Seton Doubutsuki: Risu no Banner (TV Series, 26 episodes, AniDB)

Requested on Oct. 25, 2019, 11:35 p.m.

* Based on the stories of http://anidb.net/cr18620 [Ernest Thompson Seton]. Soon after birth a young squirrel comes to a farm and unfortunately gets caught by a human, who attempts to feed him to the pet cat. However, the cat feels sorry for the small squirrel and adopts him as her child, naming him http://anidb.net/ch45022 [Banner]. Banner and the cat mother live together happily on the farm, but their happy life doesn`t last for long. A fire destroys the farm, and Banner gets separated from his mother and is forced to flee into the forest, where Banner meets the forest inhabitants and experiences various adventures and hardships. Source: nipponanimation.com/catalogue/025/