At first I cringed at this title after seeing the first episode. After a while, I got used to it, but I'm gonna say this anyway: Kanokon looks kinda wrong, and I'll get into why that is in a minute. It's basically your run of the mill harem and romantic comedy, but with some supernatural mixed in.
Kouta Omayada is a small first year high school transfer student, who's rather innocent and pure about his emotions, albeit a bit indecisive. He lived what is said to be a quiet life in the countryside with his grandfather, and at some point moved to the city. His life gets a little crazy when second year Chizuru Minamoto confesses about her love for him... and the fact that she's a kitsune willing to enter a relationship of sin with him, seeing as how such a relation is forbidden. The last thing aside, his feelings end up being mutual, which more or less invokes a transformation into a fox spirit once Kouta fuses with Chizuru. That's generally the good part, as the rest is full of clinging and innuendos to embarrass him. This causes him to be given the name "Great King of Eros" by his classmates, as well as scoldings by the class monitor Akane. And it doesn't help when a rival who's also a fist year tries to make moves on him as well. Good luck, kid...
Licensed by Media Blasters, this series goes on for 12 episodes, accompanied by 2 OVAs. Generally, the series was made in the Xebec studio. Apparently, there's also a visual novel made in japan for PS2 as well, but judging from the anime it's derived from, chances are it's not kid-friendly. Mona Marshall (who did roles like Jun Sakurada of Rozen Maiden, and the child Ichigo Kurasaki of Bleach) voiced Kouta, while Chizuru was voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn (who did voices for roles like Naru Narusegawa of Love Hina and Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan, along with Anko Uehara of Great Teacher Onizuka, just to name a few.)
Kanokon is not meant for young viewers, despite how innocent it appears at first. While it still bugs me (mainly due to the boy's small size), it's okay, so 7.9 of 10.
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