Stitch!

### Executive Producers

Yasuteru Iwase, Michiyo Hayashi, Yoshiie Ayugai, Takahiro Kishimoto, Satoshi Kubo and Matsuhisa Tomoharu

### Original Network

TV Tokyo
 Disney Channel Japan
 TV Asahi

### Release Date

October 8, 2008 - July 19, 2011

**Stitch!** is an anime television series produced by Yasutera Iwase. It premiered on October 8, 2008 on Disney Channel Japan. The series ended on July 19, 2011 after airing three seasons.

It is the second television series in the Lilo & Stitch Franchise.

## Plot

It features a Japanese girl named Yuna Kamihara, who takes the place of Lilo Pelekai as the best friend of the titular Stitch and is set on a fictional island in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa called Izayoi instead of Kauai, Hawaii.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Kōichi Yamadera as Stitch/Experiment 626
* Motoko Kumai as Yuna Kamihara
* Shōzō Iizuka as Dr. Jumba Jookiba
* Yūji Mitsuya as Agent Wendy Pleakley
* Hisako Kyōda as Obaa Kamihara
* Kappei Yamaguchi as Kijimunaa

### Recurring

* Keiko Toda as Angel/Experiment 624
* Yūji Mitsuya as Sparky/Experiment 221
* Kappei Yamaguchi as Felix/Experiment 010
* Miyako Ito Piko/Penny
* Tomiko Orikasa as Sae/Sasha
* Rica Matsumoto as Zuruko/Tigerlily
* Hiroaki Miura as Takumi/Hiroman
* Yoko Hikasa as Reika/Jessica
* Tomoe Hanba as Lilo Pelekai

### Villains

* Hiroshi Yanaka as Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel
* Unshou Ishizuka as Captain Gantu
* Kōji Ochiai as Reuben/Experiment 625
* Romi Park as Delia
* Tomohiro Nishimura as Cyber/Experiment 000

## Episodes

See Also: List of Stitch! Episodes

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## Production

In March 2008, Walt Disney Television International Japan started procuring its own animated shows with their first two debuting at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008, producing Stitch! with Japanese animation studio Madhouse. Seasons one and two of Stitch! were animated by Madhouse and season three was animated by Shin-Ei Animation.

At the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair, the pilot for the series was showcased for attendees at the Madhouse booth. Information was also shown around Disney's booth, showing the cast of characters who would appear in the anime. Many of the past characters, such as Jumba Jookiba and Pleakley, appear, as well as five villains: Captain Gantu, Dr. Hämsterviel, Reuben, Experiment 627 and a new villain naimed Delia. In addition, two characters, Angel, Sparky and Felix also appear in the anime due to their popularity from the American franchise.

Stitch! started on TV Tokyo and following affiliates at 7:00pm on October 8, 2008 and had an hour premiere of the first two episodes. Afterwards, it aired on every Wednesday after the 7:26pm time slot, essentially replacing Bleach.

Where the Hawaiian culture was featured in the original version, the culture of Okinawa Prefecture and the other Ryukuku Islands is featured. For example, Yuna's karate has replaced Lilo's hula.

The Stitch! anime is influenced by children's manga. It was originally aimed in Japan to young kids aged 4 to 14 years. Most of the main characters are young children ranging from 8-12 years old, including Yuna. However, unlike the American series, the anime contains darker and more mature content.

The series is edited and localised for younger English-speaking and Western audiences and a lower TV rating. Every English-speaking country aired the American English dub.

## Release

The series airs on Seven Network, 7mate and Disney Channel in Australia, on Disney Channel in Singapore and India, on Toon Disney in Italy, on TV3 and TV2 in Malaysia, on TV5 in the Philippines, on RTÉ Two in Ireland and on Disney Cinemagic in the United Kingdom.

The first season began airing in English on the Australian Disney Channel on December 4, 2009, and later on Disney Channel Asia on December 19, 2009. The first season premiered on Disney Channel Latin America on May 2, 2010, in the American Spanish dub. The second season aired on Disney Channel Latin America on June 6, 2011. The third season aired on Disney Channel Latin America on August 20, 2012.

The first season also aired on Finland's Disney Channel on June 7, 2010, subtitled in Finnish with English dub. The anime has also aired in other Scandinavian countries on The Disney Channel, on Disney Cinemagic in the UK and on Toon Disney in Italy. The Dutch version aired on Disney XD Netherlands and Disney Channel Netherlands as well as on the Disney Channel in Belgium. On October 24, 2011, the series began airing on Disney XD in the United States but was removed from the schedule five days later for unknown reasons, leaving the series unfinished in the country. As a result, it has only five episodes aired in the United States.