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While searching for the hot spring that can turn him back into male, Kokkuri-
san passes several other hot springs. I got the feeling from watching the show
that they were giving a shout-out to / parodying other anime shows.

What were those shows?


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Was the names of the hot springs in ep8 of Gugure! Kokkuri-san a joke/reference to another anime?


I noticed these two signs:

![Panda Spring](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FUBYv.png)

![Woman Spring](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sNm96.png)

To me, that's a clear reference to the classic [Ranma
1/2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD), as that series features a
male protagonist who fell into a cursed spring, which made him turn into a
woman whenever he got splashed with cold water. His father likewise received
the same curse and turned into a panda after falling into a different spring
in the same area.

![Ranma 1/2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TnffC.jpg)


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