Fox Wood Monogatari

Animal folk tales set in the titular community, in which local eccentric Ohahai retells several popular fairy tales with considerable license.

A fortuneteller tells Hidari Taisho that he must hunt down 1000 foxes in order to conquer the country. So Akuemon, who is disliked by everybody, is hired to do the foxhunting. In response, the foxes send a female fox to Akuemon's house disguised as his wife. A story unfolds between Akuemon, who has never loved anyone, and the female fox, who slowly discovers true love in him even while tormented by sorrow over her comrades' death. This is the 6th work in "The Lion Books" series. It is also the first attempt by visualist Tezuka Makoto, Tezuka's older son, to render an original of his father's into an animated version.

Long ago, there lived a young man named Yosuke in the village of Shiiba in Hyuuga. "I want enough money and possessions to live a luxurious life without having to work" Yohei abandoned his job in his impoverished village, where only barnyard millet, oxtail millet and beans could be grown. He fled into the mountains, where one night he witnessed a strange sight. A blue ogre clinging to a large cedar tree split its back, began to shed its skin and quickly transformed into a red ogre. Yosuke stole the shed skin, wore it and began committing crimes in the village. However, when he tried to take off the skin, he couldn't get it off no matter what he did...

The Mizuchi bloodline has long been hunted by Yokai, or monsters. Toru and Noboru Takagami are descendents of this bloodline, and under their grandmother's discretion, are given a secret weapon to combat these monsters. It is Tenko Kugen, a fox deity who can take the shape of a man or woman at will. The mischievous deity is accompanied by a shrine maiden, Ko, who will both live with the Takagami brothers at their house. Life just got complicated.