Name: Kumamiko -Girl Meets Bear
Released: 2016-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Natsumi Hioka, Hiroki Yasumoto, Kazuyuki Okitsu

TV Show · Comedy · Anime

What does a bear know about life in the big city? For Machi Amayadori’s sake, hopefully a lot! The young shrine maiden has spent her whole life in the rural mountains with Natsu, her talking guardian bear. Now, at fourteen, she wants to take a chance and attend high school in the big city. Can Natsu really prepare her for city life? Or will his wacky trials be too much for even Machi to bear?

2016 · 23m

Starring Natsumi Hioka, Hiroki Yasumoto, Kazuyuki Okitsu

Director Kiyoshi Matsuda

EPISODE 1

Time for Bear and Girl to Part

Fourteen-year-old Machi Amayadori is sick and tired of life in her "boring" mountain village, but can a girl raised by a bear make it in the big city?
EPISODE 2

A Hard Road

While it was previously decided that Machi should go to a local high school, she still cannot give up on going to school in the city. After her begging, Natsu is persuaded and gives her homework to prepare her.
EPISODE 3

The One Who Upholds Tradition

Machi is already losing her enthusiasm to work on her assignments to prepare herself to go to school in the city, so she suggests that they perform the kagura ritual for a change of pace.
EPISODE 4

Village Treasure

Yoshio asks Machi if she can survive without Natsu. Offended by Yoshio’s question, she starts listing the things she can do by herself. On a different occasion, she is harassed by a punk and cries to Natsu for help.
EPISODE 5

The Opposite

One of the kids in the village is put in a cell with Natsu as punishment for being naughty. Later, Natsu tells Machi how important it is to sense the mood in order to maintain a good relationship with others.
EPISODE 6

Village of Vanguards

As part of the Kumade Village revitalization plan, Machi is asked to go check out a bookstore that is said to be very popular among young people.