{"rewrite":{"id":"r_26a10408b62cbbde12ed5789","clusterId":"c_5d63e618b79836c4cc4c9195","slug":"rilakkuma-short-anime-gets-third-season-ki-mama-ni-manpuku-biyori","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Rilakkuma Short Anime Gets Third Season, Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori","summary":"The Rilakkuma short anime ended episode 24 on Saturday with an announcement of a third season, Rilakkuma: Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori (Carefree, Well-Fed Days). Yoshimi Itazu and Yumi Kamakura direct at Production I.G. Chiyo Morita designs characters, and Kouta Yokoseki, Yoshiya Ikeda, and Mizuki Kanno compose music. YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta narrates and performs the theme song \"stay with me.\"","whyItMatters":"The short anime has moved through a new subtitle each season while holding the same core staff and the Saturday morning TBS slot, so the third season confirms that arrangement rather than changing it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEpisode 24 closed the current run on Saturday and the announcement named the next subtitle, Rilakkuma: Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori (Carefree, Well-Fed Days). Yoshimi Itazu and Yumi Kamakura return as directors at Production I.G. Chiyo Morita handles character design. The music is split between Kouta Yokoseki, Yoshiya Ikeda, and Mizuki Kanno, with Legendoor on music production and Keiko Matsushita as animation producer. Lilas Ikuta of YOASOBI narrates and sings the theme song \u0026#34;stay with me.\u0026#34; The series airs on TBS on Saturdays at 9:25 a.m., and Crunchyroll streams it.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Lilas Ikuta narrates and sings the theme for Rilakkuma's third season. Casting a YOASOBI vocalist puts a chart-name voice behind a quiet short-form series, a different reach play than a standard seiyuu booking.","twitterPost":"Lilas Ikuta narrates and performs the Rilakkuma season 3 theme. A YOASOBI vocalist on a short-form series is a reach play, not a standard seiyuu booking.","threadsPost":"Lilas Ikuta narrates and performs the theme song for Rilakkuma's third season. A YOASOBI vocalist behind a quiet short-form series is a different reach play than a standard seiyuu booking, and it puts a chart-name voice on a show built for calm rather than spectacle.","newsletterBlurb":"The Rilakkuma short anime finished episode 24 on Saturday and announced a third season, subtitled Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori (Carefree, Well-Fed Days). Yoshimi Itazu and Yumi Kamakura direct at Production I.G, with Chiyo Morita on character design and Keiko Matsushita as animation producer. YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta narrates and performs the theme song \"stay with me.\"","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/rilakkuma-short-anime-gets-3rd-season/.241683\",\"title\":\"Rilakkuma Short Anime Gets 3rd Season\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4338,"outputTokens":710,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789181063,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T02:38:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-12T02:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T02:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5d63e618b79836c4cc4c9195","canonicalTitle":"News\nRilakkuma Short Anime Gets 3rd Season","representativeArticleId":"a_ccef5592bb9986a5a7ecc3b1","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Rilakkuma: Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-12T01:09:51.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-12T01:09:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T02:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/rilakkuma-short-anime-gets-3rd-season/.241683","title":"News\nRilakkuma Short Anime Gets 3rd Season"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Rilakkuma: Ki Mama ni Manpuku Biyori"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}