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Kimagure Orange Road (TV)

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[ alternate retelling of Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special (OAV) ]

Related anime:
    Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie (sequel)
      Kimagure Orange Road (OAV) (sequel)
        Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Capricciosa Orange Road (Italian)
Capricious Orange Road
É quasi magia Johnny (Italian)
Johnny y sus amigos (Spanish)
Max et Compagnie (French)
Superfamiljen (Swedish)
Whimsical Orange Road
きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード (Japanese)
古靈精怪 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Fifteen year old Kyosuke Kasuga moves to a new city and becomes enamoured by one Madoka Ayukawa, whom often treats him coldly even though she seemed friendly the first time they met, when he caught her red straw hat on the stairs. Kyosuke also must try to avoid breaking the heart of the slightly childish Hikaru Hiyama, whom fell in love with him after she saw him make an impossible shot with a basketball and whom likes to shower him with affection. Also, just to make things interesting, Kyosuke, his sisters, his grandfather, and his cousins all have various powers (teleportation, psychokinesis, hypnosis, time travel, personality transferrence) which Kyosuke desperately tries to keep a secret, though some of the other family members have no such qualms against using their powers in public. 
User Ratings: 414 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 87 votes (sub:75, raw:5, dub:5, Ita.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 110 votes (sub:91, dub:11, Ita.dub:4, Kor.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 95 votes (sub:83, Ita.dub:3, raw:2, dub:2, Por.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:52, raw:5, dub:4, Fre.dub:2, ?:2, Ita.dub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:22, Fre.dub:2, dub:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:7, Ita.dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:6, Swe.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 855 users, rank: #705
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.075 (Very good+.07), std. dev.: 1.7915, rank: #341
Weighted mean: 8.023 (Very good+.02), rank: #310 (seen all: 8.36 / seen some: 7.02 / won't finish: 4.88)
Bayesian estimate: 8.011 (Very good+.01), rank: #231
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 48
Episode titles: We have 48
Vintage:
1987-04-06 to 1988-03-07
1990-05-14 (France)
Releases: We have 15
Opening Theme:
#01: "Night Of Summer Side" by Masanori Ikeda
#02: "Orange Mystery" by Hideyuki Nagashima
#03: "Kagami no Naka no Actress" by Meiko Nakahara
Ending Theme:
#01: "Natsu no Mirage" by Kanako Wada (eps 01-19)
#02: "Kanashii Heart wa Moete-iru" by Kanako Wada (eps 20-36)
#03: "Dance in the Memories" by Meiko Nakahara (eps 37-48)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 5
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Related reviews:
    Kimagure Orange Road

Related releases:
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 1) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 2) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 3) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 4) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 5) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 6) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 7) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 8) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 9) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 10) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 11) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)
    Kimagure Orange Road (DVD 12) 2003-04-29 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Osamu Kobayashi

Script: Sukehiro Tomita

Screenplay:
Isao Shizutani
Shikichi Ohashi
Yoshihiro Tomita

Storyboard:
Fumiko Ishii
Hiroyuki Yokoyama
Kazuhiko Ikegami
Koichiro Nakamura
Kou Matsuzono
Minoru Nibayashi
Osamu Uemura
Shigeru Morikawa
Shu Uemura
Takashi Anno
Takayuki Hiba
Yumiko Suda

Episode Director:
Kenji Terada
Mitsuru Go
Tomomi Mochizuki

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Original Manga: Izumi Matsumoto

Character Design: Akemi Takada

Art director:
Michitaka Nakamura
Satoshi Miura
Shichiro Kobayashi

Animation director:
Fumiko Kishi
Keiko Hayashi
Koichi Chigira
Masaka Goto
Mayumi Watanabe
Sanjuroo Shindaiji
Tadashi Yahata
Takafumi Hayashi
Takayuki Goto
Toyami Sugiyama
Yoshiaki Yanagida
Yoshihiko Takakura
Yuuji Omokuni

Director of Photography: Jin Kaneko

Producer:
Hideo Kawano
Hideo Koono (Toho)
Reiko Fukakusa
Toru Horikoshi

Assistant Music Director: Jun Watanabe

Assistant producer: Masako Fukuyo

Editing:
Satoru Ishida
Shuichi Kakesu

Key Animation:
Atsuko Ishida
Ayako Tanaka
Emiko Uchida
Fumiko Kishi
Fumio Matsumoto
Hideaki Sakamoto
Hideyuki Funakoshi
Hiroharu Komurakata
Hiroshi Hara
Hiroyoshi Iida
Hiroyuki Ijiri
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Hitoshi Motani
Ichiroo Hattori
Isamu Utsuki
Issei Kume
Jun Nakamura
Junpachi Suzuki
Kaoru Yamada
Katsuichi Nakayama
Katsunori Kanaza
Katsutoshi Tsunoda
Kazuhiko Ozeki
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Kazunari Kume
Kazuo Ito
Kazuzo Kobayashi
Keiji Hashimoto
Keiji Nakamura
Keiko Hayashi
Keiko Uchida
Ken Mori
Kenji Miyazaki
Kenji Sarada
Koji Aisaka
Kooji Furuizumi
Masahide Yanagisawa
Masahiko Itojima
Masami Shimoda
Masaya Onishi
Masayuki
Misao Nakano
Mitsuhiro Yotsuya
Naoko Yamamoto
Nobuo Aoshika
Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Nobuyuki Koyanagi
Noriko Ozeki
Norimoto Tokura
Osamu Ichikawa
Reiko Suzuki
Sachiko Iwamura
Sadami Morikawa
Satoru Minowa
Shinichi Toda
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinji Sakuma
Shizuka Hayashi
Shuichi Ito
Shuichi Sendao
Shunji Murata
Shuuichi Saitoo
Susumu Nishizawa
Taido Hanabusa
Takahiro Komori
Takashi Koizumi
Takehito Bessho
Takuya Saito
Tetsuhito Saito
Toshiharu Murata
Toshimitsu Ohashi
Toyoaki Emura
Toyoaki Fukushima
Tsuyoshi Iiji
Yasushi Ohara
Yasushi Tanizawa
Yoshiko Hayashi
Yoshimi Watanabe
Yuri Chiaki
Yutaka Kinoshita
Yuuji Ogata
Yuuko Ikeno

Music Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura

Paint: Scott Frazier (uncredited)

Photography:
Ichiro Uehara
Kenji Fukunaga
Miki Ozaki
Yoshikazu Komatsu
Yukiko Okayasu

Planning:
Masamichi Fujiwara
Yuji Nunokawa

Production Consultant: Isao Shizutani

Production Coordination:
Ki'ichi Okada
Kuniyuki Aoki
Masahiko Hayakawa
Yoshihiro Nishimura

Production Desk: Michiyuki Homma

Production Supervision: Yoshio Suzuki

Publicity: Kishin Iwagami (Nihon TV)

Series Concept: Kenji Terada

Sound Effects: Katsumi Ito

Sound Recording: Harutoshi Otsuka

Theme Song Arrangement:
Akira Nishihira (OP3/ED3)
Hiroshi Shinkawa (OP1/ED2)
Shiro Sagisu (OP2/ED1)

Theme Song Composition:
Daisuke Inoue (ED2)
Meiko Nakahara (OP3/ED3)
NOBODY (OP1/OP2)
Tsukasa (ED1)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Ikki Matsumoto (ED2)
Masao Urino (OP1/OP2)
Meiko Nakahara (OP3/ED3)
Reiko Yukawa (ED1)

Theme Song Performance:
Hideyuki Nagashima
Kanako Wada
Masanori Ikeda
Meiko Nakahara

 

Eriko Hara as Hikaru Hiyama

Hiromi Tsuru as Madoka Ayukawa

Tohru Furuya as Kyosuke Kasuga

Chieko Honda as Kurumi Kasuga

Keiichi Nanba as Seiji Komatsu

Michie Tomizawa as Manami Kasuga

Naoki Tatsuta as Kazuya Hatta

Chika Sakamoto as
Joshi Wrestler (ep 14)
Kazuya Kasuga (ep 24) 

Chisato Nakajima as
Shop Employee (ep 47)
Ushiko

Chiyoko Kawashima as Hikaru's mother

Eiko Yamada as Yukari

Kaneto Shiozawa as Matsuda sensei

Katsumi Suzuki as Umao

Kei Tomiyama as Takashi Kasuga

Keiko Han as Koto (ep 18)

Keiko Toda as Yukari

Kenichi Ogata as
Jingoro
Kyosuke's grandfather
Lecturer

Maria Kawamura as Madoka's elder sister

Masami Kikuchi as Yusaku Hino

Mayumi Shou as
Female Student (eps 16, 42)
Girl (ep 7)
Kumiko Oda (ep 21)
Sukeban (eps 28, 37)

Naoko Matsui as Akane

Reiko Suzuki as Kyosuke's grandmother

Sho Hayami as Kitakata (ep 20)

Yasunori Matsumoto as Mitsuru Hayakawa

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Madoka's mother

Yuusaku Yara as Master

Sho Hayami

Japanese companies 

Animation Assistance:
Kaname Productions
NVC
Oosaka Anime-R
Studio Core
Studio Dub
Studio Jungle Gym

Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production

Broadcaster: NTV

Development: Tokyo Laboratory

Photography: Tokyo Animation Film

Planning: NTV

Production:
Studio Pierrot
TOHO

Recording Studio: Seion Studio

Sound Effects: Suwara Production

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: AnimEigo

English cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 

Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard

Dorothée Jemma as Sabrina

Eric Etcheverry as Max

Joelle Guigui as Pamela

Amélie Morin as
Manu 
Manu et Fanny (voix de remplacement)

Emmanuel Curtil as Isidore

Jean-Claude Montalban as
le Grand père
Marc
Patron de l'ABCD

Lionel Tua as
Alex
Père de Max

Marie-Laure Dougnac as
la Grand mère
Manu

Martine Reigner as
Fanny
Paul

Martine Rénier as
Fanny
Paul

French companies 

Broadcaster:
La 5 (1990)
Mangas
TF1

Distributor: Déclic Images

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director:
Azucena Díaz (Catalan dub)
Eduardo Gutierrez (Spanish dub)

Translation: Yasuko Tojo (Catalan dub)

Adaptation: Eduardo Gutierrez (Spanish dub)

Dubbing Assistant: Ernest Rusinés (Catalan dub)

Theme Song Lyrics: G. Ledem (Spain dub)

Theme Song Performance:
Lydia Cuestas (ED-1, INSERT SONGS)
Marta Mateo (OP-3, ED-3)
Pilar Gimenez (ED-2)
Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
Totem (OP-1, OP-2)

 

Carlos Lladó as
Johnny (Kyosuke Kasuga) (New dub)
Kyosuke Kasuga (Catalan dub)

Carmen Ambrós as
Hikaru Hiyama (Catalan dub)
Rosa (Hikaru Hiyama) (New dub)

Chelo Molina as Hikaru "Rosa" Hiyama (Spain dub)

Eduardo Gutierrez as Kyosuke "Johnny" Kasuga (Spain dub)

Maria Rosa Guillén as Sabrina (Madoka Ayukawa) (New dub)

Maribel Casas as Madoka "Sabrina" Ayukawa (Spain dub)

Rosa Guillén as Madoka Ayukawa (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Kazuya Hatta (Catalan dub)

Ana María Camps as Kurumi Kasuga (Catalan dub)

Anna Orra as Manami Kasuga (Catalan dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Kazuya Kasuga (Catalan dub)

Manuel Osto as Miguel (Seiji Komatsu) (Spain dub)

Mar Bordallo as Manuela (Manami Kasuga) (Spain dub)

Miguel Angel varela as Carlos (Kazuya Hatta) (Spain dub)

Sara Vivas as Kurumi Kasuga (Spain dub)

Toni Pujós as Takashi Kasuga (Catalan dub)

Alex De Porrata as Hatta Kazuya (New dub)

Carlos Kaniowsky as Luis (Master del abcb) (Spain dub)

Daniel Albiac as Komatsu Seiji (New dub)

David Robles as Roberto (Yuusaku) (Spain dub)

Francisco Andrés Valdivia as
Gato Hércules (Jingoro) (Spain dub)
Grandfather (Spain dub)
Padre (Takashi Kasuga) (Spain dub)

Hernán Fernández as Seiji Komatsu (Catalan dub)

Lydia Cuestas as Yukari (singing - new dub - 2005)

Manuel Gimeno as Hino Yusaku (Catalan dub)

Margarita Ponce as Fernando (Kazuya Kasuga) (Spain dub)

Marta Covas as Akane Kasuga (New dub)

Valle Acebrón as Mercedes (Kumiko Oda) (Spain dub)

Antonio Miguel Fernández Ramos (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Telecinco (Spain)

Distributor: Jonu Media (new dub - 2005)

Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Catalan dub)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Script: Cristina Robustelli

Translation: Irene Cantoni (for the new dub)

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo (uncut edition - new dub)

Dialogues:
Caterina Mallimaci (new dub)
Chantal Amadei (new dub)
Luciano Setti (new dub)
Paolo Cortese (new dub)

Director Of Dubbing:
Donatella Fanfani
Fabrizio Mazzotta (new dub)

Dubbing Assistant:
Maurizio Picchio (new dub)
Paolo Cortese (new dub)

General Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi (new dub)

Scripts Supervisor: Gualtiero Cannarsi (new dub)

Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena

 

Davide Garbolino as Johnny

Laura Lenghi as Hikaru Hiyama (new dub)

Marcella Silvestri as Sabrina

Marina Massironi as Tinetta

Massimiliano Alto as Kyosuke Kasuga (new dub)

Stella Musy as Madoka Ayukawa (new dub)

Davide Lepore as Yusaku Hino (new dub)

Emanuela Pacotto as Manuela

Federica De Bortoli as Kurumi Kasuga (new dub)

Paola Tovaglia as Paolo

Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Simona

Aldo Stella as Carlo

Alessandra Karpoff as
Roberta
Sara

Angelo Maggi as Takashi Kasuga (new dub)

Barbara De Bortoli as Yukari (new dub)

Cinzia Villari as Kumiko (new dub)

Dania Cericola as Akane (2nd voice)

Donatella Fanfani as Lucilla

Fabrizio Mazzotta as
Hatta (new dub)
Jingoro (new dub)

Felice Invernici as Michael

Gabriele Calindri as Glauco

Gianfranco Gamba as Serghei

Ilaria Latini as Manami Kasuga (new dub)

Luca Semeraro as Joseph

Luigi Ferraro as Sabu (new dub)

Maddalena Vadacca as Akane (1st voice)

Mario Milita as Kyosuke's grandfather (new dub)

Massimiliano Lotti as Renato

Roberto Del Giudice as Master (new dub)

Stefano Albertini as
Aldo
Luigi (2nd voice, from ep 40 on)

Stefano Crescentini as Komatsu (new dub)

Stefano De Filippis as Katsuya (new dub)

Stefano Dondi as Ercole

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Boing (from June 2007)
Italia 1 (from July 1989)
Mediaset (cut edition - old dub)

Distributor:
Dynamic Italia (uncut edition - new dub)
Yamato Video (Italy)

Dubbing:
Coop. Eddy Cortese (new dub)
DENEB Film


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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