Hidamari(Maison Ikkoku OST), 陽だまり(めぞん一刻 OP)

Maison Ikkoku めぞん一刻
Hidamari: Kozo Murashita, 陽だまり (村下孝蔵の曲)
Tanabata Yasou Kyoku - Kozo Murashita Saikou Senkyoku Shu Sonoichi
1987 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Hidamari (陽だまり), means "Sunshine" and this is the fifth and final opening theme song for the Maison Ikkoku(めぞん一刻) anime, performed by Kōzō Murashita and arranged by Kimio Mizutani. It was used from Episode 77 to Episode 96.

When he was assigned, he read all the original manga to truly understand the storyline of Maison Ikkoku and came up with this song later so all the lyrics are very reflective of this anime so this song deserves to be the main theme for Maison Ikkoku so I edited the video based on the lyrics as much as possible. He died in 1999. RIP Murashita. We will all miss you.

There are some art style discrepancy between early episodes and mid to late episodes due to multiple animation directors working on the project with varying styles. Early episodes art styles are mainly influenced by Urusei Yatsura style. Their varying styles later to be more cohesive with steady evolution towards more refined style especially Masaaki Kannan, who acted as a true bridge between early and late episodes with his superb animation skill.
I tried some enhancements on few areas such as enhancing Kyoko's face:    • Character Comparison(Otonashi Kyoko)   as what-if scenarios of if the late style was implemented to early episodes thus removing some of Urusei Yatsura influence while retaining the Maison Ikkoku's own style.