Oruchuban Ebichu

Ebichu Minds the House
Ebichu DVD cover by Gainax
おるちゅばんエビちゅ (Oruchuban Ebichu)
Genre	Comedy, Erotic
Manga
Written by	Risa Itō
Published by	Futabasha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Manga Action Pizazz
Original run	1991 – 2008
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Makoto Moriwaki
Studio	Group TAC, Gainax
Original run	August 1, 1999 – October 1, 1999
Episodes	24

Oruchuban Ebichu (おるちゅばんエビちゅ^?, lit. Ebichu Minds the House) is a manga series by Risa Itō that was published by Futabasha Publishers. It later became an anime produced by Gainax, but animated by Group TAC. It first aired as six eight-minute episodes in 1999 as one third of the show Modern Love's Silliness. Ebichu is very adult in nature, and its Comedy, explicit violence, innuendo, and sexual intercourse scenes could only be shown on DirecTV Japan. The uncut version of the series is only found on DVD. The show is done in a simplistic art style, and its sexual content is played for comedic value rather than for fanservice.

Ebichu is a housekeeping hamster. She is excellent in cooking and laundry, housekeeping and other housework. Most episodes follow Ebichu, a talking hamster devoted to her oft-indifferent owner, who is only identified as OL ("Office Lady"), a single 28-year-old (this is her age in the original manga series while she is 25-year-old in the anime series) who doles out cynical commentary and the occasional beating on the rodent. other story is episode of owner's Boy friend Kaishonachi and other surrounding peoples. Ebichu tends to take this in stride with endless praise and compliments. Such abuse is usually caused by Ebichu's almost disturbing lack of tact or propriety, which often embarrasses her master in front of other people. Ebichu often attempts to correct OL's bad decisions, such as her berating of OL's obnoxious, immature and untrustworthy boyfriend that Ebichu nicknamed Kaishounachi (worthless man).