Kimagure Orange Road

[David75]

Searching Through the forums, I've seen this anime is referred as a good one... but not much is said about it.

I know it's quite old, since it hit the 20 years mark this year.

However I wanted to start this thread to let some people have the chance to discover it.
On the bonus side, the entire TV series is available with seeds... quite remarkable.
You can get the OVAs and the first movie, the second one lacking seeders.

How did I discover it?
In france, in my prime teenage years. It was on TV with other series like Maison Ikkoku, Ranma, Saint Seya, DragonBall and so on.

Although I was a male, I was really into this series, It caught me quickly... in fact I have to say it's Madoka who got me

Sadly, I never had the luck to finish the series back in time. So having the luck to get it
and go back in time was very refreshing... although this wasn't totally what I was waiting for.
Why? because I discovered it in my native language... and for once, I think the french dub was better than the original one... Not because the Japanese one isn't good. Rather because it's a lot easier to understand an atmopshere in you native language.
And probably also because I remember that the French version was a lot Lighter... or maybe it's just me, being quite older, who emphasizes the darker parts you can find...

I won't talk about the animation, it's got it"s age, and wasn't one of the best of the time. But it's watchable. You just have to deal with the few first eps where it's sometimes quite
bad (in some scenes and chara drawing)
Music is fine.
Love triangle: lovely.
The main problem I had is this Kyosuke always shouting Madoka's name, it's quite boring
to have that all the time. So I had to split my watching in several weeks, no more that 5 or so eps per week.

Have fun

Edit 1
I've seen everything except the pilot yet (bad quality) and I'm very pleased with it.
It was very refreshing, although a bit long at first.
The two movies are reallu worth watching and give deph to the series, making the story complete... and the naration of kasuga's life 'plausible' if you forget magics

I'm so happy I had the luck to watch it again, watch the eps I missed and finish it.

c u