KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD Whimsical Orange Road

AKA: KOR, Max et Compagnie (French)

Author: Izumi Matsumoto

Director: Osamu Kobayashi (TV series), Tomomi Mochizuki (film 1 & OVAs), Kunihiko Yuyama (film 2)

Script Writer: Kenji Terada (all) + Sukehiro Tomita (TV series)

Character Design: Akemi Takada (all but 2nd film), Masako Goto (TV series), Takayuki Gohto (film 2)

Backgrounds: Shichiroh Kobayashi (TV series & film2)

Music: Shiro Sagisu (TV series), Yuki Kajiura (film 2)

Company: Studio Pierrot

Year: 1986 (TV series), 1989-90 (OAVs), 1988 (film 1), 1996 (film 2)

Charas:
Kasuga Kyosuke our young indecisive hero
Madoka Ayukawa a very strong minded girl
Hikaru the very bubbly girl as well as a range of friends and family

Story:

• TV Series: Kasuga Kyosuke has just moved to a new town because his family's ESP powers have been discovered where they were. He meets 2 girls: one who is very head strong and seems unapproachable and one who litteraly jumps on him (all because of a misunderstanding). As they are both love interest, Kasuga has to make his mind up ...
• OVAs: short stories just like extra episodes (set before the 1st film)
• Ano Hi ni Kaeritai (Film 1): ... and finally the man makes up his mind. But can the threesome's friendship remain?
• Soshite Ano Natsu no Hajimari (Film 2): Kyosuke is caught in a strange time distortion. Will things get back to normal?

Type: Comedy

Number of Episodes: 48 TV episodes, 8 OAVs, 2 films

We have: it all in various format ... unfortunately first film in French only (btw that would be the absolute worst dub ever!)

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What we thought: Oh, yes! This one has to be seen! Even people that have never seen it before enjoy it (and want to see it all) despite it's age. By far the best romantic comedy out there (imho)