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Maison Ikkoku: Prelude, When the Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime Return
プレリュードめぞん一刻 プレリュード めぐる春の桜のように...
6.72
6,258 rank · 4,961 viewers · 2 favorites
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Adult Cast
Seinen
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Synopsis
A prequel of the Maison Ikkoku TV series focusing on Kyoko's relationship with her husband.
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 2
σ 4.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 4.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
8.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 4.00
Running avg · Apr 2012 → Aug 2022
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I really and truly enjoyed this prequel Ova. It was really good and i thought it was very sweet, touching, and totally fits what had happened before the start of the series. Rumiko really knows how...”
- 2 “Maison ikkoku a romance anime of 90s which i spent a lot of time to watch it , first this review is not mainly focus on how was the ova - the review is about the most annoying character of this...”
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- Format 1 × 27′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 27m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1992 – ongoing
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3063 catalog
Produced by
- Kitty Films Producer