is a high-school romance

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by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by

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in 1979–1981 in the magazine ''

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'' and collected in five

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volumes. It was later adapted into a

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television

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series, an

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Plot

The story focuses on the relationships of Kasumi Kishimoto, a high school student. When she enters Myōjō High School, she moves into her aunt's

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, where four boys attending the high school are tenants. Despite her steadfast determination to stay loyal to her boyfriend, who is studying abroad, Kasumi finds herself slowly falling in love with one of the boarders, Yūsaku.

Characters

; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Yumi Morio, ''Played by'' (live): Sayaka Itō : The main character, and student at Myōjō High School. Because her parents live over an hour away, she decides to stay with her aunt Chigusa who, unbeknownst to Kasumi, has turned her home into a

for four male students at the same high school. After Yūsaku walks in on Kasumi while she takes a bath, she is troubled because she wants to remain faithful to Katsuhiko, her boyfriend. The progress of Kasumi's feelings toward Yūsaku is the central story of the series. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Yūji Mitsuya, ''Played by'' (live): Takayuki Takemoto : Tenant in room #3 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. He is in the same class as Kasumi and a member of the

ōendan An , literally "cheering squad" or "cheering section", is a Japanese sports rallying team similar in purpose and allegedly inspirated by the cheerleading squads in the United States, but relies more on making a lot of noise with Bass drum, ...

, or cheering squad. He gets inspired by people who work hard at something, whether or not they are victorious, and likes to support them. Yūsaku eventually joins the Myōjō High School

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team, playing

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, despite not knowing how to play the game. He has a cat, Taisuke, which he finds in a box at the side of the road. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Kobuhei Hayashiya : Tenant in room #2 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. He is the

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for the

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team until Yūsaku convinces him to join the baseball team as its

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catc ...

, so that Masato can throw at his full strength as pitcher. He has a

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on Keiko, though she just considers him a friend. He's always hungry, but a very generous person, who is willing to help out just about anyone. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime):

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: Tenant in room #4 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. Shin is a ladies man and perverted. He is madly in love with Keiko, though she can't stand him. Shin plays

third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the Baseball scorekeep ...

on the Myōjō High School baseball team. He has a telescope, ostensibly for observing the stars, though more often uses it to peep at neighborhood females. Shin is deathly afraid of cats. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Katsuhiro Nanba : Tenant in room #1 at the Hidamari Private Boarding House. He plays only a small role in the series, being mostly used for humorous effect; however, one episode of the live drama series, where his name is changed to , focuses on him as a medical studies prodigy. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Kazue Komiya, ''Played by'' (live):

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: Kasumi's

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ed aunt,

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of the Hidamari Private Boarding House. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime):

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: Kasumi's

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and her aunt Chigusa's late husband's brother's son. His father works in California and he is attending

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there, though he returns to Japan once during the series. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Hiromi Tsuru : A manager of the Myōjō High School baseball team. She is very reserved and has a

on Yūsaku. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Hirotaka Suzuoki : Keiko's older brother and Myōjō High School's ace

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. His goal is to make it to Kōshien before he graduates. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Eriko Chihara : Yūsaku's pet cat. Because Yūsaku paid ¥100 for him, he was named after

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, the man found on the ¥100 banknote. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime):

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: Only appearing for a short period of time, she and her father Sakamoto move into the boarding house. While there the boys are infatuated with her, but she likes Yūsaku Takasugi. Kasumi is jealous of her. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Shigeru Chiba : The widowed father of Maria Ota. He is attractive, which is why Aunt Chigusa allows them to move in. ; :''Voiced by'' (anime): Hideyuki Tanaka Sources:

Live-action drama

The live-action TV drama series ran on NTV from 1982-03-21 through 1982-09-19, for a total of 19 one-hour episodes. The role of Kasumi Kishimoto was at first scheduled to be played by Minako Sawamura, but due to trouble during the shooting of the first episode, the role was given to Sayaka Itō and principal photography with Itō began the following day. The theories as to why Sawamura left include a refusal to do a bath scene and possible schedule conflicts with another show on which she was appearing. Competing against it in the same time slot were two popular shows:

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''Tōge no Gunzō'' and TV Asahi's drama ''Seibu Keisatsu Part II''. Due to this kind of competition, the ratings were not very high for ''Hiatari Ryōkō!''. As this was Adachi's first work adapted for TV, this was disappointing. In the 8pm Sunday time slot, NTV traditionally ran a school drama of some sort, but after the disappointing ratings for ''Hiatari Ryōkō!'', they switched to variety programs in the vein of ''Kume Hiroshi no TV Scramble'' and ''Tensai Takeshi no Tenki ga Deru Terebi!!''.

Staff

*Original story: Mitsuru Adachi *Screenplay: Yutaka Kaneko, others *Music: Asei Kobayashi, Masahisa Takeichi *Director: Ryō Kinoshita, others *Produced by:

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Theme song

The theme song for the live-action drama series was , sung by Takayuki Takemoto. The song was produced by CBS/Sony.

Video releases

A DVD box set containing the full series was released by VAP on 2006-02-22. Sources:

Anime

''Hiatari Ryōkō'' completed its serialization in 1981 with five volumes. However, the television anime adaptation of Adachi's later manga, ''

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'', became a hit which made it possible for the series to get adapted even after completion. Virtually all of ''Touch'''s staff, such as series director Gisaburō Sugii and composer Hiroaki Serizawa, moved to ''Hiatari Ryōkō'' as soon as ''Touch'''s production concluded. Much of ''Touch'''s voice cast was in this anime as well, excluding Noriko Hidaka (Minami Asakura in ''Touch''). It seamlessly replaced ''

'', which ran for two years in the same timeslot. The anime television series consisted of 48 half-hour episodes made for

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, airing from March 22, 1987 to March 20, 1988. It was followed by theatrical anime movie, which served as an alternative version, titled . The movie ran as a double feature with the first ''

Kimagure Orange Road is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from 1984 to 1987, with the chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. The story follows teen ...

'' film and included all three of ''Kimagure'''s opening theme songs as background music.

Theme songs

There were three opening and three ending theme songs throughout the course of the anime television series.

Opening

; :Vocals by Aki Asakura, episodes 1–17 ; :Vocals by Hiroaki Serizawa, episodes 18–37 ; :Vocals by Ami Ozaki, episodes 38–48

Ending

; :Vocals by Yumekojo, episodes 1–17 ; :Vocals by Hiroaki Serizawa, episodes 18–37 ; :Vocals by Ami Ozaki, episodes 38–48

Video releases

The anime series has been released on LD by

, and a DVD box set was released in January 2006. The anime movie has been released on VHS and LD by Toho but not DVD. A high-definition remastered version was sent to Japanese streaming services such as AbemaTV in 2018. Sources:

Notes

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiatari Ryoko! 1980 manga 1982 Japanese television series debuts 1987 anime television series debuts 1988 anime films 1988 films Fuji Television original programming Group TAC Japanese television dramas based on manga Mitsuru Adachi Nippon Television original programming Anime and manga set in schools Shogakukan manga Shōjo manga