Series synopsis
Strawberry 100%, also known as いちご100% is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on tv asahi on April 5, 2005. It ended on June 21, 2005. It was created by Mizuki Kawashita. It stars Kenichi Suzumura, Mamiko Noto, Sanae Kobayashi and Nana Mizuki.
One day Junpei Manaka catches a glimpse of a beautiful girl... and her strawberry-print panties. For the first time in Junpei's life, he notices the opposite sex. It also helps that the mystery girl left behind a notebook, filled with a story that Junpei can't put down. Obsessed with this mystery girl, he isn't sure where to turn... shy bookworm Aya Tojo, whose name is in the notebook, or confident school beauty Tsukasa Nishino, who outright told him she was wearing strawberry-print panties.
Premise
One day Junpei Manaka catches a glimpse of a beautiful girl... and her strawberry-print panties. For the first time in Junpei's life, he notices the opposite sex. It also helps that the mystery girl left behind a notebook, filled with a story that Junpei can't put down. Obsessed with this mystery girl, he isn't sure where to turn... shy bookworm Aya Tojo, whose name is in the notebook, or confident school beauty Tsukasa Nishino, who outright told him she was wearing strawberry-print panties.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kenichi Suzumura as Junpei Manaka
- Mamiko Noto as Aya Toujou
- Sanae Kobayashi as Satsuki Kitaoji
- Nana Mizuki as Yui Minamito
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Tsukasa Nishino
- Takashi Kondo as Okusa
- Wataru Takagi as Rikiya Komiyama
- Mitsuki Saiga as Shiori Kurokawa
Supporting cast
- Ai Shimizu as Chinami Hashimoto
- Eriko Kawasaki as Misuzu Sotomura
- Showko Tsuda as Junpei Manaka's Mother
- Mikako Takahashi as Tomoko
- Yuji Ueda as Hiroshi Sotomura
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 18 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | September 23, 2004 | December 18, 2005 |
| Season 1 | 12 | April 5, 2005 | June 21, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump Festival 2004: Love is beginning!? Filming Lodge ~My fleeting heart is going East and West~ | September 23, 2004 |
| 2 | A Foggy Night's Ransen Festival | June 20, 2005 |
| 3 | Ōmi School Exodus | August 29, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Illusionary Strawberry Underwear / Misunderstanding or a Wrong Guess? While Manaka Junpei goes to his school's roof he bumps into a girl and see she is wearing strawberry panties, the girl runs away but leaves behind her a notebook. Manaka finds out that the notebook belongs to Aya Tojo, but he believes that the girl was Tsukasa Nishino the most popular girl in school and confess to her. After Tsukasa agrees she becomes Manaka's girlfriend. On their way home they talk about going to the same school and Manaka agrees. Manaka asks Aya to help him study so he will get accepted to the school he wants to go to. |
April 5, 2005 |
| 2 |
Shaky Love in the Study Group / The Illusionary Beautiful Girl Again! After Tsukasa finds out that Aya is helping Manaka study every morning she decides to talk with Aya and in the end decides to join them. Komiyama finds out about this and joins them at the library. At the day of the entrance exam a beautifull girl appears, it is the girl from the roof. When the test start the girl enters the class and declares that she is Aya Tojo. Manaka can't stop thinking about her and in the end of the day he realizes that he loves her. |
April 12, 2005 |
| 3 |
Second Button of Memories / Childhood Friend is a Spring Storm After the exams everyone has passed and entered the school. In the day of graduating Manaka meets Tsukasa that tells him she know he likes Aya and she's not going to the same school as he is. They break up and Manaka and Aya meet at the roof again. One morning Manaka wakes up and sees his childhood friend Yui half naked. Yui tells him that she came to check out schools for next year and they go out to look. On their way back they they see two dogs which Yui is scared of and Manaka save them from being attacked. In the morning Yui was supposed to leave she slept too much and missed her train. |
April 19, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | tv asahi |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 5, 2005 |
| Last aired | June 21, 2005 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 00:15:00 |