History Manga / MaisonIkkoku

[[AcclaimedFlop The series has a history of struggling in North America.]] The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They miraculously managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, the only reason the final volume was released at all is because [=RightStuf.com=] offered to buy the entire print run. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced Jason Gray-Stanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who did see it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be her masterpiece.

* GrandFinale: Reputedly the first of the long-running animes from RumikoTakahashi that had a definitive ending. (InuYasha being the sole other, to this point)

The series has a history of struggling in North America. The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They miraculously managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, the only reason the final volume was released at all is because [=RightStuf.com=] offered to buy the entire print run. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced JasonGrayStanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who did see it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be her masterpiece.

* {{Yandere}}: Ibuki.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Much of the drama would have been avoided if the characters had cell phones!

The series has a history of struggling in North America. The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They miraculously managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, the only reason the final volume was released at all is because [=RightStuf.com=] offered to buy the entire print run. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced JasonGrayStanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who did see it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be Rumiko Takahashi's masterpiece.

The series has a history of struggling in North America. The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They miraculously managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, the only reason the final volume was released at all is because [=RightStuf.com=] offered to buy the entire print run. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced JasonGrayStanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who had seen it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be Rumiko Takahashi's masterpiece.

The series has a history of struggling in North America. The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, that the final volumes had print runs so small, [=RightStuf.com=] offered to exclusively sell the entire stock. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced JasonGrayStanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who had seen it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be Rumiko Takahashi's masterpiece.

The series has a history of struggling in North America. The English dub of the anime was originally canceled after episode 36 due to low VHS sales, and the official English subtitled tapes were canceled after Episode 64 for the same reason. VizMedia later gave the series another chance after Takahashi's ''InuYasha'' exploded in popularity. They managed to complete the series on DVD, but the sales were never strong, and it got so bad, that the final volumes had print runs so small, [=RightStuf.com=] offered to exclusively sell the entire stock. The English dub was also completed, but many of the key cast members from the first 36 episodes didn't return. Notably BradSwaile replaced JasonGreyStanford as Godai. Nonetheless, the series received great reception among those who had seen it, and it enjoys a passionate cult following in the States among anime fans, especially Rumiko Takahashi fans, who often claim it to be Rumiko Takahashi's masterpiece.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Monk}} Lieutenant Disher]] is Godai! (For the first 36 episodes of the English dub, anyway.)

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyoko-and-godai.jpg

* PlotArmor: [[spoiler: Which is frankly the only reason Godai ends up with Kyoko with the amount of dumb shit and all round spinelessness he displays.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime:
** SumiShimamoto (Kyouko)
** Creator/AkiraKamiya (Mitaka)
** Issei Futamata (Godai)
** ShigeruChiba (Yotsuya)
** Creator/MinaTominaga (Kozue)
** YurikoFuchizaki (Ibuki)
** HiromiTsuru (Asuna)
** ChikaSakamoto (Kentaro)
** Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Soichirou)
** NorioWakamoto (Master, the bartender at Cha-Cha Maru. PlayingAgainstType as one of his earlier roles.)
** MegumiHayashibara (A background character, notable for being her very first role)
*** And as for the English dub of the series with TheOceanGroup
** Creator/BradSwaile (Godai, well ever since the 37th episode)
** Creator/JanyseJaud (Akemi)
** RonHalder (Yotsuya, well ever since the 37th episode)
** SaffronHenderson (Kentaro Ichinose, before the cast change)
** DavidKaye (Soichiro and Master)
** Creator/NicoleBouma (Ikuko Otonashi, after the 37th episode)
** Creator/AnnaCummer (Kozue, after the 37th episode)

** AkiraKamiya (Mitaka)

** HideyukiTanaka (Soichirou)

** MinaTominaga (Kozue)

** AkiraKamiya (Mitaka, PlayingAgainstType as he would also voice [[FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] at the time.)

''MaisonIkkoku'' (pronounced "Mezon Ikkoku," for those of you used to thinking in Japanese phonemes) is a lengthy series, clocking in at 96 episodes. It is very true to life, at least the life of the time period in which it was set, and rarely departs heavily from real life scenarios, without the LoveDodecahedron, supernatural hijinks, convoluted logic or any of the trappings of {{Rumiko Takahashi}}'s [[RanmaOneHalf other]] [[InuYasha series]].

It has [[FollowTheLeader inspired many similar series]], among them ''LoveHina'' and ''{{Mahoraba}}''.

** NicoleBouma (Ikuko Otonashi, after the 37th episode)

!!This series has examples of:

** AnnaCummer (Kozue, after the 37th episode)

* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kyoko is generally a Type 3 (but occasionally shows Type 5 tendencies) while Akemi is a definite Type 4 though.

* UncattyResemblence: Shun gets a small dog to overcome his dog-phobia. While it doesn't look like him physically, it turns out to have quite the way with the (canine) ladies, including a duplicate of Shun's TwinkleSmile.

* * UncattyResemblence: Shun gets a small dog to overcome his dog-phobia. While it doesn't look like him physically, it turns out to have quite the way with the (canine) ladies, including a duplicate of Shun's TwinkleSmile.