Anime/Manga Kuma Miko

[machomuu]

Kuma Miko: Girl meets Bear​

Machi is a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden (miko) at a Shinto shrine enshrining a bear (kuma) in the recesses of a certain mountain in Japan's northern Tōhoku region. Machi's guardian is a talking bear named Natsu, and one day Machi says to Natsu, "I want to go to a school in the city." The worrywart Natsu then gives Machi — who is ignorant in the ways of the world — a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive in the city.

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Apr 3, 2016 to ?
Premiered: Spring 2016
Broadcast: Sundays at 23:30 (JST)
Licensors: FUNimation Entertainment
Studios: Kinema Citrus, EMT²
Source: Manga
Genres: Comedy, Seinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Spoiler: Cast and Crew

Natsumi Hiyoka as Machi Amayadori
Hiroki Yasumoto as Natsu Kumai

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yoshio Amayadori
Eri Kitamura as Hibiki Sakata

Staff:

Director: Kiyoshi Matsuda
Animation Director: Hiroyuki Saiya
Music: Akiyuki Tateyama
Character Design: Hiroyuki Saita
Theme Song: Bonjour Suzuki (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Maki Hanatani (OP), Natsumi Hioka (ED), Hiroki Yasumoto (ED

TRAILERS

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Currently my favorite show this season, the first episode was gold. Anyone else following this?

 

[Kenchiin]

This show is gold. No discussion.

 

[J]

Adaptations of laid-back series such as these are much, much, much safer for emotional investment, since one need not worry about overcompression of plot to fit a tight broadcast schedule-- there's not enough plot for it to matter!
Incidentally, this is yet another manga that I've been following to get adapted recently. Hooray!

 

[Kenchiin]

#3

Did I mention this is the best show of the season!?

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