Editing Maison Ikkoku (section)

==Media==
===Manga===
{{main|List of Maison Ikkoku chapters}}
Written and illustrated by [[Rumiko Takahashi]], ''Maison Ikkoku'' was serialized in the [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Big Comic Spirits]]'' as 162 chapters between November 15, 1980,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1068845595|publisher=[[Mandarake|Mandarake Inc.]]|access-date=February 19, 2023|script-title=ja:ビッグコミックスピリッツ 1980/11/15 創刊号|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219204332/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1068845595|archive-date=February 19, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> and April 20, 1987.<ref>{{cite book|last=Takahashi|first=Rumiko|title=Maison Ikkoku, Volume 10|year=2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|pages=352–356|isbn=978-1-9747-1196-3}}</ref> The chapters were collected and published into 15 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes by [[Shogakukan]] from May 1, 1982,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091804519| script-title=ja:めぞん一刻 / 1| publisher=[[Shogakukan]]| language=Japanese| accessdate=September 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218171552/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091804519|archive-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> to July 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091808956| script-title=ja:めぞん一刻 / 15| publisher=[[Shogakukan]]| language=Japanese| accessdate=September 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131013121826/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091808956|archive-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref> The series has since been re-released in several different editions. A 10 volume {{Transliteration|ja|[[wide-ban]]}} edition was released between September 1, 1992, and June 1, 1993,<ref>{{cite book|title=めぞん一刻 (ワイド版)|volume=1|last=Takahashi|first=Rumiko|year=1992|page=337|publisher=小学館|isbn=4-09-183801-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=めぞん一刻 (ワイド版）|volume=10|last=Takahashi|first=Rumiko|year=1993|page=357|publisher=小学館|isbn=4-09-183810-3}}</ref> 10 {{Transliteration|ja|[[bunkoban]]}} from 1996 to 1997,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091921809| script-title=ja:めぞん一刻 / 10| publisher=[[Shogakukan]]| language=ja| access-date=2014-05-18| archive-date=October 13, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20131013121825/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091921809| url-status=dead}}</ref> and 15 {{Transliteration|ja|[[shinsōban]]}} throughout 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091812803| script-title=ja:めぞん一刻〔新装版〕 / 15| publisher=[[Shogakukan]]| language=ja| access-date=2014-05-18| archive-date=October 13, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20131013121758/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091812803| url-status=dead}}</ref>

North American publisher [[Viz Media]] originally released the series, adapted into English by [[Gerard Jones]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/jones2.html|title=Learning to Love -The Epic Romance of Maison Ikkoku- Gerard Jones Interview|publisher=Furinkan.com|access-date=2014-06-16}}</ref> in a monthly [[comic book]] format from June 1993.<ref>{{cite journal|title=[[Animerica]]|journal=Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly|volume=1|issue=2|date=April 1993|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=61|issn=1067-0831}}</ref> This release was collected into 14 graphic novels.<ref>{{cite book| title=Maison Ikkoku, Volume 14| isbn=1569314934| last1=Takahashi| first1=Rumiko| year=2000| publisher=Viz Communications}}</ref> The images were "flipped" to read left-to-right, causing the art to be mirrored, and some chapters were out of order or completely missing. Four of the five missing chapters were published in ''[[Animerica Extra]]'' Vol. 3 Number 1 and Vol. 3 Number 2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furinkan.com/maison/misc/faq.html#Q6|title=Miscellaneous - FAQ|publisher=Furinkan.com|access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref> Viz later re-released the series in its original format and chapter order across 15 volumes. These were released between September 24, 2003, and February 14, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/maison-ikkoku-volume-1/product/84|title=Maison Ikkoku, Volume 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/maison-ikkoku-volume-15/product/734| title=Maison Ikkoku, Volume 15| publisher=[[Viz Media]]| access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref> At [[New York Comic Con]] 2019, Viz announced that they would release ''Maison Ikkoku'' in a collector's edition, with the first volume released on September 15, 2020, and the tenth and last on December 27, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-04/viz-media-licences-fushigi-yugi-byakko-senki-how-do-we-relationship-mujirushi-the-sign-of-dreams-manga/.151878|title=Viz Media Licences Fushigi Yūgi: Byakko Senki, How Do We Relationship?, Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams Manga|date=2019-10-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition, Vol. 10|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/maison-ikkoku-collector-s-edition-volume-10/product/7283|access-date=2023-03-11|website=www.viz.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Radio drama===
A radio drama was broadcast on November 20, 1982, on [[NHK Radio 1]] as part of an episode of the "Radio Comics" program. The segment was hosted by [[Yū Mizushima]] and [[Keiko Yokozawa]], and featured manga artist Jun Ishiko as a guest. It also included an interview with [[Rumiko Takahashi]] by Mizushima. The music for the episode was composed by [[Ichirou Mizuki]]. It featured [[Mari Okamoto]] as Kyoko, [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as Godai, [[Midori Katō]] as Hanae Ichinose, [[Yusaku Yara]] as Yotsuya, [[Eiko Hisamura]] as Akemi, and was narrated by [[Junpei Takiguchi]].

===Anime===
{{main|List of Maison Ikkoku episodes}}
''Maison Ikkoku'' was adapted into a ninety-six episode [[anime]] television series by [[Studio Deen]] and aired on [[Fuji TV]] from March 26, 1986, to March 2, 1988. The series was directed by Kazuo Yamazaki for the first 26 episodes, Takashi Anno from episode 27 until 52 and Naoyuki Yoshinaga for the remainder of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-22648|title=めぞん一刻|publisher=TV-Drama DB|access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref> The production staff had previously worked on the anime adaption of Takahashi's previous work, ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''. After production of that series was completed, the team moved straight onto ''Maison Ikkoku'' and the series took over ''Urusei Yatsura'''s timeslot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2014-04-20|title=Rumiko Rundown - The Mike Toole Show|last=Toole|first=Mike|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 20, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2014}}</ref> A new HD remaster of the series has been created and released on two [[Blu-ray]] boxsets in Japan. The first box was released on December 25, 2013, and the second box followed on April 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whv.jp/database/database.cgi?cmd=dp&num=13790|title=TVアニメーション めぞん一刻 Blu-ray BOX.1|publisher=[[Warner Home Video|Warner Home Video Japan]]|access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whv.jp/database/database.cgi?cmd=dp&num=13791|title=TVアニメーション めぞん一刻 Blu-ray BOX.2|publisher=[[Warner Home Video|Warner Home Video Japan]]|access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>

An animated theatrical film titled ''The Final Chapter'' was released on February 6, 1988, as a double feature with ''[[Urusei Yatsura movies#The Final Chapter|Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter]]''. On September 25, 1988, an [[original video animation]] ''Through the Passing Seasons'' that summarizes the story was released. A video titled ''Karaoke Music Parade'' and collecting all the TV anime's opening and ending animations was released in November 1989. ''Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island'' was released on January 31, 1991, and adapts a story of the manga, while ''Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring'' utilizes all the flashbacks of Kyoko's life before she moved to Maison Ikkoku and was released on June 25, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furinkan.com/maison/anime/specials.html|title=Anime Specials|publisher=Furinkan.com|access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref>

The anime was licensed for a North American release by [[Viz Media]] in 1994,<!--Animerica vol3-#11 says ''english language adaption'' to follow in April(96)--> and was put on two-episode [[VHS]] dub releases, but Viz dropped the English dub after 36 episodes. The remaining subtitled-only VHS releases went on until volume 32, without finishing the series. Viz released the series as 8 DVD boxsets from June 1, 2003, until June 4, 2006, with the latter episodes newly dubbed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/maison-ikkoku-box-set-1_article_75399.html|title=Maison Ikkoku Box Set 1|publisher=Mania.com|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|date=August 1, 2003|access-date=June 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606231430/http://www.mania.com/maison-ikkoku-box-set-1_article_75399.html|archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/maison-ikkoku-box-set-8_article_78236.html|title=Maison Ikkoku Box Set 8|publisher=Mania.com|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|date=July 13, 2006|access-date=June 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223017/http://www.mania.com/maison-ikkoku-box-set-8_article_78236.html|archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> In the newer episodes, Godai was given a new voice actor, as [[Jason Gray-Stanford]] was replaced by [[Brad Swaile]]. Other characters such as Kozue and Ikuko were also recast.

===Live-action===
A live-action film adaptation of ''Maison Ikkoku'' was released on October 10, 1986, by the [[Toei Company]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maison Ikkoku|url=http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=14484|work=Japanese Cinema Database|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref> Directed by [[Shinichirō Sawai]] and written by Yōzō Tanaka, the movie stars Mariko Ishihara as Kyoko Otonashi, [[Ken Ishiguro]] as Yusaku Godai and [[Masatō Ibu]] as Yotsuya

A live-action TV special premiered on [[TV Asahi]] on May 12, 2007. It stars Taiki Nakabayashi as Yusaku and [[Misaki Ito]] as Kyoko.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maison Ikkoku Live-Action TV Gets Release Date|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-17/maison-ikkoku-live-action-tv-gets-release-date|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> A finale to the show was aired on July 26, 2008, under the title ''Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen'' and featuring [[Akina Minami]] as Kozue Nanao and [[Ikki Sawamura]] as Shun Mitaka.<ref>{{cite web|title=Live-Action Maison Ikkoku TV Finale Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-23/live-action-maison-ikkoku-tv-finale-announced|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>

===Music===
{{main|Music of the Maison Ikkoku series}}
Beginning in 1986, various collections of theme songs, incidental music, character albums, and music calendars were released on [[LP record|LP]], [[cassette tape|cassette]],  [[Compact disc|CD]], and [[VHS]]. Most of the albums were released through [[Kitty Records]]. A ''Maison Ikkoku Sound Theater'' series of 48 discs released the full soundtracks of all 96 episodes as audio dramas. An addition ''Sound Theater'' release contained audio from the ''Side Story: Ikkoku Island Flirtation Story'' and ''Prelude, When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring'' [[Original video animation|OVAs]].

Two box sets, ''[[Maison Ikkoku CD Single Memorial File]]'' and ''[[Music of the Maison Ikkoku series#Other|Maison Ikkoku Complete Music Box]]'', collected all of the theme songs and incidental music from the animated series.

===Other media===
A couple video games based on ''Maison Ikkoku'' have been released, the first being {{nihongo|''Maison Ikkoku: Omoide no Photograph''|めぞん一刻 ～想いでのフォトグラフ～|}} developed by [[Microcabin]], which was originally released in 1986 for the [[PC-9801]] and [[PC Engine]] before being ported to the [[Famicom]] in 1988 by [[Quest Corporation|Bothtec]]. Microcabin also created {{nihongo|''Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen: Sayonara, Soshite......''|めぞん一刻完結篇 ～さよなら、そして……～|}} in 1988 for the PC-9801 and [[MSX2]]. Three [[pachislot]] video games were also released in 2006, 2009 and 2012.

The series was featured in the music video [[Pick Me Up Off the Floor|"I'm Alive"]] of the American singer-songwriter [[Norah Jones]], released in October 2020. The series was chosen due to the similarities of the female figure of the lyrics of the song to Kyoko Otonashi.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Maison Ikkoku Featured in American Singer-Songwriter Norah Jones' Latest Music Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-10-16/maison-ikkoku-featured-in-american-singer-songwriter-norah-jones-latest-music-video/.165285|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 17, 2020|date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>