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Title (English) His & Her Circumstances

Title (Japanese) Kareshi Kanojo no Jijyo

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Alt. English name: The State of Boyfriends and Girlfriends, KareKano
Based on a comic by Tsuda Masami running in 'Lala'.

Classification shoujo

Synopsis An adaptation ofTsuda Masami's school romance, directed by Hideako Anno of Gainax fame.
Yukino Miyazawa and Soichiro Anno are both straight-A high school students - outwardly clever; good-looking; sporty; and perfectly behaved. But both are hiding embarrassing secrets of the sort that would not seem so bad to adults but are a matter of life and death for self-absorbed teenagers.
Yukino is in fact a vain self-obsessed creature who laps up admiration and is prone to secret rages; and a complete slob at home. Initially the two are rivals to be head of the class but as their masks begin to slip they become emotionally involved.

Review Please note that there are plenty of other websites if you want a full account of this major series.
The series is funny and witty, but I felt at first a certain lack of ongoing tension in the plotting. There is more than one episode ending where if you didn't know that it was a TV series that ran for about 26 episodes you'd be thinking, "Oh, that's it then...". A series that grows on you the more you watch, till you really love its delicate and intelligent depiction of clever adolescents learning to deal with their feelings. Beautiful artwork too.(GC)
Without giving away any of the plot (Ha!) here's what it's like: Take all the bits of Evangelion that fit the following categories:
Gainax
Deep poking around inside the protagonist's mind
High-speed text appearing on screen
High-school life
Weird camera angles
Good script
Weird editing
Good acting
Humor
Scenes where you say "hey you should be animating that"
Remove the following:
Robots
World in danger
Bodies floating in semi-organic fluid
Weapons
Blood splattered on the walls
Shinji
...and you have Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou. (P.N.)
"Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou" continues to leave me almost speechless with amazement at the show. I love the characters, the plots, the animation and the entire quirky approach. One good thing that the creators of the show have realized is that there is only so much that they can do with the romance of Yukino Miyazawa and Souichirou Arima , so they are spending time fleshing out their other classmates and friends. The past few shows have revolved a lot around Tsubasa, the tiny, red-haired classmate who initially causes problems for Yukino because she has a crush on Souichirou. But soon we see that there is a lot more to Tsubasa, who is having a great deal of difficulty accepting that her father wants to marry after years of being a single dad for her. The mixture of poignancy and humor avoids the bathos that often accompanies such plot lines in shoujo anime. In any event, now I am "in love" with both Yukino AND Tsubasa. (Dave Baranyi)

Credits Creator(s): Masami Tsuda; Series Director: Hideaki Anno Writer(s): Hideaki Anno; Character Designer(s): Teishi Hiramatsu; Music:Fumiya Fujii
Voice Actors (regular characters): Yuuko Enomoto (Yukino Miyazawa), Chihiro Suzuki (Souichirou Arima), Junko Noda (Maho Isawa), Jun Shishi (Hideaki Asaba)
Genre(s): high school, romance

Episodes 26

Release US:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1998 October 2 - 1999 March 26

Production Gainax and J.C. Staff

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	His & Her Circumstances
Title (Japanese)	Kareshi Kanojo no Jijyo
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Alt. English name: The State of Boyfriends and Girlfriends, KareKano Based on a comic by Tsuda Masami running in 'Lala'.
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	An adaptation ofTsuda Masami's school romance, directed by Hideako Anno of Gainax fame. Yukino Miyazawa and Soichiro Anno are both straight-A high school students - outwardly clever; good-looking; sporty; and perfectly behaved. But both are hiding embarrassing secrets of the sort that would not seem so bad to adults but are a matter of life and death for self-absorbed teenagers. Yukino is in fact a vain self-obsessed creature who laps up admiration and is prone to secret rages; and a complete slob at home. Initially the two are rivals to be head of the class but as their masks begin to slip they become emotionally involved.
Review	Please note that there are plenty of other websites if you want a full account of this major series. The series is funny and witty, but I felt at first a certain lack of ongoing tension in the plotting. There is more than one episode ending where if you didn't know that it was a TV series that ran for about 26 episodes you'd be thinking, "Oh, that's it then...". A series that grows on you the more you watch, till you really love its delicate and intelligent depiction of clever adolescents learning to deal with their feelings. Beautiful artwork too.(GC) Without giving away any of the plot (Ha!) here's what it's like: Take all the bits of Evangelion that fit the following categories: Gainax Deep poking around inside the protagonist's mind High-speed text appearing on screen High-school life Weird camera angles Good script Weird editing Good acting Humor Scenes where you say "hey you should be animating that" Remove the following: Robots World in danger Bodies floating in semi-organic fluid Weapons Blood splattered on the walls Shinji ...and you have Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou. (P.N.) "Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou" continues to leave me almost speechless with amazement at the show. I love the characters, the plots, the animation and the entire quirky approach. One good thing that the creators of the show have realized is that there is only so much that they can do with the romance of Yukino Miyazawa and Souichirou Arima , so they are spending time fleshing out their other classmates and friends. The past few shows have revolved a lot around Tsubasa, the tiny, red-haired classmate who initially causes problems for Yukino because she has a crush on Souichirou. But soon we see that there is a lot more to Tsubasa, who is having a great deal of difficulty accepting that her father wants to marry after years of being a single dad for her. The mixture of poignancy and humor avoids the bathos that often accompanies such plot lines in shoujo anime. In any event, now I am "in love" with both Yukino AND Tsubasa. (Dave Baranyi)
Credits	Creator(s): Masami Tsuda; Series Director: Hideaki Anno Writer(s): Hideaki Anno; Character Designer(s): Teishi Hiramatsu; Music:Fumiya Fujii Voice Actors (regular characters): Yuuko Enomoto (Yukino Miyazawa), Chihiro Suzuki (Souichirou Arima), Junko Noda (Maho Isawa), Jun Shishi (Hideaki Asaba) Genre(s): high school, romance
Episodes	26
Release	US:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1998 October 2 - 1999 March 26
Production	Gainax and J.C. Staff
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.