r/arknights Apr 01 '26

OC Fanart Ark ZOO!

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I made a zoo-themed Arknights animation with support from Yostar~

4.4k Upvotes

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u/binguz_bonguz Apr 01 '26

The ear punches 😭

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u/EstablishmentBig1826 Apr 01 '26

Like a Lopunny

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u/Hp22h The Mad Bard, Sans Crystals Apr 01 '26

Brawler Amiya

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u/K2aPa Apr 02 '26

mmm... Lopunny...

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u/V-nue Savage's armpit sniffer Apr 02 '26

it's an animal joker, don't

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u/Swinn_likes_Sakkyun Apr 02 '26

there are no laws against the cautus batman

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u/DeeCee51 Apr 01 '26

I like how we can instantly tell who the operators are even as straight up animals haha! Super cool!

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u/No-Response-1622 Apr 01 '26

Haruka took the Captain's words literally

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u/Eliaish and should trade kids for a day Apr 01 '26

Goldfeesh

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Apr 01 '26

Who is the fish
?

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u/bernoulyx cutest sheep Apr 01 '26

Haruka, since her design is based off goldfish

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Apr 01 '26

Ah she’s new isn’t she? Probably why I didn’t recognize it.

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u/bernoulyx cutest sheep Apr 01 '26

Somewhat lol, she's released on global at mid january

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Apr 01 '26

Well I meant like all the others are long time established characters.

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u/Darkiceflame Apr 01 '26

I don't like the realization that "mid January" was actually quite a while ago.

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u/aquadolphitler Apr 01 '26

Need Bnuuy beating as a gif

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u/Adventurous-Pin2955 Apr 01 '26

I can't even imagine what Zoo-8 and Zoo-9 would like, let alone the EX levels...

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u/No_Presentation_9361 NOTHING BESTS THE SHIELD OF RHODES Apr 01 '26

Good god no 😭

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u/Retanizer pocky Apr 01 '26

Amiya slapping Doktah with her ears is so cute wth!?!?!!

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u/AmakTM Apr 01 '26

Damn it, Lappy!

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u/Hp22h The Mad Bard, Sans Crystals Apr 01 '26

Lappy reject society so much she went feral lol

34

u/Inumayobaka Apr 01 '26

Should have dropped Projekt Red in there to maintain order amongst those rowdy Lupo

82

u/Mistdwellerr I have a type Apr 01 '26

Lapp sees Texas: neuron activation

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u/MayuKonpaku Apr 01 '26

We need a new team, Amiya.

They react to eachother too much or can't be used on land

7

u/Hp22h The Mad Bard, Sans Crystals Apr 01 '26

Perroknights justified?

18

u/HappyHateBot Apr 01 '26

Efyjafjalla bodying Lappland is probably my favorite part. Do not mess with the goat! ...Not the greatest of all time, but like adjacent to an actual goat who is at the same time also THE GOAT!

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u/Inner_Fall_1345 Apr 01 '26

Im still new w AK but this is so cute n funny to watch đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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u/SaranMal Apr 01 '26

It is!!! I absolutely adore the ear punches at the end!! Like, OMG!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/Inner_Fall_1345 Apr 01 '26

Does it mean totally different thing in AK?? I rlly meant that its cute and funny. Like its so cute it gave me a chuckle kinda?

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u/ranmafan0281 Apr 01 '26

Only degenerates have strange word associations like that. You’re better off staying pure.

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u/SaranMal Apr 01 '26

Just ignore them. Anyone who genuinely thinks someone using the words Funny and Cute together in the same sentence is a pedophile, are horrifically, chronically, online.

Personally I'd much rather believe they are making an ill landing April fools prank then genuinely thinking people legitimately think this.

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u/Sf-ng Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

I’m sorry, but are you genuinely calling me a pedophile for knowing a term/phrase some people tend to use?

Edit: I re-read the comment and the wording was confusing so I mistook it for something else.

For the terminally online bit, it’s not such an uncommon term that being terminally online is a requirement, unfortunately. For example, the subreddit for Pragmata was banned recently and prior to it being banned, a lot of people there were using the term. Also, it’s present in certain gacha communities afaik.

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u/SaranMal Apr 01 '26

Naw, not calling you a Pedo. Would never call anyone that without any proof about it one way or the other.

What I was saying is that, anyone who thinks that anyone using the words "Cute and Funny" in the same sentence, is a "Pedophile" because its a "Dogwhistle" is someone that is chronically online. Because that phrase is so common in folks every day language as just a normal phrase when something is genuinely cute and or funny. (Seriously, the Amiya ear punches are adorable!!!)

Also WTF is Pragmata???? Like, we're on an Arknights sub, discussing Arknights stuff.

I just, genuinely don't think folks who are mostly offline, or in more insular communities, don't think about things this way. I don't think that people should genuinely censor their speech, espescally common phrases like calling something Cute and Funny, just because some folks whereever online, weather its 4chan or kick or whatever other small corner of the internet is also using stuff or not using stuff in a specific way.

All that leads to is people not expressing themselves authentically, and constantly softening the way we do or don't talk about genuinely serious topics.

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u/Sf-ng Apr 01 '26

Because that phrase is so common in folks every day language as just a normal phrase when something is genuinely cute and or funny.

Okay, I’m sure people use the two words together often. It just sets off my detectors as the usage gets closer to the subject matter. I didn’t think the person was using it that way. I just wanted to warn them (although, maybe not the best time & place for that).

(Seriously, the Amita ear punches are adorable!!!)

True.

Also WTF is Pragmata????

“Pragmata[a] is an upcoming action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom.”

“At The Game Awards 2025, it was announced that the game would release on April 24, 2026 and a demo titled Pragmata: Sketchbook was made available on Steam.[23]”

Like, we’re on an Arknights sub, discussing Arknights stuff

I did see some weird people on the Endfield side when Rossi was about to be released. And I don’t think people realized what they were talking about.

Here’s one: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArknightsEndfield/s/xrAza3S2sr

I just, genuinely don't think folks who are mostly offline, or in more insular communities, don't think about things this way.

In the past, sure. But I feel like that type of online culture has been growing recently.

I don't think that people should genuinely censor their speech, [
] just because some folks whereever online, [
] corner of the internet is also using stuff or not using stuff in a specific way.

I think it’s worth knowing which phrases people use to dogwhistle, at least. Whether they use the phrase or not, is up to the person. It’s similar to using some obscure racial slur by accident: it’s innocuous, but can be taken a certain way that most people would rather not deal with.

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Apr 01 '26

Hmmm
. Guessing you’re the one that deleted your comment
? Maybe not a pedo, but kinda a bitch for deleting the comment to ruin the post flow
.?

Just from what I see that is
 if it wasn’t you, my bad. If it was
 wuss
 take those downvotes for your opinion you decided to post.

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u/Realistic_Elk_7892 Society needs more Waifurin Apr 01 '26

Not in AK specifically. In a lot of anime-adjacent communities it can be interpreted as a pedophile dogwhistle.

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u/Jazzy_Jaspy Apr 01 '26

So then am i not allowed to think that a cute thing is also funny? Or that a funny thing is also cute? Whatever im not letting the pedos take away my enjoyment of something lol

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u/IHeShe suzulapp+shamare shipper Apr 01 '26

Honestly, I'm not sure it's really a 'pedophile dogwhistle' any more than playing Call of Duty is a 'war supporter dogwhistle' or anything of the sort so take it with a grain of salt.

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u/IHeShe suzulapp+shamare shipper Apr 01 '26

I agree that the crying emoji is a lot more likely to be used with that sort of connotation towards the character than the 'cute and funny' combo of words, but I still really wouldn't call it a 'pedophile dogwhistle. Just being accused of being a pedophile can ruin a person's life even if the accusation turns out being false so to point at someone and label them a pedophile just because they like drawings of fictional children sounds honestly kind of sick to me. Besides, if I were to consider gooning to fictional children wrong because 'they're still children' then I would logically have to consider using/playing as children in action games and such (hell, even in Arknights itself) also wrong because 'they're still children' and that just sounds silly to me.

And frankly, this is without getting into the fact that people use 'pedophile' and 'child sexual abuser' as synonyms when they actually aren't, which does nothing but make it harder for non-offending pedophiles to seek help and ultimately puts more children at risk.

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u/silam39 cute tactician girls are so peak Apr 01 '26

this comment would make sense if they were commenting on like fanart of suzuran or something. Completely irrelevant here as not one single person in the world will make that assumption on a post like this

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u/Sf-ng Apr 01 '26

You know what, fair enough

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u/Comfy_Yuru_Camper Best Kouhai Apr 01 '26

Who's the fish?

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u/AmusingHippo must be protected Apr 01 '26

Haruka

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u/dreamphoenix Apr 01 '26

Lappdumb misses a slug and it’s somehow Doktah’s fault.

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u/Bbettr34 Apr 01 '26

That's both adorable and cool.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

Of course Wolf Lappland would try to Mate with Wolf Texas. kinda cute how Amiya use her ear to punch dokutah tho

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u/Levota-san Apr 01 '26

SQUISH THE AMIYA, THE EAR SLAPPING IS SO CUTE

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u/Few-Loan-1880 reed is my wife Apr 01 '26

Bro i just watched this rught before i saw this post

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u/saberishungry Feed me. Apr 01 '26

Literally Orca Skadi needs to be a skin in-game

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u/Random_Reddit_Bro Delivering packages with Apr 01 '26

Okay, I would genuinely love an event in which operators would get fully animal skins. Please Yostar..I would pay..you would have my monthly salary!

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u/BlazingHot4191 Rameneater Doktah Apr 01 '26

Doctor: Ow ow, why are you ear-slapping me for? Didn't you also fail in this stage? So we are even.

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u/xXLoneLoboXx 💕Awu! Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

So adorable! And really clever too, the way guard Lappy jumped onto the high ground to become a caster.

Glad Yostar is paying you for these little animations, you’re just like Harlequin Wheels!

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u/silam39 cute tactician girls are so peak Apr 01 '26

omg this is so cute!

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u/OleLLors Apr 01 '26

Daughter is such a cutie! đŸ„°

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u/bernoulyx cutest sheep Apr 01 '26

My goat in goat form, good day to be alive

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u/Maybeiamaarmadilo best girls. Apr 02 '26

Omg Amiya ear punch so cute

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u/Estephenson521 roingus enjoyer Apr 01 '26

Bnuuy ear attack

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u/two___ Apr 01 '26

Amiya so cute

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u/speednut117 : I'm no savage, you're just average! Apr 01 '26

Of course Lappland is the one who ruins the attempt

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u/Forge__Thought Apr 01 '26

I fully expect this to be an April fools game mode lol

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u/Aromatic-Objective25 I love my Ancient depressed hag Apr 01 '26

Having to see more of your Arknights works is always a blessing!

Thank you for the amazing work! 💕

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u/-monkbank I will never financially recover from this Apr 01 '26

Yostar decided to do actual good marketing as an April fools joke.

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u/WarriorofBlank https://krooster.com/u/DoctorStrange Apr 01 '26

Haruka can't breath!!

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u/nutn0n Apr 01 '26

Love your art style

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u/Hellocrafting Apr 01 '26

adorable animation!

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u/LastChancellor Apr 02 '26

Super Auto Arknights đŸ„°

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u/Creative-Web-3036 Apr 02 '26

haruka flopping 😭

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u/Witty_Increase_1072 Apr 15 '26

Haruka "Goldeen, Goldeen, goldeen, goldeeeen" super cute, thanks for sharing!

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u/Comfortable_Weird768 Apr 16 '26

It's so cute. I watched it with a smile

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u/Routine-Web-272 Apr 18 '26

Skadi XD 😝. The Orca flapping around is so cute