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Neighborhood Story

1995–1996 · 1 season

A warm, character-driven slice of life that lingers on creative ambition and the ache of unspoken feelings.

Created by
Ai Yazawa
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kappei Yamaguchi, Shiho Niiyama, Hideyuki Tanaka
Overview
Mikako Kōda is an aspiring fashion designer who attends Yazawa Art Academy in Tokyo and is slowly building up her clothing brand, Happy Berry. Having been childhood friends with her neighbor, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, since infancy, Mikako reassesses her once-platonic feelings for him when he suddenly becomes popular at school due to his resemblance to the singer Ken Nakagawa and begins dating Mariko, a popular and attractive girl.

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Created by
Ai Yazawa
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kappei Yamaguchi, Shiho Niiyama, Hideyuki Tanaka
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
animation, comedy, drama
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Languages
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