MAISON IKKOKU Cockroach Pension

AKA: Juliette, je t'aime (French)

Author: Rumiko Takahashi

Director: Kazuo Yamazaki

Script Writer: Kazunori Ito

Character Design: (eps 26- 96)Akemi Takada, Yuji Moriyama

Backgrounds: Chitose Asakura

Music: Kenji Kawai

Company: Kitty Film

Year: 1986-88

Charas:
Kyoko the lovely pension owner
Godai a student who lives in the pension

Story: Cockraoch pension is, as it's name indicates, in a bit of a state; and it's pensionners don't seem to enjoy a much better reputation ... until the day the new owner moves in ...

Type: Romantic Comedy

Number of Episodes: 96 TV episodes + 1 film + 1 OAV

We have: The whole lot in Japanese subtitled

Song Lyrics:

What we thought: Maison Ikkoku has never been one of my favourites (probably because I first encountered the delightful French dub!!) but all the boys seem to love it!! All the same, one cannot call himself (or herself) an anime fan if he (or she still) hasn't seen any Maison Ikkoku.