Snack World

Did You Know?

• The toy line by Takara Tomy includes 'Jara' key chain weapon replicas and 'Snack' monster summon tokens, both embedded with NFC chips.
• The franchise was created by Level-5, following Fantasy Life, Inazuma Eleven, Little Battlers eXperience, Professor Layton, and Yo-kai Watch.
• During its first week, Snack World: Trejarers ranked #2 and sold 97,534 units in Japan.
• Level-5 stated in 2017 that the toy line had 'already trad[ed] at 500% above forecast'.

Overview

The franchise is set in Snack World, a traditional fantasy realm that incorporates convenience stores, smartphones, and other modern elements. The story follows Chup, a wandering hero seeking revenge against Large-Scale Leisure Facilities after it destroyed his village for refusing eviction. Chup is in love with Princess Melonia, daughter of King Papaya, and fulfills her selfish wishes on quests. He is accompanied by the witch Mayonna, the warrior Béarnaise, the goblin-like Gobson, and the pig-nosed dragon Pigsy.

Media

The first video game, Snack World: Trejarers, was released for Nintendo 3DS on August 10, 2017, in Japan. An expanded port for Nintendo Switch launched in Japan on April 12, 2018. Versions for iOS and Android were announced alongside the franchise's reveal, but have yet to be released. In South Korea, the MMORPG Snack World Versus was released for smartphones on November 23, 2018. On November 20, 2019, it was announced that the enhanced version of Trejarers would be released outside of Japan as Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - Gold on February 14, 2020. A manga adaptation by Fujiminosuke Yorozuya ran in CoroCoro Comic from December 2016 to August 2018. Another manga by sho.t, titled TV Animation: The Snack World, debuted on Webry on April 28, 2017, and later serialized in Shōnen Sunday Super until the magazine's April 2018 issue. A CGI pilot film was unveiled at Level-5 Vision 2015 -The Beginning- on April 7, 2015, with an English dub streamed on YouTube the following day. The regular anime series aired on TV Tokyo from April 13, 2017, to April 19, 2018. Akihiro Hino served as chief director and handled series composition, Takeshi Mori as director, and Rei Kondoh composed the music. Production was handled by Dentsu, OLM, and TV Tokyo, with animation by OLM Digital. The first three English dubbed episodes screened at Anime Expo 2019. The series debuted on Cartoon Network channels in Australia and Southeast Asia in the fall of 2019. Crunchyroll began streaming the English dub in select Western countries on February 14, 2020.