We always thought the end would come from a foreign threat. It was aliens and AI that filled our nightmares, but the monsters were already there. We didn’t see the deer, and now they’re getting closer to world domination every week. And to celebrate, My deer friend Nokotan The preview for episode 8 was released on Crunchyroll ahead of its premiere on Wednesday the 21st.

My deer friend Nokotan Episode 8 follows the Deer Club through the winter break and their first visit to the sanctuary in the new year. But their perfectly normal outing brings with it a strange encounter. To their astonishment, it turns out that their pet deer is the revered god of the sanctuary they are visiting! She has been its god since the beginning of the year.

My deer friend Nokotan Directed by Masahiko Oota, produced by Dentsu and Twin Engine, animated by WIT Studio. The main voice cast includes:

• Megumi Han as Noko Shikanoko
• Saki Fujita as Torako Koshi
• Rui Tanabe as Anko Koshi
• Fuuka Izumi as Meme Bashame
• Rio Tsuchiya as Kinu Tanukikouji
• Chinatsu Akasaki as Chiharu Tsubameya
• Yurika Kubo as Neko Nekoyamada
• Kikuko Inoue as Ukai Sensei
• Kousuke Toriumi as narrator

Streaming Wednesdays on Crunchyroll (and on ADN, Amazon Prime and Anime Onegai), My deer friend Nokotan tells the story of former pseudo-reformed delinquent and student council president Torako “Koshitan” Koshi. She is a girl who wants to leave her shameful past behind and become the salt of the earth. But her well-built facade begins to crumble when she meets the deer-human hybrid Nokotan. Nokotan instinctively knows that Koshitan is a delinquent, sees through her bluff, and urges Koshitan to open a deer club, where Koshitan becomes president and takes care of Nokotan on a daily basis.

Source: My Deer Friend Nokotan website, Twin Engine YouTube channel
© Oshioshio, Kodansha / Hino Minami High School Deer Club