Tokimeki Tonight

• Ja Kanji — ときめきトゥナイト • Ja Romaji — Tokimeki Tunaito • Genre — Romantic comedy, supernatural

• Type — manga • Author — Koi Ikeno • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Ribon • Imprint — Ribon Mascot Comics • First — July 1982 • Last — October 1994 • Volumes — 30 • Volume List — #Manga

• Type — tv series • Director — Hiroshi Sasagawa • Music — Kazuo Otani • Studio — Group TAC • Network — NTV • First — October 7, 1982 • Last — September 22, 1983 • Episodes — 34 • Episode List — #Episode list

• Type — manga • Title — Tokimeki Midnight • Author — Koi Ikeno • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Cookie • First — 2002 • Last — 2009 • Volumes — 9 • Volume List — #Tokimeki Midnight

• Type — manga • Title — Tokimeki Tonight: Sore kara • Author — Koi Ikeno • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Cookie • First — May 26, 2021 • Volumes — 6 • Volume List — #Tokimeki Tonight: Sore kara Tokimeki Tonight is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koi Ikeno. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Ribon from July 1982 to October 1994 and became a huge commercial success. The manga series had a circulation of 30 million copies in total, making it one of the best-selling manga series. An anime television series produced by Toho and Group TAC was broadcast on Nippon Television from October 7, 1982, to September 22, 1983.

12-year-old Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf mother, vampire father, and younger brother, Rinze. Despite her lineage, she has yet to demonstrate any special powers of her own, and her parents are worried she might be a normal girl. One day, Ranze's innate power finally manifests itself when she, quite by accident, discovers that she can change herself into a carbon copy of any object she bites, whether it be a person or an inanimate object like a piece of bread, and can return to her normal self only by sneezing. Her parents are overjoyed, but Ranze's new powers make it difficult to continue living life as a normal teenage girl. On Ranze's first day at her new school in junior high, she meets and falls in love with the brash yet handsome young athlete, Shun Makabe. The chief problem with this is that Ranze's parents will not allow her to date a human - although there may be much more to Shun than meets the eye. On top of this, she also has a bitter rival in the pretty but spiteful Yoko Kamiya (the daughter of a yakuza boss) who also likes Shun and doesn't take kindly to Ranze's intruding on her turf.

• Ranze Eto • Eriko Hara • The lead character, a 12-year-old girl. Ranze originally manifests no supernatural powers until she bites Yoko Kamiya and discovers she has vampiric powers that let her "metamorph" into whatever she bites a certain way. • Rinze Eto • Sanae Miyuki • Ranze's 7-year-old younger brother. He appears to not have any supernatural powers but seems to be the only one that can tell who Ranze is when she is transformed. • Mori Eto • Yoshito Yasuhara • Ranze's father, a vampire. • Shiira Eto • Noriko Ohara • Ranze's mother, a werewolf. She forbids Ranze from liking human boys. • Pekku • Takashi Taguchi • A talking parrot born in the Spirit World. The Eto Family's pet.

• Shun Makabe • Yū Mizushima • The boy Ranze and Yoko fight over. He is training to be a professional boxer. • Hanae Makabe • Yuri Nashiwa • Shun's mother.

• Yoko Kamiya • Miina Tominaga • Ranze's romantic rival, the spoiled daughter of a yakuza boss. • Tamasaburo Kamiya • Junpei Takiguchi • Yoko's father. An enormous, bulky man who develops a crush on Shun's mother.

• Kunihiko "Shuusai" Takaba • Yoku Shioya • A bookworm who has a crush on Ranze. • アロン ルーク ウォーレンサー • Hirotaka Suzuoki • Prince of Demon World. He is in love with Ranze. • Sand • Hideyuki Tanaka • The infamous "womanizer" who typically accompanies Aron. • Mr. Mitsuki • Ranze's homeroom teacher.

There are 30 volumes in the original release of the manga series in Japan. By 2006, they sold 26 million copies, making Tokimeki Tonight the sixth best-selling shōjo manga.

In 2002, a second manga series called Tokimeki Midnight Exciting Midnight, also by Koi Ikeno, began serialization in Shueisha's magazine Cookie. The manga is an alternate retelling where the roles are reversed. The series was completed in 2009 with nine volumes.

On May 26, 2021, a sequel, lit. Exciting Tonight: From Then, which takes place after the third arc where Ranze and Makabe's daughter Aira saves the world from crisis and centers on the lead protagonist Ranze as her 40s, began serialization in Cookie magazine starting from July 2021 issue.

A 34-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa and produced by Group TAC and Toho, aired in Japan between October 7, 1982, and September 22, 1983, on Nippon TV. Its opening theme is "Tokimeki Tonight" and its ending theme is "Super Love Lotion". Since Group TAC closed its doors as a studio, Toho has been the sole rights-holder of the series. Since the anime series ended years before the manga, the staff had to craft their own conclusion. In the final episode it's revealed Shun has a star-shaped birthmark that proves he is the long lost prince of the Demon World. However, Shun denies this, saying it's actually a bruise and not a birthmark. The door to the Demon World is sealed, with the Eto family banished until they are able to locate the lost prince. Sometime later, Shun's mother reveals the star-shaped mark is in fact a birthmark. The following morning Shun tries to tell Ranze the truth but is interrupted by Yoko. The series closes with a special version of "Super Love Lotion" featuring the main cast.