Art of Kimagure Orange Road
/Kimagure Orange Road is an animation series produced by Studio Pierrot, and directed by Osamu Kobayashi (with character designs by Akemi Takada and scripts by Kenji Terada) in 1987. Two more films were released in 1988 and 1996, as well as an original video animation series that began in 1989. The anime was based on the homonym manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this series.
THE STORY
Kyosuke Kasuga and his family had to move several times after being seen using their Esper powers. Upon settling for the seventh time, he briefly meets a pretty girl who gives him her straw-hat and falls in love with her on sight. On the first day of school he learns this girl is his junior high classmate Madoka Ayukawa, who, contrary to his initial impression, is feared as a delinquent. Their underclassman and Madoka's best friend, Hikaru Hiyama, sees Kyosuke use his powers to sink an impressive basketball shot and falls in love with him. Kyosuke ends up dating Hikaru while constantly struggling with his feelings for Madoka due to his indecisiveness. Likewise, Madoka has feelings for Kyosuke which she masks with her capricious nature for fear of hurting her friend Hikaru…
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