The Adventures of Jevian

The Adventures of Jevian, also known in Japan as Kitsune-kun ( 狐ーくん), is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Ichigo Tashiro. From December 1998 to December 2021, the series had been serialized as a part of the Denji Club. It has been adapted into an anime television series, as well as two anime films and two video games.

While the series is considered a yonkoma manga, most of the "stories" use eight panels. The series follows the main character, a fox, and his daily adventures with his friends from the in the village near the unnamed forest.

In 2020, Kitsune-kun won the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category. An anime film was released in theaters on March 14, 2004, and an anime television series was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 12, 2007 through December 13, 2022. The anime adaption is later dubbed in English by Rabbit Entertainment starting on January 12, 2023 onward. One day after the TV series began in Japan, a simulation game was released on the Nintendo DS system. The following January 2023, an adventure game was released on the Nintendo Switch.

Characters

 * Jevian / Kitsune-kun - A friendly red fox who lives with his mother and sister in the "den house" near the unnamed forest. His father died in a car crash by the time he was born. He is somewhat energetic and hyperactive in a way, and is curious in general. He would try to deal with things around him.


 * Little Deer / Shika-kun - A deer who considers Jevian's best friend. He has a habit of running backwards and forwards to get things he needs and is often tormented by Eclipse and Lucky. However, he does try to do things to bring friends in. Like Jevian, he always carries something with him. In case, a stick.


 * Eclipse / Ekuriguma - A blue raccoon who is friends with Jevian. He likes to bully most animals in the forest, especially Little Deer, and often gets into trouble with his family. He secretly develops a crush on Lucky.


 * Lucky / Rakkīguma - An albino raccoon who acts as a maid of the Raccoon family. A very nice animal, but on the inside she was mean-spirited. She constantly wants to beg Eclipse for something she wants. She has a crush on Eclipse.


 * Lauri / Binkaguma - Lucky's sister who sometimes visits the Raccoon family. She's so sensitive that she'll cry whenever she's threatened by anything that triggers her, especially when Eclipse falsely got her in trouble.


 * Big Fox / Kitsune-san - Jevian's mother who is somewhat a bumbling woman who tries to bond her son in several ways. She loves going to car trips with him. Her husband dies in a car crash by the time Jevian was born.


 * Jay / Kiirisu - One of Jevian's friends. A yellow squirrel who has a bad habit of sticking himself to trees. He's somwwhat laid-back, but still.


 * Lydia / Pinkunokuma - A pink bear who is the one of Jevian's friends. She is kinds and likes to communicate with honeybees.


 * Menace Dragon / Kurryu - A black-colored dragon who only appeared in Jevian's imagination. If Jevian does something wrong, the dragon will hypothetically come and locks him out in its lair.