Oyako Club (親子クラブ) was a Japanese interstitial anime television series that aired from 3 October 1994 to 30 March 2013 in the Kantō region on Fuji TV in Japan. Each episode was five minutes in length, and a total of 1,818 episodes were aired.
The series follows two aliens who move in with a Japanese family. The aliens are used by the show to teach children about Japanese culture, manners, food, and humor using animation and periodic, brief live-action segments. The series is not well known outside of Japan, and it has been included in multiple "longest running anime" lists and praised for its humor.
Plot
A bright yellow alien father and son come to Earth and begin living with a Japanese family. Humor is used to show them learning new things about life in Japan as well as experiencing cultural misunderstandings. The series was episodic, with no overarching plot outside of the aliens eventually becoming more accustomed to life on Earth.
Each episode presented useful information to young children (such as cooking, manners, everyday life skills, and so on) in a similarly to other Eiken series such as Hoka Hoka Kazoku, Dotanba no Manā, and Kotowaza House. Live-action segments were used in many episodes, especially those about food preparation. Aliens were used to show someone learning something new about life in Japan.