Damekko Doubutsu
Japanese title: だめっこどうぶつ
Alternative titles: Damekko Dobutsu, Useless Animals
Type: TV
Source: 4-koma manga
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 17, 2005 to Feb 21, 2005
Broadcast: Unknown
Duration: 6 min per ep
Rating: G - All Ages
Studios: Magic Bus
Producers: SKY Perfect Well Think, Kids Station, Takeshobo
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Themes: Anthropomorphic

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 aforementioned smoking rabbit, a sake-drinking unicorn, a near-sighted eagle, an orca that cannot swim, and a shy pegasus—doesn't get to him first.