Ekubo Ouji - Recommendations

• TV (16 eps)
• 2009

• TV (16 eps)
• 2007

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2012

• TV (6+ eps)
• 2014 - ?

• TV (56 eps)
• 1995 - 1997

• TV (130 eps)
• 1980

• TV (26 eps)
• 2018 - 2019

The franchise centers on two friends: a naive weasel who likes cute and round things, and a dormouse who plays innocent. Together, they spend their days playing and having fun in short stories set in Nagano Prefecture. 

• TV (12 eps)
• 2004 - 2005

Michi and her parents have just move into the Happiness House, a bizarre neighborhood built atop a giant tree. As Michi ventures into her new room, a strange nut falls from one of the tree branches on the ceiling, revealing a small creature inside called Nanami-chan. The two quickly become good friends and begin to explore the Happiness House, discovering its secrets, meeting the neighbors, and teaching Nanami about the world, from daifuku to astronomy.

• TV (16 eps)
• 2005

Having settled into their new home, Michi and Nanami continue to live their everyday lives alongside all the other residents of the Happiness House. With a host of mini adventures around every turn, from taking care of a hamster and going on a diet, to Nanami running away from home with Eiffel and Kyu and protecting the house from a thief in his own unique way, there’s never a dull moment in the lives of the Aoba family.

• TV (16 eps)
• 2008