Is the Order a Rabbit?

Cocoa Hoto (保登 心愛, Hoto Kokoa, usually written as ココア)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[3]

Cocoa is introduced as a 15-year-old girl with orange mid-length hair, purple eyes, and a cherry blossom hair accessory. She is a bubbly and optimistic girl who claims to be able to make friends in three seconds, although she is often careless and has no sense of direction. She moved to town to study at a high school and stays in the Kafū residence. She began helping out at the Rabbit House to pay for her accommodation. Although she cannot distinguish the taste of coffee, she is able to work as a waitress. Cocoa is the youngest of four siblings and admires her older sister Mocha, who gave her a hair accessory (in which she has the other half). She treats Chino like a little sister so that Chino has an older sister figure to look up to, just as Cocoa does with Mocha. Due to all the people she has met in her life, Cocoa dreams of becoming an international barista lawyer with her own bakery. She even wants to be a part-time novelist (not to mention her younger self wanted to be a magician). Her name is a reference to hot chocolate (ホットココア, hotto kokoa).

Chino Kafu (香風 智乃, Kafū Chino, usually written as チノ)

Voiced by: Inori Minase[3]

Chino is introduced as a 13 year old girl with long and straight blue hair, blue eyes, and two hair accessories on two sides in the shape of a cross. She is the granddaughter of the Rabbit House's founder. She is a quiet and soft-spoken girl and slowly warms up to Cocoa. She finds it challenging to be less polite and more casual due to her growing up with mostly older people. Along with her father, she is one of the only people who knows about the secret concerning Tippy and her grandfather. Her late mother created the Rabbit House's outfits because she one day wanted Chino to work there with her friends when she grew up. Cocoa coming into her life had a significant impact on her, leading to her adopting a more outgoing demeanor. Her name is a reference to the coffee drink cappuccino (カプチーノ, kapuchīno).

Rize Tedeza (天々座 理世, Tedeza Rize, usually written as リゼ)

Voiced by: Risa Taneda[3]

Rize is introduced as a 16 year old girl with purple hair that she often makes into bunches. A part-timer at the Rabbit House, she is the daughter of a wealthy former soldier, and thus likes army-related things and has a very disciplined, military-like personality, even going so far as to carry a model Glock and a combat knife. Despite this, she is still very kind and feminine. She excels in both academics and sport that she can provide help to different clubs. She is in the same school as Syaro and is her upperclassman. Her name is a pun on "Thé des Alizés," (テデザリゼ, tedezarize) a French tea that blends Chinese green tea with hints of peach, kiwi, and watermelon. .

Chiya Ujimatsu (宇治松 千夜, Ujimatsu Chiya, usually written as 千夜)

Voiced by: Satomi Satō[3]

Chiya is introduced as Cocoa's classmate at Cocoa's new high school. She is 15 years old, like Cocoa, and the two instantly become close friends. Later, she is also revealved to be Syaro's childhood friend. Her family runs a coffee shop named Ama Usa An (甘兎庵), complete with a rabbit mascot named Anko. Her grandmother was once the main business rival of Chino's grandfather, but both granddaughters do not intend to continue that rivalry. She is rather playful at times, often in a nonchalant manner. She is physically weak, and any tedious physical activity tires her out. She is very good at dodging things, however. She hopes to work with Syaro despite being hurt when Syaro once said she didn't intend to work in Ama Usa An. Her name is a reference to the symbolic Japanese green tea Uji matcha (宇治抹茶, Uji matcha).

Syaro Kirima (桐間 紗路, Kirima Sharo, usually written as シャロ)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida[3]

Syaro is introduced as a 15-year-old girl who attends the same school as Rize. She is a scholarship student but is poor. Syaro learned to be elegant due to her status as a scholarship student despite coming from a poor background. She learned to fit in by staying up to date on fashion and faking smiles. She greatly admires Rize as a person and her upperclassman and has a crush on her. She is also Chiya's childhood friend, and they live next door to each other. She has a wild grey rabbit named "Wild Geese" (ワイルドギース, Wairudo Gīsu). Syaro reluctantly allowed the rabbit to stay in her house under the condition that it finds its own food. She is very hardworking and performs well in academics as she wants to get out of poverty. Her name is a reference to Kilimanjaro coffee (キリマンジャロ, kirimanjaro).

Maya Joga (条河 麻耶, Jōga Maya, usually written as マヤ)

Voiced by: Sora Tokui[3]

Maya is introduced as Chino's classmate and friend in middle school. She's very energetic and tomboyish, claiming she will only stay put when she is dead. Maya also harbors admiration for Rize, partly due to her military-like attitude. Despite her behavior and attitude, she does surprisingly well academically. Her name is a reference to Jogmaya pearls (ジョガマヤ, jogamaya) tea.

Megumi Natsu (奈津 恵, Natsu Megumi, usually written as メグ)

Voiced by: Rie Murakawa[3]

Megumi is introduced as Chino's classmate and friend in middle school. Her friends call her "Megu" (メグ, Megu) for short. Her mother is a ballet teacher, so Megu is trained in ballet. Mature, honest, feminine, and trusting, she is rather pure and unable to detect when someone lies to her. She can guess what Maya is thinking by looking into her eyes. Her name is a reference to nutmeg (ナツメグ, natumegu) tea.

Cocoa Hoto

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Chino Kafu

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Rize Tedeza

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Tippy (ティッピー, Tippī)

Voiced by: Motomu Kiyokawa[3]

A female angora rabbit and the Rabbit House's mascot. She typically sits atop Chino's head while inside the Rabbit House. When not around Cocoa and the others, she speaks in a manly voice and helps Chino's father out at the bar. It is later revealed that through some unknown circumstances (though it is implied Cocoa was somehow involved), Tippy is possessed by the spirit of Chino's grandfather, the former owner of Rabbit House. Tippy would often speak in front of others, with Chino passing the voice off as her ventriloquism. Named after tippy golden flowery orange pekoe (ティッピー・ゴールデンフラワリー・オレンジペコ, tippī gōruden furawarī orenji peko) tea.

Takahiro Kafu (香風 タカヒロ, Kafū Takahiro)

Voiced by: Show Hayami[3]

Chino's father, who runs the bar during the night alongside Tippy. He is a friend of Rize's father, as the two of them were former soldiers. He allows Cocoa to stay in his house, as well as Mocha, during their employment at Rabbit House. He is the current owner of Rabbit House, which he runs more successfully than Chino's grandfather, to Tippy's irritation.

Saki Kafu (香風 咲, Kafū Saki, usually written as サキ)

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki[3]

Deceased/dead. She had long and straight silver hair and blue eyes, and was Chino's late mother and Takahiro's late wife. She is a friend of Cocoa's mother during high school, and the creator of the Rabbit House's uniform. Named after cup rabbit (カップうさぎ, kappu usagi).

Midori Aoyama

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Chiya Ujimatsu

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Chiya's Grandma (千夜の祖母, Chiya no Sobo)

Voiced by: Miyuki Ichijou[3]

Owner of Ama Usa An; she used to have a hostile relationship with Chino's grandpa and, despite their alleged rivalry, she did not take him seriously.

Syaro Kirima

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Natsume Jinja (神沙 夏明, Jinja Natsume, usually written as ナツメ)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki[4]

One of the twins that Megu and Maya encountered in the train. Megu's classmate and friend in high school. Named after ginger (ジンジャー, jinjā) tea and jujube (ナツメ, natsume) tea.

Eru Jinja (神沙 映月, Jinja Eru, usually written as エル)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda[4]

Long blonde hair with red eyes. One of the twins that Megu and Maya encountered in the train. Maya's classmate and friend in high school. Named after ginger ale (ジンジャーエール, jinjāēru).

Fuyu Fuiba (風衣葉 冬優, Fuiba Fuyu, usually written as フユ)

Voiced by: Manaka Iwami[5]

A girl with short hair and dark blue eyes who is good at both ventriloquism and chess. Chino's classmate and friend in high school. Named after feverfew (フィーバーフュー, fībāfyū).

Midori Aoyama (青山 翠, Aoyama Midori)

Voiced by: Saori Hayami[3]

A female novelist who goes under the pen name of Aoyama Blue Mountain (青山 ブルーマウンテン, Aoyama Burū Maunten). She admired Chino's grandfather (who she affectionately calls "Master" (マスター, Masutā)) and always asked his opinion about her stories. She briefly stopped writing books after she lost a pen that was given to her by Chino's grandfather. Chino gave her a temporary job in the Rabbit House, which she would still occasionally work at after finding her pen. She is a high school graduate of Rize and Syaro's private school. Named after Blue mountain coffee (ブルーマウンテン, Burū maunten).

Rin Mate (真手 凛, Mate Rin)

Voiced by: Juri Kimura

Midori's friend and editor. She is a high school graduate of Rize and Syaro. Named after Mandheling coffee (マンデリン, manderin).

Rize's father (リゼの父, Rize no chichi)

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi

Rize's father. Takahiro's old friend and comrade from their years in the military. He has an eyepatch over his left eye, possibly due to a war injury.

Megu's mother (メグの母, Megu no haha)

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

A ballet teacher who owns/runs a dancing school and discovered the potential of Rize and Syaro and attempted to convince them to be her students. Like Midori, she is a graduate of the same school that Rize and Syaro attend and wants her own daughter to attend the same school.

Yura Karede (狩手 結良, Karede Yura, usually written as ユラ)

Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi

Rize's classmate and old friend and former chairmen of the Blowgun Club who is studying at the same university as Rize, whom she previously worked for as a maid. Named after calendula (カレンデュラ, Karendyura) tea.

Class president / Mai (委員長 / マイ, Iinchō / Mai)

Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa

Cocoa and Chiya's class president in the second year. Chiya's classmate in the third year.

Rei (レイ)

Voiced by: Masumi Tazawa

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year. Cocoa's classmate in the third year.

Kano (カノ)

Voiced by: Tomomi Mineuchi

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year. Cocoa's classmate in the third year.

Anzu (杏, usually written as あんず)

Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year. Chiya's classmate in the third year. Named after ansu apricot (アンズ, anzu).

Natchan (なっちゃん)

Voiced by: Yuka Nukui

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year. Chiya's classmate in the third year. Named after Natchan! (なっちゃん, natchan).

Miki (ミキ)

Voiced by: Ayasa Itō

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year.

Karin (カリン)

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki

Cocoa and Chiya's classmate in the second year. Named after chinese quince (カリン, Karin).

Cocoa Hoto

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Mocha Hoto (保登 モカ, Hoto Moka)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

Cocoa's older sister. She is very similar to Cocoa, besides the fact that Mocha is known for being a far more dependable older sister, and for being very good at cuddling people. She dotes on Cocoa and become depressed if Cocoa ignores her. Named after caffè mocha (カフェモカ, kafe moka).

Chiyoko Hoto (保登 ちよこ, Hoto Chiyoko)

Voiced by: Yūko Minaguchi

Cocoa's mother. High school classmate of Chino's mother (revealed on the final episode of Is the Order a Rabbit? BLOOM). Named after hot chocolate (ホットチョコ, hotto choko).

Cocoa's father (ココアの父, Cocoa no chichi)

Works in the city as a professor at a university.

Kei Hoto (保登ケイ, Hoto Kei) and Itsuki Hoto (保登イツキ, Hoto Itsuki)

Voiced by: Kaoru Takasugi and Sora Tokui

Cocoa's elder brothers and Mocha's younger brothers. They are working in the city to be a lawyer and scientist, respectively. Named after hot-cake (ホットケーキ, hotto kēki).

Chidori Ujimatsu (宇治松 千鳥, Ujimatsu Chidori)

Chiya's mother who travels around as a buyer. Named after plover (チドリ, chidori).

Syaro's mother (シャロの母, Sharo no haha)

She runs a pottery workshop with her husband.

An anime television series adaptation animated by White Fox aired in Japan between April 10 and June 26, 2014, and simulcast by Crunchyroll.[10][11] The opening theme is "Daydream Café." by Petit Rabbit's (Ayane Sakura, Inori Minase, Risa Taneda, Satomi Satō, and Maaya Uchida), and the ending theme is "Poppin' Jump♪" (ぽっぴんジャンプ♪, Poppin Janpu) by Chimame-tai (Minase, Sora Tokui, and Rie Murakawa).[12] The ending theme for episode 12 is "Nichijou Decoration" (日常デコレーション, Nichijō Dekorēshon, lit. "Everyday Decoration") by Petit Rabbit's. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for the North America market,[13] while Muse Communication licensed the series for Southeast Asia and South Asia market.[14]

A second season titled Is the Order a Rabbit?? animated by White Fox and Kinema Citrus was announced in the March 2015 issue of Gakken's Megami Magazine,[15] and aired in Japan between October 10 and December 26, 2015.[16][17] The opening theme is "No Poi!" (ノーポイッ！, Nōpoi!) by Petit Rabbit's and the ending theme for episode 1 to 10 is "Tokimeki Poporon♪" (ときめきポポロン♪) by Chimame-tai.[3] For episode 12, the ending theme is Nantonaku Mirai (なんとなくミライ) by Petit Rabbit's.

An OVA film, Is the Order a Rabbit?? ~Dear My Sister~, was announced in May 2016, and animated by production doA.[18] The film was screened in 40 movie theaters across Japan on November 11, 2017, and later released on home video on May 30, 2018.[19]

A second OVA, Is the Order a Rabbit?? ~Sing For You~, was released on September 26, 2019. The OVA features the return of scriptwriter Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, director Hiroyuki Hashimoto, and animation studio production doA.[20][21]

A third season titled Is the Order a Rabbit? BLOOM animated by Encourage Films aired in Japan between October 10 and December 26, 2020, with the cast and staff reprising their roles.[22][23][24] The opening theme is "Tenkū Cafeteria" (天空カフェテリア) by Petit Rabbit's while the ending theme is "Nakayoshi! Maru! Nakayoshi!" (なかよし！○！なかよし！) by Chimame-tai. For episode 12, the ending theme is "Yume<Utsutsu→Happy time"(ユメ＜ウツツ→ハッピータイム) by Petit Rabbit's.[25] The third season ran for 12 episodes.[26]

After the acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony Pictures Television, the parent company of Funimation in 2021, Is the Order a Rabbit?, among several Sentai titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022.[27]