Saikano

The story

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.

Cast

S Shirô IshimodaShuji (voice) F Fumiko OrikasaChise (voice) Y Yuu SugimotoAkemi (voice) T Tetsu ShiratoriAtsushi (voice) H Hiroki ShimowadaNori (voice) S Shin-ichiro MikiTetsu (voice) M Mika DoiShuji's Mother (voice) M Miki ItoFuyumi (voice) S Sachiko KojimaYukari (voice) Y Yuji KishiSoldier (voice) · Kazu (voice) · Soldier A (voice) A Atsushi ⅡKawahara (voice) H Hiromi KonnoRie (voice)

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K Kisho TaniyamaTake (voice) · Nakamura (voice) Y Yumi KakazuSatomi (voice) M Manabu MurajiIto (voice) R Rintaro NishiSoldier A (voice) · Soldier D (voice) T Takashi NagasakoSoldier A (voice) · Soldier B (voice) H Hiroshi YanakaSoldier C (voice) · Soldier B (voice) H Hiroyuki YoshinoCustomer D (voice) · Shingo (voice) K Koichi KuriyamaSoldier E (voice) K Kazuhiko InoueShuji's Father (voice) Y Yuka ShioyamaChise's Younger Brother (voice) J Jun FukuyamaTrack Club Member 1 (voice) K Kentaro HondaTrack Club Member 2 (voice) I Iho MatsukuboGirl (voice) H Hideaki TezukaStaff A (voice) K Keijin OkudaStaff B (voice) J Jiro SaitoSoldier B (voice) T Taiki MatsunoRyohei (voice) J Jun'ichi TonoCommunications Soldier (voice) T Takehiro KoyamaJapanese Language Teacher (voice) M Masahiko TanakaPE Teacher (voice) Y Youto KazamaSoldier B (voice) M Masakazu SuzukiSoldier C (voice) T Takahiro MizushimaSoldier A (voice) S Shirou SaitouSoldier B (voice) G Gou AobaSoldier D (voice) Y Yutaka NakanoStaff (voice) J Jouji KokuboSoldier D (voice) Y Yasunori MasutaniEscaped Foreign Soldier (voice) T Tetsuo GotoStaff A (voice) M Mai NakaharaIku (voice) T Takashi InagakiAkemi's Father (voice) K Kazuhiro NakataSoldier B (voice) Y Yutaka AoyamaSoldier C (voice) Y Yuria YatoFemale Student A (voice) H Hiroshi NakaOld Man (voice) S Sosuke KomoriMasa (voice) Y Yūshi SatōHide (voice) T Tomoyuki ShimuraGoro (voice) W Wataru YokojimaGeneral (voice) H Hiroaki IshikawaCustomer B (voice) T Toshiharu SakuraiCustomer C (voice) K Kissei KumamotoCustomer E (voice) N Norihiro InoueMale Scientist (voice) Y Yukari HiranoThe Mother (voice)