Progress

Arima and his foster parents visit their relatives, and the ill-natured relationship among the family is revealed. Arima and Yuki share intimate moments and take their relationship to the next level. Arima, however, has doubts about himself because of his past and cannot be happy.

Yukino Miyazawa (Yuki), Soichiro Arima (Arima)

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.