Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods

Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods

2013
★★★★☆ 7.7/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 12 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 24 min/episode
AnimationComedyDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Gintarou is a fox spirit that has been protecting the small Inari temple since the Edo era. Saeki Makoto's family possesses the power to see the gods' agent, but the ability is limited to one living relative at a time. When Makoto's mother passed away while she was still young, Makoto inherited the ability as the sole remaining family member. With the help of fox spirit's power, Makoto and Gintarou help the people of their community, in spite of their many differences.

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Seasons

Season 1
2013 • 12 Episodes
Saeki Makoto is a high school student who happens to be the 15th successor of a small Inari Shrine that has been around since the Edo period. As a true successor, Makoto has the ability to see the fox spirit Gintaro who serves as a herald, a messenger of god. One day, Makoto asks Gintaro to help tell the fortune of Ikegami Yumi, a classmate. However, she fails to properly communicate that fortune to Yumi.

Crew

Producer
Manami Watanabe, Ryosuke Mori

Network

TV Tokyo

Production

diomedéa, Shueisha

Keywords

foxfriendshipsupernaturalslice of lifecoming of agereligionanthropomorphismbased on mangaecologyfamily