Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring
1992•27m•7.0•Released
AnimationRomanceDramaComedy
Kyoko Otonashi is a 22-year-old widow. Six months have passed since the sudden death of her husband, Soichiro. In her resolve to move on, she has recently taken over the management of a boarding house owned by her father-in-law. She now finds herself reminiscing about the few seasons that she and Soichiro had together, and about the first time that she saw him: when he became her geology teacher during her final year of high school. This prequel is the third and final OVA released after the conclusion of MAISON IKKOKU, an animated series based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. The past events are retold through flashback sequences using scenes from the television series, with narration by Sumi Shimamoto as Kyoko.
Director
Shigeharu Shiba
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Kitty Films
Cast
Issei Futamata
Godai Yusaku (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Kyoko Otonashi (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Soichiro Otonashi (voice)
Ryuji Saikachi
Otonashi-rojin (voice)
Production
Company
Kitty Films
Company
Studio Deen
Recommended
7.5
The Moment You Fall in Love
2016
7.5
The Taste of Tea
2004
7.4
Only Yesterday
1991
8
The Stranger by the Shore
2020
6.4
Ocean Waves
1993
7.4
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015
7.5
Mind Game
2004
7.6
Ride Your Wave
2019
6.1
To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022
7.4
Lost in Translation
2003
6.6
Fireworks
2017
7.8
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
2018
6.9
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
2015
7.1
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
2008
7.2
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version
2013
6.9
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
1988
6.6
xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2005
7.9
The Boy and the Beast
2015
7.6
The Anthem of the Heart
2015
5.9
A Wind Named Amnesia
1990
Similar Movies
6.2
Make Me a Sandwich
2019
5.7
The Nameless
1999
7
This Won't Hurt a Bit
1993
7.1
Alex: The Life of a Child
1986
6.9
Starman
1984
6.9
Not Without My Daughter
1991
6.2
Melinda and Melinda
2004
7.4
Only Yesterday
1991
6.3
Shake, Rattle & Roll II
1990
8.5
My dear son
1977
8
Wilting at the Roots
2024
7
Two for the Road
1967
8
Vier Meerjungfrauen
2001
7.1
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
5.7
Hot Pursuit
2015
5.6
Fast and Sexy
1958
5.3
Needle in a Timestack
2021
Sindoor
1979
7
The Unloved Woman
1949
6.3
Visitor Q
2001