Saikano ( Air Date 2002-07-02 ) Genre Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics category. Overview "Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.".
Saikano
- Watch: Saikano on CWR-CRB
- Stars: Miki Ito, Shin-ichiro Miki, Shirô Ishimoda, Fumiko Orikasa, Yuu Sugimoto, Atsushi Ⅱ, Hiroki Shimowada, Hiromi Konno, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kisho Taniyama, Kisho Taniyama, Kiyomi Asai, Manabu Muraji, Mika Doi, Sachiko Kojima, Yumi Kakazu, Yuji Kishi, Yuka Shioyama, Tetsu Shiratori
- Director: Hisashi Kagawa, Itaru Era, Keiichiro Miyoshi, Naoko Takahashi, Makoto Moriwaki, Shin Takahashi, Atsuko Kase
