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Ai Shite Knight (TV)

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Alternative title:
A Minha Amiga Licia (Portuguese)
Besame Licia (Spanish)
Embrasse-moi Lucile (French)
Embrasse-moi Lucile, Lucile Amour et Rock'n Roll (French)
Kiss Me, Licia (Italian)
Love in Rock 'n Roll
Love Me Night
Lucile, Amour et Rock'n roll (French)
Rock 'n Roll Kids
Rock'n Roll Kids (German)
Дети рок-н-ролла (Russian)
愛してナイト (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Yaeko Mitamura is an 18 year old girl working in her father's Okonomiyaki restaurant. One day Yakko casually meets a little boy, Hashizo and his odd cat Juliano. Hashizo has lost both parents when still a baby and has been brought up by his elder brother. Hashizo's brother Go Kato is the lead singer of the emerging rock band "Bee Hive". When Yakko meets Go and his friend and "Bee Hive" member Satomi Okawa an unexpected series of events unfolds.
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:2, others:4
2 German dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:1, others:6
3 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:7, dub:3, others:5
3 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:9
4 French dubbed
2 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (dub:1, others:3
2 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:1, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:1, others:3
2 Italian dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 149 users, rank: #4402 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.518 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8027, rank: #5594 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.397 (Decent+), rank: #5936 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.96 / seen some: 5.43 / won't finish: 3.64)
Bayesian estimate: 6.614 (Good−), rank: #4835 (of 7243)
Running time: 20 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 42
Episode titles: We have 42
Vintage:
1983-03-01 to 1984-01-24
1985-09-10 to 1985-12-14 (Italy)
1988-01-15 (France)
1988-01-15 to 1988-04-25 (France)
1995-01-23 to 1995-03-21 (Germany)
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Koi wa Totsuzen" by Mitsuko Horie
Ending Theme:
"Boku no Juliano" by Takaaki Hiratsuka
Official website:
Links: We have 15
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Kasai
Script:
Mitsuru Majima (32 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-16, 18, 20-21, 23-24, 26-31, 34-35, 37-42
)

Sukehiro Tomita (7 episodes
eps 6, 9, 12, 17, 19, 22, 25
)

Tatsuo Tamura (eps 32-33, 36)
Storyboard:
Kazumi Fukushima (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 29
)

Kozo Masanobu (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22, 26
)

Nobutaka Nishizawa (eps 3, 36)
Osamu Kasai (10 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 16, 21, 25, 27, 33, 37, 42
)

Shigeo Koshi (6 episodes
eps 24, 30, 32, 34, 38, 40
)

Yūgo Serikawa (7 episodes
eps 8, 13, 18, 23, 31, 35, 39
)

Yukio Kaizawa (ep 41)
Episode Director:
Kazumi Fukushima (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20
)

Kozo Masanobu (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22, 26
)

Osamu Kasai (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 16, 21, 27, 33, 37
)

Shigeo Koshi (8 episodes
eps 24, 30-42 even
)

Takao Yoshizawa (ep 3)
Yūgo Serikawa (7 episodes
eps 8, 13, 18, 23, 31, 35, 39
)

Yukio Kaizawa (eps 25, 29, 41)
Music: Nozomi Aoki
Original creator: Kaoru Tada
Character Design: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Art Director: Motoyuki Tanaka
Animation Director:
Akira Kasahara (14 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22-30 even, 34-42 even
)

Kazuhiro Taga (eps 25, 31, 37)
Nobuyuki Fukuchi (eps 3, 11, 20)
Shingo Araki (8 episodes
eps 10, 13, 15, 18, 23, 29, 35, 41
)

Takumi Noda (ep 5)
Tatsuhiro Nagaki (ep 32)
Tsuneo Komuro (ep 6)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (7 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 21, 27, 33, 39
)

Yūzō Tomizawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19
)

Assistant Director: Junichi Satō
Editing:
Masaaki Hanai (eps 19-42)
Ryoichi Toba (eps 1-18)
Image Song Composition: Kōhei Tanaka
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita
Sound Effects: Shūichi Mizuno
Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima
Theme Song Arrangement: Joe Hisaishi
Theme Song Performance:
Mitsuko Horie (OP)
Takaaki Hiratsuka (ED)
Mitsuko Horie as Yaeko "Yakko" Mitamura

Isao Sasaki as Gō Katō
Katsuji Mori as Satomi Ōkawa
Masashi Amenomori as Juliano (1st)
Shingo Kanemoto as Juliano (2nd)
Takeshi Aono as Shigemaru Mitamura
Yūko Mita as Hashizō Katō

Ai Sakuma as Girl
Chiyoko Kawashima as Kajiwara Meiko
Hideyuki Hori as Sugi
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kazuma Kataoka (Sheila)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Touno Eiji
Mugihito as Fujiki
Satomi Majima as Fujita Isuzu
Tomiko Suzuki as
Fan Girl B
Shoping Girl
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: TV Asahi
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
Internet Streaming: Videx
French cast
French staff
Insert Song Performance: Jean-Claude Corbel
Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard
Martine Reigner as Lucile

Danièle Hazan as
Elisabeth
Katia
Manuella
Marika
Oumé
Gérard Desalles as Sheler 
Gérard Dessalles as Sheller
Jean-Claude Corbel as Mathias (singing voice)
Marie-Laure Beneston as
Benjamin
Marina
Martine Reigner as
Gontrand
Tania
Martine Rénier as Lucile
Patrick Guillemin as
Père de Lucile
Steve
Pierre Laurent as Mathias
Stéphane Godin as
Lauro
Roméo
Tristan

French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from October 2002)
AB 3 (from 3 October 2005)
AB Cartoons (from 2 April 1996)
Club RTL (from 2005)
France 5 (from 2 July 2004)
La 5 (from 15 January 1988)
Mangas (from 1999)
TF1 (from 3 April 1991)
TMC (from September 2001)
Distributor: AB distribution
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Mabel Escaño (Spain dub)

Theme Song Lyrics: Tony Seven (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
Carmen Cervantes as Licia (Spain dub)
Sara Vivas as Jorgito Kato (Spain dub)

Antonio Cobos as Anacleto Marabio (Spain dub)
Eduardo Del Hoyo as Sergio Kato (Spain dub)

Blanca Rada as Manuela (Spain dub)
Fernando Mateo as Manager (Spain dub)
José Carabias as
Gato Miko (Spain dub)
Gonta (Spain dub)
Stick (Spain dub)
José María Carrero as Borja Okawa (Spain dub)
Marta Sáinz as Profesora Katia (Spain dub)
Pablo Sevilla as Toni (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Estudios EXA (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Cip Barcellini
Sound Director: Antonello Elli
Executive producer: Alessandra Valeri Manera

Theme Song Composition: Giordano Bruno Martelli
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Paolo Torrisi as Andrea

Alessandra Karpoff as Grinta
Debora Magnaghi as Elisa
Donatella Fanfani as Licia (talking voice)
Gabriele Calindri as Satomi
Grazia Migneco as Housekeeper
Ivo De Palma as Mirko (talking voice)
Lisa Mazzotti as Katia
Silvano Fossati as Shiller (singing voice)
Vincenzo Draghi as Mirko (singing voice)

Alessandra Karpoff as Manuela
Antonio Paiola as Lauro
Elisabetta Cucci as Marika
Emanuela Pacotto as Signorina Katia
Federico Danti as Tony
Gianfranco Gamba as Cantante dei Kiss Relish
Graziella Porta as Madre di Andrea
Pietro Ubaldi as
Giuliano
Marrabbio
Riccardo Mantani as Nonno Sam
Valeria Falcinelli as Marina
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Boing (from 9 September 2007)
Canale 5 (from 1991)
Italia 1 (from 10 September 1985)
Italia Teen Television (from 20 April 2004)
La5 (from 2 August 2010)
Rete 4 (from 1988)
Distributor:
DeAgostini (VHS)
Merak Film
Dubbing: Merak Film
German staff
German cast
(none)
Anna Grisebach as Yakko Mitamura

Jan Rohrbach as Hashizou Kato
Jürgen Kluckert as Juliano
Michael Bauer as Hiroyuki Sugi
Michael Christian as Shigemaru Mitamura
Michael Iwannek as Sammy
Silke Dornow as Meiko Kajiwara

Andreas Grothusen as Takoyaki-Koch
Ellen Rappus as Händlerin
Frank Schröder as Joe Kato
Gerald Schaale as Shallah
Marina Krogull as Hashizos Mutter
Matthias Hinze as Eichi Tono
Schaukje Könning as Isuzu Fujita
Sven Plate as Matsudaira
German companies
Broadcaster: RTL II (from 23 January 1995)
Distributor: Universum Anime
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: RTP (Portugal) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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