Kimagure Orange Road S1E42 — Madoka the Popular / Kyosuke Finally Confesses

Kimagure Orange Road•Season 1•Episode 42

Madoka the Popular / Kyosuke Finally Confesses

Jan 25, 198825 min

Kyosuke has a real problem when a young girl named Sumire gets a crush... on Madoka!

Directed byYoshio Suzuki

Written byShikichi Ohashi

Previous episodeE41 · Immobilized Madoka / Kyosuke's Mysterious Watch Next episodeE43 · Heartbroken Hikaru / Follow Her to the Winter Beach

Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes48

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Cast18

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Madoka Ayukawa

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Kyosuke Kasuga

Eriko Hara

Eriko Hara

Hikaru Hiyama

Chieko Honda

Chieko Honda

Kurumi Kasuga

Michie Tomizawa

Michie Tomizawa

Manami Kasuga

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Takashi Kasuga

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Seiji Komatsu

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Jingoro

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Kazuya Hatta

Yasunori Matsumoto

Yasunori Matsumoto

Mitsuru Hayakawa

Yusaku Yara

Yusaku Yara

Master

Masami Kikuchi

Masami Kikuchi

Yūsaku Hino

Crew9

M

Masaya Onishi

Key Animation

Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Key Animation

H

Hiroki Takagi

Key Animation

S

Shikichi Ohashi

Writer

T

Takafumi Hayashi

Animation Director

Y

Yoshio Suzuki

Director

O

Osamu Uemura

Storyboard Artist

S

Satoshi Miura

Art Direction

M

Mitsuki Nakamura

Art Direction

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Episode Summary

"Madoka the Popular / Kyosuke Finally Confesses" is episode 42 of Kimagure Orange Road season 1. Directed by Yoshio Suzuki and written by Shikichi Ohashi, it aired on January 25, 1988.

Next: E43 · Heartbroken Hikaru / Follow Her to the Winter Beach Best of Season 1