Useless Animals: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Uruno, a useless wolf, is on the road searching for a new place to call home. He soon comes upon a whole forest full of Useless Animals - that is, animals that don't live up to their species' usual character. After a short fight with the smoking, bad-tempered rabbit, Usahara, Uruno decides that he wants to move on... but changes his mind upon meeting Chiiko, a clumsy cheetah girl. It's love at first sight for Uruno, and after deciding to stay for her, he continues to hope that even though he's a good-for-nothing, he'll win her over someday. That is, if living with the other strange residents of the forest - including the aformentioned smoking rabbit, a sake-drinking unicorn, a near-sighted owl, a travelling saleswoman bear, and a shy pegasus - doesn't get to him first.

Series details

• Title: Useless Animals
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 2005-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-02-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Kids Station
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31145
• IMDb ID: tt0907604
• TVDB ID: 79593

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-01-17; final listed air date 2005-02-21; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Useless Animals on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.