Anime like Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox

What is Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox about?

Status: Finished

Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox revolves around a kumiho, a nine-tailed fox that can assume different forms including human. Kumiho are familiar figures in Korean folk tales, and they are usually depicted as magical creatures that take female form to lure and prey on humans. This time, however, our protagonist is a young, kind-hearted fox with only five tails, instead of nine.

After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.

Tags: Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Kids , School , Afterlife , Reincarnation , Rural

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Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Also known as Wolf Children.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Dentsu , Yomiuri TV , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Toho , Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The theme of the film is the love between parents and children. The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children—an older sister named Yuki who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame who was born on a rainy day. The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the existence of the "wolf children," but when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.

Tags: Family Life , Werewolf , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Rural , Parenthood , Snowscape , Shapeshifting , Animals , Kemonomimi , Tragedy , Urban , Agriculture , Male Protagonist , Mythology , School , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy

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Crunchyroll

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Jib

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Ga-young moves to an old town that will be demolished and she meets the Zipsin (spirit of the house). At that time, Zipsin was no longer the leader of them (Zelkova tree) because of the redevelopment. They go about finding the next leader together. Then they find the new leader (Cat), and hear of the upcoming Zipsin's death (demolition of houses). To avoid death, the Zipsin locks their house up when the people are in. Meanwhile, Gayoung faces a memory about the house that had been lost. She realizes what the house is to her. And then she comes back to reality. But it is still difficult to solve the fighting between Zipsin and the people.

Tags: Kids

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Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Also known as Ponyo.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Dentsu , d-rights , Toho , Walt Disney Studios
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery before Ponyo's father, a powerful sorcerer, forces her to return to her home in the sea. But Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the delicate balance of nature and triggers a gigantic storm. Only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.

Tags: Natural Disaster , Primarily Child Cast , Environmental , Kids , Coastal , Rural , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Urban Fantasy , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Ships , Gods , Mermaid , Swimming , Chibi

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Netflix

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Da Yu Hai Tang

Also known as Big Fish & Begonia.

Studio: B&T , Enlight Pictures , Coloroom Pictures , Studio Mir
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

This is a mythic land where no outsider has ever set foot. The spirit-like dwellers there, however, know us mortals well. They are responsible for human emotions and desires, for seasons, weather, the elapsing of time...

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Tags: Reincarnation , Afterlife , Female Protagonist , Magic , Mythology , Animals , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Environmental , Love Triangle , Tragedy

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