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Saikano

TV·2002–2002·1 season, 13 episodes·CBC·Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure·25m·7.5

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Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Saikano S01E03Together, AloneS01E03 · 10.0
  2. 02Saikano S01E02I'm Growing...S01E02 · 9.0
  3. 03Saikano S01E01We Fall in LoveS01E01 · 8.0Shuji and Chise have recently begun dating, but Shuji is a bit doubtful about his decision. However, they manage to patch things up and give their newfound love another chance. When Shuji goes to the Sapporo mall with his friends, a group of unnamed bombers attack the city. Injured, Shuji tries to get up only to discover Chise's darkest secret...

Cast

Shirô IshimodaShirô IshimodaShuji (voice)Fumiko OrikasaFumiko OrikasaChise (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2002Aired 8.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Saikano S01E01We Fall in LoveJuly 2, 2002 8.0Shuji and Chise have recently begun dating, but Shuji is a bit doubtful about his decision. However, they manage to patch things up and give
  2. S01E02Saikano S01E02I'm Growing...July 9, 2002 9.0
  3. S01E03Saikano S01E03Season's bestTogether, AloneJuly 16, 2002 10.0
  4. S01E04Saikano S01E04FuyumiJuly 23, 2002—
  5. S01E05Saikano S01E05Liar...July 30, 2002—Tetsu follows Chise command, unflinchingly pointing his rifle directly at Chise's head, but stops after she voices her desire to live. In sc
  6. S01E06Saikano S01E06ClassmatesAugust 6, 2002—Chise decides that they'd be better off as regular classmates, when she finds out that Shuji was once again in Fuyumi's house, breaking his
  7. S01E07Saikano S01E07What I Want to ProtectAugust 13, 2002—
  8. S01E08Saikano S01E08Everyone's ChangingAugust 20, 2002—
  9. S01E09Saikano S01E09AkemiAugust 27, 2002—Chise didn't have maintenance for at least two days, and her physical condition has grown worse. Satomi begs Shuji to come to Akemi's room b
  10. S01E10Saikano S01E10And Then...September 3, 2002—Chise holds Tetsu as he slowly dies. Akemi's father gives away party materials, and the school starts to prepare for a Summer festival, but
  11. S01E11Saikano S01E11A Time for UsSeptember 10, 2002—
  12. S01E12Saikano S01E12Love SongSeptember 17, 2002 7.0Chise has lost her ability to speak and her mental and physical condition has deteriorated gravely. Shuji desperately calls for Kawahara to
  13. S01E13Saikano S01E13And We Will LoveSeptember 24, 2002 8.0

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