Neighborhood Story

Details

Also known as: ご近所物語
Type: TV
Status: Finished Airing
Score: 6.8
Episodes: 50
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Studio: Toei Animation
Aired: 1995-09-10 to 1996-09-01
Season: Fall 1995

Synopsis

Mikako Kōda is an aspiring fashion designer who attends Yazawa Art Academy in Tokyo and is slowly building up her clothing brand, Happy Berry. Having been childhood friends with her neighbor, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, since infancy, Mikako reassesses her once-platonic feelings for him when he suddenly becomes popular at school due to his resemblance to the singer Ken Nakagawa and begins dating Mariko, a popular and attractive girl.

Episodes

Episode 1: My Childhood Friend (1995-09-10)
Episode 2: Dealing With a Childhood Friend! (1995-09-17)
Episode 3: Nice Body-ko! (1995-09-24)
Episode 4: A Fitting Direction For Defeat! (1995-10-01)
Episode 5: The Burning Patsukin Girl! (1995-10-08)
Episode 6: Let's do the Circle! (1995-10-15)
Episode 7: Is it Tsutomu or Ando? (1995-10-22)
Episode 8: Free Market! (1995-10-29)
Episode 9: Lover of the Sinful Mama! (1995-11-12)
Episode 10: Love Relay (1995-11-19)
Episode 11: Double date, really? (1995-11-26)
Episode 12: Tsutomu! (1995-12-03)
Episode 13: A Misunderstaning concerning Bikes (1995-12-10)
Episode 14: Pii-chan Panic (1995-12-17)
Episode 15: A Present to Santa (1995-12-24)
Episode 16: A Love Prayer! Happy New Year (1996-01-07)
Episode 17: Body-ko and Shintaro!! (1996-01-14)
Episode 18: What is Friendship? What is Love? (1996-01-21)
Episode 19: Discovery! Lisa's Boyfriend! (1996-01-28)
Episode 20: Study of Love through Film (1996-02-04)
Episode 21: If only I can be frank... (1996-02-11)
Episode 22: Who is the person walking with Oikawa? (1996-02-18)
Episode 23: A Falling Angel! (1996-02-25)
Episode 24: To become an adult (1996-03-03)
Episode 25: The Delusion regarding two people (1996-03-10)
Episode 26: Burning Hot-spring! (1996-03-17)
Episode 27: The Nervous Body-ko (1996-03-24)
Episode 28: The Reason for Fukigen is? (1996-03-31)
Episode 29: Film Again! (1996-04-07)
Episode 30: For love and dream, one step at a time! (1996-04-14)
Episode 31: Doki! Master again... (1996-04-21)
Episode 32: The Robot that ties minds (1996-04-28)
Episode 33: The Guy who fell in love with a light woman (1996-05-05)
Episode 34: One-night Angel...Lisa! (1996-05-12)
Episode 35: An important thought! (1996-05-19)
Episode 36: Troubles of the Party-ko (1996-05-26)
Episode 37: Still do not want to go back... (1996-06-02)
Episode 38: 16 years old and not hampa (1996-06-09)
Episode 39: The thing I want most is... (1996-06-16)
Episode 40: An Album without Photos (1996-06-23)
Episode 41: A Message to Papa (1996-06-30)
Episode 42: Papa's Blue Sky (1996-07-07)
Episode 43: Mama, why...? (1996-07-14)
Episode 44: Before the Storm (1996-07-21)
Episode 45: Your lie is...terrible (1996-07-28)
Episode 46: How to love... (1996-08-04)
Episode 47: Mama!... (1996-08-11)
Episode 48: The Person known as "Love"... (1996-08-18)
Episode 49: The Second Proposal (1996-08-25)
Episode 50: Thank you, everyone (1996-09-01)

Characters and voice actors

Mikako Kouda (main character) · Japanese voice: Rumi Shishido
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (main character) · Japanese voice: Kappei Yamaguchi
Risa Kanzaki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Shiho Niiyama
Mariko Nakasu (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yumi Touma
Midori Saejima (supporting character)
Yuusuke Tashiro (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Mai Oota (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Wakana Yamazaki
Ayumi Oikawa (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuko Minaguchi
Akira Sudou (supporting character)
Jiro Nishino (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kyousei Tsukui
Ruriko Kouda (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yoko Kawanami
Noriji Sunami (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Takeshi Aono
Mrs. Hamada (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Junko Hagimori
Shintaro Nakasu (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Chizu Yonemoto
Hirohiko Sakurada (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuusaku Yara
Hiroaki Tokumori (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hideyuki Tanaka

Opening and ending songs

Ending 1: Don't You Know?! · Rumi Shishido
Ending 2: NG! · Rumi Shishido