Chobits Season 1

After failing the university entrance exam, Hideki Motosuwa decides to attend a tutoring course in Tokyo. He also looks for a part-time job to earn a little money. In this city, he discovers the “Persocoms”, personal computers in human form. One evening, the young man discovers an abandoned Persocom in a pile of garbage that looks like a beautiful girl. Fascinated, he decides to take it home with him and activates it. This Persocom only repeats the same gestures and can only say “Chii”. Hideki calls her that and gradually teaches her to speak. But maybe Chii is no ordinary computer? Maybe she is a Chobit, a persocom with a power beyond imagination?

01. Chii Awakens
Apr 02, 2002

Hideki has moved to the city from the country to enrol in Prep School in order to pass the college entrance exam. In the city, Hideki is amazed by the mobile computer units called Persocoms that almost everyone has. If only they weren't so expensive! Walking one night he comes across a cute persocon just lying in the trash and decides he should do his part for the environment and recycle her as his own.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Ryou Hirohashi
Ryou Hirohashi

PC (voice)

Masumi Kageyama
Masumi Kageyama

Convenience store PC (voice)

Kanji Suzumori
Kanji Suzumori

Salaryman (voice)

Kentaro Honda
Kentaro Honda

Passerby (voice)

Nanase Ohkawa
Nanase Ohkawa

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Storyboard Artist

Hisashi Abe
Hisashi Abe

Animation Director

Yūka Aono
Yūka Aono

Key Animation

Yūki Kinoshita
Yūki Kinoshita

Key Animation

Noriko Shimazawa
Noriko Shimazawa

Key Animation

Fumiko Urawa
Fumiko Urawa

Key Animation

Makoto Takahoko
Makoto Takahoko

Key Animation

Junko Abe
Junko Abe

Key Animation

Kyota Washikita
Kyota Washikita

Key Animation

Hitomi Tsuruta
Hitomi Tsuruta

Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Key Animation

Tetsuto Saitoo
Tetsuto Saitoo

Key Animation

Yuriko Ikehara
Yuriko Ikehara

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Ogura
Hiroyuki Ogura

Key Animation

02. Chii Goes Out
Apr 09, 2002

Hideki wakes up to discover he really now owns a Persocom~! Shinbo comes over and realizes what Hideki was hiding the other night. He tries (stress tries) to help Hideki by seeing if Chii has any DATA or PCN numbers. When he can't find any (After Sumomo has crashed from trying) he sends Hideki and Chii to Minorus house. Minoru too is unsuccesful, but Yuzuki has given info that Chii has DATA just hidden. Minoru talks about a legendary Perscom series called "Chobits." As they go home Minoru gives Hideki some advice about Chii.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Jun Shikano
Jun Shikano

Maid A (voice)

Ryou Hirohashi
Ryou Hirohashi

Maid B (voice)

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Tatsuyuki Nagai
Tatsuyuki Nagai

Director

Masayuki Kojima
Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard Artist

Yuko Hirasawa
Yuko Hirasawa

Key Animation

Takaaki Wada
Takaaki Wada

Key Animation

Junko Abe
Junko Abe

Animation Director

Masaharu Morinaka
Masaharu Morinaka

Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Tanabe
Tsuyoshi Tanabe

Key Animation

Kohji Motoyama
Kohji Motoyama

Key Animation

Atsushi Itō
Atsushi Itō

Key Animation

Toshio Kobayashi
Toshio Kobayashi

Key Animation

Masafumi Tamura
Masafumi Tamura

Key Animation

Hironori Sawada
Hironori Sawada

Key Animation

Junichi Yokoyama
Junichi Yokoyama

Key Animation

03. Chii Learns
Apr 16, 2002

Things start to look a little better for Hideki as he tries to teach Chii some words and expressions. Although he’s in need of a job, Hideki gets to start cram school today, and it turns out he’s got a very attractive teacher, Ms. Shimizu. After making the rounds for job hunting, Hideki manages to land a job from a wet accident, meeting another cute girl, Yumi Ohmura, in the process.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Masaki Aizawa
Masaki Aizawa

Tetsuya Omura (voice)

Yoshinori Sonobe
Yoshinori Sonobe

Snack mom (voice)

Sasaki Takeshi
Sasaki Takeshi

Employee (voice)

Masaya Oshima
Masaya Oshima

Shopkeeper (voice)

Shou Wada
Shou Wada

Student (voice)

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Kenichi Yatagai
Kenichi Yatagai

Storyboard Artist

Kunihiko Hamada
Kunihiko Hamada

Animation Director

Takeyuki Yanase
Takeyuki Yanase

Animation Director

Hiroyuki Yanase
Hiroyuki Yanase

Animation Director

04. Chii Goes on Errands
Apr 23, 2002

Hideki's a decent guy overall and realises it's a bit perverted to have his girl persocom running around the place with no underwear. Unfortunately, inexperienced as Hideki is, buying female undergarments holds a great source of embarrassment for him. Hearing about the dilemma Shinbo offers Sumomo's services as navigator and generally being a source of common sense for Chii, in order for her to go and buy her own underwear. This sounds like a great idea at the time, but causes a seemingly infinite amount of worry during the day at prep school for Hideki.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Rika Wakusawa
Rika Wakusawa

Clerk A (voice)

Kaori Takeda
Kaori Takeda

Clerk B (voice)

Yumiko Daikoku
Yumiko Daikoku

High school girl A (voice)

Hiroko Onaka
Hiroko Onaka

High school girl B (voice)

Masaya Oshima
Masaya Oshima

Man (voice)

Kaoru Suzuki
Kaoru Suzuki

Director

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Jun'ichi Sakata
Jun'ichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

Takayuki Uchida
Takayuki Uchida

Animation Director

05. Chii Finds
Apr 30, 2002

Hideki's first academic hurdle comes in the form of an impending mock test. This spurs some serious studying, hindered only by the lack of a Japanese-English dictionary. With the help of a visit to the bookstore Hideki gets rather side tracked and decides to teach Chii to read, using a picture book she was seemingly drawn to. With a visit (and some help) from Shinbo Hideki gets back to the books, leaving Chii to finish reading her book by herself. When Hideki finds Chii later she is emitting light and floating in the air! A Check from Shinbo finds nothing wrong with Chii, leaving Hideki with more study and less time, but at least Chii is around to motivate him.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Masaki Aizawa
Masaki Aizawa

Tetsuya Omura (voice)

Yoshinori Sonobe
Yoshinori Sonobe

Bookstore clerk (voice)

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Nanako Shimazaki
Nanako Shimazaki

Director

Nanako Shimazaki
Nanako Shimazaki

Storyboard Artist

Shigeru Fujita
Shigeru Fujita

Animation Director

06. Chii Weakens
May 07, 2002

Chii isn't feeling like herself and basically collapses in Hideki's apartment. He gets an adapter from Shinbo but unfortunately can't recharge Chii due to the fact that he never paid his electric bill. He struggles to find a building to recharge Chii but falls when climbing a wall to a building which is open til 2am. Luckily for him Ms. Hibiya saw them froma cab window and allowed Hideki to charge Chii from her place. Shinbo arrives and informs Hideki and Ms. Hibiya of how many watts are being used to recharge Chii. Hideki exclaims that he will pay her back for both the electricity used and his rent even if it kills him.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Sumio Uetake
Sumio Uetake

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Ryo Miyata
Ryo Miyata

Director

Hiroshi Hara
Hiroshi Hara

Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Tanaka
Masayoshi Tanaka

Animation Director

07. Chii Works
May 14, 2002

With Hideki broke, Chii decides that she wants to find a job to get money to give to Hideki. Hideki has little objection, but stipulates that Chii must find a "good job" to work at. Unfortunately for Chii, someone with a very bad job for Chii, finds her while she's out and tells her the job he has on offer is a "very good job."

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Sasaki Takeshi
Sasaki Takeshi

Employee (voice)

Kōichi Tōchika
Kōichi Tōchika

Man with glasses (voice)

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Tomoki Kobayashi
Tomoki Kobayashi

Director

Kiyoko Sayama
Kiyoko Sayama

Storyboard Artist

Yuichi Tanaka
Yuichi Tanaka

Animation Director

08. Chii Bewildered
May 21, 2002

After Chii's reboot button is pushed, she escapes the 'peep show' room and is jumping around the city disabling all persocoms. She finally exhausts herself and Hideki catches her before she falls off a railing. Chii gets a job at a bakery having a five year anniversary thanks to Hideki. The manager offers Chii a permanent job which she accepts only if Hideki allows it. She trys to give Hideki her payment but he refuses telling her that since she worked and earned it, it belongs to her and for her to buy her favorite things (whatever they may be)

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Kōichi Tōchika
Kōichi Tōchika

Man with glasses (voice)

Kōichi Sakaguchi
Kōichi Sakaguchi

Police officer (voice)

Sasaki Takeshi
Sasaki Takeshi

Passerby (voice)

Akiko Horii
Akiko Horii

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Hideki Inoue
Hideki Inoue

Director

Sunao Katabuchi
Sunao Katabuchi

Storyboard Artist

Ichiro Uno
Ichiro Uno

Key Animation

Kunihiko Sakurai
Kunihiko Sakurai

Animation Director

09. Shinbo and Sumomo Chat
May 28, 2002

Sumomo is running low on memory space, so she asks her owner, Shinbo, what he wants to erase. He starts at Sumomo's "congratulations on moving in" dance for Hideki, and then recalls several main events and funny incidents that have occurred in the series thus far. This episode serves mainly as a recap of the storyline.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Hiroyuki Tanaka
Hiroyuki Tanaka

Director

Hisashi Abe
Hisashi Abe

Animation Director

10. Chii Buys
Jun 04, 2002

Chii decides to use her money to buy the sequel to the book "A City with No People" and a porno magazine for Hideki, who learns from Shinbo that Persocoms need bathing. Since he doesn't have money to buy bathing software for Chii, he has to teach Chii how to bathe. Hideki asks Minoru for help, and when they meet, Minoru shows him a picture that appears to be Chii. The picture came from an untraceable email. At the public baths, after some awkward, unsuccessful attempts to instruct Chii on how to bathe herself, Hideki eventually finds a way to avoid the task when he meets his landlady, who helps bathe Chii.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Yoshinori Sonobe
Yoshinori Sonobe

Man (voice)

Ryou Hirohashi
Ryou Hirohashi

Woman in bath (voice)

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Makoto Fuchigami
Makoto Fuchigami

Director

Hiroshi Aoyama
Hiroshi Aoyama

Storyboard Artist

Murakami Motokazu
Murakami Motokazu

Animation Director

Shigeru Fujita
Shigeru Fujita

Layout Supervisor

11. Chii Meets
Jun 11, 2002

Hideki gets a date with Yumi. While he's out, Chii reads the sequel of her book, which awakens a part of her memory. As a result, she meets a mysterious girl who looks exactly like her, named Freya, who seems to know everything about Chii's past that Chii does not.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Kentaro Honda
Kentaro Honda

Couple (Man) (voice)

Masumi Kageyama
Masumi Kageyama

Couple (Woman) (voice)

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Mitsuo Hashimoto
Mitsuo Hashimoto

Director

Ben Shimazu
Ben Shimazu

Storyboard Artist

Kunihiko Hamada
Kunihiko Hamada

Layout Supervisor

Shinichiro Minami
Shinichiro Minami

Animation Director

12. Chii Confirms
Jun 18, 2002

Hideki is scared of a room in the apartment because of a horror story he heard at Minoru's house when he was asking about the internet through Minoru's custom-made Persocom Yuzuki. He becomes paranoid thinking about the story and, believing that his apartment building is haunted, has several self-induced hallucinations. The apartment number in the story is 104, as 4, or shi. "Shi" is the Japanese word for Four (四) and Death (死), and because of this, the number four is unlucky in Japan. According to the story, a woman who was hoping to rendezvous with her lover was killed in that room. Hideki and Chii along with Shinbo, Minoru and Yuzuki decide to investigate. At the end, Hideki and Chii discover that it is all a misunderstanding.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Ryou Hirohashi
Ryou Hirohashi

Convenience store PC (voice)

Sumio Uetake
Sumio Uetake

Writer

Kaoru Suzuki
Kaoru Suzuki

Director

Kiyoko Sayama
Kiyoko Sayama

Storyboard Artist

Mariko Fujita
Mariko Fujita

Animation Director

13. Chii Plays
Jun 25, 2002

Yumi's dad loans Hideki his DVD player, and tells him of a DVD sale coming up. Hoping to get some mature videos, Hideki embarrassingly meets Minoru and sis instead, who offer him a fantasy multiplayer Internet game (Brave Quest Online) that persocoms can play too. Hideki thinks this would be fun to play with Chii. But Hideki knows nothing about hooking up to the internet! Fortunately Shimbo helps him out. Now everyone's logged on, except for Chii; she's missing (in the game)! Oh no, what's Hideki going to do now? Blindly run through the game looking for her of course!

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Masaki Aizawa
Masaki Aizawa

Tetsuya Omura (voice)

Kaoru Suzuki
Kaoru Suzuki

Director

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Ryo Miyata
Ryo Miyata

Director

Jun'ichi Sakata
Jun'ichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Tanaka
Masayoshi Tanaka

Animation Director

Shigeru Fujita
Shigeru Fujita

Layout Supervisor

14. Chii Goes to the Ocean
Jul 02, 2002

Hideki and the entire gang are invited to hang out at Minoru's beach home for the weekend to study and to have a lot of fun. This is Chii's first time at the beach. But with Hideki not knowing how to swim, and with Chii going in the water, what's a guy to do?

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Akiko Horii
Akiko Horii

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Osamu Sekita
Osamu Sekita

Director

Ben Shimazu
Ben Shimazu

Storyboard Artist

Hirofumi Onodera
Hirofumi Onodera

Key Animation

Kunihiko Hamada
Kunihiko Hamada

Layout Supervisor

Yuki Iwai
Yuki Iwai

Animation Director

15. Chii Entertains
Jul 09, 2002

On a hot summer night, Ms. Shimizu pays a surprise visit to Hideki and Chii, and wants to STAY OVER(!!) Is Hideki going to have his first night of passion, or is there some other reason?

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Kanji Suzumori
Kanji Suzumori

Bamboo pole seller (voice)

Katsuya Fujiwara
Katsuya Fujiwara

Student (voice)

Suguru Onuma
Suguru Onuma

Student (voice)

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Masahiko Ohta
Masahiko Ohta

Director

Tatsuyuki Nagai
Tatsuyuki Nagai

Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Arisawa
Hiroshi Arisawa

Key Animation

Masaru Kitao
Masaru Kitao

Animation Director

16. Chii Doesn't Do Anything
Jul 16, 2002

Hideki discovered that Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu on the street hugging each other. The next day, Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu aren't at class. And then Sumomo is left in Hideki's care! Could something be up with those two? And isn't Ms. Shimizu married?

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Jun Shikano
Jun Shikano

Maid (voice)

Yugo Takahashi
Yugo Takahashi

Student (voice)

Sumio Uetake
Sumio Uetake

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Nanako Shimazaki
Nanako Shimazaki

Director

Nanako Shimazaki
Nanako Shimazaki

Storyboard Artist

Kunihiko Sakurai
Kunihiko Sakurai

Animation Director

17. Chii Provides
Jul 23, 2002

Hideki's in trouble grade-wise, so Ms. Shimizu advises he prepare for a practice exam. Hideki gets ready for studying, but loses his wallet. Chii tries to help him out by cooking for him.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura

Director

Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura

Director

Ben Shimazu
Ben Shimazu

Storyboard Artist

Yuichi Tanaka
Yuichi Tanaka

Animation Director

Kunihiko Hamada
Kunihiko Hamada

Layout Supervisor

18. Minoru and Yuzuki Chat
Jul 30, 2002

Minoru and Yuzuki tried to find what Chi really is and search for clues about the creator of the Chobits picture. Yuzuki reviews with Minoru what they know about Chi, and the only thing they can conclude with the information they have is that Chi is not a normal Persocom. This episode is another recap of the events that have happened so far in the series.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Hiroyuki Tanaka
Hiroyuki Tanaka

Director

Hisashi Abe
Hisashi Abe

Animation Director

19. Chii Helps
Aug 06, 2002

Ms. Hibiya is cleaning the apartments, and Hideki and Chii offer to help her. When Hideki goes to clean the electronics room, Sumomo accidentally falls onto some wires and gets electrocuted. Ms Hibiya then reveals that she used to build Persocoms, and she repairs Sumomo.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Akiko Horii
Akiko Horii

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Makoto Fuchigami
Makoto Fuchigami

Director

Makoto Fuchigami
Makoto Fuchigami

Storyboard Artist

Satoshi Tazaki
Satoshi Tazaki

Animation Director

20. Chii Disappears
Aug 13, 2002

While Chii is on her way to work, she notices the third part of the book series "A City With No People" on the shelf of a bookstore. While she flips through the pages, she is grabbed from behind and is kidnapped. Hideki comes home from prep school and returns to find Chii missing.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Masaki Aizawa
Masaki Aizawa

Tetsuya Omura (voice)

Yoshinori Sonobe
Yoshinori Sonobe

Bookstore manager (voice)

Sumio Uetake
Sumio Uetake

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Ryo Miyata
Ryo Miyata

Director

Hiroshi Hara
Hiroshi Hara

Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Tanaka
Masayoshi Tanaka

Animation Director

Shigeru Fujita
Shigeru Fujita

Layout Supervisor

21. Chii Waits
Aug 20, 2002

Chii is still in the hands of her abductor as Hideki searches for her. After he talks to Mr. Ueda about Chii missing work, they decide to search for Chii together, and Mr. Ueda talks about his marriage to his last Persocom.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Naomi Shindo
Naomi Shindo

Ueda's persocom (voice)

Sasaki Takeshi
Sasaki Takeshi

Flower shop owner (voice)

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Ben Shimazu
Ben Shimazu

Storyboard Artist

Masaru Kitao
Masaru Kitao

Animation Director

22. Chii Wants
Aug 27, 2002

Chii is still missing, and Hideki is enlisting as much help as he can to find her. A strange e-mail image gets sent to him and Shinbo from an untraceable email address. It turns out that this is a map for the house of Chii's abductor, Dragonfly, and he is carrying out research to find out what Chii is.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Sumio Uetake
Sumio Uetake

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Masahiko Ohta
Masahiko Ohta

Director

Jun'ichi Sakata
Jun'ichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

Kunihiko Sakurai
Kunihiko Sakurai

Animation Director

23. Chii Answers
Sep 03, 2002

Hideki and Chii help Shinbo move out of the apartment to live with Ms. Shimizu (who is now married to him). Then they arrive at Minoru's house, where he is trying to find information on Chobits. Minoru, who has not been sleeping enough, passes out, and Yuzuki (Minoru's custom-made Persocom) decides to try to hack the Chobits database herself.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Mitsuo Hashimoto
Mitsuo Hashimoto

Director

Kazuhiro Ozawa
Kazuhiro Ozawa

Director

Kiyoko Sayama
Kiyoko Sayama

Storyboard Artist

Masakazu Saitou
Masakazu Saitou

Animation Director

24. Chii Wears And Takes Off
Sep 10, 2002

Hideki takes Chii to work. There, Chii changes into the wrong uniform. Ueda tells her it's the wrong one, but before she goes to change, Yumi sees her wearing it from outside the shop and runs away crying. As it turns out, Yumi used to work at the store, and that had been her uniform. When Yumi was working for Mr. Ueda, the two had started falling in love, but when Yumi learned about Mr. Ueda's previous marriage to a Persocom, she concluded that he believed Persocoms to be superior to humans, so she quit her job at his bakery and broke off the relationship.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Natsuki Yoshihara
Natsuki Yoshihara

Female customer (voice)

Kumiko Izumi
Kumiko Izumi

Reporter (voice)

Akiko Horii
Akiko Horii

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Nanako Shimazaki
Nanako Shimazaki

Director

Jun'ichi Sakata
Jun'ichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

Nozomu Abe
Nozomu Abe

Key Animation

Satoshi Tazaki
Satoshi Tazaki

Animation Director

25. Chii Decides
Sep 17, 2002

Ms. Hibiya secretly leaves Chii the fourth book in the "A City With No People" series. Hideki meets with Shinbo and shares his feelings for Chii. Ms. Hibiya reveals to Hideki that her husband was the one to create Chii and the other mysterious girl, Freya. She tells Hideki that Chii used to be called Elda and, like her sister, was created to be loved and fall in love with others. Chii then tells Hideki that she loves him.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Yugo Takahashi
Yugo Takahashi

Persocom's owner (voice)

Jukki Hanada
Jukki Hanada

Writer

Ryo Miyata
Ryo Miyata

Director

Hideki Inoue
Hideki Inoue

Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Tanaka
Masayoshi Tanaka

Animation Director

Kunihiko Hamada
Kunihiko Hamada

Layout Supervisor

26. The Person Only For Chii
Sep 24, 2002

Following the events from the previous episode, Hideki responds to Chii he also loves her. At this point, something triggers in Chii, and she flies out of the apartment window and onto the roof of the building. Zima and Dita, two advanced Persocoms who had been observing from a distance, wait nearby intending to stop Chii from launching her supposed hidden program that they fear will destroy all Persocoms.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Go Tamai
Go Tamai

Writer

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Director

Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka

Storyboard Artist

Hisashi Abe
Hisashi Abe

Animation Director

Takaaki Wada
Takaaki Wada

Key Animation

Yui Enomoto
Yui Enomoto

Key Animation

Akiko Konno
Akiko Konno

Key Animation

Tomomi Ishikawa
Tomomi Ishikawa

Key Animation

Satoshi Kubo
Satoshi Kubo

Key Animation

Masashi Nomura
Masashi Nomura

Key Animation

Junichi Hashimoto
Junichi Hashimoto

Key Animation

Yoshiko Okuda
Yoshiko Okuda

Key Animation

Kumi Ishii
Kumi Ishii

Key Animation

Kunio Katsuki
Kunio Katsuki

Key Animation

Fumie Muroi
Fumie Muroi

Key Animation

Ako Kagiyama
Ako Kagiyama

Key Animation

Takahito Nakazawa
Takahito Nakazawa

Key Animation

Tomoaki Chishima
Tomoaki Chishima

Key Animation

Sachiko Nakajima
Sachiko Nakajima

Key Animation

Tsuyako Yamamuro
Tsuyako Yamamuro

Key Animation

Hiroshi Kageyama
Hiroshi Kageyama

Key Animation

Shin Itagaki
Shin Itagaki

Key Animation

Shigeki Sunada
Shigeki Sunada

Key Animation

Toshinobu Kikuchi
Toshinobu Kikuchi

Key Animation

Kunio Takahide
Kunio Takahide

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Kasugai
Hiroyuki Kasugai

Key Animation

Chobits Season 1: Hibiya and Kotoko Chat
27. Hibiya and Kotoko Chat
Jan 01, 1970

This episode is another recap of the events that have happened in the series, framed by Ms. Hibiya preparing a dinner party for everyone in anticipation of hearing the results of Hideki's college entrance exams.

Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka

Chii / Freya / Anata / Atashi dake no Hito

Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita

Hideki Motosuwa

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

Hiromu Shinbo

Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue

Chitose Hibiya

Houko Kuwashima
Houko Kuwashima

Minoru Kokubunji

Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai

Sumomo

Yukana
Yukana

Kotoko

Ryoka Yuzuki
Ryoka Yuzuki

Takako Shimizu

Megumi Toyoguchi
Megumi Toyoguchi

Yumi Oomura

Yuji Ueda
Yuji Ueda

Hiroyasu Ueda

Junichi Suwabe
Junichi Suwabe

Yoshiyuki Kojima