Saikano: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shuuji and Chise are third year student at a high school in Hokkaido. The shy Chise is finally confessing to Shuuji, and finally two of them are starting to exchange diary awkwardly.One day, Shuuji tried to escape from a sudden enemy air raid on Sapporo. While desperately escaping from the air raid, Shuuji saw a scene that he could not forget for his life. He saw Chise, with a huge weapon looking as if it was part of her hand, shooting the enemy fighters down one by one. Apparently, Chise is the ultimate weapon with destructive power which is important for the war.

Series details

• Title: Saikano
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 2002-07-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Family Gekijo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18191
• IMDb ID: tt0373605
• TVDB ID: 79798

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-07-02; final listed air date 2002-09-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Saikano on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.