Netflix announces Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure, a new hybrid series starring the Japanese “lazy egg” character Gudetama.
Gudetama, the Japanese cartoon character otherwise known as the “lazy egg,” heads to Netflix in a new hybrid series set to premiere later this year.
On Twitter, the official Netflix Geeked account released a teaser trailer for Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure, which is set to debut on the platform sometime later this year. The series follows Gudetama, “a listless egg who has given up on life, knowing that all that awaits it is someone’s plate, is forced out of the fridge by the enthusiastic, overbearing chick Shakipiyo. Together, the odd couple set out on a quest to find their mother.”
Created by Emi Nagashima (better known as AMY), Gudetama is owned by Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty. A depressed, yellow egg yolk, Gudetama often laments the difficulties of life. The then-26-year-old Nagashima created the character in 2013 as part of a food-based competition Sanrio held among its employees. A Gudetama animated series premiered in 2014 as part of the Japanese television show Asa Chan!. The series had aired approximately 1000 one-minute episodes as of 2017.
Over the years, there have been countless pieces of Gudetama merchandise like pencils, suitcases and a mobile game, not to mention Gudetama-themed clothing lines, restaurants, a cosmetic line, an EVA Air plane and a Seibu Railway train. The character of Gudetama has even expanded to the world of comic books. In 2019, Sanrio teamed with Oni Press for a series of graphic novels starring the lazy egg, starting with Gudetama: Love for the Lazy by Wook-Jin Clark, which was published in early 2020.
“Gudetama is EVERYWHERE!” then-Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sarah Gaydos said at the time “We’re totally egg-cited to bring him to the world of comics, and creator Wook-Jin Clark is the perfect collaborator. Gudetama is irreverent, relatable, and lovable, and I can’t wait for everyone to see how Wook-Jin brings those qualities to life in the comics medium.”
Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure premieres on Netflix worldwide in 2022.
Source: Twitter