You are put into the amazing world of Kyoto where humans live in the city, while Tanuki roam the earth and Tengu, the sky. You follow the adventures of a young tanuki (raccoon) Yasaburou Shimogamo and his family. I wont tell you much about him or his family not to ruin your fun. The important thing is that humans eat tanuki, every year a group named "Friday Fellows" eats a tanuki pot, so roaming through the city is dangerous for the tanuki. They have a society and have a ruler. I wont tell more about the story, but I was really amazed with the details put into it and the way it was all described. Most animes give you enough information to keep you interested in the back stories of the characters and their lives, but this anime has gotten me really interested in everyone's back story. The tanuki can change their form to almost any object as long as they are focused enough.
Art:
I was amazed by the sound and the drawings by the artists who worked on this anime. I consider this to be worth watching only for the amazing skills displayed by the staff. 10s for both sound and art.
Characters:
The characters are well designed and evolve during the series. The story mostly follows Yasaburou who is always calm and rather unfocused on anything. He is the middle child and has 3 more brothers, one younger than him. To not reveal to many spoilers I can just say that I was amazed by all of their development and their characteristics. From the oldest to the youngest you can see a lot of different approaches on dealing with their fathers death.
My Thoughts:
I loved this anime but I was rather disappointed when it ended, as there is no Season 2. The story is simply amazing and I didnt realize this until the 3rd episode when I started to get into it. With their fathers death , the brothers tried to go on with life their own way, what I thought kept them going wasn't the motivation to follow in their fathers footsteps( watch the series to find out what and who their father was) but rather the love for their family/each other.
If you have any questions or want more from me on this just pm me :) I wont put spoilers here but I can send some more detailed info to you.
Thanks for reading.
Anime rating: 9-Amazing
