A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
January 21, 1997
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 2
Finale:
April 25, 1997
Original Title:
綾音ちゃんハイキック!
Alternate Titles:
Ayane-chan High Kick
Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Rikuentai
Ripple Film
Countries:
JP
Meet Ayane Mitsui: full-time high school student and part-time hand-to-hand combat specialist! Exams are forgotten and homework is neglected as she pursues her life-long dream of becoming a pro-wrestling champion. Ayane has got what it takes - skill, determination, a lethal "high kick" - even a cool wrestling mask! But who will guide her to the top? Enter Kunimitsu Tangay: a veteran trainer who is prepared to mold young Ayane into a championship caliber fighter. but his rigorous training regimen isn't preparing her for wrestling.. but for kickboxing, instead! Feeling betrayed, Ayane is furious when Kunimitsu enters her in a kickboxing tournament. But Ayane's school ABSOLUTELY FORBIDS such violent extracurricular activities. What will she do when Sakurako Miyagawa, the top contender of the All-Japan Kickboxing League, challenges her to a duel? Will she be able to high-kick her way to victory - or will she get kicked out of school?
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Animation Director:
Tsuneo Tominaga
Art Direction:
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Character Designer:
Kazuo Takigawa
Director:
Takahiro Okao
Director of Photography:
Seiichi Morishita
Eiichi Okita
Editor:
Toshio Henmi
Music:
Nittoku Inoue
Production Manager:
Toshikatsu Tokoro
Screenplay:
Isao Shizuya
Sound Director:
Susumu Aketagawa
Supervising Animator:
Tsuneo Tominaga
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