Maison Ikkoku episodes Note: This page is still far from complete. Each episode, when done will have a short summary and some memorable quotes. Right now, there are quotes for episodes 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 42, 48, 70, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 and summaries for 15, 16, 17, 18, 37, 40. 1: Sorry to keep you waiting! I'm Otonashi Kyoko 2: Love spark flying around. Who does Kyoko-san love? 3: Hearts beating in the darkness! Alone with Kyoko-san 4: Kyoko-san's worried?! Godai-kun in the middle of juken! 5: Kyoko-san worried! Godai-kun ran away 6: Spring is shocking! Kyoko-san's Secret 7: Tormented Godai-kun! The man Kyoko loves 8: Godai-kun mustn't shout. The time to do it has come 9: The mysterious tennis coach is the rival of love! 10: Panic at the beach-side. The rival doesn't like dogs 11: Kentaro's first love. If there's love, age difference is nothing! 12: Love scramble. I thought you said you loved me... 13: Popular Godai-kun, watch out for pink calls 14: Alright Godai-kun! The first date with Kyoko-san 15: Dangerous two's puppet play! Can't stand it anymore 16: Get-Well Visit Panic! Injured but Beloved. 17: Kyoko-san's first love story. The rainy day is always... 18: Kyoko-san's gift. Oh, this's for me!? 19: Godai and Kyoko. Two's night is full of danger 20: Frustrated Kyoko-san!? Mystery of the unreturning Godai-kun 21: Godai-kun in panic. Ikkoku-kan's kitten tale 22: Shocked Godai-kun. Kyoko-san's resignation 23: Kyoko-san in jeopardy. Mother's plot 24: Godai-kun in a flurry. First kiss with Kozue?! 25: Crash! Godai vs. Mitaka proposal battle 26: Stunned Godai. Kyoko's jealousy exploding 27: Disappeared Souichiro-san. Scent of yakitori is the memory 28: Kyoko surprised. I'm Kentaro's father 29: Slapstick autumn fest. Inside a well with Kyoko-san 30: Kyoko-san getting married? Tearful Godai-kun moving away 31: Ikkoku-kan scandal. Godai-kun living with a woman? 32: Egg is mystery. Yotsuya's dangerous gift 33: Shock in diary! Souichiro had a lover!? 34: Be pushy for love! Grandma Yukari with gold teeth 35: Operation chase! After Kyoko and Godai's date 36: Sudden storm of kiss! Story of broken hearted Akemi-san 37: Dangerous costume party! Kyoko's radical change 38: Godai-kun's lost love? Kozue approaching Mitaka? 39: Guts for love! Godai's operation part time 40: Tenderness warm heart. X-mas is feeling of love 41: Heart thump with Kyoko out of bath. Open bath peeping wars 42: Godai-kun broken bone! Chance of love in hospital room 43: Sparks of love! Hospital feud of Godai and Mitaka 44: Kentaro-kun in shock. Who really is Yotsuya? 45: Big announcement!!! Kyoko tells of her love to Godai?! 46: Fight over Kyoko! Skating rink is love's battleground 47: Kyoko in a mess. Drunk and crazy 48: Godai's revelation. I wish you understood how I feel 49: Mitaka's training! No love is achieved if I'm scared of dogs 50: Kyoko in love at first sight?! A strange fellow moves into Ikkoku-kan 51: Even Yotsuya is shocked. The day Ikkoku-kan disappears 52: Forgive me, Souichiro-san! Kyoko's announcement of marrying again!! 53: Female high school student explodes into a passion! Declaration of war against Kyoko's love! 54: Attack with nudity! Seduction plan for Godai! 55: Pajama girl charging in! Ikkoku-kan love panic! 56: Yagami decides! I won't give up my first love! 57: Here comes a lady. Love at first sight with Mitaka-coach 58: Godai or Mitaka? Tonight is her heart's moment of truth 59: Asuna Kujou's first time 60: Saw them! Kyoko and Mitaka's "B". Out of the blue?! 61: Chase after me, Godai-san. Kyoko's lone trip 62: Alright! In bath with Kyoko! Just two in open bath 63: Yagami's back by the time she's forgotten 64: Godai-kun on the edge! Sweet trap of high school girl 65: Yagami's scream! Yotsuya's Dangerous tutoring! 66: Yagami's challenge! I musn't lose against the widow! 67: Even Yagami is confused! Grandma Yukari returns with golden teeth!! 68: Grandma Yukari's Fighting Spirit. Hot Baseball Match! 69: Underwater battle. Suspicious kiss mark on Godai 70: Goodbye Grandma! Ueno station is party panic 71: A Midsummer night's dream. Godai already found a job? 72: Child is born? Godai's life of joy and cry! 73: Ikkoku-kan hostage crisis. Yagami's big nuisance! 74: Change in employment front. Godai's last come back. 75: Love all the way. Yagami and Asuna never give up. 76: I'll wait. Kyoko's sudden announcement 77: Bravo Godai! The Pride of a Man 78: It's a secret! Godai's work diary 79: I'm sorry Kyoko-san. Guilt trip homemade lunch 80: Godai in Panic! Yagami the Bunny Girl!! 81: Devotion of love. Asuna never gives up after all 82: Perfect dad! Godai-kun's child care story 83: Yokohama chaser. Kyoko-san's going away?! 84: 1000% suspicion. Kyoko's scandal night 85: This is the Critical point! Godai and Mitaka's duel of fate! 86: Shocking one night! Asuna's Salad day. 87: Asuna's pregnant? Mitaka's surprise marriage announcement!! 88: Love again?! Taste of a kiss that Kozue left! 89: Unrequited love! Godai and Kyoko, it's over today? 90: Kyoko-san quitting! Ikkoku-kan's memory far away? 91: Kyoko in shock! Akemi and Godai's unexpected relation! 92: Kozue-chan's wedding! Godai's love is forever?! 93: Sight of spring? The two's hearts are in warm feeling!! 94: Alright! Godai-kun's courageous proposal! 95: Ah, Excitement! Grandma's love embosomed in the ring 96: As long as this love lasts! Ikkoku-kan is forever...!! This list and the episode summaries were taken from the Maison Ikkoku Guide book. If you have any episode summaries, please mail leon@server.berkeley.edu . Created by Leon Kwan Last Edited: Wednesday, March 13, 1996 ____ _ _ / __ _ _______ ___ _| |_ _ | | | \ \__| |_ |____ |_ _ / / |_ __|| || | | / __ \ ___/ _/|_|_| | |___ __ ___________ / // \| || | / _\/ /\ | |___ _____| | _ \| | |___________| /__ /_| || | | |/ _/_/ | / /____ | | | | | / _/ /|_|| | \___/ \__/ \_______| /__/ \___/ /_/ / ___| | | \_/\_\\____| | ____/ Maison Ikkoku Frequently Asked Questions Version 1.11 Last updated 3/6/96 Note: This FAQ is a small subset of the Maison Ikkoku Guide. For more info about Maison Ikkoku, get the guide at http://anime.berkeley.edu/Anime/MI/HTML/guide.html Questions answered in this faq: ------------------------------- 1) What is Piyo Piyo? 2) Who is that guy who appears in the Maison Ikkoku movie? I've never seen him before! 3) How many volumes of Manga are there? 4) I heard that Viz is translating the manga, how many volumes have they put out? 5) What's this Complete Music Box? Does it include all the music of the series? Can I still buy it? 6) So what is Yotsuya's real job? His real name? 7) Why was there a different opening/ending sequence/song for episode 24? And why was it only for that episode? Did the song appear in any other episodes? 8) I heard Viz didn't translate some of the manga chapters. Which ones and how come? (Why are there continuity gaps in the Viz translations?) 9) How many TV episodes are there? Movies? OVAs? 10) Why can't I seem to get any fansubs? 11) Why does everyone look different in the final movie? 12) For what years did the manga run? TV series? 13) Is there more merchandise being produced? _____________________________________________________________________________ 1) What is Piyo Piyo? Piyo Piyo is the sound that chicks make. For more information on this, check out http://sdcc13.ucsd.edu/~ccaoile/piyo.html. 2) Who is that guy who appears in the Maison Ikkoku movie? I've never seen him before! His name is Nikaido, and he starts appearing the middle of the Maison Ikkoku manga. The writers left him out in the anime, but the production team for the movie felt that they should include him, since he was part of the manga. Nikaido is basically an blabbermouth who doesn't really consider the consequences of what he's saying. Most of Nikaido's lines were given to Yotsuya in the anime, an effect of which is that Yotsuya in the manga seems more tight-lipped than Yotsuya in the anime. 3) How many volumes of Manga are there? There are 15 volumes of normal tankobon, and 10 wideban manga tankobon. Tankobon means that it is a collection from the same series. The wideban tankobon have larger page sizes, better paper, and contain more manga chapters (generally, 16 instead of 11) per book. 4) I heard that Viz is translating the manga, how many volumes have they put out? So far, Viz has translated in comic book form as of this faq book six of volume five. They have collaborated these comics and released 3 volumes as graphic novels. 5) What's this Complete Music Box? Does it include all the music of the series? Can I still buy it? The Music Box set is a set of 8 cds which contains just about all the music in the series, including extra vocals not on other cds. It is missing a few background music (bgm) selections, and some remixes. It is no longer being produced, but rumor has it that some stores still carry the set. For detailed information on the music set, look at http://server.berkeley.edu/Anime/MI/mibox.html. 6) So what is Yotsuya's real job? His real name? No one knows, except perhaps Rumiko Takahashi, who isn't telling! Lots of guesses have been made, though. 7) Why was there a different opening/ending sequence/song for episode 24? And why was it only for that episode? Did the song appear in any other episodes? At the time, Maison Ikkoku's television ratings were not as high, so a new song was used. After the episode aired, there was a disagreement between the creators of the show, so it was switched back. (Incidentally, a new character designer was also hired starting at episode 25.) The songs are by the Irish artist Gilbert O'Sullivan, and are called "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Get Down." "Alone Again (Naturally)" was the number one pop song in the US for 6 weeks in 1972. It was also used again in episode 27, during the scene when Kyoko mistakes Godai's silhouette for that of her late husband. 8) I heard Viz didn't translate some of the manga chapters. Which ones and how come? (Why are there continuity gaps in the Viz translations?) Five chapters, Chapters 2-6 were cut. Rumor has it that they were cut because Viz didn't want to deal with explaining the college entrance exam situation in Japan. Some continuity was lost in this section; the scenes that were later referenced were: (1) Godai's grandmother (Yukari) was introduced; (2) Godai buys a brooch for Kyoko as a Christmas present but can't find the chance to give it to her. 9) How many TV episodes are there? Movies? OVAs? There are 96 television episodes, an animated movie and a live-action movie. There is also a video called "Through the Passing Seasons" which shows scenes throughout the series, "Maison Ikkoku Prelude - When the Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime Return", a video which pastes together all of Kyoko's flashbacks of Soichiro, with some dialogue to segue the scenes, and the Maison Ikkoku Extra OAV: "Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island". 10) Why can't I seem to get any fansubs? Viz recently bought out the rights to Maison Ikkoku, so most if not all fansubbers have stopped distributing tapes. 11) Why does everyone look different in the final movie? In short, the character designer changed. Moriyama Yuji (who has done series such as Nuku Nuku) handled the initial character designs. After episode 24, Moriyama was replaced by Takada Akemi (the designer for Kimagure Orange Road), who stayed on as character designer for the rest of the television episodes. Moriyama returned for the final movie as character designer, but the designs are obviously different. 12) For what years did the manga run? TV series? Maison Ikkoku ran from November 1980 to April 1987, in a manga called "Big Comic Spirits." The tv series ran from 1986 to 1988. 13) Is there more merchandise being produced? According to Viz, which picked up the video rights to Maison Ikkoku, they will be creating Maison Ikkoku t-shirts. According to Trish Ledoux, "We'll be soliciting MI T-shirts as of this June. They'll be kind've simple, just the "Piyo Piyo" chicks on the front, with the MI logo on the back. I think the color will be off-white." Other than that, there have been sightings of a Kyoko doll, a windows screensaver, and a small address book type wallet. There are also the LDs, CDs and manga for sale if you can find them. In terms of not so legitimate items, there are several kinds of posters, playing and trading cards that are rumored to floating out there. __________________________________________________________ Email corrections and comments to leon@server.berkeley.edu