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Introduction

Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy made in Japan by Rumiko Takahashi and is a touching love story revolving around the lives of the hapless student Yusaku Godai, the beautiful manager of his apartment Kyoko Otonashi, and the crazed tenants of Ikkoku-kan.

Originally created as a manga, Maison Ikkoku was made into a ninety-six episode long television series that ran from 1986 to 1988, and it was recently voted again the favorite television series in the 1995 rec.arts.anime poll. Currently, Viz Video has picked up the license for Maison Ikkoku and in April 1996, will start releasing the series commerically.