What happens when four tiny vending-machine toys secretly live inside a dojo in Tokyo?
Apparently, a lot.
Irish independent studio Lazy Sunday is preparing to take its animated kids and family series “Beep Boop” worldwide, teaming with Canadian company Kaito Entertainment to bring the dialogue-free action-comedy to international broadcasters and streaming platforms.
And honestly, the characters alone have our attention.
Designed primarily for kids ages 6 to 9 while still aiming for broader family appeal, “Beep Boop” follows Kirin, Miao-Miao, Tochi and Mochi, four tiny sentient vending-machine toys who call a secret dojo in Tokyo’s Electric Quarter home.
Rather than needing some enormous quest to find adventure, the group has a habit of turning ordinary discoveries into something much bigger. Curiosity and creativity send the four friends into playful, high-energy adventures built around physical comedy and visual storytelling, meaning they don’t actually need to say anything to make their personalities understood.
Sometimes a look really does say everything.
The series combines 3D character designs with stylized 2D backgrounds, mixing kawaii-tech aesthetics with the energy of its Tokyo setting. Through the group’s adventures, “Beep Boop” explores friendship, curiosity, creativity and ingenuity while keeping the comedy visual enough to work without dialogue.
And that lack of dialogue is becoming an important part of where these four little characters are headed next.
Kaito Entertainment has been appointed to lead worldwide content sales for the property, with Lazy Sunday looking to expand “Beep Boop” across international markets. Kaito previously introduced the series to buyers at MIFA in Annecy earlier this year, where the project generated interest, and the companies are now focusing on securing broadcast and streaming partners across key territories.
For a show hoping to travel, its format certainly gives it an advantage.
Kirin, Miao-Miao, Tochi and Mochi don’t necessarily need to speak the same language as the children watching them. Physical comedy, expressions and visual storytelling can carry an adventure whether a viewer is sitting in Ireland, Canada, Japan, the United States or just about anywhere else.
That also gives “Beep Boop” an interesting opportunity to reach beyond its primary 6-to-9-year-old audience. Lazy Sunday is positioning the series with all-family appeal, with its characters and visual humor designed to work for kids, tweens, teens and adults.
The animated series isn’t the only part of the plan either.
Lazy Sunday is building “Beep Boop” as a larger entertainment property spanning broadcast, streaming and digital alongside toys, collectibles, licensing, merchandise, social media and gaming. Eolo Toys is already attached as the global master toy partner, which feels particularly fitting for a series whose stars are themselves tiny toys.
So, yes.
We may eventually be able to have tiny toys of the tiny vending-machine toys.
“Beep Boop” originally grew from characters created by Toikido, but Lazy Sunday is now leading the IP and its next stage of global development. And there should be plenty more adventures ahead if those international plans take off.
The first season consists of 26 seven-minute episodes and is nearing completion, with delivery expected in November 2026. Lazy Sunday isn’t waiting around to see what happens next either, as development on Season 2 is already underway.
For now, the next mission is finding homes around the world for four very small characters with some rather large ambitions.
Kirin, Miao-Miao, Tochi and Mochi have their secret dojo.
They have their adventures.
They even have toys on the way.
Now they just need somewhere for us to watch them.
Beep boop, indeed.