Milky☆Byway Spring Special Reveals Chiharu and Makina Visuals

The official X account for Milky☆Subway released character visuals for Chiharu and Makina from the new short anime Milky☆Byway Spring Special "Terror of the Chelovin Party" on November 7.

The short is the work of Yohei Kameyama, who handled Milky☆Highway and Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway. He serves as original creator, director, scriptwriter, character designer, sound director and animator. Planning and production are by Shin-Ei Animation, with Titan Kogyo as producer.

Chiharu and Makina are longtime friends from their student days in the series. Distribution details and the cast for the new short are currently undecided.

The same account's YouTube channel also published the song "Papipupe! Poppy-kun" for Poppy-kun from Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway, sung by Shoko Haida. The lyrics are by Yohei Kameyama, with composition and arrangement by Kohei Doi, and the audio is scheduled for distribution from December 18.

Earlier entries in the series

Kameyama released Milky☆Highway in 2022 as a graduation project while a student at a video vocational school; it surpassed 13.5 million total views on YouTube. The 12-episode short anime Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway was broadcast and streamed in July 2025, and the official YouTube channel's total views surpassed 300 million. A theatrical re-edit with new scenes, Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijou Iki, opened in theaters in February this year, followed by an MX4D/4DX version with additional new scenes, Rinji Zouhatsu Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijou Iki, in June. Milky☆Byway Spring Special "Terror of the Chelovin Party" was announced in July and is currently in production.