Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Comedy, Anime
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2016-04-03
Ended: 2016-06-19
Network: AT-X
Country: JP
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 23:30
Runtime: 25 minutes
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.