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Was the chipmunk a main character, a sidekick, or what?
If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.Were most of the other characters humans, animals, robots, aliens, or what?
If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.Done a lot of searches... (the terms were anime chipmunk, anime squirrel, and the same in Japanese)
I can't find any character with red beads. The show Bonobono has a chipmunk primary character but no beads...
What era was the show made in? That might help. Also, are you sure it's a chipmunk, or could it be another sort of critter?
Edit: Here are some other things that probably aren't it but worth a shot
Bannertail (a squirrel)
Kamiusagi Rope (has a squirrel character)
Harimogu Harry (has a side character who's a chipmunk looking squirrel)
Maple Town Monogatari (ditto)
Edited by mlaDo you remember anything else about the show? Like, did it have a plotline or was it more of a slice-of-life comedy, do you remember anything significant about any of the other characters (were they ALL rodent-things, or was it a squad of assorted animals, etc.)? Also, is it possible that the animal could have been a tanuki, rather than a squirrel or chipmunk?
The show also had a yellow duck with striped socks, a pink sea lion who was the rodents love interest and trouble making blue monkey of some sort. He also has classmates ranging from a tiger cub, a red bird, a purple and white panda girl and a white rabbit girl that the tiger cub had a crush on. and it was on the genre of a children's anime program. There was also an anime movie that had the rodent as superhero and being located by a girl in a cat costume. That's all I keep remembering of that anime.

There's this one show with an anime Chipmunk with red beads around his neck..I dunno the name of the show..it also had a yellow duck with striped socks, a pink sea lion who was the rodents love interest and trouble making blue monkey of some sort. He also has classmates ranging from a tiger cub, a red bird, a purple and white panda girl and a white rabbit girl that the tiger cub had a crush on. and it was on the genre of a children's anime program. There was also an anime movie that had the rodent as superhero and being located by a girl in a cat costume.
The Show aired in 2008ish.
Edited by C6-E9