List of Touch anime episodes explained

Touch is a 101 episode anime television series that aired on Fuji TV in Japan from March 24, 1985, until March 22, 1987.^[1] It was one of the highest-rated anime television shows ever in Japan, with episodes consistently rated 30+ percentage points during parts of its run.^[2] In a 2005 poll by TV Asahi of the top 100 animated television series, Touch was ranked ninth.^[3]

The series tells the story of twins, Tatsuya and Katsuya Uesugi, who live next door to Minami Asakura. Their parents built a playhouse between their properties so the children could play together there. As they grew older, they noticed that one of them (Minami) was a girl. The story picks up when they are in junior high school just before they graduate and move to high school.^[4]

Staff

Planning: Tadashi Oka (Fuji TV) & Yoshirō Kataoka (ADK), in cooperation with Kiyoshi Usami (OB Planning)
Executive Producers: Yoshinobu Nakao (Fuji TV), Chihiro Kameyama (Fuji TV), Masashi Fujihara, Shigetsugu Tsuiki
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Photography: Studio Gallop
Music Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Music Work: Zack Promotion
Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
Assistant Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
Series Bungei Organization: Yumiko Takaboshi, Satoshi Namiki
Title Animation: Gisaburō Sugii, Minoru Maeda, Akinori Nagaoka
Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
Series Director: Hiroko Tokita
Assistant Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Production Assistance: Studio Junio, Studio Gallop, Kitty Films
Production: Toho, Group TAC, ADK

Theme songs

Opening

Episodes 1-27: Touch, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 28-56: Ai ga Hitoribotchi, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 57-79: Che! Che! Che!, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 80-93: Hitoribotchi no Duet, by Yumekojo

Episodes 94-101: Jōnetsu Monogatari, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Ending

Episodes 1-27: Kimi ga Inakereba, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 28-62: Seishun, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 63-79: Yakusoku, by Yoshimi Iwasaki

Episodes 80-101: Kimi wo Tobashita Gogo, by Yumekojo

Notes and References

Web site: Touch TV series episode guide. December 30, 2017. Hitoshi. Doi. Hitoshi Doi.
Web site: Leong. Siong Hee . Touch DVD-Box . Anime On DVD . February 10, 2005 . October 28, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050212011630/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/3896.php . February 12, 2005 . dead .
Web site: TV Asahi Top 100 Anime Part 2 . . September 23, 2005 . October 28, 2007.
Dare ga nanto iō to oretachi futago desu!!. No matter what everybody says, we're twins!. ja:誰がなんと言おーとオレたち双子です!! . Touch. Touch (manga). . March 24, 1985 . 1 . 1 . ja.