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Kyōsuke Kasuga

Kimagure Orange Road
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Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Kimagure Orange Road, featuring the character Madoka Ayukawa.
きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード
(Kimagure Orenji Rōdo)
Genre Romantic comedy, Science fiction
Manga
Written by Izumi Matsumoto
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run March 26, 1984September 28, 1987
Volumes 18
Anime film
Shonen Jump Special: Kimagure Orange Road
Directed by Osamu Kobayashi
Tomomi Mochizuki
Produced by Minoru Ohno
Written by Kazunori Itō
Music by Ryo Yonemitsu
Studio Studio Pierrot
Released November 23, 1985
Runtime 25 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by Osamu Kobayashi
Produced by Hideo Kawano
Hideo Koono
Reiko Fukakusa
Toru Horikoshi
Written by Sukehiro Tomita
Music by Shirō Sagisu
Studio Toho Animation
Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Original network Nippon Television
Original run April 6, 1987March 7, 1988
Episodes 48 (List of episodes)
Anime film
I Want to Return to That Day
Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki
Produced by Hideo Kawano
Reiko Fukakusa
Music by Shiro Sagisu
Studio

Toho Animation
Studio Pierrot

Released October 8, 1988
Runtime 68 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by Akemi Takada
Produced by Haruo Sai
Hideo Kawano
Reiko Fukakusa
Yasushi Shibahara
Written by Isao Shizuya
Kenji Terada
Shikichi Ohashi
Music by
Studio Toho Animation
Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Released March 1, 1989January 18, 1991
Runtime 25 minutes per episode
Episodes 8 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama (director)
Tatsuya Ishihara (unit director)
Produced by Kiichirou Yamazaki
Masako Fukuyo
Mitsuru Ohshima
Reiko Fukakusa
Written by Kenji Terada
Music by Yuki Kajiura
Studio Toho Animation
Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Released November 2, 1996
Runtime 95 minutes
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Toho Animation
Studio Pierrot

Kimagure Orange Road (Japanese: きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード?, Hepburn: Kimagure Orenji Rōdo, "Capricious" or "Whimsical Orange Road") is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1987, with the chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. The story follows teenage esper Kyōsuke Kasuga and the love triangle he gets involved in with delinquent Madoka Ayukawa and her best friend Hikaru Hiyama.

Following a 1985 film adaptation, Toho Animation and Studio Pierrot created an anime television series that was broadcast on Nippon Television from 1987 to 1988. Two more films were released in 1988 and 1996, as well as an original video animation series that began in 1989. In the mid-1990s the series was novelized as well. The manga has been released in English digitally by Digital Manga Guild. The television anime, second film, and original video animation series were all released in North America by AnimEigo, while the third film was licensed by ADV Films.

Kyōsuke Kasuga and his family have had to move several times after being seen using their esper powers. Upon settling for the seventh time, Kyōsuke briefly meets a pretty girl who gives him her straw-hat and falls in love with her on sight. On the first day of school he learns this girl is his junior high classmate Madoka Ayukawa, who, contrary to his initial impression, is feared as a delinquent. Their underclassman and Madoka's best friend, Hikaru Hiyama, sees Kyōsuke use his powers to sink an impressive basketball shot and falls in love with him. Kyōsuke ends up dating Hikaru while constantly struggling with his feelings for Madoka due to his indecisiveness. Likewise, Madoka has feelings for Kyōsuke which she masks with her capricious nature for fear of hurting her friend Hikaru.


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