One of the gadgets many recall from the 90's is Tamagotchi. It's an egg-shaped digital pet that is known worldwide, sold more than 70 million copies, and is essentially the reason why Digimon exists, but Tamagotchi's fame is at it's peak in Japan, with an abundance of merchandise such as color-screen releases, toys, video games, a whole department store, and more notably, an anime.

The Tamagotchi anime premiered in Japan on October 12th, 2009 and ended on March 26th, 2015. It was directed by Joji Shimura (Blade of the Phantom, The Animal Crossing Movie), written by Aya Matsui (Boys over Flowers), and was animated by OLM (Oriental Light & Magic). It has 271 episodes and is divided into 4 sagas. Those sagas are known as Tamagotchi! (2009-2012), Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dreams (2012-2013), Tamagotchi! Miracle Friends (2013-2014), and GO-GO Tamagotchi! (2014-2015). It is a slice-of-life anime that stars Tamagotchi favorites, lead by the intelligent Mametchi, the fashion-forward Memetchi, and the gluttonous Kuchipatchi. The three and their friends live their lives in a clean environment, form resolutions to any potential problems, and make time for activities. While this plot seems basic and simple, when you dwell into the anime, you'll find it has some deep narratives, a large cast of fantastic & adorable characters, a beautiful art direction, several spectacular songs, and an ideal blend of heart and humor, all with virtual pet toys as the source material. It's a hidden gem of an anime, and it gave animes like Hamtaro & Doraemon a run for their yen.

While the anime has enjoyed success in Japan and some other parts of Asia, such as Hong Kong, the rest of the world seems to be out of luck right now. It isn't a stranger to dubs, but the dubs it has gotten were very minimal and often leave cliffhangers. As far as English dubs are concerned, in Australia, only the first 26 episodes [Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2] aired on 9GO! from 2010-2014. Also, The Tamagotchi Friends webisodes are nothing more than cut-up 3-4 minute variants of the first 7 Yume Kira Dream episodes. This is quite odd considering the Tamagotchi virtual pets were a major fad back in the 90's.

This petition is to make the anime accessible worldwide and in a vast variety of languages, and only Bandai America can push for that to happen! The Tamagotchi franchise had its 25-year milestone in November 2021, and the virtual pet aspect of the franchise is at an all-time high with the Tamagotchi Pix, Tamagotchi Smart, and crossovers with the likes of Evangelion, Demon Slayer, Star Wars, Kamen Rider, Toy Story, and more. With this recent success in mind and the probability of people actively seeking a comfort show to turn to during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there's never been a better time to dub the anime, expand the franchise's global audience, and take them both to remarkable new heights!

Air it on linear television (Cartoon Network, Universal Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, etc.), release it on a streaming service (Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Crunchroll, HBO Max, Peacock), we don't care. Just give this precious anime the dub that's over a decade overdue.