A Japanese multimedia franchise about the fictional [i]Japari Park[/i], where various animals—both real and mythological— have been [[personification|anthropomorphized]] into animal girls, referred to as [i]Friends[/i], by the mysterious power of a curious substance called [i]Sandstar.[/i]

Originally envisioned as a multimedia project, a mobile game published by Nexon was released in 2015, with a tie-in anime series set after the events of the game due to air some time later. The project was not without its turbulence, as the mobile game ended its services in late 2016—just one month before the anime aired in early 2017, the first season of which was financially restricted, resulting in poor animation quality and mixed reviews from initial critics and viewers.

Despite the 2015 game being closed down early—thus failing to give anime viewers context as had been planned—the anime was a surprise hit, due in no small part to scripting by director [[tatsuki (irodori)|Tatsuki]]; the show received very high ratings and viewership, miraculously reviving the dying franchise into a breakout success.

h4. Media under the franchise

h6. Anime

* TV anime series [i]Kemono Friends[/i] by [[yaoyorozu_(studio)|Yaoyorozu]] (Winter 2017)
* TV anime series [i][[Kemono Friends 2]][/i] by Tomason (Winter 2019)
* Original net anime [i]Welcome to the JAPARI PARK[/i] (2018-)

h6. Game

* Mobile RPG [i]Kemono Friends[/i] by [[Nexon]] (2015-2016)
* Mobile game [i][[Kemono Friends Pavilion]][/i] by Bushimo (2018-2021)
* Mobile RPG [i][[Kemono Friends Festival]][/i] by Goodroid (2018-)
* Mobile RPG [i][[Kemono Friends 3]][/i] by [[Sega]] (2019-)
* Arcade game [i][[Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours]][/i] by [[Sega]] (2019-)
* Mobile RPG [i][[Kemono Friends Kingdom]][/i] (2022-)

h6. Stage play

* [i]Stage Play "Kemono Friends"[/i] by Nelke Planning (Jun. 2017 and Jan. 2018)
* [i]Anitele × =LOVE Stage Project "Kemono Friends"[/i] (Feb. 2018)
* [i]Stage Play "Kemono Friends" 2 ~Yuki Furu Yoru no Kemono-tachi~[/i] by Nelke Planning (Nov. 2018)
* [i]Stage Play " "[/i] by Nelke Planning (2019)

h6. Book

* Manga series [i]Kemono Friends -Youkoso Japari Park e!-[/i] by [[fly (marguerite)|Fly]] (2015-2016)
* Manga series [i]Kemono Friends 2[/i] by [[Naitou Ryuu]]
* Novel series [i]Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko-ban Kemono Friends[/i] (2019)

h6. Other

* Fan-made anime project [i][[Kemono Friends R]][/i] (2020)
* [[Virtual YouTuber]] group [i][[Kemono Friends V Project]][/i] (2021-)

h4. See also
* [[List of Kemono Friends characters]]

h4. External links

* "Official Site":http://kemono-friends.jp/
* "Official Twitter":https://twitter.com/kemo_project
* "English Wikipedia article":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemono_Friends

h6. Anime

* "Official Site (Season 1)":https://kemono-friends-20170110.jp/
* "TV Tokyo Website (Season 1)":http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kemono-friends/
* "Official Twitter (Season 2)":https://twitter.com/kemono_anime
* "TV Tokyo Website (Season 2)":http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kemono-friends2/

h6. Game

* "Official Site (Nexon)":http://sp.nexon.co.jp/kemo/ (closed)
* "Game Wiki (Nexon)":https://kemono-friends.gamerch.com/
* "Official Site (Bushimo)":https://kemofure.bushimo.jp/
* "Official Twitter (Bushimo)":https://twitter.com/kemono_pavilion
* "Official Site (Goodroid)":https://kemono-friends-festival.goodroid.co.jp/
* "Official Twitter (Goodroid)":https://twitter.com/kemono_festival
* "Official Site (Sega)":https://kemono-friends.sega.jp/
* "Official Twitter (Sega)":https://twitter.com/kemono_friends3

h6. Stage

* "Official Twitter (Nelke)":https://twitter.com/kemono_butai
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