The Eccentric Family Season 1
01. Goddess of the Noryoyuka
Since the Heian era relocation, humans, tanuki, and tengu have maintained a delicate balance. But none of that matter as a young tanuki is tasked by an older tengu to deliver a dangerous letter.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
Bar Owner (voice)
02. Mom and Raijin, God of Thunder
Yasaburou visits Yajirou, who lives in the bottom of a well as a frog and forgot how to transform back into himself. When a storm comes, the three non-frog Shimogamo brothers race to help their mother, who is terrified of thunder.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Eiji Takemoto
Pool Hall Owner (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Ando (voice)
Hideaki Kurakawa
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Yurie Oohigashi
Animation Director
03. Yakushibou's Inner Parlor
In order to uphold a Shimogamo family tradition, Yasaburou needs to do what Yaichirou could not and come up with a leisure cruiser for them to launch. He asks to borrow Yakushibou's flying inner parlor, but ends up having to make a dangerous deal with Benten.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Konkobu Iwayasan (voice)
Heo Jong
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Toshiyuki Inoue
Animation Director
Noboru Sugimitsu
Animation Director
04. Battle of the Daimonji Leisure Cruisers
During the traditional Daimonji leisure cruise, the Ebisugawas come to pick on the Shimogamo family. Yasaburou fights bravely, but loses the Fujin Raijin folding fan. Fearing Benten's wrath, he goes into hiding after the inner parlor crashes.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Konkobu Iwayasan (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Souun Ebisugawa (voice)
Fumihiko Suganuma
Director
Tensai Okamura
Storyboard Artist
Ryou Higaki
Script
Asuka Kojima
Animation Director
05. The Friday Fellows
Yasaburou had been hiding from Benten in Osaka, but thanks to Kinkaku and Ginkaku she catches him during a visit to Kyoto and makes him perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows. It is revealed that Yasaburou's mother was saved by a man who gave her onigiri and also that one of the Friday Fellows, Hotei, has loved tanuki ever since he saved one and fed it onigiri...
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
Bar Owner (voice)
Atsushi Ono
Ebisu (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Bishamon (voice)
Ryoukichi Takahashi
Daikoku (voice)
Takehiko Higuchi
Professor Yodogawa (voice)
Kazuyoshi Hayashi
Antiquarian (voice)
Hideki Itō
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Hideki Itō
Animation Director
06. Taking in Fall Colors
Professor Yodogawa chases down Benten and Yasaburou, and they check out some autumn foliage. When she ditches them, Yodogawa has a lot to say about his philosophy of eating and Yasaburou also gets told a story about a conversation between Yodogawa and Benten's first tanuki hot pot victim, which he promptly reports to Yajirou.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Takehiko Higuchi
Chotarou "Hontei" Yodogawa (voice)
Bon Ishihara
Souichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hideaki Kurakawa
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Yurie Oohigashi
Animation Director
07. Bathhouse Rules
Yasaburou, Yashirou, and Yaichirou convince Prof. Akadama to take a much-needed bath, but they run into the Ebisugawa twins at the bathhouse. After a brief scuffle it is revealed that Yajirou was at least partly responsible for Soichirou Shimogamo's death in the Friday Fellow's hot pot.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
Bar Owner (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Ryou Higaki
Writer
Ken'ichi Imaizumi
Director
Heo Jong
Storyboard Artist
Ken'ichi Imaizumi
Animation Director
08. The Day of Dad's Departure
Yajirou tells Yasaburou and Yaichirou his account of the night their father was eaten. Later Yasaburou hears a continuation of the story Yajirou doesn't know: Soichirou bumped into Prof. Akadama on his way to the afterlife.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Bon Ishihara
Souichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Fumihiko Suganuma
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Ryou Higaki
Script
Kosuke Kawatsura
Animation Director
Yurie Oohigashi
Animation Director
Yusuke Inoue
Key Animation
09. Kaisei, Daughter of Ebisugawa
Yasaburou gets interrupted while warming his butt and sent to convince Prof. Akadama to attend the council where the new Nise-emon will be decided. He later succeeds in his quest for warmth, but over the wall splitting the men's and women's baths, he receives an ominous apology from Kaisei; her brothers are plotting something.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Takehiko Higuchi
Professor Yodogawa (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Shoujirou Nanzenji (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
Heitarou Yasaka (voice)
Heo Jong
Director
Tensai Okamura
Storyboard Artist
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Noboru Sugimitsu
Animation Director
10. The Behind-the-Scenes Dealings of Souun Ebisugawa
The meaning of Kaisei's mysterious apology becomes clear as the Ebisugawa plot to boil Yaichirou in a hot pot is revealed on the day of the Nise-emon election. The day is also the anniversary of Soichirou's death, for which it turns out Souun was responsible.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Souun Ebisugawa (voice)
Bon Ishihara
Souichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Takeyuki Sadohara
Director
Ryou Higaki
Script
Tomoko Satō
Animation Director
Mariko Gotō
Animation Director
Makoto Takahoko
Animation Director
Ron Kamiya
Key Animation
11. Back in the Game
After Yasaburou gets a hand from Benten to escape Soun and his Elite Guard, the Ebisugawas manage to nab him anyway through a clever Kinkaku-Ginkaku plot. Meanwhile, Kaisei helps Yashirou escape the Electric Brandy factory and Yaichirou is handed over to the Friday Fellows as the primary ingredient for their year-end hot pot.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Souun Ebisugawa (voice)
Takehiko Higuchi
Professor Yodogawa (voice)
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Juroujin (voice)
Hideaki Kurakawa
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Shoutarou Suga
Script
Yurie Oohigashi
Animation Director
Yusuke Inoue
Key Animation
12. The False Eizan Electric Railway
Yashirou comes up with a plan to get Yajirou back in the game, leading to the trouncing of Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Yashirou stalls the Nise-emon decision meeting while Yasaburou saves Yaichirou, but their mom is still in danger of becoming Friday Fellow hot pot.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Souun Ebisugawa (voice)
Atsushi Ono
Ebisu (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Bishamon (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Shoujirou Nanzenji (voice)
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Juroujin (voice)
Heo Jong
Director
Masayuki Yoshihara
Storyboard Designer
Ryou Higaki
Script
Yurie Oohigashi
Animation Director
Naoko Takada
Key Animation
13. The Eccentric Family
Tanuki and human worlds collide as both the Nise-emon ceremony and Friday Fellow year-end bash descend into chaos. The scale of the disturbance increases when Prof. Akadama starts brandishing the Fujin Raijin folding fan, but by New Year’s everything settles down and Yasaburo and co. are able to calmly consider their hopes for the future.
Takahiro Sakurai
Yasaburou Shimogamo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yaichirou Shimogamo (voice)
Nakahara Mai
Yashirou Shimogamo (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Yajirou Shimogamo (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Tousen Shimogamo (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Kaisei Ebisugawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Benten (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Mr. Akadama (voice)
Shuuya Nishiji
Kinkaku (voice)
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Ginkaku (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Souun Ebisugawa (voice)
Atsushi Ono
Ebisu (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Bishamon (voice)
Takehiko Higuchi
Professor Yodogawa (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Shoujirou Nanzenji (voice)
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Juroujin (voice)
Yusuke Inoue
Key Animation