Series synopsis
Chobits, also known as ちょびっツ is a Japanese animation comedy drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TBS on April 2, 2002. It ended on September 24, 2002. It stars Tomokazu Sugita, Rie Tanaka, Tomokazu Seki and Motoko Kumai.
Tokyo is abuzz with persocoms – humanoid computers that are virtually perfect. The socially and technologically inept Hideki is dying to get his hands on one. When he finds Chii abandoned in the trash, she’s cuter than any current model he’s ever seen before. But when he gets her home and turns her on, she has no data and only a single learning program installed. While Hideki puts his whole heart into teaching Chii the ins and outs of humanity, a mystery unfolds as a dark secret within her awake ...
Premise
Tokyo is abuzz with persocoms – humanoid computers that are virtually perfect. The socially and technologically inept Hideki is dying to get his hands on one. When he finds Chii abandoned in the trash, she’s cuter than any current model he’s ever seen before. But when he gets her home and turns her on, she has no data and only a single learning program installed. While Hideki puts his whole heart into teaching Chii the ins and outs of humanity, a mystery unfolds as a dark secret within her awakens.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hideki Motosuwa (voice)
- Rie Tanaka as Chii (voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Hiromu Shinbo (voice)
- Motoko Kumai as Sumomo (voice)
- Houko Kuwashima as Minoru Kokubunji (voice)
- Fumiko Orikasa as Yuzuki (voice)
- Kikuko Inoue as Chitose Hibiya (voice)
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Yumi Oomura (voice)
Guest cast
- Ryoka Yuzuki as Takako Shimizu (voice)
- Masaki Aizawa as Tetsuya Omura (voice)
- Shou Wada as Student (voice)
- Lica Wakusawa as Clerk A (voice)
- Kaori Takeda as Clerk B (voice)
- Masaya Oshima as Shopkeeper (voice)
- Masumi Kageyama as Couple (Woman) (voice)
- Kentaro Honda as Passerby (voice)
- Ryo Hirohashi as Convenience store PC (voice)
- Yumiko Daikoku as High school girl A (voice)
- Hiroko Onaka as High school girl B (voice)
- Kanji Suzumori as Bamboo pole seller (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 28 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | February 21, 2003 | February 21, 2003 |
| Season 1 | 26 | April 2, 2002 | September 24, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hibiya & Kotoko Chat This episode is another recap of the events that have happened in the series, framed by Ms. Hibiya preparing a dinner party for everyone in anticipation of hearing the results of Hideki's college entrance exams. |
February 21, 2003 |
| 2 |
Chibits: Sumomo and Kotoko Deliver Hideki is on his way to college when Chi discovers that he has forgotten his wallet. After she leaves the apartment, Sumomo and Kotoko find out that Chi has forgotten to wear underwear. They run after Chi to deliver the underwear to her, which results in a comical ending. |
January 24, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chii Awakens Hideki has moved to the city from the country to enrol in Prep School in order to pass the college entrance exam. In the city, Hideki is amazed by the mobile computer units called Persocoms that almost everyone has. If only they weren't so expensive! Walking one night he comes across a cute persocon just lying in the trash and decides he should do his part for the environment and recycle her as his own. |
April 2, 2002 |
| 2 |
Chii Goes Out Hideki wakes up to discover he really now owns a Persocom~! Shinbo comes over and realizes what Hideki was hiding the other night. He tries (stress tries) to help Hideki by seeing if Chii has any DATA or PCN numbers. When he can't find any (After Sumomo has crashed from trying) he sends Hideki and Chii to Minorus house. Minoru too is unsuccesful, but Yuzuki has given info that Chii has DATA just hidden. Minoru talks about a legendary Perscom series called "Chobits." As they go home Minoru gives Hideki some advice about Chii. |
April 9, 2002 |
| 3 |
Chii Learns Things start to look a little better for Hideki as he tries to teach Chii some words and expressions. Although he’s in need of a job, Hideki gets to start cram school today, and it turns out he’s got a very attractive teacher, Ms. Shimizu. After making the rounds for job hunting, Hideki manages to land a job from a wet accident, meeting another cute girl, Yumi Ohmura, in the process. |
April 16, 2002 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 2, 2002 |
| Last aired | September 24, 2002 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Saturday |