archytele The Vault
Season guide

The Eccentric Family: Season 1

13 episodes Premiered Jul 7, 2013 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Advertisement
Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

🛡️ SPOILER SHIELD

Season 1 Progress Shield

Future titles & synopses blurred. Tap "Reveal" on any card to peek.
Binge Efficiency Engine

Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

31%
69%
Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (9): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Goddess of the Noryoyuka

Jul 7, 2013 · 25 min

Since the Heian era relocation, humans, tanuki, and tengu have maintained a delicate balance. But none of that matter as a young tanuki is tasked by an older tengu to deliver a dan

S1·E2 Core

Mom and Raijin, God of Thunder

Jul 14, 2013 · 25 min

Yasaburou visits Yajirou, who lives in the bottom of a well as a frog and forgot how to transform back into himself. When a storm comes, the three non-frog Shimogamo brothers race

S1·E3 Core

Yakushibou's Inner Parlor

Jul 21, 2013 · 25 min

In order to uphold a Shimogamo family tradition, Yasaburou needs to do what Yaichirou could not and come up with a leisure cruiser for them to launch. He asks to borrow Yakushibou'

S1·E4 Core

Battle of the Daimonji Leisure Cruisers

Jul 28, 2013 · 25 min

During the traditional Daimonji leisure cruise, the Ebisugawas come to pick on the Shimogamo family. Yasaburou fights bravely, but loses the Fujin Raijin folding fan. Fearing Bente

S1·E5 Core

The Friday Fellows

Aug 4, 2013 · 25 min

Yasaburou had been hiding from Benten in Osaka, but thanks to Kinkaku and Ginkaku she catches him during a visit to Kyoto and makes him perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows

S1·E6 Mytharc

Taking in Fall Colors

Aug 11, 2013 · 25 min

Professor Yodogawa chases down Benten and Yasaburou, and they check out some autumn foliage. When she ditches them, Yodogawa has a lot to say about his philosophy of eating and Yas

S1·E7 Core

Bathhouse Rules

Aug 18, 2013 · 25 min

Yasaburou, Yashirou, and Yaichirou convince Prof. Akadama to take a much-needed bath, but they run into the Ebisugawa twins at the bathhouse. After a brief scuffle it is revealed t

S1·E8 Core

The Day of Dad's Departure

Aug 25, 2013 · 25 min

Yajirou tells Yasaburou and Yaichirou his account of the night their father was eaten. Later Yasaburou hears a continuation of the story Yajirou doesn't know: Soichirou bumped into

S1·E9 Core

Kaisei, Daughter of Ebisugawa

Sep 1, 2013 · 25 min

Yasaburou gets interrupted while warming his butt and sent to convince Prof. Akadama to attend the council where the new Nise-emon will be decided. He later succeeds in his quest f

S1·E10 Core

The Behind-the-Scenes Dealings of Souun Ebisugawa

Sep 8, 2013 · 25 min

The meaning of Kaisei's mysterious apology becomes clear as the Ebisugawa plot to boil Yaichirou in a hot pot is revealed on the day of the Nise-emon election. The day is also the

S1·E11 Core

Back in the Game

Sep 15, 2013 · 25 min

After Yasaburou gets a hand from Benten to escape Soun and his Elite Guard, the Ebisugawas manage to nab him anyway through a clever Kinkaku-Ginkaku plot. Meanwhile, Kaisei helps Y

S1·E12 Mytharc

The False Eizan Electric Railway

Sep 22, 2013 · 25 min

Yashirou comes up with a plan to get Yajirou back in the game, leading to the trouncing of Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Yashirou stalls the Nise-emon decision meeting while Yasaburou saves

S1·E13 Mytharc

The Eccentric Family

Sep 29, 2013 · 25 min

Tanuki and human worlds collide as both the Nise-emon ceremony and Friday Fellow year-end bash descend into chaos. The scale of the disturbance increases when Prof. Akadama starts

Advertisement
Advertisement