Girl Meets Bear
2016•15•1 Seasons•12 Episodes•4.8•Ended
ComedyAnimation
The anime follows Machi, a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden at a Shinto shrine and takes care of a bear, who lives on mountain in Japan's northern Tohoku region. The bear, Natsu, has the ability to talk and is Machi's guardian. When Machi explains to Natsu that she will attend a school in the city, he gives Machi a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive city life.
Network
AT-X
Origin
JP
Cast
Natsumi Hioka
Amayadori Machi
Hiroki Yasumoto
Kumai Natsu
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Amayadori Yoshio
Shizuka Ishigami
Kaori
Eri Kitamura
Sakata Hibiki
Yuko Sanpei
Tamotsu
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