* Based on [Ishii Hisaichi]`s 4-koma manga Tonari no Yamada-kun. The daily lives of the Yamada family: [Takashi] and [Matsuko] (the father and mother), [Shige] (Matsuko`s mother), [Noboru] (the son), [Nonoko] (the daughter), and Pochi (the family dog); are at times banal, b...