Maison Ikkoku: Bangai-hen - Ikkokujima Nanpa Shimatsuki

Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation; making Takahashi one of the best-selling authors of all time.

Her most well-known works are Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, Inuyasha, Rin-Ne etc.

Rumiko Takahashi, The Manga Queen, is a Mangaka born in 1957 that in 1978 started her career in the pages of Weekly Shounen Sunday, and it's been a constant succes from then. Since there has been too much series from then people tends to don't know what to watch first, and how to watch it.
So i'm here to help you, when you finish reding this guide you'll have the entire data you need to know what to do.


My personal recommendation, start watching Maison Ikkoku, it's her best work. The best way to get to know an author is to start with their best work.

Recommended watch order for the Maison Ikkoku series, based on release order.

All anime media are adaptations of the same Maison Ikkoku manga.

There were also two live-action adaptations: "Maison Ikkoku: Apartment Fantasy" in 1986, and "Maison Ikkoku" in 2007-2008.

They won't be included here, but aspects of Maison Ikkoku also make cameos in:
- Chapter 322 of Urusei Yatsura
- Episodes 9, 31, 44, 46, 57, 58, 64, 65, 76, 81, 92, 108, 111, 127, 128, 131, 134, 135, 137, 142, 145, 152, 157, 160, 184, and 194 of Urusei Yatsura
- The 3rd Urusei Yatsura movie, "Remember My Love"
- The 4th Urusei Yatsura movie, "Lum the Forever"
- The 6th Urusei Yatsura movie, "Always My Darling"
- The 3rd Urusei Yatsura OVA, "Inaba the Dream Maker"
- The 4th Urusei Yatsura OVA, "Rage! Sherbet!"
- The 12th Urusei Yatsura OVA, "The Obstacle Course Swim Meet"
- Episode 2 of Urusei Yatsura (2022)
- Episodes 31 and 37 of Ranma ½
- The 1st InuYasha movie, "Affections Touching Across Time"
- The 3rd InuYasha movie, "Swords of an Honorable Ruler"
- Episode 12 of Kyoukai no Rinne
- Episode 6 of Kyoukai no Rinne 2nd Season
- Episode 5 of Dirty Pair