He Appears

He Appears

January 17, 1998 (estimated) TV Episode Kareshi Kanojo no Jijo

Series titles: His And Her Circumstances, Tales At North Hills High

Studio
Gainax, JC Staff

Synopsis

Although Yuki spent most of her summer vacation with her new friends, she still misses Soichiro Arima so much. Then all of a sudden, when she's going home, the voice of Arima flows into Yuki's ears. Arima's back! He's become taller and smarter! This makes Yuki become too shy and nervous toward Arima. She avoids his sight and won't even let him touch her! This ticks Arima's heart with thorns.

Characters

Yukino Miyazawa (Yuki), Soichiro Arima (Arima)

Credits

Directing

Director
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

Writing

Writer
Hideaki Anno

Music

Music
Shiro Sagisu

Crew

Design
Tadashi Hiramatsu

Production notes

This TV series ran for 26 episodes.

Based on a 1996 manga by Masami Tsuda in "Hana to Yume" magazine.

This series greatly resembles the American live-action comedy show "Ally McBeal."

Partway through the production, director Hideaki Anno quit to work in live-action film, as he was unhappy with the animated medium.

Combining stop-motion, live action and animation, the series incorporates surrealistic cartoon effects, including split screens, "squashed" versions of the lead characters, and onscreen captions and (sometimes contradictory) subtitles.

In one episode, a featured character has a head which is a photo of a Gainax staff member. Another is animated with paper cutouts and closes with Yukino bursting into real flames.