S01E01 Spring Awakens-bin
An introduction to BinchÅ-tan and her peaceful lifestyle. BinchÅ-tan rides a duck across a river and goes to collect wild vegetables.
Binchou-tan
S01E08: Close And Open-bin
Chiku-tan invents a portable house but it breaks. BinchÅ-tan's bowl is chipped. On the way to buy a new one, she finds a dog and buys it some food. When she gets to the shop, she cannot afford a bowl. The shop owner asks her where her mother is, which appears to sadden her. She passes a school and watches some children singing with their teacher, before returning home for a lonely supper. She awakes the next morning to find the dog outside her house. She takes him with her to visit Chiku-tan and he takes a liking to the portable house, which resembles a kennel. They decide to keep him and name him Saji. The next day, BinchÅ-tan is invited back to the school and is asked to work there for a day every week. Chiku-tan is walking Saji and he drags her to the school to see BinchÅ-tan. The children are excited to see him and he takes a special liking to Kunugi-tan. Kunugi-tan is delighted to finally learn BinchÅ-tan's name. By the end of the episode, BinchÅ-tan has somehow acquired a bowl for herself and a bowl for Saji.
Overview
Episodes
S01E02 Bin Gets A Job
BinchÅ-tan goes to town to find a job to earn money and rice. She does a variety of jobs and shows off her unique talents for filtering water, cooking rice and deodorising shoes and refrigerators....
S01E03 Bin's Birthday
It is BinchÅ-tan's birthday and she receives gifts from her friend, Ubamega. She goes to town to look for work. On the way she hurts her knee and meets Chiku-tan, who tends to her wound....
S01E04 Rainy Sunday
It's raining and Chiku-tan invents a device for walking in the rain without getting wet, which she calls a chikuma. Unfortunately, it is actually a takeuma, which has already been invented. She goes for a...
S01E05 Kimono Memories-bin
Chiku-tan has a new invention for reaching job flyers. She gets a job serving lunch at Kunugi-tan's school, but finds that it is for two days later, when she is meant to attend a fair....
S01E06 A Night's Work-bin
On the way to work, BinchÅ-tan watches her favorite show through the window of a TV store. At a crucial moment, the channel is changed. BinchÅ-tan spends the day wondering how it ended. She works...
S01E07 Lemonade And Candy Apples-bin
Aroe is introduced. She has burst her paddling pool and decides to go to a swimming pool instead, but loses her entrance fee. Lightheaded from lack of water, she stumbles home but falls. Chiku-tan comes...
S01E08 Close And Open-bin
Chiku-tan invents a portable house but it breaks. BinchÅ-tan's bowl is chipped. On the way to buy a new one, she finds a dog and buys it some food. When she gets to the shop,...
S01E09 A Beetle Is Following-bin
BinchÅ-tan goes to work at the school again and meets Kunugi-tan. While Kunugi-tan is teaching BinchÅ-tan to write, a beetle flies past and scares Kunugi-tan, who hates bugs. Later, a stag beetle attaches itself to...
S01E10 The Potato Season-bin
BinchÅ-tan goes to collect acorns, chestnuts and wild mushrooms and in the forest. She sets up a stall and trades them for money or food. She receives some sweet potatoes. As there are too many...
S01E11 First Snow, First Sled, First Flight-bin
BinchÅ-tan and Chiku-tan forage for berries, mushrooms and other things that grow in the forest to trade for food to store for winter and some winter clothes. They open up a stall which becomes very...
S01E12 Letter From The Sky-bin
It is New Years Eve and Chiku-tan and Chiku-rin are making mochi. BinchÅtan has caught a cold and dreams of her grandmother. She feels lonely until Kunugi-tan, Ren-tan and Chiku-tan arrive to look after her....
Cast
Mai Kadowaki
Kikuko Inoue
Ai Nonaka
Sakura Nogawa
Misato Fukuen
