Kimagure Orange Road | |
Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Kimagure Orange Road, featuring the character Madoka Ayukawa.
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きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード (Kimagure Orenji Rōdo) |
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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, 1984 – September 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, 1987 – March 7, 1988 |
Episodes | 48 |
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 |
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 |
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Studio | Toho Animation Studio Pierrot |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 1, 1989 – January 18, 1991 |
Runtime | 25 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 8 |
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 |
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Released | November 2, 1996 |
Runtime | 95 minutes |
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.