In a supernatural version of the modern day,
The Eccentric Family (
Uchouten Kazoku) presents diverse
Kyoto, where
tanuki and
tengu live side-by-side with humans. The tanuki
Shimogamo family was once the
head of the entire Kyoto tanuki society, but after the
unfortunate death of their patriarch, Chief Souichirou, the family falls into disrepair as his four sons struggle to grow up and regain their foothold in society. This series follows
Yasaburou, third son of the Shimogamo family, who inherited his father's idiocy. Having been taught by
legendary tengu master Akadama and with close ties to
human-tengu Benten, who is both a member of the tanuki-eating
Friday Fellows and
his longtime crush, Yasaburou's life is complicated.
Quirks and eccentricities abound. Yasaburou's brothers are their own curiosities.
Yaichirou, the eldest, is
aloof but
overreacts to everything.
Yajirou, the second oldest, is only motivated
when drunk and lives as a
frog at the bottom of a shrine well. Lastly,
Yashirou, the youngest, works under his
abusive cousins but has a knack for
creating electricty. Their mother is a theatrical
bifauxnen known as the "Black Prince" who's very afraid of thunder. Yasuburou himself
disregards tanuki laws and society and
masquerades as human most of the time. Despite antagonistic relatives, the Ebisugawas, and the threat of being caught and cooked in the Friday Fellows' hot pot, the family and friends go about life in ways only a bunch of misfits could.Originally a novel by Tomihiko Morimi published in 2007. A thirteen-episode anime adaptation was created by
P. A. Works and aired
Summer 2013.Production Second novel (from the planned trilogy) came out in 2015 and second anime season from the same staff aired in
Spring 2017.