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Saikano

Original title: 最終兵器彼女

The Last Love Song on This Little Planet

2002 · 1 season · 13 episodes

7.6

TMDB audience score
95 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.

About 5h 25m to watch every episode. An estimate: 13 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 25 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Shirô Ishimoda
    Shuji (voice)
    13 episodes

  • Fumiko Orikasa
    Chise (voice)
    13 episodes

  • Yuu Sugimoto
    Akemi (voice)
    10 episodes

  • Tetsu Shiratori
    Atsushi (voice)
    10 episodes

  • Hiroki Shimowada
    Nori (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Shin-ichiro Miki
    Tetsu (voice)
    6 episodes

  • Mika Doi
    Shuji's Mother (voice)
    6 episodes

  • Miki Ito
    Fuyumi (voice)
    5 episodes

  • Sachiko Kojima
    Yukari (voice)
    5 episodes

  • Yuji Kishi
    Soldier A (voice)
    5 episodes

  • Atsushi Ⅱ
    Kawahara (voice)
    4 episodes

  • Hiromi Konno
    Rie (voice)
    4 episodes

  • Kisho Taniyama
    Take (voice)
    4 episodes

  • Yumi Kakazu
    Satomi (voice)
    4 episodes

  • Manabu Muraji
    Ito (voice)
    4 episodes

  • Rintaro Nishi
    Soldier A (voice)
    3 episodes

  • Takashi Nagasako
    Soldier B (voice)
    3 episodes

  • Hiroshi Yanaka
    Soldier B (voice)
    3 episodes

Seasons