A Whimsical Trip - The Perverts and The Misfit

100 steps... or is it 99? Is it just a red straw hat, or is it a red string of destiny?

A Whimsical Trip on Kimagure Orange Road

The Red Straw Hat / Kimagure Orange Road (kana)

Related Links


General Information Sites

Robert Kwong's SuperKOR Page
Robert Kwong has compiled a KOR Index Page with an exhaustive set of KOR-related links.
The Capricious KOR Page
The Capricious KOR Page is the original page dedicated to Orange Road in its anime form. It has TV episode synopses, scripts, and links to fanfiction, the KOR FAQ list, and much more.
George Robbert's KOR Guide
The KOR Series Guide also has info on the KOR anime series.
Consideration on
Kimagure Orange Road
Taisuke Itono maintains a KOR page which keeps up with the latest KOR-related information from Japan. This page is available in both English and Japanese. Be sure to see Kimagure Angel and Madoka Ayukawa, two KOR doujinshi which Itono-san has scanned and uploaded on his ENKO(R)DE page. (English and Japanese language)
Brian Edmonds' KOR Shrine
Brian Edmonds' KOR page has summaries of the first 12 of 48 TV episodes online, so you can get a taste of what the series is like. It also has links to Steven Tsai's "Kimagure Orange College", a fan-fiction series which takes place in the time frame following the end of the original story.
CreativeAnime's
KOR FTP Site
The CreativeAnime FTP, which contains materials from the now-defunct Berkeley ftp site, server.berkeley.edu, has lots of archived KOR stuff.
The KOR Mailing List
For serious (^_^) KOR fans, the KOR mailing list is the definitive place to keep up with everything you'd ever want to know about the series. For subscription info, write to kor-request@gweep.bc.ca. You will receive a message telling you how to subscribe to the KOR ML, along with other maintenance info.
Trixie Turnpike
The Anime Web Turnpike is the ultimate general anime index, maintained by Jay Harvey. There is a mirror site in Europe as well.
The Anime Cafe
The Anime Café is an excellent anime review page which was created by the late Akio Nagatomi (now maintained by his sister Jane). In addition to being a good source of information about a variety of anime titles, the Café has the good taste to base its motif on KOR's Abcb cafe, complete with many pictures of Madoka-san in all her Akemi Takada-rendered glory.

The 8 KOR OAVs (Original Animation Videos), as well as the first KOR Movie, "I Want To Return To That Day," are available with English subtitles from AnimEigo. They have also released special-edition KOR TV sets on VHS and laserdisc, and are now releasing the TV series on VHS to the general public.

ADV Films has released the second KOR movie, entitled "New Kimagure Orange Road - Summer's Beginning", on English-subtitled and dubbed VHS tapes.

Character Shrines

The newly-updated Manami-chan International Fan Club Homepage is here! Thanks to Fred Gallagher, everybody can now see just why Kasuga Manami is the real star of KOR!

Head on over to the Manami-chan IFC to see the Kasuga version of Ayukawa Madoka...

Wai! Wai! Kawaii desu! ^_^;;;


And speaking of Madoka-san, Tony Butler has created the Ayukawa Madoka Shrine, a picture gallery of anime's prototypical green-eyed brunette...

Selected KOR Fanfiction

Kimagure Orange College
The oldest and largest KOR fanfiction series (and the longest-running anime fanfiction series still in production), Stephen Tsai and crew have created KOC, the story of Kyousuke's and Madoka's adventures as they enter college. This series does a superb job of capturing the original flavor of KOR.
The series has 36 episodes, and more episodes are on the way.
KOR-II
This six-part series centers around Kurumi, Manami, Komatsu, and Hatta,
as the twins seek more serious romantic relationships and the two notorious hentai
seek to be taken more seriously.
Fugawari Orange Street
Paolo Valladolid leads a writing team which has penned a fanfiction series focused on teenaged Kazuya, Kyousuke's cousin.
HardKOR
A fanfiction series by Robert Kwong, taking a very serious look at Hikaru following the end of the manga. Not particularly whimsical, but well-written.
Warning: Contains adult themes and language.
The Dance Of Shiva
Although this crossover series by well-known fanfic author John Biles focuses on several anime series at once (including Bubblegum Crisis, Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon, and Patlabor), it has a great subplot involving the Kasuga clan -
and you'll never guess who Hikaru-chan's husband is! Very cool!
Orange Marmalade
Another crossover series - an interesting mix of KOR and Marmalade Boy... What do you get when you cross Ayukawa Madoka with Koishikawa Miki? Well, it's not quite "Miki The Pick," but what Scott Schimmel has created is a well-written series which combines the "blended family" aspects of MB with the "psychic family" parts of KOR, with a generous helping of "secret romance" from both. A fun read.
Tokyo Blues
Another well-known fanfic author, Nicholas Leifker (probably best known for the Ranmafic series "Clothes Make The..." which he coauthors), has written a short one-shot story from Madoka's perspective.
A very good first-person character study of our favorite saxaphone player - hopefully Leifker-san will consider writing more KOR fanfiction...

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"A Whimsical Trip" Homepage / The Boy, The Girl, and The Other Girl / The Twins / The Perverts and The Misfit

The Rest of the Family / Other Characters

Manga Summaries / What's Available, And Where To Get It / KOR-related Links


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