Publisher Frontier Works has officially confirmed that the upcoming television anime adaptation of Atamoto's popular slice-of-life manga Tanuki to Kitsune (Raccoon Dog and Fox) will premiere on October 4. The broadcast is set for Sunday mornings at 7:00 a.m. within TV Tokyo's "Animori" programming block. The new series marks a major milestone for the franchise, serving as a cornerstone celebration for its 10th anniversary.
Staff & Production Details
Director Tommy Hino (Kumarba, Crane Game Girls) will helm the project at Akatsuki Media Studio. Scriptwriting duties fall to Rika Kihara, known for her narrative work on Sylvanian Families Freya no Piece of Secret. The narrative continues to track the gentle, comical day-to-day interactions between an easily flustered tanuki and a playfully mischievous fox living together on a quiet mountain alongside a cast of woodland friends including a wolf, a bear, and a rabbit.
Originating as a webcomic posted directly to X (formerly Twitter) by creator Atamoto, the series has grown into a quiet publishing success story under Frontier Works. The main manga run currently spans 10 volumes alongside three picture books, accumulating over 1.35 million copies in circulation. The franchise previously received a run of short-form web anime releases in 2018, with a brand-new printed installment, Tanuki to Kitsune Yurutto Volume 2, slated to ship shortly after the TV premiere on October 15.
