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Gokinjo Monogatari (TV)

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[ adapted from Gokinjo Monogatari (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Gokinjo Monogatari (movie)

Alternative title:
Curiosando nei cortili del cuore (Italian)
Neighborhood Stories
ご近所物語 (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: The protagonist, Kouda Mikako, is a student of "Yaza Gaku". Specialising in fashion design, Mikako dreams of becoming a fashion designer with her own brand. Living next to her is her childhood friend, Yamaguchi Tsutomu. Even though they have been close since young, they share a platonic friendship. However, Tsutomu has been gaining popularity after he was recruited as the vocalist for a band and somehow, Mikako begins to see him in a different light. This is a story about how youths cope with dreams, love and friendship.
User Ratings: 40 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:17, raw:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (Ita.edit.dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 147 users, rank: #1942
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.8293 (Good-.17), std. dev.: 2.1516, rank: #2006
Weighted mean: 6.9537 (Good-.04), rank: #1616
Bayesian estimate: 7.06566 (Good+.06), rank: #1199
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 1995-09-10 to 1996-09-01
Opening Theme:
"He.Ro.I.N" by Rumi Shishido
Ending Theme:
#1: "Don't You Know?!" by Rumi Shishido (eps 1-28)
#2: "NG!" by Rumi Shishido (eps 29-50)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Atsutoshi Umezawa

Director:
Atsutoshi Umeda
Junji Shimizu

Series Composition: Aya Matsui

Script:
Aya Matsui
Genki Yoshimura
Yumi Kageyama

Storyboard:
Aya Matsui
Genki Yoshimura
Yumi Kageyama

Episode Director:
Akinori Yabe
Atsutoshi Umezawa
Hiroshi Shitara
Ryo Tachiba
Toru Yamada
Yasuo Yamakichi
Yoshihiro Oka

Music: Masahiro Kawasaki

Original creator: Ai Yazawa

Character Design:
Yashihiko Makoshi
Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Art director: Shinzo Yuki

Art: Hiromitsu Shiozaki

Animation director:
Chuji Nakajima
Hiroyuki Kawano
Mitsuru Aoyama
Takahiro Kagami
Tomoko Ito
Toshie Kawamura
Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Art design:
Shinzo Yuki
Yuki Yukie

Art Advancement: Haruo Tamura

Assistant director:
Koji Tanaka
Takao Iwai

Background Art:
Makoto Suwada
Miyuki Sato
Tsuneo Ozeki

Color design: Kunio Tsujita

Costume Design: Toshie Kawamura

Editing: Masaaki Hanai

Key Animation:
Akihiro Tsuda
Hideki Nagashima
Hiroyuki Kawano
Takahiro Fujii

Planning:
Hiromi Seki
Koichiro Fujita
Takashi Horiuchi
Yasuo Kameyama

Production Advancement: Yoshiaki Yanagi

Production manager: Atsunori Kazama

Recording: Yoshio Ito

Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino

Special Effects: Masayuki Nakashima

Theme Song Arrangement:
Mitsuhiro Tada (OP,ED)
Norimasa Yamanaka (ED2)
Tsuhiro Tadami (OP, ED1)

Theme Song Composition:
Miki Matsubara (OP & ED1)
Norimasa Yamanaka (ED2)

Theme Song Performance: Rumi Shishido (OP, ED)

 

Kappei Yamaguchi as Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Rumi Shishido as Mikako Kouda

Chizu Yonemoto as Shintarou Nakasu

Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroaki

Junko Noda as Female student

Kyousei Tsukui as Jiro Nishino

Machiko Toyoshima as Female student

Miho Aoyama as
accessory shop owner
female student
young mother

Shiho Niiyama as Risa Kanzaki

Takeshi Aono as Houji

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yuusuke Tashiro

Wakana Yamazaki as Mai Ohta

Yumi Touma as
Kuro
Mariko Nakasu

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Broadcaster: Asahi Broadcasting (ABC)

Collaboration: Seiji Production

Key Animation:
Kino Production
Studio Carpenter

Paint: Peacock

Photography: Eei-Toei

Production:
Agency Asatsu-DK
Toei Animation

Recording Studio: Tabac

Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory

Italian cast 
Italian staff 

Director Of Dubbing: Dania Cericola

Mixing: Adriano Scarpante

Synchronization: Ignazio Giardina

Cinzia Massironi as Madre di T.J.

Dania Cericola as Heather Jasper

Davide Garbolino as Samuel

Diego Sabre as Stewart Templeton

Elisabetta Spinelli as Melissa Jasper

Emanuela Pacotto as Annika

Federica Valenti as Patty

Francesco Orlando as Carl (child)

Lara Parmiani as Melany

Luca Bottale as Sonny

Marco Balzarotti as Ted

Nicola Bartolini Carrassi as Steven

Orlando Mezzabotta as Padre di T.J.

Patrizia Scianca as Janet

Patrizio Prata as T.J.

Pietro Ubaldi as Norigi

Pino Pirovano as Matt

Simone D'Andrea as Jimmy

Vittorio Bestoso as Carl (adult)

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: Italia 1 (from August 1998)

Distributor: DENEB Film

Dubbing: DENEB Film

Translation: CITI

 
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