Rilakkuma and Kaoru

Rilakkuma is a soft toy bear who showed up one day to live with a young woman named Kaoru. It spends its days lounging around the apartment. Although there is a zipper on its back, what is inside is a mystery. Rilakkuma loves pancakes, rice omelets, custard pudding and "dango" rice dumplings. Its friends are Kaoru's pet bird Kiiroitori and a small white bear cub named Korilakkuma who also showed up out of the blue.

Kaoru is an office worker in Tokyo whose life does not always go as planned, and the series follows her and her furry companions month by month through a year of small troubles, little joys and changing seasons. Made in stop-motion animation, it is a quiet, warm story about everyday life.