There Was A Lilo and Stitch ANIME?!

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YA so apparently there was an anime series for Lilo and Stitch. Did anybody else know about that?
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[@genericname2747]

I refuse to acknowledge that Lilo would just let Stitch leave. They're ohana, dang it!

[@RobertSalas]

Stitch went on a four-year mission and Lilo went to college with the promise that they would meet when they returned, but Lilo didn't. Later Stitch learns that the reason Lilo didn't show up was that Lilo's sister Nani had given birth at the same time as their meeting, and the two make up after years apart. Thats what happen when Lilo was last separated from stitch explained in Season 3 Episode 23 of the anime.

[@genericname2747]

@@RobertSalas I reject this reality!

[@pogggaming4470]

@@genericname2747then you need to wake up from your fantasy and start opening your eyes to the truth

[@genericname2747]

@@pogggaming4470 You're right this is serious.

[@Feurigel1806]

@@RobertSalas Yeah but makes no sence. 1. They could have comunicated with a space phone 2. Stitch is a part of the Ohana, they would tell him if Nani is getting a child 3. Jumba and Plikly are also part of the family and would know about Nani getting a child 4. If the characters are older, why do Jumba and Plikli not look older? In the timetravel/timeskip episode of the original series we could see that Jumba and Plikli look older in the future. 5. One of the other experiments could have told Stitch, there are over 600 experiments, you can't tell me that no one of them would know about it and be able to go to the meeting place to tell Stitch 5. Why would Stitch assume that Lilo abandoned him and not worry if something happened to her?

[@maliklofton9148]

The ending made me so upset. Lilo would never turn her back on Stitch. It doesnt matter if she grew up

[@Canonicallycreative]

This was why I could never bring myself to watch it! After an entire movie and series where the tagline was literally “ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten,” it just feels like spitting in the face of that message to have Lilo just “outgrow” Stitch. It’s too bad because Lilo & Stitch and anime respectively are two of my favourite things and the animation looks so cool on it, but I just couldn’t bear to watch it because of that! I wish they’d come up with like literally any other reason for Stitch to be in Japan apart from Lilo. Like maybe she’s in college or off adventuring in the galaxy, and Stitch wanted to explore other places but they still keep in touch!

[@metacross2826]

Watch the episode for the full context lol

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

You need to watch the full episode for better context.

[@maliklofton9148]

@@metacross2826 I know they eventually reunite, but for so much time to have passed on for then Lilo to have a daughter just seems unrealistic to me. Imo she wouldnt have stopped looking for Stitch

[@izzy1356]

"You need to watch for full context" Y'all even *with* the full context it's stupid. (Spoiler warning for random comment scrollers) . . . Stitch would've never just automatically assumed Lilo stopped caring about him just for not showing up to their reunion. He would've been freaking out wondering if something happened to her, and try to look for her. Cause *that's* what friends/family do. And if he found out it's because Nani was in labor, he would've understood immediately. He *knows* how much the sisters care about each other. They literally used ohana as the *reason* this whole series' events started.

[@leoc.7514]

I honestly hate the idea of Stitch abandoning Lilo. She got a boyfriend and that made him jaleous ? What happened to Ohana ? Now that doesn't mean anything ?

[@gracekim25]

Keep in mind that Stitch doesn’t age but Lilo became a grown up

[@leoc.7514]

@@gracekim25 Yeah, I know. And Stitch didn't even miss her until the episode where we see her again.

[@RobertSalas]

Stitch went on a four-year mission and Lilo went to college with the promise that they would meet when they returned, but Lilo didn't. Later Stitch learns that the reason Lilo didn't show up was that Lilo's sister Nani had given birth at the same time as their meeting, and the two make up after years apart. Thats what happen when Lilo was last separated from stitch explained in Season 3 Episode 23 of the anime.

[@IvanLerma759]

@@RobertSalas i guess people must've ignored the context there. Also, it's cute to hear that nani had a kid, her and david has gone a long way

[@hiimjoe6768]

also lilo did come back, but when she did stich was no where to be found, later on stitch meets lilo's daughter blah blah blah things happen, bla blah happy reunion, realization stitch is best where he is now

[@xxTC-96xx]

this anime made me so angry XD the fact they had Stitch just ditch Lilo for another girl because she "left him at a beach and was late coming back."

[@thedraftingax5963]

Me too 😂

[@blueshard4632]

That isnt what happened in the show lol

[@xxTC-96xx]

@@blueshard4632 yeah she abandoned him for a boyfriend and he got jealous first

[@WOW-yd3uf]

@@xxTC-96xx Instead of pathetically making things up, watch the full context buddy

[@PhoenixWeaver]

​@xxTC-96xx I thought it was her sister was giving birth so she rushed to the hospital

[@superstitch5618]

There's was also the Chinese spin-off "Stitch & Ai" and the Japanese manga "Stitch & the Samurai". But honestly, I would love to see a proper animated revival of the Lilo & Stitch franchise someday. Also, Angel was a not that good in the anime, in fact, she can be downright horrible towards Stitch, to the point where she cheated on him at times.

[@joelrobinson5457]

Well her whole shtick was bringing out the worst in others so...

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@sarthakarora3212]

well they are evil by nature so.

[@chipsdubbo1510]

Aw yes, Angel the Gold Digger & chinese propaganda

[@darkimpulse2829]

@@joelrobinson5457 I thought it was making every other prior experiment fall in love with her, with the later ones also falling for her but unrelated to that ability

[@FrankMoore-kz6wz]

It's on Disney+ Japan

[@Anon-ymus28]

Makes sense since anime is Japanese animation

[@FrankMoore-kz6wz]

@@Anon-ymus28 One Piece, demon slayer and Attack on Titan is also on disney+ Japan!

[@orange6259]

@@FrankMoore-kz6wzHUH

[@Anon-ymus28]

Damn I better get a vpn!

[@Anon-ymus28]

I know one!

[@user-Jay178]

I remember I use to like it, but looking back I wish it was a AU instead of being decades later. Love your content.

[@10tailedbijuu]

if it was AU, we wouldn't have a Jumba and Pleakly being all nice and caring, we would still have Jumba trying to capture stitch and Pleakly being a freaking idiot.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@Ihavenohead]

​@@p-__no

[@Ihavenohead]

​@@p-__reply if true

[@abloogywoogywoo]

That’s an idea - every time hyperdrive is used, it creates a parallel universe.

[@michaelstrong5383]

I've never seen the anime, but I've heard enough about it to the point where I don't want to watch it. It's so weird to see Stitch with someone else who isn't Lilo.

[@diegosanchez5412]

I think we can all agree that this series only existed because Japan loves cutesy looking characters.

[@RobertSalas]

If you watch Season 2 Episode 23 of the anime it explains what happen to Lilo and Stitch during their last separation years ago.

[@Feurigel1806]

@@RobertSalas Yeah, but the explanation raises even more questions and makes not really much sence if you think about it.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

​@@RobertSalas You can tell they wrote that later to explain things better. It's hard to say with the original plan was but it feels like it was meant to always be at separate universe timeline or something. Then at some point either pressure from Disney or something else made them tie up loose ends better. Still incredibly lazy and loose but it's better than nothing I guess.

[@angel_of_rust]

@@Feurigel1806 it makes sense compared to Marvel goyslop

[@UnpleasantHonesty]

I remember watching an episode of this with my brother and we both ended up disliking it purely because Lilo wasn't in it 😂

[@dinosaysrawr]

Yeah! I love Lilo, and she and Stitch make for the ideal team.

[@Cherucha]

I think a major reason she was removed is cause she is not popular much at all in Japan. So the original intention was to be a AU verse with a protag that better fit japanese appeal.

[@redpanda6497]

@@Cherucha They didn't like her because she wasn't an idealized kid with good grades and Japan seen it as "promoting bad behaviour". 🤦‍♀️

[@dinosaysrawr]

@@Cherucha , I totally get that from a marketing standpoint, but that's still sad. Lilo's awesome!

[@romelade9947]

from what I remember, a grown up lilo and nani cameos at the very last episode

[@kaboombox1581]

For all Madhouse taking such care to do the characters correctly, to have Lilo say that was a significant misstep. Ohana means family. Nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

[@rozegunn]

Yeah, apparently Japan as a culture entirely disliked Lilo because of her personality and her actions. While the movie did blow up, many parents and adults in general were apprehensive of letting children see Lilo's actions. While understandable given her broken family, they were still worried about kids taking after Lilo and being disruptive or hostile because, well, honestly Lilo IS a problem child. So I'm not all too surprised the anime version removed Lilo.

[@1faithchick7]

Which is really odd because I have seen really bad behavior in anime for kids. Way worse than anything she did.

[@rozegunn]

@@1faithchick7 Yeah, I know. I can only guess it's a combination of how they are rated and how realistically it was portrayed. I mean, you wouldn't be watching FMA if you were a kid in Japan since here in the U.S. they really don't care about rating anime that much.

[@sameergill-raza711]

Lilo is just a kid suffering some brain issue, making the result of her behavior. I find it disrespectful and shameful that Japan canceled Lilo out for just having something like that, replaced her for some, angry, fierce girl. What happened to Ohana? I don’t now. Did this series ruin the franchise? Probably

[@hailst0rmie]

As someone who related to Lilo as a child this bothers me immensely. Children do not behave perfectly, especially coming from broken homes. She's a 6 year old who doesn't know how to handle instability at home and school. Every "crazy" act of hers is either self defense or an attempt to help her sister. I understand that the severity of behavioral expectations varies by culture, but this story was never about familial ideals. They removed the core of the franchise for the sake of marketing Stitch to people who only liked his design, and it's insulting.

[@qpix7427]

Which is crazy that they still call it lilo and stitch even tho they took her out

[@pastapartyify]

Lilo would NEVER abandon Stitch and Stitch would never leave Lilo. It hurts the whole story we went through with them to just have Stitch leave and Lilo move on. I’m sure it’s well written but… it just doesn’t feel right.

[@aspen5164]

Tbh lilo and stitch is one of my favorite movies. Stitch is just a mood in general with he acts. And I love how the second movie played with him.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@hjalfi]

I think it's possibly the best thing Disney's ever done (although I will also claim that Emperor's New Groove is the _funniest_ thing Disney's ever done). Also, live action remake? Seriously?

[@mitchfletcher2386]

​@@p-__Why should we care?

[@RobertSalas]

@@mitchfletcher2386 It's a bot

[@aspen5164]

I agree all the way. Also I'm disappointed that are doing a remake. Its so unnecessary

[@kymo6343]

I can totally get behind Stitch going to Japan and learning all about it, I just can't get behind how they treated his relationship with Lilo. If they were just able to work around that properly I could have seen this being a hit on both sides of the sea.

[@jacketfr]

Bro I remember seeing this on the TV and I was so heartbroken "Where the hell is Lilo?!?!"

[@RobertSalas]

It's a sequel to the Lilo and Stitch and during this time Lilo is already grown up and now have her own family.

[@spooki3382]

*her

[@jacketfr]

@@RobertSalas Oh, that makes sense. I never finished an episode because I got so upset

[@RobertSalas]

​@@jacketfrTry watching Season 3 Episode 23 of the anime it explains what happen between Lilo and Stitch during their last meetup.

[@shwahgamer]

@@RobertSalas That's an awful long time to wait for an explanation that should have happened immediately.

[@Makise3]

Not gonna lie that part where adult Lilo said “even if he were here I wouldn’t want to see him” and then you adding the GTA WASTED sound and visual right after that was pretty funny and made me laugh.

[@misterzygarde6431]

The dub really should've stuck with having the show be an alternate universe where Stitch landed somewhere else. Hell, had Disney had a dub of it made now, they could've easily advertised it as an alternate universe story.

[@masteroflight7296]

That makes no sense. The story is a sequel to the movies and show. The end of the Anime even has an adult Lilo

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@TotalXPvideos]

@masteroflight7296 he's saying that that shouldn't have been the case.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

I think the Chinese show “Stitch and Ai” could be considered an alternative universe.

[@joelrobinson5457]

​@@bearerofbadnews1375yep

[@lilunknowntv]

I really hated the "Stitch!" Anime and tbh I still kind of do. It really bugged me that the show got rid of Lilo by having her abandon Stitch. She would never do that. Even though in one episode they reunite it always left a sour taste in my mouth. The phrase: "Ohana means family and family means nobody ever gets left behind or forgotten." Is thrown away since Lilo is completely forgotten about throughout the rest of the series.

[@cloroxbleach4922]

I hated that reunion so much because Lilo makes a comment to her daughter saying something like Stitch couldn't come along with her because he already had a family where he was. Which really struck a nerve with me considering the things Lilo and Stitch went through in the movies. Lilo is part of his family too and to say that his family is with someone else is in poor taste.

[@fangfinal]

The anime wasn't all that great to begin with

[@SuperMarioFan98]

I also hated this adaptation too. Lilo and stitch was way better.

[@xenoemblem7]

@@fangfinal Yeah cause it's mostly for kids.

[@voidbreather7405]

@@xenoemblem7 So was the original, and yet it's leagues better than the anime.

[@markguyton2868]

Well, by the images shown from Chis Sanders portfolio he liked to draw three things: Small Gremlins, Tropical Themes, and Waifus. Explains the very unique artstyle of the series.

[@jarskil8862]

My largest problem with this series is how it swiped its ass with happy ending of Leroy and Stitch movie.

[@Mahalo-loa]

I remember watching Lilo and Stitch again and again and again as a kid. It was the only cartoon featuring people that looked like me in environnements that I knew. My dad was in there running the music school. I was sure these places were depictions of real ones in my neighborhood. While other movies were only fictional, that one was so real and just hit different. Removed the little blue koala bear^^. I'm glad we had it, especially now that I know its difficult history.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@untouch5]

i'm still watching it over and over again XD

[@dylanlewis5113]

Here's how to make the idea of "Stitch in Japan, without Lilo" work. Stitch and Family decide to go on vacation to Japan. Something happens that causes Stitch to be accidentally left behind. Maybe its a Home Alone thing where the family thinks Stitch is with them, only to realize he's not when they get home. Stitch is lost in a Japan, and is helped out by a local girl. Lilo spends the entire show (offscreen since Japan didn't want her) trying to get back to Japan and get Stitch back. Throw in a line about how "the best thing to do when you're lost is to stay where you are" to explain why Stitch stays in Japan. Final episode has Lilo and Stitch reunite and Lilo becomes friends with local Japanese girl. Lilo and Stitch go home and everyone remains in touch. No dumb fallout between Lilo and Stitch, and everyone remains in character.

[@MarcMarioMaster]

Is it just me or is Stitch far more popular than Mickey by now? At least when it comes to merch sales, I see at least five or more people each day wearing a shirt with a Stitch artwork/design on it. It simply feels like Stitch is omnipresent in regards of Disney fashion.

[@nojorooney]

Stitch definitely does not hold a candle to Mickey when it comes to being recognizable, and this is coming from a person who’s favorite movie of all time is Lilo and Stitch, Mickey is the more recognizable and iconic character but I think Stitch is more well liked

[@stitchlover4381]

Nowadays people see Mickey as a corrupt mascot from a corrupt company. Kinda like South Park. As for Stitch he's actually loveable and adorable and they love the franchise.

[@Jimperz]

There were quite a few years after the film released in which Stich merch was outselling the fab five (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto). It's possible he still does cause I see people wearing Stitch shirts more and more lately too lol.

[@marlonrvlogs]

That's true Stitch is more popular than mickey i am in Spain and in stores the most Disney character that i see on Disney t-shirts is Stitch, i see Stitch everywhere.👌🏻

[@redpanda6497]

I wouldn't say that. But he has the most merch out of all Disney characters right next to Mickey and his friends.

[@wifeofhorror]

Side note my college professor worked at Disney for Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Lion King and Many big Names. He ofcourse teaches animation and his 5 minute alarms before class ends is a joy c: He has this cool crew jacket when animating Hercules. So he does tell us some things he learned from Disney as an animator and assistant .

[@oosha2000]

Wow

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

I misread assistant as assassin XD

[@wifeofhorror]

@@matthewbreytenbach4483 💀 lmfaoo

[@adelebalog4356]

"While you're at it, cancel the live action remake." Your wish was granted already milord!

[@kevinlee7678]

I think that it is only delayed because of the strike. Would probably be better off canceled as it will surely be real blitznak!

[@bebopblues8933]

Heh, Guess what?

[@DanGamingFan2406]

It's still hard to believe Disney allowed this, let alone coproduced it, but I'm so glad that they did. It's one of the funniest anime I've ever seen, and I wish it got more attention.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

I honestly really hate this anime solely becuase of its premice. Lilo randomly dicidening that she doesnt want anything to do with stich because shes a adult now really makes me mad. After all theyev been through together she just dicides to just give him away to an asien reskin of her youger self. It just makes me really made.

[@turnipcrazy]

@@ChucktheSpicyChicken In the anime it's actually a misunderstanding. Lilo never would have abandoned Stitch.

[@RobertSalas]

@@ChucktheSpicyChicken Stitch went on a four-year mission and Lilo went to college with the promise that they would meet when they returned, but Lilo didn't. Later Stitch learns that the reason Lilo didn't show up was that Lilo's sister Nani had given birth at the same time as their meeting, and the two make up after years apart. Thats what happen, it was explained in Season 3 Episode 23 of the anime.

[@avaluggglazer445]

​@@ChucktheSpicyChickenIt only happened cause Japan hates Lilo from what I've heard

[@dracodracarys2339]

and they ditch Lilo even though her bond with Stitch was the heart and soul of the movie. so much for "ohana" :(

[@shwahgamer]

I first learned about this show back in the days of KZbin when you could just find episodes of tv shows posted by random people. And even then, my younger self was horribly confused and offended by Stitch just assuming Lilo abandoned him and running off to another country to get a replacement friend.

[@TwoBrokeGamers2]

It’s not bad at all. Plus they do reunite for a bit.

[@Looneluxxe]

Man I remember finding out this existed and binging a not-insignificant amount of episodes, I.. didn't like it, too much character assassination despite story-wise taking place after the actual events of lilo and stitch rather than being a complete AU

[@MegaMan87]

I Feel you. Diva Angel and Adult Lilo was so Cringe...

[@Blanktester685]

@@MegaMan87 everything you don't personally like = cringe...

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@funnylittlecreature]

@@Blanktester685 cringe is a feeling. often one of personally not liking something. so yes

[@funnylittlecreature]

@@Blanktester685 very funny that people now consider cringe a holy word when it's most comparable to the word squick

[@SimonJ57]

At 0:56 In the Japanese promo image and 1:06 on the short Yokai, The instrument they're holding is an Okinawan Sanshin. The Ukulele of Japan. Some evolution of the Chinese Sanxian into the (then independent) trading kingdom of Ryukyu. And I might actually own one myself all the way In Britain...

[@Mathmachine]

There were actually 2 if you count the Chinese series as anime or anime-like.

[@beep_bop_bap]

💀 🧥 🩰

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@markeyiszra]

If i'm not wrong that there's a Manga where Stitch meet a Samurai.

[@Mathmachine]

@@markeyiszra Literally called "Stitch and the Samurai". Fun little series.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

It's in the anime style so it's anime

[@aino-kaisav5504]

As weird as it may sound, this anime was my first proper introduction to Stitch as a character. I only later learned it was an anime. That was a weird realization.

[@MorglortheMangler]

The anime was good but I enjoyed the original cartoon series better. I hope when and if the live action Lilo and Stitch movie comes out Saber will review it.

[@dellosayshello5405]

I like how the English dub screwed up a lot in translation they had to rework it later in the actual series

[@HailFyra]

I remember discovery the existance of this 5 years ago and watching it. I almost dropped it in the 1st season as it felt like it could have been its own show that only slapped stitch characters, though it does progressively get better afterwards when they include more characters related to the stitch franchise.

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

Madhouse never phoned in a single project that they worked on. It's absolutely insane what kind of quality that production company was capable of putting out especially with their consistency.

[@kitdoesstufflmao]

Believe it or not but the anime was the first time I ever watched Lilo and Stitch. It birthed my love for anime and honestly, I'm okay with that.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@qsd5413]

@@p-__stop slandering the good name of Quack

[@arilumani6194]

10:30 Correction: Madhouse didn't animate Wolf Children, it was Studio Chizu. That movie was their very first anime production.

[@The_AngelStar]

Though MadHouse Animated Seasons 1 & 2, Season 3 was animated by Shin-Ei animation, the Studio Behind Shin-Chan & Doraemon. They changed a lot of things with the anime including the art style and adding new Experiments exclusive to the anime (Also, Best Season). Also, the Lilo moment in the 1st Episode was altered thanks in due to the dub, that Scene doesn't exist in the Japanese version. But still, I'm glad Saberspark looked at this anime and saw what I did when I was doing research on it and found that this series isn't as bad as people say it was, just mishandled.

[@robo-nidai4236]

Since you've reviewed the anime, I'd like to see if it's possible for you to do a review on the Chinese season. Yes. This is real. There was 13 episode animated Chinese series called Stich & Ai that came out in 2017. And it takes also takes place after the events of the original series but in a separate continuity from this anime.

[@KGKSkull]

It kinda makes sense that stitch got popular in Japan. Have ya seen what they have on kids shows, they got ultraman slapping people in rubber monster costumes

[@superzilla784]

I actually liked the idea that this takes place decades after the original movie and Lilo has grown up and has a child of her own. I always enjoy a show that ages with the audience. we see these characters get older and older as it goes on. feels like you've been part of the adventure too.

[@jarskil8862]

My problem is how they did Gantu so dirty :( He got his happy ending in Leroy and Stitch

[@gracekim25]

@@jarskil8862yeah it’s weird that he’s bad again 😅

[@HailFyra]

@jarskil8862 The way they wrote it in the English dub to explain their audience to why he was back to his series root was a true face palm.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Even if Lilo was an adult and had her own child, Stitch was FAMILY to her. She just let him go as a kid like that didn't mean anything, and then when finding him again later said "he has a new family now, he'll be happier if he never knew I was here." That's character assassination.

[@mikechicago6200]

Kinda sad this is not on Disney+ and neither subbed nor dub! Just like Aladdin the animated series i wish its put there.

[@DoveJS]

Yeah I still can't get over that they tore Stitch out of Lilo's life and then did the "Twist reveal" about Lilo grown-up with a kid for melodrama. If they just didn't do that, I would've still been skeptical but willing. The problem is I really love Nani and Lilo so while I can accept them needing to be apart for certain reasons, even that, and Stitch getting bored and even acting out, I just don't like the idea of them turning their backs on him entirely, even as a misunderstanding or whatever. It definitely works better as an Alternate Universe and I don't know why they didn't just do that if they didn't want to include Lilo and her sister in with more cameos. Edit: And I agree Stitch's "fish out of water" scenario works to introduce us to any culture, with friction then harmony so they really could do a million AUs lol. Like even just Lilo being grateful that he found a new friend and playmate while she has to deal with adulthood and maybe HER DAUGHTER getting to tag along the new adventures if they visit on vacation like come on! And then Lilo still being happy to see him even if she's really busy. Just please... I mean Stitch going his own way to spend time with Angel wasn't being portrayed as him hating Lilo or whatever so why do this?? It's been years since I saw those episodes in full so I don't remember the entire context but it just angers me so much. I was all for trying new antics with a new girl until the opening episode tried to info-dump this idea and I gave up not long after. Then when I saw the adulthood reveal episode later on it didn't make things better. Lilo would hang out with Luz if she had the chance as a teenager don't you dare tell me she grows up to become a less sincere and more boring version of Camila Noceda, my awesome nerd mama of choice.

[@tsunamimaru1450]

I remember watching this when I was younger and absolutely loving the design choices they made. Edit: I also remember having to ask my mom to watch it with me just so she understood why I liked it so much.

[@anyathepanther7977]

"It feels like a Fanfiction." Yes. And we should treat it like that. Somebody was lucky to get his Fanfic animated. Good for them. But it will never be as great as the OG. (How dare they write Lilo like that!)

[@twist58]

I’ve seen original creator Chris Sanders many times at San Diego Comic-Con. He’s really nice and he mentioned at one time that he’s aware of Stitch! being adapted in Japan by Madhouse. He said that even though he was not involved with that series, he’s happy how his creation has gone global.

[@carter_lovejoy]

I honestly wish that Disney and Square Enix would give us a Kingdom Hearts anime adaptation for Disney+ at some point. Who else agrees with me?

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

That would work, but it will take a lot of work considering how long the Kingdom Hearts series is

[@carter_lovejoy]

@@adventuresteamstudios242 I’m sure they can manage a few seasons of it if it were to be a success. I just wonder if they’ll be able to bring back the original voice cast from the games (both Japanese and English) or just cast new actors to play the characters just for the anime. Plus, which of the anime studios would Disney and SE go to for it to be made?

[@danylol772]

i don't, nomura's work is mediocre at best, very bad most of the time

[@number3766]

It was in production for awhile, but Disney lawyers wanted the trademarks of Kingdom Hearts from Square in exchange. It's the reason we don't got much KH stuff stateside. Disney don't share.

[@gracekim25]

@@number3766you know I’m fine with NOT getting an anime if Disney intents to steal Sora from Square😣😅

[@AwsomeKat777]

Yeah I have to disagree with you. They care about stitch as a character without a deeper understanding of the themes of the franchise. It doesn't make any sense for Stitch to give up so quickly, nor Lilo to out grow him. They're family even when things are difficult. That's the whole point of the story. The anime is cool and they obviously like the characters but kinda threw everything out the window to move him to Japan and ditch Lilo lmao Which I kinda feel like happens a lot with Japanese adaptations of western franchises, weirdly enough

[@joshuamoton9206]

Fun fact, Lilo and Stitch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best animated film, but it lost to Spirited Away, which also started the voice of Lilo and the voice of Jumba

[@cookiethereeject6065]

"There was a Lilo and Stitch Anime?!" Me: Ah finally, he discovered it

[@lokievergreen196]

I love this series, I always watch it after my fake nap every 3pm when I was younger.💜

[@RobertSalas]

Yeah, I always rushing going home from school just to catch this on TV when I was a kid. 😅

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart's farts.

[@thedraftingax5963]

⁠@@RobertSalasSame, I do the exact same thing lol. XD

[@deadpoolchimichangas7111]

Pretty interesting anime

[@buffyVampslyr364]

My high school has a sister school in Okinawa and when I visited, I remember seeing Lilo and Angel on signs all over the airport. That was my first introduction to the Stitch anime. Geographically and even a little bit culturally there's some overlap between Hawaii and Okinawa especially, and I remember thinking it was cool that a show from one island culture could speak so much and resonate so much with the other.

[@Feurigel1806]

The thing about "Stitch!" isn't even that it's a bad show, but it just ruins so many character development of the original characters, that I can only see it as an AU. In Leroy and Stitch, Gantu got his job back and Reuben (625) became the ship cook. But in the anime he's suddenly evil again, cause he lost his job for singing bad Karaoke? Like what? And of course the biggest most unlogical thing, Stitch leaving Lilo. At the end of Leroy and Stitch, Stitch relized that the place he really belongs to is with Lilo. The Lilo episode makes pretty much no sence. The "missunderstanding" is so weird. Like if Nani was getting a child, Stitch would know about it, he's part of the family, he would be there for Nani. If Lilo wouldn't show up to a agreed meeting place, Stitch wouldn't go crazy thinking she forgot him, wouldn't he be worried that something happened to Lilo? Wouldn't Jamba and Pliiklii know about Nani getting a child? It all just doesn't add up. And if there was a timeskip, why are Jumba and Pliiklii not older? In the timetravel episode of the original show we could see that with a time that long they look older. But in Stitch they don't look older at all. So yeah to me both the Stitch anime and Stitch and AI (the chinese Spinoff) are taking place in alternative Universes XD I really want to see new content with Lilo and Stitch. Lilo and Stitch just belong together.

[@CaptainCat101]

It's no Barbenheimer, but it's a fine Japanese product

[@Tyrany42]

It's very telling how creatives have to go out of their way to hide their work from their overseers, just to make sure it's not ruined.

[@AlexanderBrior]

I've heard about this, as a pretty big Lilo & Stitch fan growing up. I've read about all the stuff it did, and I don't really consider it canon. It diverges too far from how the series was wrapped up in Leroy & Stitch tbh.

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

Chris Sanders actually was involved in the "Stitch!" anime. While Ben Diskin voiced Stitch in the anime, Sanders voiced Experiment 010: (Felix) in the English dub.

[@shadowleon659]

This anime was just unnecessary and completely ruined the wholesome ending of Leroy and Stitch.

[@theggamer2824]

You know I was hoping for the live action remake was still going to release so that people would be like to the anime “Perhaps I treated the Anime too harshly!”

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I think the live action reboot is going to be a mess, isn’t it?

[@zufieusagi7509]

@@SlapstickGenius23 Given Disney's track record for live action remakes I won't be the least bit surprised if/when it flops.

[@wakkaseta8351]

Just like the Star Wars Sequel trilogy doesn't make the prequel trilogy any less trash, no amount of bad live action remakes will make this anime good.

[@shwahgamer]

Obviously the remake is gonna be crap, but that wouldn't erase the anime's problems with character assassination.

[@Santoryu90]

I don’t consider this canon to the franchise at all it is interesting though. Japan loves Stich but not so much Lilo it seems.

[@manoftheusajones5147]

The Original T.V. Show Cast did NOT Return for it!

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

Chris Sanders did return to voice Experiment 010 though.

[@peety0792]

Whelp, looks like drawn together wasn't coming in July. Saber was right after all!

[@MinMin4theWinWin]

All I gotta say is...I love this anime. It touched me so hard and I actually cried...10/10.

[@ragedgazelle514]

Lilo abandoned Stitch smh

[@lunathepurpledragon5843]

​@@ragedgazelle514 Actually, she went to a four year college and came late because it was mentioned that Nani was in labor. Causing Stitch to think she abandoned him. It was shown in the episode Lilo.

[@ragedgazelle514]

@@lunathepurpledragon5843 Bro this was 4 months ago

[@lunathepurpledragon5843]

@@ragedgazelle514 Your point?

[@damianfolktheamazing]

um i clicked on this video and uh youtube recomended to me kids videos that including cocomelon

[@mateobonavento3939]

I never thought about it, but Stitch does look like a yokai. Maybe that´s why he got so popular over there, some of the biggest franchises in Japan are all about the yokai. A crossover with Kitaro for an OVA is something I'd watch. Also there was a Latino dub of this, but I didn't watch much of it because it was at the same hour another channel aired Samurai Jack.

[@thesaltyweeb]

Man this brings back some memories! At first it was strange seeing Stich and co all anime-ish... but it grew on my sisters and myself as well! Not gonna lie thou, I liked the original series because of the fluidity of the animation and gave this series a bit less because the animation wasnt as smooth. Still a great Saturday morning watch!

[@TPLS2]

When I first discovered that it was a series I thought it was a bumper possibly or something that crosses over characters but when I found out it was an actual anime I nearly flipped because I loved LILO and stitch as a kid and it blew me away a whole series outside of the mainline story was made.

[@piffny6666]

Oh....i remember this gem.... I became SO obsesed with this show for like *2 years* and yet i was still convinced that this was a fever dream

[@geardog24]

We should've gotten an American Dragon anime. They would've done it right.

[@autumbreeze1129]

I do enjoy the Stitch! anime. It has a lot of great moments and it's really cool how much detail and respect they gave to Okinawa culture without making it feel forced in. My only true issue with the series is how much it ignored lore established in the Lilo and Stitch series as a whole. WHY are Gantu and Ruben working for Hamsterviel again when Gantu became Captain of the Galactic Armada again at the end of Leroy and Stitch? How come none of the experiments that show up throughout the series return to Kawaii after Stitch frees them from Hamsterviel's mind control? How did Lilo never know where Stitch went when she was made Earth's first representative on the Galactic Council in Leroy and Stitch? With that position, wouldn't at least the Grand Council Woman, whom is on close terms with Lilo's family, have brought it up at some point in casual conversation? Why did Lilo tell Stitch Nani was her sister as if he wouldn't know who Nani is by name? These issues were the reason I couldn't fully let myself fall into the anime. It's background info that should be addressed, quickly to clear up as little confusion as possible, but it never was. It was treated as unimportant and just rectoned despite how those details are the huge kinds you CAN'T just retcon without planning it carefully

[@dcornect53]

Stitch's heart got shattered there.

[@wood1066]

So you didn't like Powerpuff girls anime, but liked the Stitch anime even though it entirely ruins the message of the movies and TV show? I just don't get it.

[@job489]

This brought back memories of going on KZbin every week to find STITCH! anime episodes immediately after each one's debut in Japan. I watched the English Dub until I noticed they skipped episodes. They also took scenes from more than one episode, then combine them into one. I know the English dub skipped the Swirly episode. In any case, thank you for the trip down memory lane. I believe a separate short Stitch anime series exists in China.

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

As everyone has been saying this for a long time, Lilo and Stitch is a strange series

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

This isn't the first time Disney got involved with Madhouse. Madhouse also worked on "The Fantastic Adventures of Unico" (1981) and "Unico in the Island of Magic" (1983) based on Osamu Tezuka's Unico Manga alongside Sanrio Film/Sanrio Animation. During Disney Channel's infancy, Disney used to frequently air both Unico Movies during the mid to late 1980s. This resulted with Unico gaining a dedicated cult following with Western Audiences (mainly from the United States). Not only did American fans managed to actually get an official English translation of the original Unico manga in 2012. But the upcoming new Unico Manga called "Unico: Awakening" is actually an American/Japanese collaborated manga. The manga serves as a reintroduction to Tezuka's Unico to a new generation of readers!

[@shonenfanboy1943]

Seeing Stitch reuniting with Lilo brought me tears of joy

[@roguespectre9656]

I'll be sure to check it out! One clip that really peaked my interest was the elaboration of how Jumba used genetic templates from existing space creatures!

[@danielferrieri7434]

I learned of this Anime from Death Battle

[@raychwagner3657]

The anime infuriates me so much bcuz of what they did to Lilo’s character. Idc if Japan didn’t like her; they could’ve just made this an alternate universe where he landed in Japan instead of Hawaii! Don’t butcher the hell out of everything Lilo and Stitch went through together in the movie! It’s just insulting!!!

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

I’m from Denmark and I saw this show on tv. There’s also a Chinese version called Stitch and Ai. I didn’t get that far in that

[@mabub.sonyeo]

I only knew of the Lilo and Stitch anime because the pillows (the FLCL band) did the theme song for it

[@Ellicess]

I found out about this yesterday from Deathbattle and just happened to watch Lilo and Stitch the day before lol. It’s like I’m seeing it everywhere now.

[@rfart419]

I am personally disappointed and upset because one of my favorite childhood animes, Stitch!, did not get popular in America.

[@AutisticPhantomOtaku]

You know, there's actually another Lilo & Stitch spin-off that takes place and aired in China. It's called Stitch & Ai.

[@captainteeko4579]

The little girl who voiced Lilo is samara in the ring. Let that sink in 😂

[@rattled6732]

Yeah I was very confused when I saw this as a kid

[@helweggaming3137]

ok, so the series didn't air in America, yet, i know for a fact that it for some reason, recived a Danish dub (for all 3 seasons), and i also remember rather liking the show when it aired

[@Pipkiablo]

My sister, who is obsessed with Lilo and Stitch, watched this years ago as a kid and she said she liked it, except she still hated the implication that Lilo just sort of moved on from Stitch.

[@EverythingsComplicated]

'japanese mysticism' is actually just a wrong way to describe shinto religious belief

[@thehonoredone2361]

Nani!?

[@blackaman88]

In my opinion, the reason I believe people didn't like the show without watching it, it's because we loved Lilo too! To a lot of Lilo & stitch fans, they were a dynamic duo. And it sucks seeing them broken up. It is a good anime. But I would have like to see Lilo grow up. And to have madhouse do it..... One can dream

[@TinyToonStar]

I remember watching this anime when i was younger on Disney Channel. My memories are blurry but I remember the feeling of excitement and love every time it came on.

[@conanedigawa9860]

It's crazy how I just discovered this last month and wondered why no one was talking about it

[@sammiboibenton]

"Definitely love the puffy design in the arms.. and legs" oh yeah me too my guy me too

[@SuperMarioFan98]

The ending of this anime was total garbage. Lilo and Stitch the movie and original show was way better in my opinion.

[@galaxypaintbrush9310]

Please review babar the movie

[@Now_im_runningHelp]

It’s funny how I tried to be first but not even a min passed and there’s Like fucking 20 dudes commenting 65 likes and 5 views like bro😅😂

[@silashurd3597]

Seems like everything gets an anime, at some point🤔 Must be very cool cuz everyone loves Anime!🌟

[@salsa7950]

anime is really neutral for me i dont watch that much i will admit the animes that i did watch were good

[@diegosanchez5412]

Even Rick and Morty out of all things have one.

[@Nylak-Otter]

God, anime ruins everything.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Recess is crying out for an anime adaptation