Eccentric Family Collection (Blu-ray)

Directed by Masayuki Yoshihara

Starring: Takahiro Sakurai, Junichi Suwabe, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Mai Nakahara, Kikuko Inoue, Mamiko Noto, Nobuo Tobita, Ayane Sakura, Hideyuki Umezu, Bon Ishihara
Contributors: Shoutarou Suga, Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Studio: MVM Entertainment
Genre: Television
Main Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 20 May 2019
Originally Issued: 2013
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Run Time: 307 minutes

Description

All 13 episodes from the Japanese anime based on the novel by Tomihiko Morimi. The plot is centred around the Shimogamo family - brothers Yasaburo (voice of Takahiro Sakurai), Yaichiro (Junichi Suwabe), Yajiro (Hiroyuki Yoshino), Yashiro (Mai Nakahara) and their mother (Kikuko Inoue), who are all tanuki, beings who can transform into humans, animals or objects. The boys' father was killed and cooked in a hot pot by the Friday Fellows, a social group of tengu, creatures who roam the sky.

When Yasaburo meets Benten (Mamiko Noto), a human who was raised as a tengu, he is taken with her despite her association with the club. Elsewhere, Yaichiro, who hopes to be elected as the next tanuki leader, discovers one of his brothers may have been involved in his father's death. The episodes are: 'Goddess of the Noryo-Yuka', 'Mother and Raijin, God of Thunder', 'Yakushibo's Inner Parlour', 'Daimonji Leisure Cruiser Battle', 'The Friday Fellows Club', 'Autumn Leaf Viewing', 'Bath House Rules', 'The Day That Dad Left', 'Daughter of the Ebisugawas - Kaisei', 'Behind the Scenes of Soun Ebisugawa', 'Try Again Even Harder', 'The Fake Eizan Electric Car' and 'The Eccentric Family'.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers