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Neighborhood Story (TV)

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Alternative title:
Curiosando nei cortili del cuore (Italian) 
Gokinjo Monogatari (Japanese) 
ご近所物語 (Japanese) 
Genres: comedy , drama , romance , slice of life 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: The protagonist, Kouda Mikako, is a student of "Yaza Gaku". Specialising in fashion design, Mikako dreams of becoming a fashion designer with her own brand. Living next to her is her childhood friend, Yamaguchi Tsutomu. Even though they have been close since young, they share a platonic friendship. However, Tsutomu has been gaining popularity after he was recruited as the vocalist for a band and somehow, Mikako begins to see him in a different light. This is a story about how youths cope with dreams, love and friendship. 
User Ratings: 78 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:5, raw:2)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Good: 30 votes (sub:28, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 231 users, rank: #3604 (of 10058)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.180 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8169, rank: #3121 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 7.188 (Good+), rank: #2920 (of 10233) (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 6.97 / won't finish: 5.87)
Bayesian estimate: 7.228 (Good+), rank: #2513 (of 7687)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 50 
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 1995-09-10 to 1996-09-01 
Opening Theme:
"He.Ro.I.N" (ヒ・ロ・イ・ン) by Rumi Shishido 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Don't You Know?!" by Rumi Shishido (eps 1-28) 
#2: "NG!" by Rumi Shishido (eps 29-50) 
Official website:
Toei Animation: Gokinjo Monogatari (Japanese) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Atsutoshi Umezawa 
Director: Junji Shimizu 
Series Composition: Aya Matsui 
Script:
Aya Matsui  (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-8, 15, 19-20, 33, 38, 45, 49
) 
Genki Yoshimura  (14 episodes
eps 5, 11, 13, 16, 21-23, 25, 31-32, 36-37, 43, 50
) 
Yumi Kageyama  (24 episodes
eps 3-4, 9-10, 12, 14, 17-18, 24, 26-30, 34-35, 39-42, 44, 46-48
) 
Storyboard:
Aya Matsui 
Genki Yoshimura 
Yumi Kageyama 
Episode Director:
Akinori Yabe  (9 episodes
eps 4, 11, 17, 23, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50
) 
Atsutoshi Umezawa  (9 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 22, 28, 33, 39, 44, 49
) 
Hiroshi Shidara  (eps 10, 24, 38) 
Ryō Tachiba  (8 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47
) 
Tōru Yamada  (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 14, 20, 27
) 
Yasuo Yamayoshi  (8 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 26, 32, 37, 43, 48
) 
Yoshihiro Oka  (8 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 29, 34, 41, 46
) 
Music: Masahiro Kawasaki 
Original creator: Ai Yazawa 
Character Design: Yoshihiko Umakoshi 
Art Director: Shinzō Yuki 
Art: Hiromitsu Shiozaki 
Animation Director:
Chūji Nakajima  (8 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 23, 29, 34, 40, 45
) 
Hiroyuki Kawano  (8 episodes
eps 3, 9, 16, 22, 28, 35, 41, 50
) 
Mitsuru Aoyama  (9 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 20, 26, 32, 38, 43, 48
) 
Takahiro Kagami  (eps 14, 21, 27) 
Tomoko Ito  (8 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47
) 
Toshie Kawamura  (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24, 30, 37, 44, 49
) 
Yoshihiko Umakoshi  (OP, ED 1; 6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 33, 39, 46
) 
Art design:
Shinzō Yuki 
Yukie Yuki 
Producer:
Kanako Arai (Asatsu) 
Masayuki Kameda (ABC) 
Munehisa Higuchi (Toei) 

Art Advancement: Haruo Tamura 
Assistant Director:
Kōji Tanaka 
Takao Iwai  (eps 1, 3, 5) 
Background Art:
Makoto Suwada 
Miyuki Satō 
Tsuneo Ōzeki 
Color design: Kunio Tsujita 
Costume Design: Toshie Kawamura 
Editing: Masaaki Hanai 
Key Animation:
Akihiro Tsuda 
Hideki Nagashima 
Hiroyuki Kawano 
Takahiro Fujii 
Yoshihiko Umakoshi (ED 2; 4 episodes
eps 13, 33, 39, 46
) 
Planning:
Hiromi Seki 
Koichiro Fujita 
Takashi Horiuchi 
Yasuo Kameyama 
Production Advancement: Yoshiaki Yanagi 
Production manager: Atsunori Kazama 
Recording: Yoshio Ito 
Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino 
Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Mitsuhiro Tada (OP,ED) 
Norimasa Yamanaka (ED2) 
Tsuhiro Tadami (OP, ED1) 
Theme Song Composition:
Miki Matsubara (OP & ED1) 
Norimasa Yamanaka (ED2) 
Theme Song Performance: Rumi Shishido (OP, ED) 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Tsutomu Yamaguchi 
Rumi Shishido as Mikako Kouda 

Wakana Yamazaki as Pii-chan 
Yōko Kawanami as Ruriko Koda 

Atsushi Kisaichi as Boy (ep 12) 
Ayako Ono as
Classmate (ep 23) 
Female Store Manager (ep 13) 
Friend (ep 21) 
Girl (ep 11) 
S Female Student (ep 2) 
Chie Satō as Maid (ep 16) 
Chiyoko Kawashima as Kindergarten Teacher (ep 9) 
Chizu Yonemoto as Shintarou Nakasu 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroaki 
Isshin Chiba as Store Manager (ep 13) 
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Shuuji  (eps 16, 24, 27) 
Junko Hagimori as Mr. Hamada 
Junko Noda as
Boy (ep 19) 
Female Customer (ep 8) 
Female student  (eps 1, 4-5) 
Girl (eps 20, 29) 
Kae Araki as Shizuka Hara (ep 8) 
Katsuji Mori as Jin (ep 26) 
Kazumi Tanaka as Old Man (ep 8) 
Kazuya Nakai as
Boy (ep 11) 
Schoolboy (eps 6, 10) 
Kumiko Watanabe as Master (eps 19-20) 
Kyōsei Tsukui as Jiro Nishino 
Machiko Toyoshima as
Female Shopkeeper (ep 20) 
Female student  (eps 1, 4, 24) 
Friend (ep 21) 
Girl (eps 11, 16, 29) 
Nami Nakamura (ep 2) 
Yukari's Mother (ep 14) 
Makiko Mizogami as Female Customer (ep 8) 
Miho Aoyama as
accessory shop owner  (ep 7) 
Classmate (ep 23) 
female student  (ep 12) 
young mother  (ep 8) 
Naoko Watanabe as Green (ep 30) 
Natsumi Yanase as Female Student (ep 12) 
Nobuhiko Kazama as Physical Education Teacher (ep 10) 
Noriko Uemura as Principal Yazawa (ep 10) 
Shiho Niiyama as Risa Kanzaki 
Shinichi Yamada as Station Announcement (ep 2) 
Takeo Yoshida as Boy (ep 11) 
Takeshi Aono as
Hotel Owner (ep 26) 
Noriji Sunami 
Tamie Minami as
Female Customer (ep 8) 
Female Student (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 12, 14, 24
) 
Friend (ep 21) 
Girl (eps 11, 20, 29) 
Schoolgirl (ep 10) 
Tomohisa Asō as Tsutomu's Father (eps 1, 15, 25) 
Tomoko Naka as Tsutomu's Mother (eps 1-3, 15, 25) 
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Physical Education Teacher (ep 21) 
Teacher (ep 6) 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yuusuke Tashiro 
Wakana Yamazaki as Mai Ohta 
Wataru Takagi as Akira (ep 30) 
Yasunori Masutani as
Hige-man (ep 19) 
Schoolboy (ep 6) 
Yoshiyuki Kōno as
Boy (ep 1) 
Driver (ep 23) 
Tommy (eps 13, 25) 
Yūko Minaguchi as Ayumi Oikawa (ep 22)  (ep 23) 
Yūko Mita as Bookmark (ep 26) 
Yūko Nagashima as
Chika (ep 12) 
Ishida (ep 6) 
Yumi Touma as
Kuro  (ep 13) 
Mariko Nakasu 
Yuri Amano as Yukari (ep 14) 
Yuri Shiratori as Yuka (ep 16) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation 
Broadcaster:
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation 
CS Fuji TV TWO 
Collaboration: Seiji Production 
Key Animation:
Kino Production 
Studio Carpenter 
Paint: Peacock 
Photography: Eei-Toei 
Production:
Asatsu-DK 
Toei Animation 
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center 
Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Dania Cericola 

Dialogues: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi 
Mixing: Adriano Scarpante 
Supervision: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi 
Synchronization: Ignazio Giardina 
Theme Song Composition: Franco Fasano 
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera 
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena 
Transcription: Tiziano Pellegris 
Cinzia Massironi as Madre di T.J. 
Dania Cericola as Heather Jasper 
Davide Garbolino as Samuel 
Diego Sabre as Stewart Templeton 
Elisabetta Spinelli as Melissa Jasper 
Emanuela Pacotto as Annika 
Federica Valenti as Patty 
Francesco Orlando as Carl (child) 
Lara Parmiani as Melany 
Luca Bottale as Sonny 
Marco Balzarotti as Ted 
Nicola Bartolini Carrassi as Steven 
Orlando Mezzabotta as Padre di T.J. 
Patrizia Scianca as Janet 
Patrizio Prata as T.J. 
Pietro Ubaldi as Norigi 
Pino Pirovano as Matt 
Simone D'Andrea as Jimmy 
Vittorio Bestoso as Carl (adult) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 1 (from August 1998) 
Italia Teen Television 
Distributor:
DENEB Film 
Medusa Film (VHS) 
Dubbing: DENEB Film 
Translation: CITI 

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