To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the TV anime series "Neighborhood Story," based on Ai Yazawa's popular manga, all 50 episodes will be streamed for free on YouTube. The first episode, "That Guy I'm Interested In!", will premiere on October 8th at 8:15 PM, and a simultaneous viewing project by the comedy duo "Beni Shouga" will be held on YouTube's "Beni Shouga's Banzai Channel." From then on, one episode will be released every Monday at 6 PM.
"Neighborhood Story" tells the story of the protagonist, Koda Mikako, a student in the fashion design department at Yazawa Art Academy (commonly known as Yazagaku), who struggles with love and relationships while striving to achieve her dream of opening her own brand store. The TV anime aired from September 1995 to September 1996. Shishido Rumi played Koda Mikako and Kappei Yamaguchi played Yamaguchi Tsutomu.
*Staff (titles omitted)
Original work: Ai Yazawa▽Planning: Koichiro Fujita, Satoshi Odake, Yasuo Kameyama, Takashi Horiuchi, Hiromi Seki▽Production: Atsunori Kazama▽Series composition: Aya Matsui▽Series director: Atsutoshi Umezawa▽Character design: Yoshihiko Umakoshi ▽Costume design: Toshie Kawamura▽Art design: Shinzo Yuki, Yuki Yukie▽Music: Masahiro Kawasaki
*Cast (titles omitted)
Mikako Koda: Rumi Shishido▽Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Kappei Yamaguchi ▽Yusuke Tashiro: Toshiyuki Morikawa ▽Mariko Nakasu: Yumi Touma▽Mai Ota: Wakana Yamazaki▽Lisa Kanzaki: Shiho Niyama▽Jiro Nishino: Norio Tsukui▽Ruriko Koda: Yoko Kawanami▽Hiroaki Tokumori: Hideyuki Tanaka▽Houji Suenami: Takeshi Aono
