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Poco's Udon World

TV·2016–2016·1 season, 12 episodes·Nippon TV·Animation·23m·8.4

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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...

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  1. 01Poco's Udon World S01E10The 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...
  2. 02Poco's Udon World S01E12KakeudonS01E12 · 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...?
  3. 03Poco's Udon World S01E01Bukkake 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!

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2016Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Poco's Udon World 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
  2. S01E02Poco's Udon World 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
  3. S01E03Poco's Udon World 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
  4. S01E04Poco's Udon World 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
  5. S01E05Poco's Udon World 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
  6. S01E06Poco's Udon World 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
  7. S01E07Poco's Udon World 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
  8. S01E08Poco's Udon World 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
  9. S01E09Poco's Udon World 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
  10. S01E10Poco's Udon World 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
  11. S01E11Poco's Udon World 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
  12. S01E12Poco's Udon World 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

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