阳希转生到了异世界。可既不是勇者也不是魔王，偏偏成了个不上不下的魔族——魔王部下。某天，勇者小队为讨伐魔王攻入魔王城。身为守将的阳希本应迎战，却对敌方牧师塞西莉娅一见钟情。
由伊大辅同名漫画「温泉幼精箱根酱」改编而来电视动画。 降临到温泉街的温泉精灵・箱根，由于经过漫长的沉睡她的外形变成了幼女！ 碰巧看到了她降临的高中生的冬哉，演变成要帮助她恢复本来的力量…… 这是叙述了温泉街的居民和箱根精灵所掀起的温泉闹剧！
两位原作者汉纳巴伯拉在1975年回来后，猫和老鼠又制作了新一版，这版猫和老鼠的皮毛颜色变淡，画的也简单了不少，而且这一版里它们大多数为友好关系，暴力度也低于前面的几版。
The green Verdies are the tiny, but brave guardians of the lakeside. The young Verdies only become guardians when their hair turns brown. Until then, however, life is boring. The youngsters with green hair are not allowed to fly on warblers, not allowed to row alone, and they're not allowed to ride wild frogs at the rodeo. Willy Whistle's big dream is to become a guardian, but his curiosity always gets him into trouble. However, the whole lake becomes at risk when the enemies of the lakeside, the Grimps and the swans, enter into alliance. The guardians are helpless, but Willy comes up with a daring plan in order to save his home and his trapped friend, Jeremiah Jump. Luckily he is not alone, because Grandpa, the water snakes and the frogs also come to his aid.
住在山野市的山田家共有五口人：一家之主山田隆年届不惑，是一间小公司杂物课的职员。他有些大男子主义，经常为了些琐事和老婆吵吵闹闹，却又被丈母娘压得抬不起头来；阿隆的妻子松子和丈夫同岁，是个全职的家庭主妇，每天忙忙碌碌，照顾一大家子人的饮食起居，却又迷迷糊糊，经常丢三落四；松子的母亲年近古稀，然而精神矍铄，这位老人家一向特立独行，讲话毒辣，连暴走组也全不畏惧；长子阿升是个长相和学习都平平的中学生，他继承了母亲迷糊的性格，生活中乐事不断；小女儿野野子还是个小学三年级学生，瘦瘦小小的她碰上一群脑瓜秀逗的家人，经常成为被遗忘的对象。 就是这样一个平凡的山田家，每日里上演着妙趣横生、欢乐无穷的精彩生活秀。 本片根据石井壽一（いしい ひさいち）四格漫画《ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん》改编。
