Maison Ikkoku: Prelude
Prelude Maison Ikkoku: Meguru Haru no Sakura no you ni... / Maison Ikkoku: PreludeSummary
A prequel of the Maison Ikkoku TV series focusing on Kyoko's relationship with her husband.
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Details
- Format
- Special
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Episode length
- 27 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 27 min (1 × 27 min)
- Season
- Summer 1992
- Start date
- June 25, 1992
- End date
- June 25, 1992
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Prelude Maison Ikkoku: Meguru Haru no Sakura no you ni...
- English title
- Maison Ikkoku: Prelude
- Native title
- プレリュードめぞん一刻 めぐる春の桜のように...
- Other titles
- Maison Ikkoku: Prelude
Relations
Characters 11
Main characters
- Souichirou Otonashi音無惣一郎Main
- Kyouko Otonashi音無響子Main
Profile
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Female
Kyouko is the manager of the apartment. She lives in the kanrinin's (managers) room of Ikkoku-kan. She has recently recovered from her husband's death and is trying to figure out her life, between keeping the memory of Souichirou-san alive and her own feelings for other people. Her dog is named Souichirou-san after her late husband. She is still on the…
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- Soichirou-san惣一郎さんSupporting
Profile
Soichiro is Kyoko Otonashi's pet dog. He serves as the perfect hindrance to Shun Mitaka's pursuit of Kyoko.
- Seito生徒Supporting
- Yuusaku Godai五代裕作Supporting
Profile
- Age
- 20
The resident of room #5. He is a timid, clumsy and soft indecisive man who day-dreams a lot. He's been the constant target of harassment and practical jokes by other tenants. Also, his room, by tradition, is the party site since his is the only room spacious enough to contain more than five people, and clean enough to hold such lunacy essentially every…
- Otonashi-roujin音無老人Supporting
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Kyoko's father-in-law was thrilled to welcome Kyoko as a member of the family, but when his son Soichiro died only six months after marrying Kyoko, Otonashi continued to let Kyoko stay in his home and gave her the job of manager at Maison Ikkoku in hopes of taking her mind off Soichiro.
- Ikuko Otonashi音無郁子Background
- Ikuko no Haha郁子の母Background
Profile
Ikuko's mother.
- Hanae Ichinose一の瀬花枝Background
Profile
A heavy-drinking middle-aged lady in room #2 of Ikkoku-kan. Aside from the fact that she's a party animal, she is typical of her age: in one word, nosy. When she still didn't know that Kyoko was a widow, she was trying very hard to arrange an "omiai" (a formal introduction to another person, in the hopes they would develop a relationship and marry each…
- Yotsuya四谷Background
Profile
The mysterious resident of room #4. The other tenants gave up on finding out anything about this strange man whose personal information is completely unknown, even job or age. Yet he seems to have something to call his job, and somewhere to call home, since he was away during the new year's holiday. His hobby is peeping and eavesdropping. His room's closet…
- Kentarou Ichinose一の瀬賢太郎Background
Profile
Kentaro begins the story as grade-school-aged brat, generally seen trying to get between his mother and her bottle. Initially, he is antagonistic towards Yusaku, but events soon see him to look upon Yusaku as an "alright guy". Unlike the bickering relationships between other of Rumiko's teenage and child characters such as Ataru & Ten or Inuyasha &…
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Key staff
- Rumiko TakahashiOriginal creator
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- Yuki SaitouTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Kouji TamakiTheme Song Composition (ED)
- Satoshi TakebeTheme Song Arrangement (ED)
- Yukinojou MoriTheme Song Lyrics (ED)