My Melody & Kuromi to Premiere on Netflix This July, Gets New Visual and Trailer

Netflix is set to release the new stop-motion animated series featuring Sanrio’s popular characters My Melody and Kuromi. The show, titled My Melody & Kuromi, will premiere worldwide on July 24, 2025.

Netflix describes the story:
My Melody opens a cake shop in Mariland. After encountering a pink heart in the forest, strange things start happening around her. Meanwhile, Kuromi’s Japanese sweets shop across the street is always empty. Kuromi searches for the secret to My Melody’s cakes. My Melody and Kuromi work hard to prepare for a sweets-making contest judged by the world-famous pastry chef Pistachio. However, no one knows that this will lead to an incident that threatens the fate of Mariland.

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Tomoki Misato is directing the series, with a script written by Shuko Nemoto. The animation is produced by TORUKU, the stop-motion division of WIT Studio. The show consists of 12 short episodes, each lasting approximately 13 minutes.

My Melody & Kuromi will also serve as a celebration of major Sanrio milestones, marking My Melody’s 50th anniversary and Kuromi’s 20th. The theme song for the animated series is “Kawaii” by the K-pop group LE SSERAFIM. The song was produced by Gen Hoshino, and you can hear a preview in the new trailer below.

Source: Netflix Official X
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