Stitch! (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Comedy, Anime, Children, Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2008-10-08
Ended: 2011-03-08
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: JP
Airs on: Tuesday
Runtime: 25 minutes
Stitch! is the anime adaptation of the animated feature film Lilo &amp; Stitch (2002) and the second TV series in the Lilo &amp; Stitch franchise, after Lilo &amp; Stitch: The Series (2003–2006). It debuted in Japan on October 8, 2008. The show takes place years after the TV film Leroy &amp; Stitch (2006), features a Japanese girl named Yuna in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island called Izayoi Island, which is located in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa. A second anime season, called Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~ began airing in Japan on October 13, 2009. A third yet different series from the first two-season anime, entitled Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ aired on TV Asahi on July 6, 2010, and shifts the setting to a fictional city called New Town. Madhouse animated and produced the first two seasons while Shin-Ei Animation animated and produced the third season and two "post-series" specials, Stitch and the Planet of Sand (2012) and Stitch! Perfect Memory (2015).