About Saikano
- Released on July 02, 2002
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine.
A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise.
The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment.
Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.
Full Cast of Saikano
Kisho Taniyama plays Nakamura , Take
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See Kisho Taniyama's other roles →Fumiko Orikasa plays Chise
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See Miki Ito's other roles →Kazuhiko Inoue plays Shuji's Father
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See Kazuhiko Inoue's other roles →Yuka Shioyama plays Chise's younger brother
Mika Doi plays Shuji's Mother
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See Mika Doi's other roles →Shin-ichiro Miki plays Tetsu
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See Shin-ichiro Miki's other roles →Kiyomi Asai plays Seiko
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See Kiyomi Asai's other roles →Yumi Kakazu plays Satomi
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See Yumi Kakazu's other roles →Sachiko Kojima plays Yukari
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See Sachiko Kojima's other roles →Hiroki Shimowada plays Nori
Hiroyuki Yoshino plays Shingo
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