Stitch!

Stitch! (スティッチ!, Suticchi!)[lower-alpha 3] is a Japanese anime television series. It is a spin-off of Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise, serving as the franchise's second television series after Lilo & Stitch: The Series. The anime series aired in Japan from October 2008 to June 2011, later receiving additional television specials in 2012 and 2015. 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 for its first two seasons, replacing Kauai, Hawaii, then moving to a fictional Okinawan city called New Town for its third season.

Stitch!
English logo
スティッチ!
(Suticchi!)
Genre[1]
Anime television series
Directed byMasami Hata
Produced byYasuteru Iwase
Written byYūko Kakihara
Shōji Yonemura
Music byYoshihisa Suzuki (Japan), Thorsten Laewe (USA, International)
Studio
Licensed byDisney–ABC Domestic Television
Original network
English network
Original run October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08) June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)
Episodes26 (including 1 special)
Anime television series
Stitch! ~ The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure ~
Directed byMasami Hata
Produced byMichiyo Hayashi
Yoshiie Ayugai
Takahiro Kishimoto
Written byAyako Katō
Yūko Kakihara
Music byYoshihisa Suzuki (Japan), Thorsten Laewe (USA, International)
Studio
Original network
Original run October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13) June 29, 2010 (2010-06-29)
Episodes30 (31 segments) (including 1 special)
Game
Disney Stitch Jam[lower-alpha 1]
DeveloperCattle Call
PublisherDisney Interactive Studios
Directed byTomoyuki Uno
Produced byKentaro Hisai
Music byTakayuki Nakamura
GenreRhythm
PlatformNintendo DS
Released
  • JP: December 3, 2009
  • NA: March 23, 2010
  • EU: March 26, 2010
Anime television series
Stitch! ~ Best Friends Forever ~
Directed byTetsuo Yasumi
Produced bySatoshi Kubo
Yoshiie Ayugai
Matsuhisa Tomoharu
Written byMio Aiuchi
Music byKōtarō Nakagawa (Japan), Thorsten Laewe (USA, International)
Studio
Original network
English networkDisney Channel Asia
Original run July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06) June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)
Episodes30 (including 1 special)
Game
Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪[lower-alpha 2]
DeveloperCattle Call
PublisherDisney Interactive Studios
Music byTakayuki Nakamura
GenreRhythm
PlatformNintendo DS
Released
  • JP: November 18, 2010
Anime television film
Stitch and the Planet of Sand
Studio
Original networkDisney Channel Japan
ReleasedJune 16, 2012
Anime television film
Stitch! Perfect Memory
Studio
Original networkDisney Channel Japan
ReleasedAugust 7, 2015

The first arc of the series, which serves as the first season outside Japan, was produced by Madhouse and aired from October 8, 2008, to March 25, 2009, with a post-season special on June 26, 2009, also known as "Stitch Day" in reference to Stitch's experiment number (626). A second arc of the original series, called Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~ (スティッチ! ~いたずらエイリアンの大冒険~, Sutitchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~) aired in Japan from October 13, 2009, to June 29, 2010, with another post-season special on August 8, 2010, completing Madhouse's 56-episode run. A 29-episode sequel series from the original two-arc anime, entitled Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (スティッチ! ~ずっと最高のトモダチ~, Sutitchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~), was produced by Shin-Ei Animation and aired on TV Asahi from July 6, 2010,[2] to March 8, 2011, with a post-season special for this season on June 19, 2011. Shin-Ei then produced two more TV specials, known as Stitch! New Specials, that continued from the series. The first special, Stitch and the Planet of Sand (スティッチと砂の惑星, Sutitchi to Suna no Wakusei), aired on June 16, 2012. The second post-series TV special, Stitch! Perfect Memory (スティッチ!パーフェクト・メモリー, Sutitchi! Pāfekuto Memorī),[lower-alpha 4] was announced on June 26, 2015, and aired on August 7, 2015. No further specials were produced after Perfect Memory, as Stitch! would be succeeded in the franchise by the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai in 2017.

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.[3] 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 to 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: Gantu, Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel, Experiment 625/Reuben, Experiment 627 (in a second season episode), and (in the third season) a new villain named Delia. In addition, three of Jumba's genetic experiments, Experiment 624/Angel, Experiment 221/Sparky and Experiment 010/Felix, also appear in the anime's first season due to their popularity from the American series, although the latter two would appear less frequently in subsequent seasons while more experiments, both returning from the original series and its finale film, and new experiments made for this show, appear.

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

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

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

The series was edited and localized for younger international audiences, especially those in the Western world and the Anglosphere, and a lower TV rating. The series's English dub used an American English-speaking cast that differed from the original cast of the previous films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series.

Characters

Main characters

Stitch (スティッチ, Sutitchi)
Also known as Experiment 626, he is an alien who one day ends up falling to an island located on Earth, called Izayoi Island, off the coast of Okinawa. In the Madhouse run, he discovers the "Spiritual Stone" on Izayoi, with the help of his new friend Yuna, and learns it can grant his wish of "ultimate power" (i.e. becoming the strongest in the universe), provided he does 43 good deeds. Thus, with his Good Deed Counter made by Jumba, he is able to keep track of his good deeds and keep track of his wish of becoming the strongest in the universe. However, he has mischievous tendencies that often make him lose deeds due to his overabundance of such things. He eventually gains the 43 good deeds at the end of Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~, but decides that living with Yuna is better than having ultimate power and chooses to live with her forever instead. In Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~, he, Yuna, Jumba, Pleakley, and Zuruko/Tigerlily all move to the city of Okinawa New Town, continuing to live his life with them.
Yuna Kamihara (加美原ユウナ, Kamihara Yūna)
Yuna is a young Japanese girl; a tomboy at that, and is a 10-year-old 4th grade elementary school student (11-year-old 5th grade elementary school student in Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~, albeit with her move to Okinawa New Town) who lives on a fictional island off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus called Izayoi Island. Her personality is sweet and outgoing, while still tough and feisty all in all. Living on Izayoi Island, she learns and studies karate, having learned it from her grandpa. Her grandpa also did the honor of giving her a special type of star and, as a good luck charm in her study of karate before he left. Yuna lives a rather normal cherished life with her grandma. The other majority of her family are elsewhere, her father is out at work a lot as a marine biologist around Okinawa, and her mother died when she was an infant in a typhoon. Her life remained normal yet happy until one day, after a varied coincidence, she meets a strange creature that came crashlanding from the Turo system of outer space, Experiment 626, or as we know him, Stitch. From then and there when they met, the two became best friends and the duo go on various adventures on Stitch's quest in order to be "good". Yuna though has a strong sense of justice and an overbearing attitude, which make her a tomboy, and that shows throughout the series. The creators of the anime got Yuna's name from the Japanese name of sea hibiscus out in Okinawa (known in Japanese as Yuna). Yuna's birthday is 25 February. It can be assumed that Yuna's favorite animal is a porpoise or dolphin from a few instances in the series. Yuna isn't good at mathematics, often getting low scores on math tests. Yuna's last name, Kamihara, wasn't unveiled until much later, although previous guesses were Chitama, after the dojo and the forest on Izayoi and Hanako, which was Yuna's previous name and design during the development of the anime.
Dr. Jumba Jookiba (ジャンバ博士, Janba Hakase, lit. Doctor Jumba)
Jumba is an "evil genius" scientist, the one who created Stitch and the other 625 experiments made before him. He is assigned by the Galactic Council to watch over Stitch and lives with Yuna and Gramma/Obaa. He is more friendly in this series than the original and has less of a penchant for evil.
Pleakley (プリークリー, Purīkurī)
He is a one-eyed alien working for the Galactic Council and an Earth expert. He is Jumba's best friend and lives with him along with Yuna, Gramma/Obba, and Stitch.
Gramma (Obaa)
Yuna's paternal grandmother who Yuna lives with during the Madhouse seasons. She is the mother-in-law of Yuna's late mother. She is one of the three characters that believe in the existence of yōkai.
Kijimunaa
He is a little yokai who is Yuna and Stitch's friend. He is kind of a coward, but with the help of his friends, he can find the courage to best whatever he can.
Tigerlily Sakai / Zuruko Sasuga (さすがつるこ, Sasuga Zuruko)
Yuna's mean, bullying cousin who appears midway through The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure. Although she may seem nice at first glance, being kind-hearted to others, she is harsh and cruel to Yuna for unknown reasons and constantly blackmails her into doing all the chores around the house (although she later claims that she's only trying to be a role model for Yuna). But when Yuna and Stitch move off to live with her in Best Friends Forever, she becomes more friendly with Yuna and treats her nicer, although she still forces her to do most of the house chores.

Other characters

Angel (エンジェル, Enjeru)
Also known as Experiment 624, she is a pink female experiment who is Stitch's love interest. Stitch is madly in love with her and she shares the same feeling. Having become an intergalactic singing icon, Angel travels a lot, but she stops at the island, at times, to visit Stitch and Yuna. It turns out that while Stitch is immune to Angel's song if sung by her, it still will turn him evil if it's sung in a different voice. She is the only recurring experiment apart from Stitch and Reuben to appear in all three seasons, and she also appears in Stitch and the Planet of Sand.
Sparky (スパーキー, Spaakii)
Also known as Experiment 221, he is a yellow male experiment with electrical abilities who is one of Stitch's cousins. He only appears in the Madhouse seasons and the third season episode "Stitch's Birthday, Part Two".
Felix (フィリックス, Firikkusu)
Also known as Experiment 010, he is a green male experiment that cleans up anything, but when he runs out of things to clean, he sucks up things that are old. He only appears in the Madhouse seasons.
Penny / Piko (ピコ)
A blonde girl who is Yuna's rival in the Madhouse seasons. Piko/Penny is self-centered, impatient, and in some cases, a bit snobby. She often takes great pride to mock and deride Yuna and Stitch in any case, often ending with Yuna and her fighting. There are rare occasions where she and Yuna can get along though. Her father runs the island's pineapple plants and her family runs the highest-rated hotels and resorts on Izayoi. There's a habit with Piko/Penny where when she's angered, she'll often end her ranting with a comparison of something akin to pineapples. She is also a black-team karate leader. Piko/Penny may have been idealized after the Hawaiian pop song "Pineapple Princess". Piko/Penny dislikes Sae but secretly does believe that she dresses better than her.
Kenny / Kouji (こうじ, Kōji)
A brown-haired boy in the Madhouse who is Piko/Penny's older brother. He is a bully who hangs out with his best friends and fellow bullies Marvin (Masa) and Ted (Taka). Despite their bullying nature, all three boys get bossed around by Piko/Penny.
Sandra "Sasha" / Sae (さえ)
A young girl about Yuna's age who only appears in The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure. A transfer student from Kobe, she joins Yuna's class during the second season. She believes in good fashion and beauty, and is girly in spirit, often talking about fashion, love, and all. She's also quite ditzy at times. She believes Yuna has a good fashion sense and becomes good friends with her; as her fashion sense reminded her of her mother, a tropical fashion designer. Her father is a doctor. She not only has a rather brave personality, like Yuna; but she has a sweet and gentle personality too. Kouji/Kenny has a crush on Sae/Sasha, unbeknownst to her, and Piko/Penny secretly dislikes Sae/Sasha but believes that Sae/Sasha dresses better than she does.
Hiroman / Takumi
A boy from Okinawa New Town who only appears in Best Friends Forever. A popular soccer player and the love interest of Reika/Jessica, he often acts cool and calm. He bears a secret of acting as a maid to his sisters and even dressing up in bishoujo-styled outfits for his sisters' enjoyment. His English name is obviously a play on "hero man". It is hinted that he and Yuna have feelings for each other since Yuna often saves him from trouble; in the episode "Dorkifier", it was shown that Yuna blushed at him.
Jessica / Reika (レイカ)
Yuna's rival in season 3. She has a crush on Takumi and friends who she bosses around. She, like Piko/Penny from the first two seasons, likes to mock and deride Stitch and Yuna. She also bears a trait of saying rather dull jokes and puns, often met with a silent response. She is followed by two girls, Toriko and Makiko.
Lilo Pelekai
A character who was Stitch's best friend in the past, but one day she left for college. She was initially mentioned only in the English dub due to Disney intertwining Stitch! with Leroy & Stitch (and the television series preceding it) for said dub. The Japanese original initially little to no direct mention of Lilo, though they do mention a "bigger Hawaiian girl" in episode 2 similar to the main character in this series. She eventually appears in episode 23 of Best Friends Forever, when Lilo visits Okinawa in cahoots to reunite with Stitch, only for a while though. Lilo is now grown up and has a daughter who looks like her when she was younger, named Ani.

Villains

Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel
A villain who was a college buddy of Jumba. Much like the rest of the franchise, he bears a want to defeat Stitch. Hämsterviel also wishes to steal Stitch's Good Deed Counter in order to gain ultimate power.
Gantu
He works under Dr. Hämsterviel, to steal Stitch's Good Deed Counter. According to the English dub, Gantu was dishonorably discharged from his Galactic Federation job due to bad karaoke singing. He bears an over-obsession to a television drama called "Red Rose Maiden", or "The Young and the Stupid" in the English dub. He has a huge crush on the main character of the drama, Princess Michigo.
Reuben
Also known as Experiment 625, he has all of the same powers as Stitch and works alongside Gantu, but he is lazy and eats sandwiches. Dr. Hämsterviel claims he doesn't do much besides making sandwiches all the time. During the series he isn't much of an enemy to Stitch, even coming to visit him sometimes. During "Reuben's Rice Balls", he becomes fond of rice balls and even includes them among his sandwich ingredients.
Delia
An evil alien woman in a partnership with Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel to get the Neo-PowerChip that is inside of Stitch. Delia altered a majority of the experiments, which had caused them to become physically stronger and evil, and Angel, who is rescued by Stitch. Delia usually calls Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel the wrong name such as Hamu Sama or Hämusta Sama and then, when Hämsterviel's plans go wrong, she eventually punishes him based on whatever scheme he used.
Dark End
An experiment made by Delia who is designed to be much stronger than Stitch and his cousins. He is not among Stitch's cousins, as neither Jumba nor Hämsterviel made him.
Cyber
Also known as Experiment 000, he is an evil black-furred experiment who looks like a cyborg version of Stitch.

Episode list

SeasonTitleProducerEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
1Stitch!Madhouse25 + 1 specialOctober 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)TV Tokyo
2Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~29 + 1 specialOctober 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)August 8, 2010 (2010-08-08)TV Asahi
3Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~Shin-Ei Animation29 + 1 specialJuly 6, 2010 (2010-07-06)July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
Post-series specialsStitch! New Specials2 specialsJune 16, 2012 (2012-06-16)August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07)Disney Channel Japan

Cast

With the exception of Rocky McMurray reprising his Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Leroy & Stitch role of Clyde in the English dub of the second season episode "Stitchman Meets Bonnie and Clyde",[4] none of the original English voice cast from the Lilo & Stitch films or Lilo & Stitch: The Series reprised their roles for the English dub of this series.

Character Voice Actor (Japanese) Voice Actor (English)
StitchKōichi YamaderaBen Diskin
Yuna KamiharaMotoko KumaiEden Riegel
Dr. Jumba JookibaShōzō IizukaJess Winfield
Agent PleakleyYūji MitsuyaTed Biaselli
Dr. Jacques von HämstervielHiroshi YanakaKirk Thornton
GantuUnshou IshizukaKeith Silverstein
ReubenKōji OchiaiDave Wittenberg
DeliaRomi ParkMary Elizabeth McGlynn
GrammaHisako KyōdaGwendoline Yeo
KijimunaaKappei YamaguchiColleen O'Shaughnessey
Mr. Kamihara (Yuna's father)Kōichi YamaderaKeith Silverstein
TaroTomoe HanbaStephanie Sheh
TedHitomi HaseLaura Bailey
MarvinYuki IshiiKari Wahlgren
Mr. HondaSōryū KonnoDave Wittenberg
SuzukiKanji SuzumoriKirk Thornton
PennyMiyako ItoMeghan Strange
AngelMadoka TakedaKate Higgins
KennyYuka NishigakiDerek Stephen Prince
JJYuri KonnoLaura Bailey
TonboYūki KajiDave Wittenberg
SparkyWataru TakagiSteven Jay Blum
FelixYasuhiro MamiyaSteven Jay Blum
Ms. KawasakiRyōko NagataKari Wahlgren
TachichuTaiten KusunokiSteven Jay Blum
627Takahiro YoshinoBen Diskin
CyberMasao KomayaBen Diskin
PiloloMakoto NaruseBrian Beacock
NosyJunichi EndoRoger Craig Smith
BooGooHitomi HaseSteven Jay Blum
SashaFumiko OrikasaMelissa Fahn
TigerlilyRica MatsumotoLaura Bailey
HiromanHiroaki MiuraSam Riegel
JessicaYoko HikasaKate Higgins
DoloresYumiko KobayashiColleen O'Shaughnessey
TorikoMai KatagariAli Hillis
MakikoKomatsuna SakatoLaura Bailey
Lilo PelekaiSumire Morohoshi (young Lilo)
Tomoe Hanba (adult Lilo)
Melissa Fahn (young Lilo)
Gwendoline Yeo (adult Lilo)
AniSumire MorohoshiMelissa Fahn

Music

Soundtrack

Stitch!: Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album
Released28 April 2010
GenreSoundtrack
LabelWalt Disney, Avex
Lilo & Stitch music chronology
Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Album
(2006)
Stitch!: Original Soundtrack
(2010)

Stitch!: Original Soundtrack (スティッチ!オリジナル・サウンドトラック, Sutitchi! Orijinaru Saundotorakku) is a collection of opening, insert, and ending songs based on Stitch!. It was released on April 28, 2010.[5]

Track list

  1. "Minamikaze to Taiyō" (南風と太陽, "South Wind & Sun") by Mongol800
  2. "Rodeo star mate" by The Pillows
  3. "SMILE" by Kimaguren
  4. "Ichariba Ohana" (イチャリバオハナ, "If We've Met Before, We're Ohana") by Begin
  5. "Aoi Arashi" (アオイアラシ, "Blue Storm") by All Japan Goith
  6. "TOMODACHI" (Friends) by Glean Piece
  7. "HERO" by Kiyotaka Ishikawa
  8. "Hitori Janai" (ひとりじゃない, "You Are Not Alone") by Bless4
  9. "Number One" by LoversSoul
  10. "Kagen no Tsuki" (下弦の月, "Waning Moon") by Chihiro Kamiya
  11. "Stitch is Coming" (スティッチ・イズ・カミング, Sutitchi Izu Kamingu) by Bless4
  12. "Stitch Eisa" (スティッチ・エイサー, Sutitchi Eisaa) by LoversSoul
  13. "Izayoi Yoi" (イザヨイヨイ, "Izayoi Evening") by Begin featuring Kanako Hatoma

Stitch! (Season 1)

Opening theme
  • "Ichariba Ohana" (イチャリバオハナ, "If We've Met Before, We're Ohana") by Begin
Ending themes
  • "Izayoi Yoi" (イザヨイヨイ, "Izayoi Evening") by Begin w/ Kanako Hatoma (ep 1 - 13)
  • "Stitch is Coming" by Bless4 (ep 14 - 26)
Insert themes
  • "Hitori Janai" (ひとりじゃない, "You Are Not Alone") by Bless4

Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~ (Season 2)

Opening theme
  • "SMILE" by Kimaguren (ep 1 - 10)
  • "Rodeo star mate" by The Pillows (ep 11 - 19)
  • "Minami Kaze to Taiyou" (南風と太陽, "South Wind & Sun") by Mongol800[6] (ep 20 - 29)
Ending theme
  • "Stitch Eisa" (スティッチ・エイサー, Sutitchi Eisaa) by LoversSoul
Insert Song
  • "Waning Moon" by Chihiro Kamiya
  • "Number One" by LoversSoul
  • "Tomodachi" by Gleam Piece
  • "Aoi Arashi" by All Japan Goith
  • "Hero" by Ishikawa Kiyotaka

Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (Season 3)

Opening theme
  • "Minna no Yume" (みんなのゆめ, "Everybody's Dream") by Mariko Kojima featuring Chihiro Ozawa
Ending theme
  • "Minna Stitch Tomodachi!" (みんなスティッチともだち!, "Everyone Stitch The Friends!") by SYUHEI (Disney Channel Japan Only)

International version

Stitch!
(international version)
Soundtrack album by
GenreSoundtrack

The international version features an entirely different score composed by Thorsten Laewe, who released his score on his personal website.[7]

Track list

All music is composed by Thorsten Laewe

No.TitleLength
1."The Space Prison"0:45
2."SpaceChase"1:13
3."Stitch Saves the World"2:58
4."Farewell My Friends"1:53
5."The Shoguns Showdown"2:51
6."Going Fishing"0:47
7."Stitch Gets Power"1:54
8."The Shoguns Past"1:03
9."Awaken the Ship"0:33
10."Captain Khan"0:54
11."The Pirate Battle"0:35
12."Bonnie Clyde Steal"0:29
13."Chicago Heist"1:55
14."My Ohana"0:56
15."Stitch Space Attack"0:44
16."The Good Deed Counter"0:48
17."Dinner Without Plans"1:24
18."Main Title Theme Season 3"1:00
19."Main Title Theme Season 1 & 2"0:30
Total length:23:12

Release

Broadcast

The series airs on Seven Network, 7mate, 7Two, 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 4 December 2009, and later on Disney Channel Asia 19 December 2009. The first season premièred on Disney Channel Latin America on 2 May 2010, in the American Spanish dub. The second season aired on Disney Channel Latin America on 6 June 2011. The third season aired on Disney Channel Latin America on 20 August 2012.[8][9]

The first season also aired on Finland's Disney Channel beginning from 7 June 2010, subtitled in Finnish with the 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,[10] leaving the series unfinished in the country. As a result, it has only five episodes aired in the U.S.[10]

Home media

The series received several DVD box set releases in Japan.

Season #DVD/Boxset nameEpisodesReleasedRef
1
Stitch! BOX 11 - 135 August 2009
1
Stitch! Kessaku Episode Shu / Sukisuki! Angel6, 8, 115 August 2009
1
Stitch! BOX 214 - 267 October 2009
1
Stitch! Kessaku Episode Shu / Hi No Tama Boya Damacchi15, 17, 187 October 2009
2
Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~ BOX 11 - 1523 June 2010
2
Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~ The Best: Lovely Alien2, 14, 1523 June 2010
2
Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~ BOX 216 - 3020 October 2010
2
Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~ The Best: Stitch Goes to Tokyo Disneyland3, 9, 2620 October 2010
3
Stitch! ~Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi~ BOX 11 - 1517 June 2011
3
Stitch! ~Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi~ The Best: Stitch goes to New Town1, 18, 2317 June 2011
3
Stitch! ~Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi~ BOX 216 - 3020 July 2011

Video on-demand

In Japan, the entire series and both post-series specials are available on Disney+.[11] It was previously on Disney Deluxe, which was later rebranded as Disney+ in the country but run separately from the main platform. After the Japanese Disney+ merged with the main platform in October 2021,[12] Stitch! was added to the main platform, albeit still restricted to Japan. Disney+ has only the original Japanese version of the series and splits Stitch and the Planet of Sand and Stitch! Perfect Memory into two parts each, each part its own episode; both specials are listed as part of season three. Despite the geo-blocking for non-Japanese subscribers, metadata for languages other than Japanese (such as English) exist on the service, including logos, with episodes titles using either their official dub titles or translations of their Japanese titles; episodes that were shortened and merged with other episodes in the international version also use their combined titles for their respective languages. In 2022, Disney+ added English-translated subtitles to all episodes, marking the first time that the series' original Japanese production was subbed, although it remains restricted to Japan on the service.

In India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, the series's international version is available on Disney+ Hotstar, with the English dub available in all regions, and Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Indonesian, and Thai dubs available depending on the region.[13][14]

Notes

  1. Stitch! DS: Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken (スティッチ!DS オハナとリズムで大冒険, Stitch! DS: A Great Adventure of Ohana and Rhythm)
  2. もっと!スティッチ!DS リズムでラクガキ大作戦♪, lit. More! Stitch! DS: Great Mission to Doodle in Rhythm
  3. Alternately titled Yuna & Stitch for the German dub, and colloquially referred to as the "Stitch! anime" to avoid confusion with Stitch! The Movie and the title character.
  4. Alternately titled Stitch! A Perfect Memory in English promotional material.

References

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