Maison Ikkoku
Maison Ikkoku
TV ShowEnded

Maison Ikkoku

7.6 / 10
1986
4 seasons
96 episodes
AnimationComedyRomance

Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are given to having wild parties which makes it difficult for Godai to study. Into this mayhem comes the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager. Godai falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her. As time passes, their relationship slowly develops amid life at Maison Ikkoku, despite all sorts of romantic hurdles.

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Maison Ikkoku TV Series DVD Trailer (English)

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Seasons

  • Sorry To Keep You Waiting! I'm Kyoko Otonashi!

    1.Sorry To Keep You Waiting! I'm Kyoko Otonashi!

    26-03-198624m

    Yusaku Godai is fed-up with life as a ronin and his horrible housemates, namely loud and brash Mrs. Ichinose, her bratty son Kentaro, sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuy...

  • Love is in the Air? Which one Does Kyoko Love Best?

    2.Love is in the Air? Which one Does Kyoko Love Best?

    02-04-198624m

    Godai decides that since its Kyoko's first Christmas at Maison Ikkoku, this would be a great opportunity to buy her a present and tell her how he feels. As will become the norm, he...

  • Hearts on Fire in the Dark! All Alone with Kyoko

    3.Hearts on Fire in the Dark! All Alone with Kyoko

    09-04-198624m

    With his entrance exams bearing down on him, Godai just can't seem to focus. Kyoko decides its up to her to stop the other tenants from interrupting his studies, but what she doesn...

  • Kyoko's Heart Goes Pitty-Pat! Godai is put to the Test

    4.Kyoko's Heart Goes Pitty-Pat! Godai is put to the Test

    16-04-198624m

    Test time has finally arrived for Godai. As he does all the last minute cramming he can get away with Yotsuya, Ichinose, and Akemi take bets on which school's will reject him. Kyok...

  • Kyoko's Climbing the Walls! Godai's Headed For the Hills

    5.Kyoko's Climbing the Walls! Godai's Headed For the Hills

    23-04-198624m

    Godai's grandmother arrives to inform Godai that if he doesn't get into a college, his family will no longer let him stay in Tokyo. Godai does his best to hide from her, but with K...

  • Shocking Springtime! Kyoko's Secret

    6.Shocking Springtime! Kyoko's Secret

    30-04-198624m

    The secret sadness that Kyoko has kept hidden for so long is finally revealed as Godai realizes that Kyoko is a widow. Visiting Soichiro's grave, Godai asks for whom he is offering...

  • Godai's Agony! The One Kyoko Loves

    7.Godai's Agony! The One Kyoko Loves

    07-05-198624m

    Mr. Otonashi offers Godai a job tutoring Ikuko, who insists that if she is to have a tutor that it must be Godai. Seeing this as a way to endear himself to Kyoko and to earn a stea...

  • Godai's Unspeakable Declaration! If You're Going to Do It,Do It!

    8.Godai's Unspeakable Declaration! If You're Going to Do It,Do It!

    14-05-198624m

    Celebrating their arrival into college life, Godai and Sakamoto go out drinking. Feeling depressed about his situation with Kyoko, Godai confides in Sakamoto, who recommends a bit...

  • The Mysterious Tennis Coach is the Rival of Love

    9.The Mysterious Tennis Coach is the Rival of Love

    21-05-198624m

    Mrs. Ichinose decides that Kyoko's been much to glum lately with worrying about Godai's confession and her always looming regret over Soichiro's death, so she signs them both up fo...

  • Love Panic on the Beach!

    10.Love Panic on the Beach!

    28-05-198624m

    A depressed Kentaro confides to Godai that his family is too poor to ever take him on a vacation. This reminds Godai of his on youth, when he had to stay and work at his family's r...

  • Kentaro's First Love! What Age Got to Do,with It?

    11.Kentaro's First Love! What Age Got to Do,with It?

    04-06-198624m

    Kentaro's time with Ikuko at the beach has developed into a crush on his part. Now everytime Ikuko comes over to study with Godai, he finds a reason to study alongside them. When K...

  • One Entangled Evening! I Thought You Said You Loved Me!?

    12.One Entangled Evening! I Thought You Said You Loved Me!?

    11-06-198624m

    Godai decides its finally time to ask Kyoko out for a movie date, but when he arrives at Maison Ikkoku, he finds Kyoko heading out for a night at the opera with Mitaka. Feeling ext...

  • Godai the Gigolo...? Are You Going to Get That, or Shall I?

    13.Godai the Gigolo...? Are You Going to Get That, or Shall I?

    18-06-198624m

    As Godai attends his classes, he notices a mysterious dark-haired woman following him around campus. Letting his imagination run wild, he assumes she must be infatuated with him. O...

  • Way to Go, Godai! The First Date with Kyoko

    14.Way to Go, Godai! The First Date with Kyoko

    25-06-198624m

    Godai finally gets the courage to ask Kyoko on a date, but with this being the anniversary of her moving to Maison Ikkoku, Kyoko considers it as only a friendly gesture. But things...

  • The Play's the Thing, Not the Playing Around! The Show Must Go On!

    15.The Play's the Thing, Not the Playing Around! The Show Must Go On!

    02-07-198624m

    A campus festival brings Kyoko to Godai's college, in tow are the rest of the tenants hoping to have a bit of fun at Godai's expense. When a sudden departure from Godai's Puppet Cl...

  • Sympathy Scramble. If I Should Stumble.

    16.Sympathy Scramble. If I Should Stumble.

    09-07-198624m

    Kyoko twists her ankle while playing tennis and both Mitaka and Godai blame themselves. The other tenants can't help but feel sorry for their injured Manager, and everyone seems to...

  • The Story of Kyoko's First Love On Rainy Days Like These

    17.The Story of Kyoko's First Love On Rainy Days Like These

    16-07-198624m

    Godai gets depressed over the rain, remembering that some of the worst events of his life have occured on rainy days. Kozue visits Maison Ikkoku and her skirt gets stained so she a...

  • Kyoko's Gift ! "What , You Mean it's For Me?"

    18.Kyoko's Gift ! "What , You Mean it's For Me?"

    23-07-198624m

    With Christmas just around the corner, Godai has to decide what he's going to get for Kyoko this year. He spends all his money on a set of earrings for her, but Kozue spots the pre...

  • Godai and Kyoko ! An Evening for Two Means Double the Trouble

    19.Godai and Kyoko ! An Evening for Two Means Double the Trouble

    30-07-198624m

    When New Year's comes around almost everyone at Maison Ikkoku has vacation plans. Yotsuya is going to visit his family, and the Ichinose's are visting relatives. The only people st...

  • Kyoko's Ticking Time bomb ! Godai's Extended Absence

    20.Kyoko's Ticking Time bomb ! Godai's Extended Absence

    06-08-198624m

    Godai takes a late vacation over Winter break to visit his family in Niigata. While he's there he plays rugby with his old high school team and gets a black eye. Since he's so emba...

  • Godai's Panic! The Cat Who Came to Ikkoku.

    21.Godai's Panic! The Cat Who Came to Ikkoku.

    13-08-198624m

    Godai and Sakamoto go out drinking with friends and Sakamoto gets Godai completely drunk. While he's in his druken stupor Sakamoto asks Godai to take care of his new pet cat while...

  • Godai Gets a shock! Kyoko Calls It Quits

    22.Godai Gets a shock! Kyoko Calls It Quits

    20-08-198624m

    Godai walks home from the laundromat, wondering how he's going to dry his clothes on the dangerous clothesline at home when he notices a strange man walking behind him. As he gets...

  • Kyoko's Brush with Danger! Mother's Nefarious Plot

    23.Kyoko's Brush with Danger! Mother's Nefarious Plot

    27-08-198624m

    The tenants are shocked as Kyoko's mother tells them that Kyoko will no longer be the Manager of Maison Ikkoku. As soon as she walks out the door the movers rush in to pack up her...

  • Godai in Confusion! Kozue's First Kiss

    24.Godai in Confusion! Kozue's First Kiss

    03-09-198624m

    Godai and Kozue sit in a cafe and stare out the window. Suddenly, she asks him if he owns a tie. Later Godai is putting on his best outfit and getting ready to meet with Kozue. As...

  • In this Corner: Godai vs. Mitaka! The Clash of the Proposals

    25.In this Corner: Godai vs. Mitaka! The Clash of the Proposals

    10-09-198624m

    As Godai watches Kyoko play tennis, Mrs. Ichinose tells him that things won't always stay the same. She mentions that Kyoko quit being their Manager this year and almost quit being...

  • Godai's Out of It! Kyoko's on the Rampage

    26.Godai's Out of It! Kyoko's on the Rampage

    17-09-198624m

    Kyoko visits an old high school friend and her new baby for lunch. The topic of conversation centers on how much Kyoko wishes she had had a baby with Soichiro before he died. Her f...

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