is a Japanese

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created and developed by Level-5. Its consists video games, manga adaptations, a CGI anime series, and a toy line by

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Overview

''Snack World'' is a multimedia franchise created by Level-5, following ''

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'', and '' Yo-kai Watch''. The franchise is a "hyper casual fantasy" that is set in Snack World, a traditional fantasy world combined with convenience stores, smartphones, and other elements of the modern world. It revolves around the adventures of Chup, a wandering hero with a strong sense of justice, who is determined to get revenge against Large-Scale Leisure Facilities after it destroyed his village in response to the villagers refusing to allow eviction of the village by the former. Madly in love with King Papaya's daughter, Princess Melonia, he fulfills her selfish wishes by going on quests, accompanied by an inelegant witch, Mayonna; a muscular warrior, Béarnaise; a goblin-like creature, Gobson; and a female pig-nosed dragon, Pigsy.

Media

Video games

''Snack World: Trejarers'' ( ''Sunakku Wārudo Torejarāzu'') was released on the

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on August 10, 2017 in Japan. An expanded port for the

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was launched in the country on April 12, 2018 Versions for

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and Android devices were announced alongside the franchise's reveal, but have yet to be released. In South Korea, a

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called ''Snack World Versus'' ( ''Seunaeg Woldeu Beoseoseu'') was released for smartphones on November 23, 2018. An enhanced version of ''Trejarers'' for the

was released in Japan on November 20, 2019, and outside of Japan as ''Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - Gold'' on February 14, 2020.

Manga

Written and illustrated by Fujiminosuke Yorozuya, a manga adaptation of ''Snack World'' was serialized in

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'' manga magazine between December 2016 and August 2018. Another manga adaptation, written and illustrated by sho.t, debuted on Shōnen Sunday's ''Webry'' website under the title ''TV Animation: The Snack World'' () on April 28, 2017. It eventually began serialization in the July issue of Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Super'' manga magazine, where it ran until the magazine's April 2018 issue.

Anime

Level-5 unveiled a CGI pilot film of the anime series during their "Level-5 Vision 2015 -The Beginning-" presentation on April 7, 2015, which showcased the overall premise and the main characters. The company later streamed an English dub of the pilot film on

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the following day. The regular series later premiered on

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and its affiliates between April 13, 2017 and April 19, 2018 in Japan. Level-5 president and CEO

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served as chief director and also handled the series composition, Takeshi Mori served as director, while Rei Kondoh composed the music.

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served as producers, while OLM Digital provided the animation production. The first three English dubbed episodes were screened at

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2019. The series debuted on Cartoon Network channels in

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and

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in the fall of 2019.

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began streaming the English dub in select Western countries on February 14, 2020.

Merchandise

The toy line by

consists of a series of "Jara" () and "Snacks" () that are embedded with

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chips, which are sold in "TreJara Boxes" (). Jara are key chain weapon replicas, while Snacks are monster summon tokens. Both can interact with ''Snack World: Trejarers'' by placing them at the lower screen of the 3DS system, which grants players the same item or monsters in-game. Both can also be used in the Fairypon, a handheld device that allows users to hear special effects and play small games. Asomodee signed on to handle the European distribution of the toy line, along with other merchandise, which was set to launch in Fall 2018, but has not come up since its original announcement.

Reception

During its first week, ''Snack World: Trejarers'' ranked #2 and sold 97,534 units. In 2017, Level-5 abby stated that the toy line had "already trad dat 500% above forecast", with the anime being one of the highest-rated kids series on TV Tokyo.

Notes

References

External links

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Official anime website
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