Maison Ikkoku

Maison Ikkoku
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yusaku Godai (front) and Kyoko Otonashi (back)
めぞん一刻
(Mezon Ikkoku)
Genre
Manga
Written byRumiko Takahashi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
English magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 15, 1980April 20, 1987
Volumes15 (List of volumes)
Further information
Audio drama
Music byIchirou Mizuki
StationNHK Radio 1
ReleasedNovember 20, 1982
Episodes1
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
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run March 26, 1986 March 2, 1988
Episodes96 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Apartment Fantasy
Directed byShinichirō Sawai
StudioToei Company
ReleasedOctober 10, 1986 (1986-10-10)
Runtime97 minutes
Anime television film
The Final Chapter
Directed byTomomi Mochizuki
Produced byYōko Matsushita
Written by
  • Tomomi Mochizuki
  • Michiru Shimada
Music byHideharu Mori
StudioAjia-do Animation Works
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)
Runtime66 minutes
Original video animation
Through the Passing Seasons
Directed byNaoyuki Yoshinaga
Produced by
  • Yōko Matsushita
  • Makoto Kubo
  • Satoshi Suzuki
Music by
  • Takao Sugiyama
  • Kenji Kawai
StudioStudio Deen
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1988
Runtime90 minutes
Original video animation
Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island
Directed bySetsuko Shibuichi
Produced byYōko Matsushita
Written byHideo Takayashi
Music by
  • Takao Sugiyama
  • Kenji Kawai
StudioMagic Bus
ReleasedJanuary 31, 1991
Runtime23 minutes
Original video animation
Prelude: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring
Music by
  • Takao Sugiyama
  • Kenji Kawai
StudioStudio Deen
ReleasedJune 25, 1992
Runtime27 minutes
Live-action television film
Directed byKatsuhide Motoki
ReleasedMay 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)
Live-action television film
Kanketsuhen
Directed byAkabane Hiroshi
ReleasedJuly 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.

  1. ^ Moore, Caitlin (June 19, 2020). "Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition Volume 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 21, 2020. I have long considered Maison Ikkoku one of the greatest love stories of all time, but it's so much more than that. It's a romance, a comedy, a coming-of-age story, a story of loss and recovery.
  2. ^ "Viz Announces Two New Maison Ikkoku Boxed Sets". Viz Media via Anime News Network. October 25, 2004. Retrieved June 19, 2020. MAISON IKKOKU, a romantic comedy from famed manga artist Rumiko Takahashi
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