We could use some help on this page. Hit the edit button to get started.
Teenager Yukari thinks that she spends her whole life trying to live up to the expectations of her pushy mother. Her life of books and constant studying is interrupted by the not entirely unwelcome attentions of a group of fashion students, who think that she would make an ideal model for their clothes label, the titular Paradise Kiss. She initially refuses their offer, although they are able to blackmail her into her first show by threatening to reveal the identity of her secret crush, which they have discovered by reading her mislaid notebook. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Yukari begins to hang out at a bar with the bad boy, the pretty boy, the mysterious girl, and the one who is supposed to be cute. Before long, however, she begins to appreciate that these people are more than just another rack of off-the-peg schoolday archetypes, there is more to life than school, and that even if these misfits are not behaving conventionally, they are nevertheless choosing their own path. In becoming their muse, Yukari is inspired to become her own person. Combining the fashion obsessions of Cosplay Complex or Mon Cherie Coco with the questionable associates of Boys over Flowers, this series is actually a sequel of sorts to TV Asahi's Neighborhood Story, and is similarly based on a manga by Ai Yazawa. The closing theme of the Japanese broadcast is "Do You Want To?" by Franz Ferdinand, liable to secure more interest from outside anime fandom than one might normally expect-compare to Interstella 5555.
Yukari begins to hang out at a bar with the bad boy, the pretty boy, the mysterious girl, and the one who is supposed to be cute. Before long, however, she begins to appreciate that these people are more than just another rack of off-the-peg schoolday archetypes, there is more to life than school, and that even if these misfits are not behaving conventionally, they are nevertheless choosing their own path. In becoming their muse, Yukari is inspired to become her own person. Combining the fashion obsessions of Cosplay Complex or Mon Cherie Coco with the questionable associates of Boys over Flowers, this series is actually a sequel of sorts to TV Asahi's Neighborhood Story, and is similarly based on a manga by Ai Yazawa. The closing theme of the Japanese broadcast is "Do You Want To?" by Franz Ferdinand, liable to secure more interest from outside anime fandom than one might normally expect-compare to Interstella 5555.
Episodes
| Season/Ep# | Name | Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 - 12
|
Future |
12/29/2005 | |
|
1 - 11
|
Stage |
12/22/2005 | |
|
1 - 10
|
Rose |
12/15/2005 | |
|
1 - 9
|
Designer |
12/08/2005 | |
|
1 - 8
|
Tokumori |
12/01/2005 | |
|
1 - 7
|
Butterfly |
11/24/2005 | |
|
1 - 6
|
New World |
11/17/2005 | |
|
1 - 5
|
Mother |
11/10/2005 | |
|
1 - 4
|
George |
11/03/2005 | |
|
1 - 3
|
Kiss |
10/27/2005 | |
|
1 - 2
|
Illumination |
10/20/2005 | |
|
1 - 1
|
Atelier |
10/13/2005 | |
Series Credits
| Person Name | Episode Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Mitsuyuki Masuhara | 2 |
|
| Osamu Kobayashi | 12 |
|
 |
Ai Yazawa | 12 |
| Tetsuya Watanabe | 12 |
|
| Fumie Muroi | 8 |
|
| Hiroto Tanaka | 11 |
|
 |
Hiroyuki Imaishi | 12 |
| Itsuko Takeda | 12 |
|
| Koichi Arai | 11 |
|
| Masayuki Sato | 4 |
|
| Norihiko Nagahama | 1 |
|
| Nobuyuki Kitajima | 1 |
|
| Kazuo Tomizawa | 1 |
|
| Naomi Hayakawa | 1 |
|
| Yuichi Tanaka | 3 |
|
| Hiroaki Sano | 12 |
|
| Akiko Asaki | 1 |
|
 |
Stephanie Sheh | 12 |
 |
Rintaro | 1 |
| Satoshi Nishimura | 1 |
|
| Masahiro Neriki | 2 |
|
| Tadakatsu Yoshida | 1 |
|
| Hiroyuki Hashimoto | 3 |
|
| Yuichi Endo | 2 |
|
| Hirotaka Kinoshita | 1 |
|
| Junichi Takaoka | 4 |
|
| Takaaki Ishiyama | 1 |
|
| Kenichi Ishikura | 1 |
|
 |
Nobuteru Yuki | 12 |
| Hiromi Kato | 5 |
|
| Kouji Yamamoto | 12 |
|
 |
Masao Maruyama | 12 |
| Masahiko Sasaki | 8 |
To edit the cast, go to an episode page.
Original US Poster Art
General Information
Edit
 Name |
Paradise Kiss |
 Name: |
パラダイス・キス |
| Romaji: |
Paradaisu Kisu |
| Publisher | Madhouse Studios |
| Start Year | 2005 |
| Genres | |
| Themes | |
| Aliases | Parakiss |
Top Rated Lists
Create a list
Seen and Watched
a list of 300 items by Obsidian609
Anime I've Seen
a list of 228 items by tadamono
Favortie Animes
a list of 74 items by Obsidian609
Franchise
Edit
Recurring Appearances
| Yukari Hayasaka first in Atelier |
12
|
| George Koizumi first in Atelier |
12
|
| Miwako Sakurada first in Atelier |
12
|
| Arashi Nagase first in Atelier |
12
|
| Isabella Yamamoto |
12
|
| Hiroyuki Tokumori first in Atelier |
11
|
Top Editors
-
Trugentleman02
9 points
- Obsidian609 6 points
- fireflys_locket 3 points
- Dream 2 points
- AmandaBee 1 point
