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Uchoten Kazoku 2 (The Eccentric Family 2)

STORY

Humans live in the city, Tanuki roam the earth, and Tengu soar the sky.

The Shimogamo family, a family of shape-shifting Tanukis, lives in the Forest of Tadasu, within the vicinity of Shimogamo Shrine, located in Kyoto. The four brothers of Shimogamo, who succeed the blood of Soichiro, their late father, who was the head of the Tanuki world, were living rather happily, surrounding their mother, who is a diehard Takarazuka fan.
That night of madness, the incident that centered on Yasaburo, the third son, who succeeds the fool's blood of Soichiro the most. The election for the next ‘Nise-Emon’, the trickery of theiruncle Ebisugawa Soun, and the scene with the ‘Friday Fellows’, all of the above has been blown away into the night sky of Kyoto by a gust of wind. Time has passed, and now is the time of year when the pleasant scent of young leaves fills the streets of Kyoto. The furballs begin to roll out without minding their behinds getting cold. Benten, the beautiful woman, who was kidnapped and granted divine power by the Tengu, has left Kyoto behind, and the Great Tengu Professor Akadama, a.k.a. Yakushibo Nyoigatake, who was madly in love with his former pupil, just spent his days away in his rundown apartment, drinking Akadama Port Wine while lying in his never-made bed, scattering about loneliness and frustration. One day, “The Junior”, estranged son of Professor Akadama, who disappeared after losing a fierce father-son dispute, has returned home after a century, now an English gentleman. Out of the blue. Lo and behold. Caught unaware. The big news spread in and out of the Kyoto area in the blink of an eye and shake up both the Tengu and Tanuki worlds. The paths of Humans, Tanukis and Tengus intertwine in Kyoto as the second volume of the furball picture scroll unravels!

“An interesting thing is a good thing.”

CREDIT

Original:
Tomihiko Morimi ("Uchoten Kazoku – Nidaime No Kichou" / GENTOSHA)

Director:
Masayuki Yoshihara

Written by:
Ryo Higaki

Original Character Design:
Koji Kumeta

Character Design / Animation Director:
Kosuke Kawatsura

Art Director:
Yusuke Takeda / Harumi Okamoto

Music:
Yoshiaki Fujisawa

Music Production:
Lantis

Animation Production:
P.A.WORKS

Production:
Uchoten-Kazoku 2 Committee

©Tomihiko Morimi , GENTOSHA / Uchoten-Kazoku 2 Committee

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