The Eccentric Family
The Eccentric Family is a Japanese novel written by Tomihiko Morimi, originally published by Gentosha in 2007, with a sequel published in 2015. An anime television series adaptation based on the first book aired from July to September 2013. A second season based on the second book aired from April to June 2017.
Plot
In modern-day Kyoto, humans live in the city while tanuki roam the earth and tengu roam the sky. The story surrounds a family of tanuki, the Shimogamo family. They have the ability to transform into anything they wish, from humans to any animate/inanimate object. The third son, Yasaburō, enjoys a bustling daily life. He often visits his teacher Professor Akadama, a tengu. Through Akadama, Yasaburō is acquainted with Benten, a human woman whom Akadama taught to fly like a tengu. As the story unfolds, the members of the Shimogamo family are still dealing with the foggy past that surrounds their father's untimely death prior to the series's start. To complicate matters, Benten is a member of a social group called the Friday Fellows, people who enjoy a meal of tanuki hot pot at the end of the year. The Shimogamo family must balance between living carelessly, maintaining relationships among other tanuki families, and not getting put into a hot pot by the Friday Fellows.Characters
Shimogamo family
;Yasaburō Shimogamo;Yaichirō Shimogamo
;Yajirō Shimogamo
;Yashirō Shimogamo
;Tōsen Shimogamo
;Sōichirō Shimogamo
Ebisugawa family
;Sōun Ebisugawa;Kinkaku and Ginkaku
;Kaisei Ebisugawa
;Kureichirō Ebisugawa
Other characters
;Benten;Professor Akadama
;Nidaime
;Tenmaya
;Gyokuran Nanzenji
;Shōjirō Nanzenji
Media
A manga adaptation of the first novel, illustrated by Yu Okada, with character designs by Kōji Kumeta, was serialized in Gentosha's Comic Birz magazine from the June 2013 to May 2015 issues. Gentosha published four tankōbon volumes from September 24, 2013, to June 24, 2015.
Anime
The first 13-episode season aired in Japan from July 7 to September 23, 2013, on Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11, Kids Station, and KNB. The director is Masayuki Yoshihara, the scriptwriter is Shōtarō Suga, the music is scored by Yoshiaki Fujisawa, and the animation is done by P.A. Works. Kōji Kumeta provided character designs. The opening theme is titled "Ecstatic Life" by Milktub. The ending theme is titled "Que Sera, Sera" by Fhána. The anime was released in Japan across seven volumes from August 25, 2013, to March 26, 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series and NIS America released the series in North America as a premium set including two Blu-ray disc sets on January 5, 2015.A second season, was greenlit on September 28, 2016. The second season was aired in Japan from April 9 to June 25, 2017, on Tokyo MX, KBS, and KNB and was streamed on Docomo Anime Store in Japan, and Crunchyroll. The main staff and cast members returned for the second season. The opening theme is "Narugamama, Sawagumama" by Milktub and the ending theme is "Moon River" by Fhána.