Maison Ikkoku The Play's the Thing, Not the Playing Around! The Show Must Go on! (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV-14
TV Episode | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

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Maison Ikkoku

The Play's the Thing, Not the Playing Around! The Show Must Go on! (Season 1, Episode 15)

TV-14

TV Episode | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

There is a festival at Godai's college and Kyoko and the gang come for a visit. Kyoko gets roped in to play a part in Godai's club puppet show and Godai is having trouble keeping it together.

Directors

Tomokazu Kôgo | Kazuo Yamazaki (chief director)

Writers

Tomoko Konparu (episode writer) | Rumiko Takahashi (manga) | Tokio Tsuchiya (composition)

Producers

Yûko Katô (producer: Fuji TV) | Makoto Kubo (producer: Studio DEEN) | Yôko Matsushita (producer: Kitty Film)

Composer

Takuo Sugiyama

Cinematographer

Tsugio Ozawa

Editors

Seiji Morita | Masaki Sakamoto

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 2, 1986

Release date

Jul 2, 1986 (Japan)

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21 cast members

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