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This is an entry from Alan Takahashi's "Anime Pocket Guide":

Title: Maison Ikkoku                             (FILM,OAV,TV) gRC tMAI
Cast:                                                              tMAI
  Yusaku Godai ............................. Issei Futamata  vIFu  tMAI
  Kyoko Otonashi ........................... Sumi Shimamoto  vSSh2 tMAI
  Hanae Ichinose .............................. Kazuyo Aoki  vKAo  tMAI
  Yotsuya ................................... Shigeru Chiba  vSCh  tMAI
  Akemi Roppongi ............................... Yuhko Mita  vYMi1 tMAI
  Yagami Ibuki ........................... Yuriko Fuchizaki  vYFu1 tMAI
  Sayoko Kuroki ............................. Saeko Shimazu  vSSh1 tMAI
  Asuna Kujo ................................. Hiromi Tsuru  vHTs  tMAI
  Shun Mitaka ................................ Akira Kamiya  vAKa  tMAI
  Kozue Nanao ............................... Mina Tominaga  vMTo2 tMAI
  Yousuke Nanao ........................ Megumi Hayashibara  vMHa1 tMAI
  Sakamoto ................................ Toshio Furukawa  vTFu2 tMAI
  Sayuko Kuroki (MI movie) ............. Yoshiko Sakakibara  vYSa  tMAI
Description:                                                       tMAI
  Godai is a ronin (i.e. someone who's failed university entrance  tMAI
  exams) living in room #5 of a run down apartment house called    tMAI
  Maison Ikkoku.  Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose  tMAI
  (room #1), the sexy Akemi Roppongi (#6), and the mysterious      tMAI
  Yotsuya (#4).  The others are given to having wild parties which tMAI
  makes it difficult for Godai to study.  Into this mayhem comes   tMAI
  the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager.  Godai    tMAI
  falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her.  The show tMAI
  follows their developing relationship amid the crazy goings on   tMAI
  at Maison Ikkoku.  A romantic comedy by Rumiko Takahashi.        tMAI
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED                                         tMAI