Ai Shite Knight Season 1 Episode 1 The Boy, the Cat, and the Cool Guy ( Air Date 1983-03-01 ) Genre Animation, Comedy category. Overview "Ai Shite Knight is a shōjo manga created in the early 1980s by Kaoru Tada. An anime version of the story in 42 episodes was also produced in 1983-1984 by Toei Animation, and features episodes supervised by Shingo Araki.".