Frontier Works has announced that Atamoto’s Tanuki to Kitsune (Raccoon Dog and Fox) manga is getting a new anime series in October 2026. The Tanuki to Kitsune anime series was announced to celebrate the manga franchise’s 10th anniversary.
Atamoto started publishing the Tanuki to Kitsune manga on X (formerly Twitter), and Frontier Works releases the manga in print. The franchise has already inspired a wide variety of merchandise, as well as stamps. The manga’s 10 volumes and three picture book volumes have more than 1.3 million copies in circulation.
Lastly, here’s a description of the series via Anime News Network:
These are the daily lives of a raccoon dog who is not quite with it and a mischievous fox who likes to tease the raccoon dog. The two are close friends who live together on a mountain. Their other friends include a wolf, a bear, a rabbit, and birds.
