)