Tonari no Youkai-san


Tonari no Yokai-san

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: となりの妖怪さん
English: Tonari no Yokai-san
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Premiered: Spring 2024
Broadcast: Sundays at 02:00 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: LIDENFILMS
Source: Web manga
Genres: DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Themes: MythologyMythology, Urban FantasyUrban Fantasy
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.291 (scored by 70147,014 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #28662
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4843
Members: 22,323
Favorites: 69

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Synopsis

In the town of Engamori, supernatural beings known as yokai, gods, and humans have been living amongst each other for centuries, each striving to lead ordinary, peaceful lives. One day Buchio, a 20-year-old cat, mysteriously evolves into a nekomata, a feline yokai, near the end of his life. Although this allows him to stay with his human family longer, it also makes him question the reason behind his evolution, along with the special abilities that have recently manifested in himl.

Meanwhile, an elementary school girl named Mutsumi "Muu-chan" Sugimoto begins to feel more attached to Jirou, a tengu—a crow-like yokai—and Jirou begins to fill the void left by her late father. While both are unable to properly communicate their intentions at first, they gradually form a companionship where they protect each other.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Yamauchi, Ami
Director
Yamaki, Daiki
Sound Director
Ikeda, Yuuki
Episode Director, Storyboard
Akiyama, Tomoko
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"Obake Himawari (お化けひまわり)" by Pii
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Ending Theme

1: "Iro no Naka (イロノナカ)" by Aoi Kubo (久保あおい) (eps 1-4,6-)
2: "Kaerou ka (帰ろうか)" by Aoi Kubo (久保あおい) (eps 5)

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Jul 30, 2024
Browsing through slice of life titles can be tricky, and it's easy to incorrectly stereotype SoL, thinking certain trends are representative of the genre. The older film and literary SoL (say, Yasujiro Ozu for film) was more traditional in style, then you have the later atmosphere-focused ones, with anime examples being Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou or Mushishi, and quite a few of them being iyashikei. Finally, there's the podiatrist-pandering brand of slime of life that you will find with the current deluge of CGDCT's patented cupcake and tea philosophy. Tonari no Youkai-san is in the atmospheric camp, for the most part, though it has the sentimentality ...
Jul 3, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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Tonari no Youkai-san is a Slice of Life with elements of mystery and heavy drama. The setting is a fantasy world where "yokai" (imaginary beings brought to life due to power of rumors, emotions, desires etc..) live with humans.

Plot
The show starts when a 20 year old pet cat is reborn as a nekomata (a yokai cat with two tails and power to transform). As a newborn yokai, he starts learning the ways of this world and this allows us audience to tag along for the lessons. We keep meeting new characters (around 15+ major cast members at this point) which all have their own ...
Jul 21, 2024
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Preliminary (3/13 eps)
What I hate about this show is that it just slaps on some supernatural beings into the show without integrating any of the actual historical accounts to the shinigami/Japanese folklore. For example, Tengu are said to be mischievous and enjoy playing pranks on humans. Why is Jiro just a literal human being in an anthropomorphic crow body? How about the fact that Buchio was reincarnated from a cat, so wouldn't it make sense for Buchio to have cat-like tendencies, reflexes, etc? I just fail to see the appeal. Even in a game like Touhou, Tengu are seen as people who love gossip, which makes sense ...

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