Poco's Udon World (2016–2016)

Name: Poco's Udon World
Genre: Animation

TV ShowEnded

crunchyrollAnimation1 season, 12 episodes

Plot

On a visit to his hometown, Souta Tawara meets a strange child who loves udon and frogs... and has ears and a tail?! Although ordinary at first glance, it turns out that this little tyke is actually a tanuki in a human disguise! So begins the tale of a gentle, warm, and slightly weird family in Kagawa prefecture, better known as "Udon Prefecture," where time passes at a less hurried pace than in the big city...

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

01The ReservoirS01E10 · 9.0It's a lazy day at Souta's house when Nakajima abruptly reveals that his mother guilted him into agreeing to a marriage interview. He's thirty and still single, and Souta's stuck in the same boat. Rinko on the other hand is already married, but not exactly a perfect homemaker. So when she offers to make the boys lunch, they realize she's acting strange...
02KakeudonS01E12 · 9.0Excited by the festival fireworks display, Poco accidentally lets his tail out in the middle of the crowd, in full view of the cameras. Does this spell the end for Souta and Poco's little family...?
03Bukkake UdonS01E01 · 8.0After his father's death, Souta Tawara, a web designer who left his hometown in Kagawa prefecture to live in Tokyo, returns to the countryside where he grew up. His father ran a popular udon restaurant, but with no one to take over, the restaurant has closed down. Inside, Souta finds a child fast asleep in an iron pot—a shoeless, dirty, and absolutely starving child. But when Souta tries to take the lost tyke to the police, the rug rat grows an ears and a tail before his very eyes. This is no ordinary child—it's a tanuki in a human form!

Episodes by season

Season0112Episodes2016Aired 7.8Season avg

S01E01Bukkake UdonOctober 9, 2016 8.0After his father's death, Souta Tawara, a web designer who left his hometown in Kagawa prefecture to live in Tokyo, returns to the countrysi
S01E02KotodenOctober 16, 2016 8.0Souta is freaked out by his encounter with a shape-shifting tanuki, but how could anyone leave such a lonely-seeming little thing to fend fo
S01E03The Red LighthouseOctober 23, 2016 7.0Souta is sleeping with a tossing and turning Poco when his longtime friend Nakajima Shinobu shows up for an impromptu fishing trip... at 3 A
S01E04YashimaOctober 30, 2016 7.0Souta's big sister Rinko walks in on Souta, Poco, and Nakajima fast asleep after their fishing trip. Souta is frantic to stop Rinko from pry
S01E05Chicken on the BoneOctober 6, 2016 7.0Souta calls Nakajima out, saying he needs to ask him for a favor. Buttering his longtime friend up with some bone-in chicken, he asks Nakaji
S01E06Tokyo TowerNovember 13, 2016 8.0Souta needs to go back to Tokyo urgently, but he can't leave Poco alone. What's he to do except for take the tyke with him? Naturally, when
S01E07Ritsurin GardenNovember 20, 2016 7.0Souta's made his decision: he's quitting his job and moving back to Kagawa, where he'll work freelance while taking care of Poco. What with
S01E08ShodoshimaNovember 27, 2016 8.0Souta takes Poco on a trip to Shodoshima, where he's to meet with the company his former boss put him in touch with. When they get to the of
S01E09Sardine StockDecember 4, 2016 8.0When Hiroshi shows up at Souta's house with a hankering for some homemade udon, Souta remembers the recipes his father left behind, so Souta
S01E10Season's bestThe ReservoirDecember 11, 2016 9.0It's a lazy day at Souta's house when Nakajima abruptly reveals that his mother guilted him into agreeing to a marriage interview. He's thir
S01E11Takamatsu FestivalDecember 18, 2016 8.0Souta begins to seriously consider what it will take to permanently live in Kagawa with tanuki-boy Poco. He knows it will be easier said tha
S01E12KakeudonDecember 25, 2016 9.0Excited by the festival fireworks display, Poco accidentally lets his tail out in the middle of the crowd, in full view of the cameras. Does

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Shiho KokidoPoco (voice)

Yuichi NakamuraSouta Tawara (voice)

Tomokazu SugitaShinobu Nakajima (voice)

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