Ai Yori Aoshi is a 25 minute animation-comedy-drama starring Ayako Kawasumi as Aoi Sakuraba (Japanese), Sōichirō Hoshi as Kaoru Hanabishi (Japanese) and Akiko Hiramatsu as Miyabi Kagurazaki (Japanese). The series premiered on Wed Apr 10, 2002 on Fuji TV and Ties (S02E12) last aired on Sat Dec 27, 2003.