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
Shin-ichiro Miki
Tetsu (voice)
Kisho Taniyama
Nakamura (voice) , Take (voice)
Kiyomi Asai
Seiko (voice) , The Daughter (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Customer D (voice) , Shingo (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
PE Teacher (voice)
Takashi Nagasako
Soldier B (voice) , Soldier A (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Soldier C (voice)
Rintaro Nishi
Soldier A (voice) , Soldier D (voice)
Shirou Saitou
Soldier B (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
Goro (voice)
Jiro Saito
Soldier B (voice)
Hiroki Shimowada
Nori (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Shuji's Father (voice)
Yuka Shioyama
Chise's younger brother
Mika Doi
Shuji's Mother (voice)
Yumi Kakazu
Satomi (voice)
Miki Ito
Fuyumi (voice)
Sachiko Kojima
Yukari (voice)
Takahiro Mizushima
Soldier A (voice)
Tetsuo Goto
Staff A (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Track Club Member 1 (voice)
Hideaki Tezuka
Staff A (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Iku (voice)
Hiroshi Naka
Old Man (voice)
Hiroshi Yanaka
Soldier C (voice) , Soldier B (voice)
Yasunori Masutani
Escaped Foreign Soldier (voice)
Taiki Matsuno
Ryohei (voice)
Sôsuke Komori
Masa (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Chise (voice)
Crew of Saikano
Full backstage crew list →