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Kyosuke Kasuga, age 15, moves to a new city and becomes enamored by Madoka Ayukawa, a beautiful girl around his age. Kyosuke also must try to avoid breaking the heart of Hikaru Hiyama, Madoka's best friend who's a year younger than Kyosuke and fell in love with him. Also, just to make things interesting, Kyosuke and his family have various powers (teleportation, psychokinesis, hypnosis, time travel, personality transference) which Kyosuke desperately tries to keep a secret, though some of the other family members have no such qualms against using their powers in public.
In the events after the TV series about 3 years later Kyosuke and Madoka are close to graduation. Madoka tells her feelings to Kyosuke and Kyosuke must now decide on the girl he loves.
Kyosuke now 19 receives a phone call warning him of oncoming cars but he doesn't listen. He is hit by the car and because of his telepathic abilities is sent three years into the future. His 22 year old self is lost in Bosnia and believed to be dead. Kyosuke must find his 22 year old future self and restore himself, the 19 year old, to his correct time. Along the way he reunites with Hikaru who is now a professional and famous dancer. Madoka is also there, distraught over both Kyosuke, the 22 year old going missing and Kyosuke, the 19 year old, getting hit by the car.
Kimagure Orange Road was a fantastic 1980s anime series. The art for the anime is pretty good for an 80s series. The music in the anime is excellent and pretty much matches the theme of the anime. There is a very interesting love triangle concept that becomes the main focus of the series along with its coming-of-age concept and both those make it very interesting. To throw something extra, Kyosuke and his family have special powers. I love the characters and each one of them is lovable and unique in their own way. While Maison Ikkoku was more popular, I actually enjoyed Kimagure Orange Road more even though I still like Maison Ikkoku. It's because I liked the characters in Kimagure Orange more, plus I found Kimagure Orange Road a little more interesting and exciting.
I don't really have much to say about the first movie but I'll give my insight to the second movie.
I love it when an anime series ends with a movie and most of these ending movies are great. Summer's Beginning (Soshite, Ano Natsu no Hajimari) was no exception and did an excellent job of ending the series. Here we are several years into the future with Kyosuke, Madoka, and Hikaru as adults. It was pretty well made and I love how we get to see our characters maturing and what they look like several years older. Likewise there is definitely more mature content in this than the TV anime series. It was an interesting concept but we get to see how our character's lives have played out and how they have grown. The ending to the movie was great, and more than satisfying for me. After watching it I can assume that Kyosuke and Madoka are married or probably going to get married.
I would give Kimagure Orange Road 5/5 stars or a 10/10 score. Kimagure Orange Road was a fantastic classic romantic comedy and I would recommend it for anyone who's a fan of classic anime or romantic comedies. It was enjoyable to watch from beginning to end and gives a very interesting perspective on romance, particularly love triangles.
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