Maison Ikkoku
#430 All-Time Ranking
# All-Time Popularity
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 96
- Episode Duration
- 25 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 3-26-1986
- End Date
- 3-2-1988
- Season
- spring 1986
- Average Score
- 7.7
- Mean Score
- 7.8
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Producers
- Kitty Film
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life
Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The story centers around the development of the relationship between Kyoko Otonashi and Yusaku Godai. Kyoko is a recent widow who moves into the apartment house Ikkoku-kan where she becomes the manager. Godai is a wanna-be student ("ronin") struggling with college entrance exams.
When they meet, it's love at first sight—for Godai anyway. Along the way, the other tentants, the mysterious Yotsuya, the seemingly alcoholic Ichinose, and the brash Akemi, watch and occasionally take part to make their lives more interesting. To complicate matters further, the wealthy tennis coach Shun Mitaka has his eye on Kyoko, while Godai is pursued by both Nanao Kozue and Ibuki Yagami. Covering a wide range of emotions from hysterically funny to painfully sad, Maison Ikkoku—all 96 episodes—is well worth seeing.
Relations
Characters
Kyouko Otonashi
main
Sumi Shimamoto
Japanese
Yuusaku Godai
main
Issei Futamata
Japanese
Hanae Ichinose
main
Kazuyo Aoki
Japanese
Shun Mitaka
main
Akira Kamiya
Japanese
Yotsuya
main
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Akemi Roppongi
main
Yuuko Iguchi
Japanese
Staff
Rumiko Takahashi
Original Creator
Hideki Sugisawa
Title Logo Design
Chitose Asakura
Art Director
Tsuguo Ozawa
Director of Photography
Seiji Morita
Editing
Shigeharu Shiba
Sound Director
Recommendations
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Kyouko Otonashi
main
Sumi Shimamoto
Japanese
Yuusaku Godai
main
Issei Futamata
Japanese
Hanae Ichinose
main
Kazuyo Aoki
Japanese
Shun Mitaka
main
Akira Kamiya
Japanese
Yotsuya
main
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Akemi Roppongi
main
Yuuko Iguchi
Japanese
Ibuki Yagami
supporting
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Japanese
Asuna Kujou
supporting
Hiromi Tsuru
Japanese
Chachamaru no Master
supporting
Norio Wakamoto
Japanese
Soichirou-san
supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Sakamoto
supporting
Toshio Furukawa
Japanese
Kozue Nanao
supporting
Miina Tominaga
Japanese
Kozue no Haha
supporting
Akiko Tsuboi
Japanese
Mitaka no Chichi
supporting
Akira Kamiya
Japanese
Yagami no Haha
supporting
Asami Mukaidono
Japanese
Ikuko no Haha
supporting
Atsuko Mine
Japanese
Asuna no Haha
supporting
Gara Takashima
Japanese
Hiyoko
supporting
Gara Takashima
Japanese
Midori
supporting
Gara Takashima
Japanese
Souichirou Otonashi
supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese
Toshizou
supporting
Hiroshi Masuoka
Japanese
Saotome
supporting
Hiroshi Ootake
Japanese
Yukari Godai
supporting
Hisako Kyouda
Japanese
Nakamoto
supporting
Houchuu Ootsuka
Japanese
Zenzaburo Mitsukoshi
supporting
Katsunosuke Hori
Japanese
Rumiko Takahashi
Original Creator
Hideki Sugisawa
Title Logo Design
Chitose Asakura
Art Director
Tsuguo Ozawa
Director of Photography
Seiji Morita
Editing
Shigeharu Shiba
Sound Director
Yasufumi Yoda
Sound Effects
Masayuki Hanzawa
Production Desk
Shigekazu Ochiai
Planning
Hidenori Taga
Production
Makoto Kubo
Producer
Youko Matsushita
Producer
Kunio Kuwahara
Recording Adjustment
Kazuo Yamazaki
Chief Director (eps 1-26)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Chief Director (eps 53-96)
Takashi Anno
Chief Director (eps 27-52)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Assistant Director (eps 47-52)
Kazunori Itou
Series Composition (eps 27-52)
Hideo Takayashiki
Series Composition (eps 53-96)
Tokio Tsuchiya
Series Composition (eps 1-26)
Akemi Takada
Character Design (eps 27-96)
Yuuji Moriyama
Character Design (eps 1-26)
Masaki Sakamoto
Editing (eps 1-23, 25, 26, 53-96)
Kenji Kawai
Music (eps 27-96)
Takao Sugiyama
Music (eps 1-26, 38-96)
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