“A useless wolf falls for a clumsy cheetah in a forest of misfit animals.”
Damekko Doubutsu
だめっこどうぶつ
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Synopsis
A useless wolf falls for a clumsy cheetah in a forest of misfit animals.
Uruno, a useless wolf, is on the road searching for a new place to call home. He soon comes upon a whole forest full of "useless animals"—that is, animals that don't live up to their species' usual character. After a short fight with the smoking, bad-tempered rabbit, Usahara, Uruno decides that he wants to move on... but changes his mind upon meeting Chiiko, a clumsy cheetah girl. It's love at first sight for Uruno, and after deciding to stay for her, he continues to hope that even though he's a good-for-nothing, he'll win her over someday. That is, if living with the other strange residents of the forest—including the aforementioned smoking rabbit, a sake-drinking unicorn, a near-sighted eagle, an orca that cannot swim, and a shy pegasus—doesn't get to him first.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Nov 2006 → May 2009
- 10 “The ingenious mixing of familiar personality archetypes into unexpected animal pairings—like an aggressive hare opposite a shy wolf—creates a deliciously entertaining variety of situations....”
- 7 “The animals are undeniably cute, the six-minute shorts breeze by, and the opening song is catchy. Unfortunately, there’s no story to speak of, the characters are deliberately useless, and the whole...”
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- Format 26 × 6′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2005 – Feb 2005 Winter 2005
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-0456 catalog
Produced by
- SKY Perfect Well Think Producer
- Kids Station Producer
- Takeshobo Producer