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Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's

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Season 1

7.8/106 votes
Operation Eyeball, Toothball!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/1996
Sana learns about Akito's weakness and tries to exploit it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.2/1013 votes
I'm an Elementary School Student With a Pimp
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/1996
Sana Kurata, the sixth grader with a "pimp," struggles to deal with her class full of troublemakers.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.7/106 votes
The Whole Classroom Is a Monkey Mountain
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/1996
Sana continues to confront Akito, and the girls in the class join her.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.0/101 votes
Lone Wolf, Awooo!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/1996
Akito has stopped acting up due to Sana's blackmail, and another boy vies for the "boss monkey" title.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Naughty Hayama, Where Are You Going?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1996
While Sana get Akito open up, Sana gets a glimpse of a family very different from her own, the Hayama family.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Chicken-and-Egg Dum-Dum, Too Yucky to Eat
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/1996
Sana gets the Hayama family to watch her new TV drama about a family with problems similar to theirs.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Kurumi and the Wound-Up Love Rivalry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1996
Sana learns of Asako and Rei's past together.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Juice-Drenched First Kiss
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1996
Sana takes a field trip to help her forget why Rei has been acting so weird.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Pinch, Pinch, Sana's Love
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/1996
Sana copes with her surprising first kiss.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Tweet-Tweet, Love Flies Away
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/1996
Sana meets Aono, Tsuyoshi's younger sister. She decides to give Aono a pleasant surprise, over Akito's objections.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Father, You Are His Father
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/14/1996
Sana becomes a little more grown-up about the situation with Asako and Rei, and goes back to focusing more on her work, taking on several commercials with her Child's Toy co-star, Zenjiro.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
This Time, Sana Is the Lonely Wolf
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/21/1996
Rei signs Sana up for too many commercials, and causes her to forget a promise she made to her friends.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
My Name Is Going to Change
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/28/1996
Tsuyoshi misses school one day, and Akito and Sana get together to help their friend.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Summer of My Promise (1)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/1996
Everyone is excited about a class camping trip. While Sana looks cheerful as usual, Akito notices that she is worried.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Summer of My Promise (2)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/12/1996
Akito does his best to comfort a distraught Sana, who's still fearing the potential aftermath of Misako's book getting published.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Heart-Pounding Twice Over
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/19/1996
Sana performs in a play and invites her classmates, teachers, and Naozumi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Ah, What a Surprise! Mama's Book
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/26/1996
Misako's book "My Daughter and I" has been released. The book reveals that Sana was found abandoned.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Hungry Pair Plays Hide-and-Seek
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/2/1996
Sana stays the night with the Hayamas, but she gets hungry in the middle of the night.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Daughter Cries, and the Mother Cries, Too
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/9/1996
Sana meets her biological mother, Keiko Sakai and her half-sister, Mariko.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Feeling Good With a Sana-chan Quiz!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/16/1996
A recap episode set up as quiz show hosted by series mascot, Babbit, and "Child's Toy" host, Zenjiro, recapping from the start of the story to the end of the love-triangle arc.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Could Be a Small-Size Hayama
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/23/1996
Sana visits Kamura Academy with Naozumi. She meets a small boy, who seems to be like Akito.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Heart of Karate and Announcement of Retirement
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/30/1996
Akito begins studying karate but isn't happy with his first lessons.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Clear, With Occasional Gone Missing
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/6/1996
Sana helps find Mariko, who sneaks into the set of "Child's Toy" to find Sana. She encounters Zenjiro, who is now stuck with the little girl until he can find her parents.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Math Life Drives Me Batty
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/1996
Principal Narunaru goes on a business trip, and Ms. Andoh takes this opportunity to threaten Class 3 of failing them and preventing them from advancing to junior high school.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Band-Aid for the Heart?
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/20/1996
Due to the pond-incident earlier in the school year, where Mami was nearly drowned by Akito and his old goons, Mami is now traumatized and scared of Akito.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Morning Is Coming
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/27/1996
Sana's gift to Aono, the little baby chick, has now become a full-grown rooster.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Give Me Sympathy and Lend Me Money
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/4/1996
Misako's ex-husband, Ryousuke Kashima asks Sana for a favor, Akito and Tsuyoshi become worried about her and decide to follow them around.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Love-Love, Father Hayama's Song
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/11/1996
Sana and Tsuyoshi visit Akito's mother's grave with the Hayama family, which is also Akito's birthday.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
She's Here! Mother's Mother
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/18/1996
Misako's mother Shizuka visits Misako and Sana in Tokyo.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
My Boyfriend Has to Grin and Bear It
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/25/1996
Asako stars in a romantic drama with popular performer Takuya Kimochi, and rumors begin.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Snake Stomps in With His Shoes Still On
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/1/1996
A tabloid photographer named Kurosaki is determined to get a scoop on Sana.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Dad, You've Been Arrested
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 11/8/1996
Tsuyoshi's father is thrown in jail, and Tsuyoshi and his sister are picked on by their classmates.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Love Tastes Like Curry
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 11/15/1996
The boys and girls of Class 3 battle it out over after-school cleaning chores and is escalated further once Ms. Mitsuya and Mr. Tanaka argue about their upcoming wedding and their life after marriage.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Singing Heart Goes 3, 2, 1
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 11/22/1996
It's Zenjiro's birthday so Sana plans to hold a birthday party for him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
There Is a Reason for These Presents
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 11/29/1996
Tsuyoshi receives an anonymous gift.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Take Me to Kusatsu
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 12/6/1996
Winter vacation brings a trip to the Kurata Hot Springs Inn in Kusatsu.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Kiss! Fight! Karate and Trumpet
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 12/13/1996
Akito stresses about trying to buy a gift for Sana, and Sana stresses about a job.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Heart-Pounding Kiss at Christmas
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 12/20/1996
Sana hosts her and Akito's middle birthday/Christmas party.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
100 Haya-Moths and the Scales of Fury
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 1/3/1997
Moth versions of Akito, known as Haya-moths, turn everyone into moth versions of themselves.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Suddenly, One Day, I'm a Homeless Girl
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 1/10/1997
The Kurata household copes with a major setback.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
He Got Me Blacklisted
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 1/17/1997
Sana can not find work. But it seems to be bigger than everyone expects.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Delirious Nick-of-Time Deadline
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 1/24/1997
Onda had asked Sana to write a book. Sana then puts off the book until there's only about a week left.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
My Boyfriend Is Like a Father to Me
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 1/31/1997
Reporters believe Sana and Takeshi to be father and daughter, but Sana says that it's not true and then declares that they are lovers.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Gomi-kun, Gomi-kun, Where Are You Going?
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 2/7/1997
Gomi does some shoplifting, and then he runs away. But, runs into Akito leaving the stolen loot.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Mixed Feelings About Valentines
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 2/14/1997
Takeshi misses work, leading everyone to believe he drops out.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Am I Wrong for Running Away?
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 2/21/1997
Sana's book hit the store shelves, but Mami wasn't mentioned anywhere in the book.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Under the Same Roof With You
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 2/28/1997
The apartment that Sana stayed in gets torn down, and for another week, the Kurata family is homeless.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Father, You Are My Father
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 3/7/1997
Misako learns something about Takeshi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
This Is Our Last Scene Together
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 3/14/1997
Takeshi find outs that Sana is actually his daughter.
Director: Hiroshi Kotaki
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Spring Comes In an Avalanche of Tears
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 3/21/1997
Depressed by the death of Takeshi, Sana leaves for the mountains and Akito convinces her to come home.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Up to Today, and as of Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 4/4/1997
A clipshow episode where Zenjiro recruits several of Sana's friends to discuss the relationship between Sana and Akito.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Best Friend I Met in the Restroom
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 4/4/1997
It's the first day of middle school, and Sana meets a new girl, Fuka, in the bathroom. They discover they have much in common and quickly become good friends
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
My Life Plan Went Kaput All Because of a Kiss
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 4/11/1997
Fuka tells Sana why she slapped Akito, and about how Akito ruined her life by stealing her first kiss in kindergarten.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Sana Wasn't Ready for Love
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 4/18/1997
Sana tells Tsuyoshi that she doesn't believe in love anymore because of what happened with Rei.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Actress Is Holing Up in the Mountains
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 4/25/1997
Sana leaves to film a movie in a secluded mountain area.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I'm Seriously, Seriously, for Real, Serious
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 5/2/1997
Sana and the crew arrive at the movie set location in the mountains.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Fakey Boyfriend Lured in by Sushi
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 5/9/1997
Fuka asks Akito to be her boyfriend, and bribes him with sushi, so she won't lose face to her old friends.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Lovey Dovey Times in the Mountains
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 5/16/1997
Naozumi confesses his feelings to Sana.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Getting Over Injuries and Storms
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 5/23/1997
Sana gets attacked by Naozumi's fans.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Somtimes You Realize You're in Love Once You've Been Rejected
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 5/30/1997
Upon finding out that Akito is going out with her best friend, Fuka, she comes to realize her true feelings towards him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I'm Not the One Who Gets Turned Down and Cries
Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 6/6/1997
Sana's mom visits her on the set and tries to cheer her up.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Continuous Flames of This Summer
Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 6/13/1997
Sana faces a dangerous situation while filming a movie scene inside the burning mansion.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Don't Believe in Rumors
Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 6/20/1997
Sana deals with tabloid rumors of her and Nauzomi dating.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Somewhere There Lies the Truth
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 6/27/1997
Naozumi reveals the true nature of his rationship with Sana on live television broadcast, and also exposes her feelings toward Akito.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Two of Them Finally Bid Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 7/4/1997
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Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Run Away, Run Away, Across the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 7/11/1997
Sana and Naozumi leave for New York to star in a Broadway musical together.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Suspense in New York
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 7/18/1997
Strange incidents keep happening to Sana and Naozumi upon their arrival in New York.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Experiencing the Mysteries of Life
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 6/25/1997
Rei goes to Hollywood to find Mr. Hamilton, while Sana and Naozumi begin rehearsals.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
You Also Have Emerald Eyes
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 8/1/1997
Sana and Naozumi discover the truth about the mysterious ghost they've been seeing.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Suspense at Lunchtime
Season 1 Episode 70 - Aired 8/8/1997
Sana, Rei and Naozumi spend their first night at the hotel and Naozumi encounters the strange man from before.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
It Was a Suddenly Appearing Mother
Season 1 Episode 71 - Aired 8/15/1997
Brad reveals why he is terrorizing Sana and Naozumi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Know Too Much! My Secret!
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 8/22/1997
Brad tells Naozumi the background of his relationship with Secil.
Director: Hiroshi Kotaki
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Stupid Mother & Daughter in America
Season 1 Episode 73 - Aired 8/29/1997
Secil deals with feeling unwanted and unloved due to her injury.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Mother's Conspiracy
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 9/5/1997
Yuko has decided to use Naozumi as a tool to get fame.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Daughter, Where in Manhattan Are You?
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 9/12/1997
Secil runs away after overhearing a conversation between Yuko and Naozumi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Should We Go Back? Will We Go Back?
Season 1 Episode 76 - Aired 9/19/1997
Naozumi and Sana weigh their options after Naozumi learns of his mother's true intentions.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Papa, This is All Your Fault!
Season 1 Episode 77 - Aired 9/26/1997
Naozumi and Sana reconsider their decision to return to Japan and instead meet with the Hamilton family.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The First and Last Mother-Son Battle
Season 1 Episode 78 - Aired 10/3/1997
As Yuko's luck runs out, she and Naozumi fight over her treatment of him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Father Who Is Unable to Be a Father
Season 1 Episode 79 - Aired 10/10/1997
Gary and Naozumi attempt to adapt to their newfound relationship.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
To Sing Again, 3, 2, 1
Season 1 Episode 80 - Aired 10/17/1997
Sana and Naozumi defy a new law prohibiting singing and music.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Hello, Goodbye, My Love
Season 1 Episode 81 - Aired 10/24/1997
Sana and Naozumi recall to their time in New York on their return to Japan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
We Got Along Great Afterwards
Season 1 Episode 82 - Aired 10/31/1997
Naozumi and Sana re-adjust to life in Japan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Perhaps They Are All Best Couples
Season 1 Episode 83 - Aired 11/7/1997
Sana's friends welcome her back and pay her a visit where she announces that she and Naozumi are officially a couple.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Manager Danger
Season 1 Episode 84 - Aired 11/14/1997
Naozumi is suspicious of his new manager, Riho.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Dialogue That Cannot Be Spoken
Season 1 Episode 85 - Aired 11/21/1997
Sana objects to script dialogue that requires her to call another character a "devil".
Director: Hiroshi Kotaki
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
All Is Clear When You Cannot See
Season 1 Episode 86 - Aired 11/28/1997
Fuka's temporary blindness allows her to see Sana and Akito's feelings toward each other.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Fight for It or Break Up? What Should We Do?
Season 1 Episode 87 - Aired 12/5/1997
Fuka and Akito assess their relationship.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
So This Kind of Day Has Come!
Season 1 Episode 88 - Aired 12/12/1997
Sand decides to quit acting and return to school.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Hallelujah on Christmas Eve? My Heart...
Season 1 Episode 89 - Aired 12/19/1997
Sana reflects on her feelings toward Akito and Naozumi.
Director: Hiroshi Kotaki
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Mecha Hayama Is Hayama's Mama
Season 1 Episode 90 - Aired 12/30/1997
In this fantasy episode, Hayama's father builds a mother robot.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Fan Comes to Visit First Thing in the New Year
Season 1 Episode 91 - Aired 1/9/1998
Sana's fan club is disappointed by her lack of acting work.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Not a Simple Math Video
Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 1/16/1998
Sana doesn't understand the subject she's trying to teach for her new job.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Same Name Appears!
Season 1 Episode 93 - Aired 1/23/1998
Sana gets a strange letter from someone using her name.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Child's Toy Rises From the Dead
Season 1 Episode 94 - Aired 1/30/1998
Sana and Zenjiro are reunited in the new series "Kodocha".
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Back to Normal
Season 1 Episode 95 - Aired 2/6/1998
Takaishi and Fuka are now both single,. Can Sana and Zenjiro play Cupid and help these two get together?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Adult Love... That Could Wait!
Season 1 Episode 96 - Aired 2/13/1998
Asako is getting ready to leave for London but Rei is not ready to give up his career for her. Is this the end of their relationship?
Director: Hiroshi Kotaki
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Happy-Lending-Money Scheme
Season 1 Episode 97 - Aired 2/27/1998
Misako's ex-husband is back again to ask for money. But this time, he is serious. At least, he thinks he is...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
When My Elder Sister Is in Love
Season 1 Episode 98 - Aired 2/27/1998
It's Akito's sister who falls in love with the 'perfect' guy. But it seems that the guy is a massive playboy, and is dating many other girls...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Karate Club Is a Good Place Come for a Bit, Come to See!
Season 1 Episode 99 - Aired 3/6/1998
Sana wants to form a karate club for Akito's sake.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Blackboard Erasers Disappeared
Season 1 Episode 100 - Aired 3/13/1998
The new karate club member, Nakao, cannot find any meaning in his existence and chooses to rot away in the north wing with the blackboard erasers.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Three Disappeared Together
Season 1 Episode 101 - Aired 3/20/1998
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Kodocha Continues Through Thick and Thin
Season 1 Episode 102 - Aired 3/27/1998
Sengoku's evil plot to expel Akito is revealed.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown