Maison Ikkoku

Maison Ikkoku
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yusaku Godai (front) and Kyoko Otonashi (back)
めぞん一刻 (Mezon Ikkoku)
Genre	Coming-of-age[1] Romantic comedy[2] Slice of life[3]
Manga
Written by	Rumiko Takahashi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
English magazine	NA: Animerica Extra (4 chapters)
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 15, 1980 – April 20, 1987
Volumes	15 (List of volumes)
Further information Audio drama Music by Ichirou Mizuki Station NHK Radio 1 Released November 20, 1982 Episodes 1 Anime television series Directed by Kazuo Yamazaki (#1–36) Takashi Annō (#23–52) Naoyuki Yoshinaga (#53–96) Produced by Makoto Kubo Yōko Matsushita Yūko Katō (#1–76) Yoshinobu Nakao (#77–96) Yūichi Kōno (#77–96) Written by Tokio Tsuchiya (#1–36) Kazunori Itō (#23–52) Hideo Takayashiki (#53–96) Music by Takao Sugiyama Kenji Kawai (#23–96) Studio Studio Deen Licensed by NA: Viz Media Original network FNS (Fuji TV) Original run March 26, 1986 – March 2, 1988 Episodes 96 (List of episodes) Live-action film Apartment Fantasy Directed by Shinichirō Sawai Studio Toei Company Released October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10) Runtime 97 minutes Anime television film The Final Chapter Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki Produced by Yōko Matsushita Written by Tomomi Mochizuki Michiru Shimada Music by Hideharu Mori Studio Ajia-do Animation Works Original network FNS (Fuji TV) Released February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06) Runtime 66 minutes Original video animation Through the Passing Seasons Directed by Naoyuki Yoshinaga Produced by Yōko Matsushita Makoto Kubo Satoshi Suzuki Music by Takao Sugiyama Kenji Kawai Studio Studio Deen Released September 25, 1988 Runtime 90 minutes Original video animation Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island Directed by Setsuko Shibuichi Produced by Yōko Matsushita Written by Hideo Takayashi Music by Takao Sugiyama Kenji Kawai Studio Magic Bus Released January 31, 1991 Runtime 23 minutes Original video animation Prelude: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring Music by Takao Sugiyama Kenji Kawai Studio Studio Deen Released June 25, 1992 Runtime 27 minutes Live-action television film Directed by Katsuhide Motoki Released May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12) Live-action television film Kanketsuhen Directed by Akabane Hiroshi Released July 26, 2008 (2008-07-26)

Maison Ikkoku (Japanese: めぞん一刻, Hepburn: Mezon Ikkoku, "Ikkoku House") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from November 1980 to April 1987, with the chapters collected into 15 tankōbon volumes. Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy involving a group of eccentric people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo. The story focuses primarily on the gradually developing relationships between Yusaku Godai, a poor student down on his luck, and Kyoko Otonashi, a young, recently widowed boarding house manager.

The manga was adapted into a ninety-six-episode anime television series created by Studio Deen that ran on Fuji TV from March 1986 to March 1988. A Final Chapter movie, three original video animations (OVAs), and a music special were also produced, with a live-action film made by Toei in 1986. A live-action TV special aired in May 2007 on TV Asahi, with a finale aired in July 2008. Both the manga and anime have been released in North America by Viz Media.

Maison Ikkoku has been both critically and commercially successful, with over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.